José María Sacristán Turiégano, better known as José Sacristán, is a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor.
A toro de fuego is a festive activity in Spain wherein a metal frame resembling a bull, with fireworks attached to it, is set alight, and then carried around town at night as though chasing people in the streets. Participants dodge the bull when it comes close, especially because the burning fireworks set off sparks that can cause small burns in people's skin or clothes. This activity is held in a number of Spanish towns during their local festivals. This custom may have originated to replace the Toro embolado, in which a real bull is involved.
The Feroz Awards are Spain-based film and television awards presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España. They are considered the Spanish equivalent to the Golden Globe Awards, since they are part of the build-up to the Goya Awards, presented by the Spanish Film Academy. Created as film awards, the first edition took place in January 2014. Categories recognizing excellence in television were added for the 4th edition that took place in 2017.
Albert Serra Juanola is a Spanish independent filmmaker and manager of the production company Andergraun Films, set up by Montse Triola primarily to produce Serra's films. He is best known for his films Story of My Death (2013), The Death of Louis XIV (2016), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, and Pacifiction (2022).
Alberto Rodríguez Librero is a Spanish film director and screenwriter from Andalusia.
The Fury of a Patient Man is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by Raúl Arévalo, which stars Antonio de la Torre, Luis Callejo, and Ruth Díaz.
Smoke & Mirrors is a 2016 Spanish thriller film directed by Alberto Rodríguez based on the 2006 non-fiction book Paesa, el espía de las mil caras by Manuel Cerdán. The film stars Eduard Fernández as Francisco Paesa, a former agent of the Spanish secret service who faked his own death after an infamous corruption scandal.
Miguel Báez Espuny, better known as "El Litri", was a Spanish bullfighter, a descendant of one of Huelva's foremost bullfighting dynasties.
Manuel Jesús Fernández Serrano, better known as Manolo Solo, is a Spanish actor.
Iván Fandiño Barros was a Spanish bullfighter. He died when a bull named Provechito gored him during a bullfight at the bullring in Aire-sur-l'Adour in the south of France, only 343 days after fellow Spanish bullfighter Víctor Barrio had met the same fate.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His solo directorial debut Stockholm earned him a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Director in 2014. For his short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film in 2018 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. In 2019, Sorogoyen won the Goya Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for The Realm, a feat he repeated in 2023 with The Beasts, which won a total of 9 awards at the 37th Goya Awards, including Best Film. The Beasts also won him the César Award for Best Foreign Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.
Who's Stopping Us is a 2021 Spanish film directed by Jonás Trueba. Featuring a running time over three and a half hours long, the film is a generational portrait of youth blending documentary and fiction pieces.
Simple is a 2022 Spanish comedy television series created by Anna R. Costa for Movistar Plus+ based on the book Easy Reading by Cristina Morales. It stars Natalia de Molina, Anna Castillo, Anna Marchessi, and Coria Castillo as four women with functional diversity trying to live in an apartment in La Barceloneta.
The Wailing is a 2024 psychological horror film directed by Pedro Martín-Calero and written by Martín Calero and Isabel Peña. It stars Ester Expósito, Mathilde Ollivier, and Malena Villa.
Glimmers is a 2024 Spanish drama film directed by Pilar Palomero based on the story Bihotz handiegia by Eider Rodriguez starring Patricia López Arnaiz alongside Antonio de la Torre, Marina Guerola, and Julián López.
The 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival took place from 20 to 28 September 2024 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Antonio Mejías Jiménez, better known as Antonio Bienvenida, was a Venezuelan-born Spanish bullfighter who belonged to the Bienvenida bullfighting dynasty. Eleven times he came out, borne on his fellow bullfighters' shoulders, through the Great Gate at Las Ventas as one of the most important bullfighting figures of the 1950s. Among bullfighting aficionados, the Bienvenida dynasty has been one of the most glorious in tauromachy's history. It was founded by Manuel Mejías Rapela Bienvenida, nicknamed "El Papa Negro", itself a nickname for the superior general of the Society of Jesus, and in this case, it was meant to distinguish him from the head of the bullfighting "church", Ricardo Torres Reina "Bombita".
The Man Who Loved UFOs is a 2024 Argentine comedy-drama film directed by Diego Lerman starring Leonardo Sbaraglia.
Jesús Martínez Barrios, known as Morenito de Aranda is a Spanish bullfighter. Born in a small town in Burgos, he had no family background in bullfighting, but has nonetheless become a well known matador in his own country and abroad. His interests also extend to raising the very cattle that he fights at a farm that he established.
Laura Mora Ortega is a Colombian director and screenwriter. She is best known for writing and directing the films Killing Jesus (2017) and The Kings of the World (2022), the latter of which won the Golden Shell at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.
