Festival de Cine de Huesca - Huesca Film Festival

EXHIBITION ABOUT JOSÉ LUIS BORAU'S FILM, 'FURTIVOS'

The last January 15th 2009, the Diputación Provincial de Huesca held a press conference where 2009 Exhibitions Programme was presented. One of the temporary exhibition planned for this year will be BORAU_FURTIVOS, organized in collaboration with the Huesca Film Festival and the support of the Borau Foundation. In the framework of the Huesca Film Festival the exhibition Borau_Furtivos, curated by  Chus Tudelilla y Paco Algaba, will be opened from June 5th  to June 19th  2009. A detailed publication about this project will also be issued

Born in Saragossa in 1929. In 1957, José Luis Borau began studying film direction at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias de Cinematografia in Madrid, where he graduated with the short film "En el río", in 1961. Three years later, Borau released his feature directorial debut, "Brandy"(1963), a low-budget Western.

In 1967, he formed his own independent production company El Imán, under which he has directed the political thriller "Hay que matar a B", in 1974. In 1975, he directed the feature film "Furtivos", his most important film, and one of the most relevant of Spanish cinema. Furtivos won the Concha de Oro of the San Sebastian Film Festival and Best Film in Spanish Language.

After filming "La Sabina", in 1984, he directed "Río Abajo" in co-production with the United States. In 1986, he directed "Tata mía", for which he was nominated to the Goya Awards. In 1997, he directed the feature film "Niño Nadie". José Luis Borau has becamed a key figure in Spanish cinema

From 1994 to 1997, he was the President of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2000, his feature film "Leo" won the Goya Award for Best Director, the Special Jury Prize of the Málaga Film Festival and the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Spanish Film. At present, he is presiding over the Spain's Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) as well as member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

23/01/2009