The Canary Islands, also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres west of Morocco. They are the southernmost of the autonomous communities of Spain. The islands have a population of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union.
The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.
Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.
Carlos Atanes is a Spanish film director, writer and playwright. He was born in Barcelona, and is a member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and others. His first finished feature-length movie was FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions, which he released in 2004. The movie won the Best Feature Film Award at the Athens Panorama of Independent Filmmakers in 2005 and was also nominated for the Méliès d'Argent at Fantasporto that same year.
The Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain is a professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Spanish cinema. Founded in 1986, it is responsible for the annual Goya Awards, Spain's principal film awards. It is headquartered in Madrid.
The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, also known as the ULPGC is a Spanish university located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital city of Gran Canaria island. It is the university with the most students in the Canary Islands. It consists of five campuses: four in Gran Canaria and one in the island of Lanzarote, with Tafira being the largest. The University was created in 1989 after many years of petitions from the people of Gran Canaria. The university was incorporated through the University Reorganization Act of 1989. ULPGC was created as the aggregation of the teaching centres of former "Universidad Politécnica de Canarias", focused on engineering, and the centres from neighbouring Universidad de La Laguna that were located in Las Palmas province.
Ariadna Gil i Giner is a Spanish actress. She is known for her performances in films such as Belle Époque, Black Tears and Pan's Labyrinth.
God Reward You is a 1948 Argentine drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Arturo de Córdova and Zully Moreno. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1949 for the best picture of the previous year.
Gatica, el mono is a 1993 Argentine drama film directed by Leonardo Favio. It is a biopic of Argentine boxer José María Gatica.
It won the Silver Condor for Best Film. The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but Leonardo Favio asked the Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía (INC) to remove it as a nominee in order to protest in delays of the Congress' approval of the Foreign Films taxes.
The 1st Goya Awards were presented at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid on 17 March 1987, and was presented by Fernando Rey.
Anabel Gutiérrez Aicua was a Mexican actress and comedian. Among her most memorable works is her participation in the film School for Tramps (1955), as well as her appearances on the program Chespirito (1970) playing the character of Doña Espotaverderona in some sketches.
Amada Elsa López Rodríguez is a Spanish writer specializing in poetry.
The Seville European Film Festival is an annual film festival dedicated to European cinema held in November in Seville, Spain, since 2004.
Mararía is a 1998 drama film directed by Antonio José Betancor consisting of an adaptation of the 1973 novel Mararía by Rafael Arozarena which stars Goya Toledo as the title character alongside Carmelo Gómez, Iain Glen, Mirtha Ibarra and José Manuel Cervino. It was produced by companies from Spain, France, and Portugal.
Habaneceres is a Cuban documentary film, directed in 2001 by Luis Leonel León. The documentary received awards at film festivals and was selected by the Cuban Film Press Association, affiliated to the International Federation of Film Press (FIPRESCI), as the best film of 2001 in its genre.
The Toulouse Spanish Film Festival, also known as Cinespaña, is an annual film festival held in Toulouse, France, which specialises in Spanish cinema. The festival awards the Golden Violet, for the best full-length film from Spain previously unreleased in France. The festival is usually held in October.
Fading Memories aka Wiped-Out Footprints is a 1999 Spanish-Argentine drama film directed by Enrique Gabriel which stars Federico Luppi, Mercedes Sampietro, Elena Anaya, and Héctor Alterio.
