Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain has announced the nominees for the 30th edition of the Goya Awards, to be presented on February 6.
The finalist with most nominations is La novia (The Bride), which had its world premiere in the Zabaltegi section at the last edition of the Festival. The film by Paula Ortiz is nominated in twelve categories: best film, best director, best actress (Inma Cuesta), best actor (Asier Etxeandia), best supporting actress (Luisa Gavasa), best new actor (Álex García), best adapted screenplay, best original music, best sound, best cinematography, best art direction and best makeup and/or hairstyles.
Truman, the film by Cesc Gay which competed in the Official Selection and won the best actor award for Ricardo Darin and Javier Cámara at the last edition, now obtains six nominations: best film, best director, best actor (Ricardo Darin), best supporting actor (Javier Cámara), best original screenplay and best editing.
The winner of the best actress award at the last Festival, Yordanka Ariosa for Agustí Villaronga’s El rey de La Habana (The King of Havana), now receives a best new actress nomination alongside another two candidacies for the film in the best cinematography and best adapted screenplay categories.
Another two titles screened in the Official Selection have landed nominations: Amama for best new actress (Iraia Elias), and the film by Álex de la Iglesia, Mi gran noche (My Big Night), premiered out of competition, which competes for the best art director, best costume design, best sound and best special effects Goyas.
Another three titles premiered in this year’s Zabaltegi section are also among the finalists. Álvaro Longoria’s The Propaganda Game is nominated for best documentary, while Fernando Colomo competes for the best new actor award with his movie Isla Bonita.
For its part, Dani de la Torre’s El desconocido, screened in the Velodrome, garners eight candidacies: best new director, best actor (Luis Tosar), best supporting actress (Elvira Mínguez), best original screenplay, best production supervision, best editing, best sound and best special effects.
Furthermore, Borja Cobeaga’s Negociador (Negociator), premiered in Zabaltegi at the 62nd edition of the Festival, lands a nomination for best original screenplay.
Un otoño sin Berlin (An Autumn without Berlin) by Lara Izagirre, opening film of the Zinemira section, also bags a nomination, that of best new actress for Irene Escolar.
Two films similarly screened at the San Sebastian Festival compete for the best foreign film in the Spanish language award: Pablo Trapero’s El clan (The Clan), screened in the Pearls section following its premiere at the Venice Festival; and Salvador del Solar’s Magallanes, winner of the Films in Progress Award at the 62nd edition of the Festival, before going on to form part of this year’s Horizontes Latinos selection.
Another three finalists were programmed as part of Made in Spain, following their premiere at the Malaga Festival: Daniel Guzman’s A cambio de nada (Nothing in Return), with six nominations, Leticia Dolera’s Requisitos para ser una persona normal, with three candidacies and Gracia Querejeta’s Felices 140 (Happy 140), which competes for two awards.