Pan’s Labyrinth Articles

2007 BAFTA Awards Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007 award nominations: January 12, 2007 2007 BAFTA award winners: Royal Opera House in London on February 11, 2007. ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Helen Mirren in The Queen   BEST FILM Babel – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin The Departed – Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King [...]

Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Forest Whitaker in The Last King of England (bottom) Perhaps there’s something I’m missing here, but the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided that Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland is the outstanding British film of 2006, coming out ahead of United 93, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, and Stephen Frears‘ The Queen. [...]

Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth (bottom) The Spanish Academy’s Goya Awards were presented on Jan. 28. Although best picture winner Volver seemed like an easy pick, it actually faced stiff competition from both Agustín Díaz-Yanes‘ adventure period piece Alatriste and Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth. Ultimately, Volver took home five Goyas: best film, best [...]

Oscar 2007: Best Film, Acting Achievement in cinematography The Black Dahlia (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond Children of Men (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope * Pan’s Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro The Prestige (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister Achievement in film editing Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum Children of Men (Universal) Alex Rodríguez [...]