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2003 Altazor Awards
The fourth annual Altazor Awards took place on March 24, 2003, at the Centro Cultural Matucana 100. Nominations Winners are in bold text. Literary Arts Narrative * Pía Barros – ''Los que sobran'' * Jaime Collyer – ''El habitante del Cielo'' * Alejandra Costamagna – ''Cansado ya del sol'' * Hernán Rivera Letelier – ''Santa María de las flores negras'' Poetry * Claudio Bertoni – ''Jóvenes Buenas Mozas'' * Óscar Hahn – ''Apariciones profanas'' * Gonzalo Millán – ''Claroscuro'' * Manuel Silva Acevedo – ''Día Quinto'' Essay * Rafael Gumucio – ''Monstruos Cardinales'' * Bernardo Subercaseaux – ''Nación y Cultura en América Latina'' * Armando Uribe – ''Memorias para Cecilia'' * Fernando Villagrán – ''Disparen a la bandada'' Visual Arts Painting * Gracia Barrios – ''Taller por Taller'' * Pablo Domínguez – ''Oleos'' * Matilde Pérez – ''Antes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Cultural Matucana 100
The Centro Cultural Matucana 100 is a cultural center located in the commune of Estación Central in Santiago, Chile, near Quinta Normal Park Quinta Normal Park is an urban park in the city of Santiago, Chile. The park is in a commune, or district of the same name, Quinta Normal. The park is bounded by Matucana Avenue to the east, Portales Avenue to the south and Santo Domingo Stree .... Matucana 100 is a not-for-profit corporation that hosts and plans cultural events and educational programs related to the contemporary arts including dance, theatre, music, photography, the visual arts and cinema. The center takes its name from its street address. History The Matucana 100 cultural center was inaugurated in 2001. The site for the center previously served as storage sheds for the water supply system, and before that, it was the location of a railcar repair station. The space was founded in order to revitalize the area between Quinta Normal Park and the Estación Central nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chancho En Piedra
Chancho en Piedra is a Chilean funk rock band, considered influential in the popularization of alternative rock in Latin America. They are commonly described as similar to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but are also known for their unique sound and goofy style. Their participation in community related events - playing benefits for the Chilean National Commission of Scientific and Technological Investigation and contributing songs to the popular Chilean children's puppet show 31 Minutos - and their proliferation as artists - having released 11 albums since their debut in 1995 - has gained them widespread familiarity. Their popularity has spread not only in Latin America but internationally as well, allowing them to perform at Memphis' Beale Street Music Festival in May 2009.Memphis in May website, "The Beale Street Music Festival, 2009", 2009, Discography Studio albums *'' Peor es mascar lauchas'' (1995) * '' La dieta del lagarto'' (1997). * '' Ríndanse terrícolas'' (1998) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauricio Pesutic
Mauricio Santiago Pešutić Pérez (b. Punta Arenas May 3, 1948) is a Chilean Actor with a long career on tv soap operas, film and theatre. He studied Drama and Film Direction at the Catholic University of Chile. He also wrote and directed 3 short films in the 1970s. He has performed a wide range of roles but stands out as the villain. In 2001 he was awarded best supporting actor at the APES awards, and in 2002 he won the Altazor prize for best TV actor. Soap operas * Los títeres 1984 as Néstor, Transmitted by Canal 13 * La Última Cruz 1987 as Ramiro, Transmitted by Canal 13 * Semidiós 1988 as Alberto, Transmitted by Canal 13. * Villa Napoli 1991 as Sebastián, Transmitted by Canal 13 * Trampas y caretas 1992 as Vittorio, transmitada por TVN * Jaque Mate 1993 as Rodolfo Moller, Transmitted by TVN. * Rompecorazón 1994 as Baltazar Plaza, Transmitted by TVN. * Estúpido Cupido 1995 as Padre Benítez, Transmitted by TVN * Juegos de Fuego1995 as Leandro Serrano, Transmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Néstor Cantillana
Néstor Igor Cantillana (born July 19, 1975 in Santiago) is a Chilean actor in theater, movies and TV. Life and career Cantillana's grandmother was a communist and later she practiced the evangelic religion and he grew up under that doctrine until 12 years old in Curicó. He used to play the piano in the local church. He studied in the theater academy of Fernando González. Since 1994 he has participated in theater work such as ''Historia de la Sangre'' (1995), ''Calígula'' (1998), ''Hamlet'' (2000) and ''La Herencia'' (2000). In 1995, Cantillana traveled to the Canadian city of Montreal with the play "Historia de la Sangre". The following year, 1996, he participated in the same play in Berlin, a city where he would return that same year with the play ''La misión''. In 1998, the actor would return to Germany to present the same play in Munich, Bonn and Stuttgart. In 1996, Cantillana received the award for best actor for his role in the play ''Despertar de Primavera'', prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Leonart
Marcelo Enrique Leonart Tomas (born 1970) is a Chilean writer, filmmaker, and theater director. Biography An avid reader in childhood, Marcelo Leonart wrote his first play, ''No salgas esta noche'', in 1991. He developed his skills by attending the literary workshops of , Antonio Skármeta, and Carlos Franz. It was in the last of these where he finished ''Mujer desnuda fumando en la ventana'', his first book, which was published in 1999. Some of the stories of that collection had already received awards, and the 2008 film ', by , is based on one of them. The following year, he was part of the scriptwriting team of the television series '' Romané''. He went on to write for several other series. In 2012 he moved from TVN to Canal 13. As a dramatist, Leonart has written a series of pieces, and among the most recent he has directed is ''El taller''. Written by Nona Fernández and premiered in 2012, it is inspired by the literary workshop that Mariana Callejas had at her home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Eugenia Rencoret
