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Biarritz Festival Latin America
The Biarritz Festival Latin America () is an international film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz since 1979. Awards * HUG for Best Feature * Jury Award for Best Feature * Best Actress * Best Actor * Feature Film Audience Award in collaboration with Air France * Prize of the French Union of Film Critics * HUG for Documentary, Latin Union Festival of Biarritz * Audience Award for Best Documentary Film * HUG for Best Short film * Special Mentions of the Short Film Jury * Prizes Shorts TV Numéricâble Award winners 2023 Feature Films *HUG Award for Best Film: ''Power Alley'' (''Levante'') by Lillah Halla (, , ) *Special Jury Prize: ''Un Pájaro Azul'' by Ariel Rotter (, ) * Best Performance: Alfonso Tort for ''Un Pájaro Azul'' (, ) * Jury Coup de Coeur: '' The Punishment'' (''El castigo'') by Matías Bize (, ) *French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: ''The Settlers'' (''Los colonos'') by Felipe Gálvez Haberle (, , , , , , , ) * Biarritz Award: '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biarritz
Biarritz ( , , , ; also spelled ; ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. It is a luxurious seaside tourist destination known for the Hôtel du Palais (originally built for the Empress Eugénie ), its seafront casinos, and its surfing culture. Geography Biarritz is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is part of the arrondissement of Bayonne, adjacent to Bayonne and Anglet and from the border with Spain. The city is also in the traditional province of Labourd in the French Basque Country. Climate Biarritz has a temperate oceanic climate, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification. It is one of the wettest cities in Metropolitan France. Etymology In Basque, its name is Biarritz or Miarritze. Its current Gascon name is Biàrrits. The name for an inhabitant of the ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Arias (theatre Producer)
Alfredo Arias (born 4 March 1944) is a theatre producer, actor and playwright. Born in a Buenos Aires suburb, he has subsequently acquired French nationality and, since 1969 or 1970, been based in Paris. Life Early years Arias were born in Lanús, an industrial city contiguous with Buenos Aires. His father was a factory worker: output included espadrilles and tarpaulins. His relationship with his mother was troubled and Arias joined the Péronist youth organisation. His parents planned that he should become a lawyer, although Arias himself developed an early determination to work in the arts. Aged 11 he was enrolled in a military school after which he was required to pass a legal qualification. He participated in the theatrical courses provided by the Alliance Française, but was quickly discouraged by its outdated and classical approach. Theatrical career With like-minded friends Alfredo Arias founded a theatrical group in Buenos Aires called "TSE" in 1968, and presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melina León (director)
Melina León (; born 1977) is a Peruvian filmmaker. Early life and education Melina León was born in Lima in 1977, to Ismael León Arias, a renowned journalist and one of the founders of the newspaper ''La República'', who helped expose a child trafficking network that illegally sent children abroad in the 1980s. She studied communications at the University of Lima and completed a master's degree in Film Directing at Columbia University, which she was able to finish thanks to a three-year scholarship funded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Career León directed her first short film ''A 45 for the Month's Expenses'' (2000), which won the Best Short Film award from Conacine (now DAFO, part of the Ministry of Culture) and was selected for the Tampere Film Festival in 2002. Her short film, ''Lili’s Paradise'' (2009), premiered at the 47th New York Film Festival and has won 11 awards, including Best Latin-American Film at the São Paulo International Short Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Without A Name
''Song Without a Name'' () is a 2019 drama film directed by Melina León. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is a co-production between Peru, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. Plot A mother takes her newborn baby to a health clinic, but the baby and clinic both disappear. Cast *Pamela Mendoza *Tommy Párraga *Lidia Quipse *Lucio Rojas *Maykol Hernández See also * List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film This is a list of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Acade ... * List of Peruvian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Aïnouz
Karim Aïnouz (; ; born 17 January 1966) is a Brazilian film director and visual artist. He is best known for his film '' The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.'' Career Karim Aïnouz was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father, in Fortaleza, Ceará, in the Brazilian Northeast. He is a film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Aïnouz's feature debut, ''Madame Satã'', premiered at the ''Un Certain Regard'' section of the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. His following films, '' Suely in the Sky'', and '' I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You'', co-directed with Marcelo Gomes, premiered at the ''Orizzonti'' of the in 2006 and 2009 Venice Film Festival. In 2011, '' The Silver Cliff'' was presented in the Directors' Fortnight and won Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. In television, Aïnouz created and directed ''Alice'', a 13 episode fiction series for HBO Brasil. His short films and installations have been sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Life Of Eurídice Gusmão
''The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão'' () is a 2019 drama film directed by Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, based on the 2016 novel ''The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão'' by Martha Batalha. The film had its world premiere at the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the top prize. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot In Rio de Janeiro during the 1950s, two sisters struggle against repression and bigotry in a patriarchal era. Cast * Carol Duarte as Eurídice Gusmão * Julia Stockler as Guida Gusmão * Gregorio Duvivier as Antenor * Bárbara Santos as Filomena * Flávia Gusmão as Ana Gusmão * Maria Manoella as Zélia * Antônio Fonseca as Manuel Gusmão * Cristina Pereira as Cecília * Gillray Coutinho as Afonso * Fernanda Montenegro as Present-Day Eurídice Gusmão Release The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Da-Rin
