IRENE ESCOLAR: “FILMING WITH CARLOS SAURA TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVISATION AND OPENNESS WHEN ACTING”

THE SPANISH ACTRESS RECEIVES THE CIUDAD DE HUESCA CARLOS SAURA AWARD AT THE 53RD HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL THE GOYA-WINNING PERFORMER EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ABOUT THE SPACES WOMEN ARE GRADUALLY OCCUPYING IN THE AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT SIGNIFICANT INEQUALITIES STILL EXIST Madrid-born actress Irene Escolar, known for one of the most solid and internationally promising…

ISAKI LACUESTA HONORED AT THE 52ND HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: “CARLOS SAURA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REFERENCE FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF MY GENERATION”

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…

PABLO LARRAÍN: “THE IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA INDUSTRY IS VERY HEALTHY, BUT FILMMAKERS FROM THE REGION HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FILMS ALSO NEED TO BE ON PLATFORMS.”

ALTHOUGH HE DIDN’T PERSONALLY KNOW CARLOS SAURA, HE ADMIRES THE DIVERSITY OF HIS WORK AND, LIKE HIM, TRIES NOT TO REPEAT HIMSELF IN HIS CINEMATOGRAPHY. THE CHILEAN DIRECTOR WILL RECEIVE TONIGHT THE CARLOS SAURA CITY OF HUESCA AWARD FROM THE 51ST HUESCA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL PRESENT SPENCER. Chilean director and producer Pablo Larraín,…