María Eugenia Rencoret Ríos (born 11 November 1964), nicknamed "Quena", is a Chilean director and producer of telenovelas. Biography María Eugenia Rencoret attended the . Later she studied television production and direction at the Professional Institute of Sciences and Arts (INCA-CEA) in Santiago. At age 20, she began her practice of television direction in the dramatic department of Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), achieving a professional title. The following year, Rencoret was hired by TVN executive producer to join the team of assistant directors to , , and . In 1993 the state channel proposed to create a second semester of telenovelas, leaving the direction of ' to Rencoret. From then on, she was in charge of all productions during the second half of the year, among which dramatic shows stood out, such as '' Amores de mercado'', the most watched telenovela in the history of the format of fiction with an average rating of 46.7 points. In 2005 she took over as General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Volpato
Paola Volpato Martín (b. August 5 of 1969, in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean actress. Personal life Volpato is married to Chilean actor Felipe Castro with whom she has two children, Simón and Manuel. She is of Italian descent; her grandfather, Gaetano Volpato, was an Italian immigrant from Venice. Career In 1986, she graduated from Scuola Italiana and pursued acting studies at the University of Chile. She began her career as an actress with a small appearance in ''Rojo y miel'' (1994) on Televisión Nacional de Chile. During the following years, she took part in various roles in the cast of María Eugenia Rencoret in productions such as ''Tic Tac'' (1997), ''Aquelarre'' (1999), '' Amores de mercado'' (2001) and '' Destinos cruzados'' (2004). In November 2002, she obtained the prize for best actress, voted by the judges of the international festival of Viña del Mar, for her acting in the movie ''Tres noches de un sábado''. Volpato has done as many roles in comedy as in dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Villagra
Nelson Villagra (born 9 August 1937) is a Chilean actor, writer and director of stage and screen. He is recognised as one of the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema and is widely known in Chile for his exceptional portrayal of a mentally retarded murderer in Miguel Littín's ''El Chacal de Nahueltoro'' (1969). He also collaborated with Raúl Ruiz on '' Tres tristes tigres'' (1968), ''La colonia penal'' (1970) and ''Nadie dijo nada'' (1971). In 1973, Villagra was exiled from Chile as a result of the military coup which led to the Pinochet dictatorship. After a time in Europe, he went on to Cuba and worked with some of the key Latin American directors of the period, such as Humberto Solás (''Cantata de Chile'') and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's '' The Last Supper'' at the 1978 Biarritz Film Festival. In 1979, he played a military torturer in Sergio Castilla's film ''Prisioneros desaparecidos'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Said
Marcela Paz Said Cares (born 26 March 1972) is a Franco-Chilean director and screenwriter. Life and career Marcela Said obtained a degree in aesthetics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 1997, Said moved to France, studying film and media at the Paris-Sorbonne University. In 1999, Said's first documentary, ''Valparaíso'', premiered, produced by Les Films d’Ici. Two years later she directed the documentary ''I Love Pinochet'', which focused on supporters of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet. The film won awards at the Valparaíso Film Festival and the Santiago International Documentary Festival (FIDOCS), and received an Altazor Award. In 2006, Said directed a third documentary, '' Opus Dei, una cruzada silenciosa'' (Opus Dei, A Silent Crusade) alongside Jean de Certeau. The film looked at the influence of Opus Dei in Chile. Her next film, ''The Young Butler'' (El Mocito in Spanish), focuses on the story of Jorgelino Vergara, a man who worked in a torture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Olguín (director)
Jorge Olguín is a Chilean director who works mainly in fantasy and horror. Career His first film, ''Ángel Negro'', was a student film. Olguín filmed it while he studied cinema in the University with a budget of $25,000. This film was commercially released in 2000 and attracted attention in Chile by its unusual advertising campaign. The film, a mixture of slasher and giallo, was selected for Montreal's Fantasia Festival, Portugal's Fantasporto, and Catalonia's Sitges Film Festival, among others. ''Angel Negro'' was released on DVD in the United States by Troma Entertainment. In 2002, Olguín released ''Sangre Eterna'', a vampire film with a psychological plot that involves the world of Goth subculture and role playing games. '' Variety'' wrote that ''Sangre Eterna'' became a cult film and one of the highest grossing Latin American horror films. Later, it received the Prize for the Best Special Effects in the Málaga Film Festival, Prize for the Best Actor and Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, scientific pitch notation, C2, G2, D3 and A3. The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the bass clef, with tenor clef, and treble clef used for higher-range passages. Played by a ''List of cellists, cellist'' or ''violoncellist'', it enjoys a large solo repertoire Cello sonata, with and List of solo cello pieces, without accompaniment, as well as numerous cello concerto, concerti. As a solo instrument, the cello uses its whole range, from bassline, bass to soprano, and in chamber music such as string quartets and the orchestra's string section, it often plays the bass part, where it may be reinforced an octave lower by the double basses. Figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or concerts. Its most common form is triangular in shape and made of wood. Some have multiple rows of strings and pedal attachments. Ancient depictions of harps were recorded in Current-day Iraq (Mesopotamia), Iran (Iran, Persia), and Egypt, and later in India and China. By medieval times harps had spread across Europe. Harps were found across the Americas where it was a popular Folk music, folk tradition in some areas. Distinct designs also emerged from the African continent. Harps have symbolic political traditions and are often used in logos, including in Ireland. History Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa, and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3000 BCE. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
