Isabel Lamberti is a Dutch film director who works in a hybrid of documentary and fiction. [1]
Lamberti is a graduate of film theory and directing programs at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and the Netherlands Film Academy. Her feature film debut is a Spanish-language film, La Última Primavera(The Last Days of Spring). [2] She won the New Directors’ Award at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival for her film LastLa Última Primavera. [3] The subject of the film is a family that lives in Cañada Real in Madrid, the largest informal settlement in Europe. [4] [5] The film was selected for the 2020 edition of the ACID programme in Cannes. [6]
Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his drama and science fiction films.
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight into post-Revolutionary Cuba, and possess a delicate balance between dedication to the revolution and criticism of the social, economic, and political conditions of the country.
Isabel Coixet Castillo is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted ” filmmaker's status as a “Catalan auteur.”
Ana Sol Escobar, formerly known professionally as Anasol and now as Sol Escobar, is a Colombian singer.
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht.
The Tampere Film Festival is a short film festival held every March, mostly at the Finnkino Plevna movie theatre, in Tampere, Finland. It is accredited by the film producers' society FIAPF, and together with the short film festivals in Oberhausen and Clermont-Ferrand, it is among the most important European short film festivals.
While the Peruvian film industry has not been nearly as prolific as that of some other Latin American countries, such as Mexico or Argentina, some Peruvian movies produced enjoyed regional success. Historically, the cinema of Peru began in Iquitos in 1932 by Antonio Wong Rengifo because of the rubber boom and the intense arrival of foreigners with technology to the city, and thus continued an extensive, unique filmography, with a different style than the films made in the capital, Lima.
Danielle Arbid is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin who has been directing films since 1997.
Lluís Galter is a Catalan film director, and screenwriter.
Luis Armando Roche was a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter, producer and director of theatre and opera. In 1999, Roche won the most important prize of cinema in his country, the National Film Award of Venezuela.
Producciones Sin Un Duro is a Spanish film production company created in Madrid in 2003, that aims to alternate between fiction and documentary films, with the main emphasis on cinema with social content, low budget and global audiences, using austere production designs.
José María Yazpik is a Mexican actor.
Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Women's Film Festival is an international film festival of films made by Mediterranean women directors. The 8th edition of the Festival took place in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 10-14 2021, at Cinema São Jorge.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He won the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Realm, a feat he repeated for The Beasts. He was previously nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Stockholm, and the Goya Award for Best Director and the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay for May God Save Us. For the short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.
The Silver Shell for Best Actress was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best Actress of a competing film. The last of this award was given out in 2020, after which it was replaced with a gender-neutral Silver Shell for Best Leading Performance and Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance the following year.
Matthijs Wouter Knol is a Dutch film programme curator and producer, mainly known for his work at several international film festivals and as director of the European Film Academy. Knol's career started in Amsterdam, where he initially worked as a producer of documentary films and for IDFA, the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam.
The 2 Sides of the Bed is a 2005 Spanish musical comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro and written by David Serrano which stars Ernesto Alterio, Guillermo Toledo, Alberto San Juan, María Esteve, Pilar Castro, Lucía Jiménez, Secun de la Rosa, Juana Acosta and Verónica Sánchez. It is a sequel to the 2002 box-office hit The Other Side of the Bed.
The Rite of Spring is a 2022 Spanish drama film with comedy elements directed by Fernando Franco which stars Valèria Sorolla, Telmo Irureta, and Emma Suárez.
The Kings of the World is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama road movie directed by Laura Mora Ortega. Set in Medellín, the drama is about five teenage friends who live on the streets. As a result, they leave a Colombian city to start over in the countryside. The film premiered in September 2022 at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival where it won the Golden Shell for Best Picture.
Amparo Fortuny is a Spanish director and producer of films and documentaries. As a documentary filmmaker she is best known for the feature film Spanish Teen Rally. Estudiar En Primavera, which is about a group of teenagers whose protests in defense of Public Education triggered the "Valencian Spring".