Ariel Awards 2007

2007 Ariel Awards
The Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2007 Ariel nominations: February 21, 2007
2007 Ariel winners: Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on March 20, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth
 
Best Film / Mejor película
Crónicas / Chronicles by Producciones Anhelo
* El Laberinto del fauno / Pan’s Labyrinth by Tequila Gang, Estudios Picasso and Fábrica de Ficción.
El violín / The Violin by the Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (Fidecine), Cámara Carnal Films and Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC).
Best Ibero-American Film / Mejor película iberoamericana
En la cama / In Bed by Matías Bize (Chile)
* La vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words by [...]

Spanish Film Writers Awards 2006

2006 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards
2006 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards: January 23, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins in The Secret Life of Words
 

Best Film
El Cielo gira
Habana Blues
Princesas
*La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words
Best Foreign Film
Broken Flowers, USA/France
Match Point, UK
* Million Dollar Baby, USA
The Twilight Samurai, Japan
Best Director
Mercedes Álvarez, El Cielo gira
* Isabel Coixet, The Secret Life of Words
Fernando León de Aranoa, Princesas
Benito Zambrano, Habana Blues
Best Actor
Manuel Alexandre, Elsa y Fred
Eduard Fernández, El Método
* Óscar Jaenada, Camarón
Tim Robbins, The Secret Life of Words
Best Actress (tie)
Adriana Ozores, Heroína
* Candela Peña, Princesas
* Sarah Polley, The [...]

2006 Goya Award Winners

The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of the 2006 Goya Awards. Not surprisingly, the best picture winner was front-runner La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words, the story of a young woman who takes care of a man blinded by a work-related accident. The English-language psychological drama stars Tim Robbins, Sarah Polley, Javier Cámara, and Julie Christie, and was directed by Isabel Coixet, winner of the best director and best original screenplay Goyas.
The best actor winner was Óscar Jaenada for Camarón, a biopic of the renowned flamenco singer, while the best actress was Candela Peña for Princesas, a dark tale about two prostitutes.
Among the [...]

Goya Awards 2006

2006 Goya Awards
2006 Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Goya Award winners: Jan. 29, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins in The Secret Life of Words
 

Mejor película / Best Film
7 vírgenes / 7 Virgins, by Alberto Rodríguez
*La Vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words, by Isabel Coixet
Obaba, by Montxo Armendariz
Princesas, by Fernando León de Aranoa
Mejor película europea / Best European Film
Der Untergang / Downfall, by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
The Constant Gardener, by Fernando Meirelles (United Kingdom)
Les Choristes / The Chorus, by Christophe Barratier (France)
* Match point, by Woody Allen (United Kingdom)
Mejor película extranjera de habla hispana / Best Spanish-Language Foreign Film
Alma mater, by Álvaro Buela (Uruguay)
* Iluminados por el [...]