Maya Da-Rin (born January 2, 1979) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film producer and artist. Biography Maya Da-Rin was born in Rio de Janeiro on January 2, 1979. With a degree in Industrial Design from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Maya Da-Rin has attended film workshops at the International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. She lived in France between 2010 and 2016, where she graduated with honors at Le Fresnoy Studio - Studio National des Arts Contemporains and attended a master's degree in Cinema and Art History at University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 . Da-Rin is a founding partner of Tamanduá Vermelho, a production company created in 2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Career Maya Da-Rin began her career as a director with the short film documentary ''The Word Tilts to Here'' (2002), about orality in a rural community in the interior of the Minas Gerais' state, in Brazil. After that, she shot two documentaries in the southwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fever (2019 Film)
''The Fever'' () is a 2019 thriller drama film co-written and directed by Maya Da-Rin, starring Regis Myrupu and Rosa Peixoto. Featuring dialogue in Portuguese and the indigenous languages Tucano and Ticuna, it features a main cast of indigenous Brazilian from the Upper Rio Negro, belonging to the Desanos, Tucanos and Tarianas people, many of them whom had their first experience in cinema. The film premiered at the international competition of the 72nd Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, where it received the Golden Leopard for Best Actor for Regis Myrupu, FIPRESCI International Film Critics Award and the "Environment is Quality of Life" Prize from the young jury. Besides the award at the Locarno Festival, Regis Myrupu also received the Best Actor Award at the Brasilia Film Festival, becoming the first indigenous actor to be awarded at both festivals. Plot The Fever tells the story of Justino (Regis Myrupu), a 45-year-old member of the indigenous Desana p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulene Olaizola
Yulene Olaizola (Mexico City, June 13 , 1983) is a Mexican director, editor and producer. She graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC). She won several awards for her debut film, "Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo". She was selected to participate in "L’atelier" of the Cinefondation, designed to help filmmakers get in touch with producers, obtain international funding, and be part of the Cannes Film Festival. Professional career She graduated summa cum laude for her documentary thesis "Intimacies of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo" (''Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo)''. Her film "Fogo" is the result of work done during an artistic residency sponsored by the Fogo Island Arts Corporation in Newfoundland, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragic Jungle
''Tragic Jungle'' () is a 2020 Mexican adventure drama mystery film directed by Yulene Olaizola, written by Rubén Imaz and Yulene Olaizola and starring , Gilberto Barraza and Mariano Tun Xool. The film premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the .... Cast * as Agnes * Gilberto Barraza as Ausencio * Mariano Tun Xool as Jacinto * as Don Mundo * Gabino Rodríguez as El Caimán * Shantai Obispo as Florence * Cornelius McLaren as Norm * Gildon Roland as Gildon * Dale Carley as Cacique * Ian Flowers as Ian * José Alfredo González Dzul as Campechano * Antonio Tun Xool as Hilario * Eliseo Mancilla as el Faisán * Marcelino Cobá Flota as Lazarito * Mario Canché as Yucateco Reception The website's critics consensus reads, "A searing con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Window Boy Would Also Like To Have A Submarine
''Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine'' (Spanish: ''Chico ventana también quisiera tener un submarino'') is a 2020 experimental fantasy romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Piperno in his directorial debut. It stars Daniel Quiroga and Inés Bortagaray. The film was named on the shortlist for Uruguayan's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not selected. Synopsis On board a cruise ship that runs through southern Latin America, a young sailor discovers a door that mysteriously leads to an apartment in Montevideo. Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away, in the outskirts of a small rural town in the Philippine rice terraces, a group of peasants seem to have found an old abandoned hut on top of a hill, to which they attribute causes. supernatural. Cast The actors participating in this film are: * Daniel Quiroga as Window Boy * Inés Bortagaray as Elsa * Noli Tobol as Noli Release It had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Thielen Armand
Jorge Thielen Armand (born 1990, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a film director, screenwriter and Film producer, producer. He studied communications at Concordia University in Montreal, and later, with Rodrigo Michelangeli, founded the Canadian-Venezuelan film production company La Faena Films. He has directed two feature films, La Soledad (film), ''La Soledad'' and ''La Fortaleza (film), La Fortaleza,'' and the short film ''Flor de la Mar (short film), Flor de la Mar''. All three films have received positive reviews from critics. Biography Armand's first feature film, ''La Soledad'' (English: ''The Solitude''), premiered in the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, 73º Venice International Film Festival receiving the Jury Prize in Biarritz Film Festival, Biarritz and the Audience Award for Best Film in the Miami International Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, followed by other accolades around the world. His second feature film, ''La Fortaleza'' (English: ''Fortitude''), prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
