José Luis García Muñoz, known professionally as José Luis Garci, is a Spanish film director, producer, critic, TV presenter, screenwriter and author. One of the most influential film personalities in the history of film in Spain, he earned worldwide acclaim and his country's first Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Begin the Beguine (1982). Four of his films, including also Sesión continua (1984), Asignatura aprobada (1987) and El abuelo (1998), have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, more than any other Spanish director. His films are characterized for his classical style and the underlying sentimentality of their plots.
Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin, known professionally as Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress. She is the winner of two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. She is known for being an "Almodóvar girl" and the "muse" of Fito Páez during the 1990s.
Miguel Ángel Solá Vehil is an Argentine actor who has made over 60 film appearances in film and TV in Argentina since 1973. He is traditionally typecast in villain roles.
A Place in the World is a 1992 Argentine drama film co-written, co-produced and directed by Adolfo Aristarain, and starring Federico Luppi. It stars José Sacristán, Federico Luppi, Leonor Benedetto and Cecilia Roth.
La Spagnola is a 2001 comedy drama Australian film directed by Steve Jacobs. It was Australia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Queen of the Night is a 2001 Croatian film directed by Branko Schmidt. It was Croatia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
War Live is a 2000 Yugoslavian film directed by Darko Bajić. It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival is the oldest film festival in Europe dedicated to the Ibero-American cinema. It has been held since 1975 in Huelva, Spain.
Pablo Berger Uranga is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing and writing the silent drama film Blancanieves (2012), the black comedy films Torremolinos 73 (2003) and Abracadabra (2017), and the animated tragicomedy film Robot Dreams (2023), the latter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Beatriz Flores Silva is an Uruguayan-Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and teacher. Her films include The Seven Deadly Sins (1990), The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger (1992), In This Tricky Life (2001), and Masangeles (2008).
The Biarritz Festival Latin America is an international film festival held annually in the French city of Biarritz, since 1979 to promote the Latin American cinema and culture with the French people and offer opportunities to distribution or coproductions to Latin American films.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. After co-helming the sketch comedy film 8 Dates with Peris Romano in 2008, Sorogoyen has directed the features Stockholm (2013), May God Save Us (2016), The Realm (2018), Mother (2019), and The Beasts (2022). He has also co-created the miniseries Riot Police (2020) and The New Years (2024). He often works in tandem with screenwriter Isabel Peña.
The Door Is There is a 2023 Uruguayan-Spanish documentary film written and directed by Facundo Ponce de León and Juan Ponce de León in their respective feature directorial debuts. The film is about the friendship between Dr. Enric Benito and his patient Fernando Sureda, who seeks an early death.
