SHORT FILMS BY IRISH JAMIE O’ROURKE, MEXICAN PABLO DELGADO, AND IRANIAN ELAHE ESMAILI ENTER THE OSCAR PRESELECTION AFTER WINNING THE INTERNATIONAL, IBERO-AMERICAN, AND DOCUMENTARY COMPETITIONS RESPECTIVELY PEQUEÑO WINS THE AUDIENCE AWARD THE BEST DEBUT FILMS ARE THE SPANISH LAS PLANTAS NO DUERMEN, THE SWEDISH-DANISH COPRODUCTION TORN, AND THE VEILED CITY FROM THE UK The Irish…
THE AUTHOR OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, THE SOUTH, THE QUINCE TREE SUN, AND CLOSE YOUR EYES CAME TO THE ARAGONESE CAPITAL TO RECEIVE THE AWARD THAT HONORS HIS ENTIRE CAREER. IN HIS WORDS OF THANKS, HE HIGHLIGHTED THE RELEVANCE OF SHORT FILMS, POINTING OUT THAT THIS FESTIVAL HAS THEM AS A HALLMARK Spanish…
THE SPANISH ACTRESS, ONE OF THE GREATEST NAMES IN CINEMA IN FRANCE, SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT, SHARED ANECDOTES OF HER CAREER WITH THE SPECTATORS IN HUESCA AFTER 45 YEARS WITHOUT SETTING FOOT ON STAGE IN SPAIN, SHE RETURNS THIS SUMMER TO STAR IN THE PLAY MEDUSA AT THE MÉRIDA ROMAN THEATER Actress Victoria Abril,…
SPANISH FILMMAKER ISAKI LACUESTA, WINNER OF TWO GOLDEN SHELLS AND A GOYA AWARD, RECEIVED THE 52ND HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S CIUDAD DE HUESCA CARLOS SAURA AWARD. ERIC ROUX RECEIVED THE PEPE ESCRICHE AWARD FROM THE FESTIVAL ON BEHALF OF THE CLERMONT-FERRAND FESTIVAL. Spanish filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta, winner of two Golden Shells and a Goya Award…
THE AUTHOR OF THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, THE SOUTH, DREAM OF LIGHT AND CLOSE YOUR EYES WILL BE IN HUESCA ON JUNE 12 TO RECEIVE THE AWARD THAT RECOGNIZES HIS ENTIRE CAREER “HE IS A CULT DIRECTOR WITH A FILMOGRAPHY PLAGUED BY MASTERPIECES, AN INTERNATIONAL REFERENT LIKE BUÑUEL OR CARLOS SAURA HIMSELF WERE,” AFFIRMS…