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Urko Olazabal
Urko Olazabal Ortiz de Zarate (born 1978) is a Spanish actor. He is known for his role as Luis Carrasco in the film ''Maixabel'' by Icíar Bollain. Among the awards he has received are the Goya Award (2022), the Feroz Award (2022), the CEC Award (2022) and the Union of Basque Actors and Actresses Award (2022). Life and career He studied at Urretxindorra ikastola (Bilbao). He graduated in sculpture from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). He later trained in acting and drama at the BAI Performing Arts Training Center in Barakaldo where he graduated (2012-2016), and where he coincided with the actress María Cerezuela. Later he developed his professional career as an actor in film and television series, mainly in the Basque Country. In addition to his career as an actor, he has written and directed two short films: Anujin (awarded for his script at the Medina del Campo Film Week) and Mithyabadi. In 2022 he won the Goya Award, the Feroz Award and the Círculo de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbao
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13 Exorcisms
''13 Exorcisms'' ( es, 13 exorcismos, links=no) is a 2022 Spanish supernatural horror film directed by Jacobo Martínez in his feature debut, which stars María Romanillos and José Sacristán in a demonically possessed girl versus exorcist priest relationship, along with Ruth Díaz and Urko Olazabal. Plot Following a naive séance, and upon the strange behaviour displayed afterwards by teenager Laura Villegas, the latter's deeply Catholic family calls a Vatican-sanctioned exorcist to intervene in the purported case of demonic possession. Cast Production The screenplay was written by , Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Salvador S. Molina, Gema R. Neira, David Orea, and Carlos Ruano. A Mr. Fields and Friends, Atresmedia Cine, Bambú Producciones and 13 E Movie AIE production, the film had the participation of Atresmedia, Movistar Plus+, AGADIC and Diputación de Ourense. It was shot in Galicia, including locations such as Ourense, Ordes, and Santiago de Compostela. Release D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Basque Country Alumni
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Actors
Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous community), an autonomous region of Spain * Northern Basque Country, in the western part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques of France * Southern Basque Country, both the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre Other uses * Basque (clothing), or old basque, an item of women's apparel * Basque (grape), a white wine grape See also * Basque cuisine, the cuisine of the Basque people * Basque music, the music of the Basque people * Basque conflict * List of people from the Basque Country * Port aux Basques (Port Basque), Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district * * * Bask (other) * BASC (other) BASC may refer to: * Berkeley APEC Study Center * Berlin Air Safety Center * British Association for Shooti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Actors
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain * Spanish Fort (other) Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort may refer to: United States * Spanish Fort, Alabama, a city * Spanish Fort (Colorado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1978 Births
Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as Stephen of Hungary Crown) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held since World War II. * January 10 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a critic of the Nicaraguan government, is assassinated; riots erupt against Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Somoza's government. * January 18 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the British government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. * January 22 – Ethiopia declares the ambassador of West Germany ''persona non grata''. * January 24 ** Soviet Union, Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patria (TV Series)
''Patria'' is a 2020 Spanish historical drama web television limited series produced by Alea Media for HBO Europe, with participation from HBO Latin America, based on the novel of the same name by Fernando Aramburu. Created and written by Aitor Gabilondo, the series follows two women who used to be close friends and become estranged when the husband of one of them is killed by Basque terrorist group ETA. The first two episodes of the eight-part series premiered on September 27, 2020 on HBO Europe, HBO Go, HBO Now and HBO Max. Cast * Elena Irureta as Bittori * Ane Gabarain as Miren * Loreto Mauleón as Arantxa * Eneko Sagardoy as Gorka * Susana Abaitua as Nerea * Mikel Laskurain as Joxian * José Ramón Soroiz as Txato * Íñigo Aranbarri as Xabier * Jon Olivares as Joxe Mari * Alvar Gordejuela as Juancar * Fernando Guallar as Quique * Begoña Maestre as Aránzazu Episodes Release The series was originally scheduled for a May 17, 2020 release but, due to the COVID-19 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Que Se Avecina
''La que se avecina'', is a Spanish television situation comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The show is set in Mirador de Montepinar, a condominium located in the suburbs of Madrid. The show is an indirect successor to the Antena 3 comedy ''Aquí no hay quien viva''. The name is a pun on the verb "avecinarse", which means both "become neighbour to" and "approach", and is used in expression ''la que se avecina'' meaning "the trouble that is approaching", so it alludes both to being neighbours and the friction that exists between the characters. ''La que se avecina'' debuted on Telecinco, and was later rerun by the same network as well as cable/satellite channels FDF and Comedy Central España. The series debuted on 22 April 2007, the show began to become much more prominent in its third season, becoming one of the most widely watched shows in Spain. Most characters in the show are stereotypical representations of different groups in Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errementari
''Errementari'', also known as ''The Blacksmith and the Devil'', is a 2017 internationally co-produced Basque-language period fantasy horror film directed by and written by Alijo and Asier Guerricaechebarría. The plot is based on the Basque folktale version of The Smith and the Devil, as collected by Father Joxemiel Barandiaran. The film sets the legend in 1843, with a blacksmith holding a demon in captivity, and an orphan girl who releases the demon from its cage. Plot In 1835 in Araba, during the First Carlist War, rebels are captured by government soldiers and executed. One rebel, Francisco Patxi, survives with the aid of a demon and slays the soldiers. Eight years later, government investigator Alfredo Ortiz arrives in Araba. He searches for Patxi, who now lives in a ruined forge in the woods. The nearby villagers avoid the forge due to rumours that Patxi murdered his wife and kidnaps young children. The villagers mistrust Ortiz as the government melted down all t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ane Is Missing
''Ane Is Missing'' ( eu, Ane) is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by David Pérez Sañudo, starring Patricia López Arnaiz and Mikel Losada. The film won the Goya Award for Best Actress (López Arnaiz), along with Best New Actress for Jone Laspiur and Best Adapted Screenplay for Pérez Sañudo and Marina Parés Pulido, from a total of five nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards. At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Actress, from a total of three nominations. Plot Lide, a young mother, works as a security guard for an engineering project that has part of her community up in arms. This drama pales into comparison when, one day, she gets up to find that her daughter Ane is not in the house, nor has her bed been slept in. Neither the film's characters nor the viewer sees Ane and the heightened tension in the community seems to magnify the void she has left behind. As Lide turns to her ex-partner Fernando (Mikel Losada), Ane’s father, for help, it becomes apparent that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa (2023 Film)
''Teresa'' is a 2023 drama film directed by Paula Ortiz based on the play ''La lengua en pedazos'' by Juan Mayorga starring Blanca Portillo and Greta Fernández as the title character opposite to Asier Etxeandia, the Inquisitor. Plot The plot follows the dialectic duel between mystic nun Teresa of Ávila and an inquisitor, delving into the former's life memories and beliefs. Cast Production The screenplay is an adaptation of Juan Mayorga's play ''La lengua en pedazos'', which was in turn developed by Mayorga upon bits of Teresa of Ávila's ''El libro de la vida'', written by the mystic toward 1588. The film was produced by Bluebird Films, Inicia Films, and La Lengua en Pedazos AIE alongside Nu Boyana Portugal, and it had the participation of RTVE, Orange and Aragón TV and funding from ICAA and ICEC. Shooting locations included Jaca. Release The film screened out of competition at the 68th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) on 23 October 2023. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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