Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2012

The past month of April took place the 15th edition of the Málaga Spanish Film Festival. This year the festival exhibited 157 films in 225 screenings including Spanish and Latin American cinema, and reached the number of 62.000 spectators.

Patricia Ferreira with her young actors

The peculiarity at this year's Málaga Festival has been the large increase in the box-office incomes, almost 22% biger than the last year.

What comes to the Festival awards, this year's jury, compund by Gonzalo Suárez, as president, Raúl Arévalo, Enrique Brinkmann, Inma Cuesta, Isona Passola, Goya Toledo and Iván Trujillo, decided to hand the Golden Biznaga Prize to the Catalan movie "The Wild Children" ("Els Nens Salvatges") by Patricia Ferreira. The Special Jury Prize went to "Carmina o Revienta"by Paco León.

 

Antonio Dechent

The lead actors' awards were granted to Carmina Barrios for "Carmina o Revienta" and to Antonio Dechent for "Cold Call" ("A Puerta Fría"), whereas Aina Clotet and Álex Monner together with Álvaro Cervantes received the Biznaga for the supporting actors' roles.

The Best Director's Award went for Imanol Uribe for "Orange Honey".

Below the list of all the awarded:

 

OFFICIAL SELECTION:

GOLDEN BIZNAGA TO THE BEST FILM
"Els nens salvatges" by Patricia Ferreira

SILVERED BIZNAGA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE 

"2Carmina o revienta" by Paco León

SPECIAL MENTION
Kanimambo, by Abdelatif Hwidar, Carla Subirana and Adán Aliaga

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Imanol Uribe, for Miel de naranjas

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
Carmina Barrios, for Carmina o revienta

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTOR
Antonio Dechent, for A puerta fría

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Aina Clotet, for Els nens salvatges

SPECIAL MENTION
Ángela Molina, for Miel de naranjas

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ex aquo to Álex Monner, for Els nens salvatges and Álvaro Cervantes, for El sexo de los ángeles

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST SCRIPT
Patricia Ferreira and Virginia Yagüe, for Els nens salvatges

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Aziza Brahim, for Wilaya

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY ‘PREMIO DELUXE’
Sergi Gallardo, for El sexo de los ángeles

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST EDITING
Koldo Idigoras, for The Pelayos

SILVERED BIZNAGA ‘PREMIO ALMA’ FOR THE BEST NEWCOMER SCRIPTWRITER
Remedios Crespo, for Miel de naranjas

SILVERED BIZNAGA CRITICS' PRIZE ‘FNAC’
A puerta fría, by Xavi Puebla

SILVERED BIZNAGA AUDIENCE'S PRIZE 

Carmina o revienta, by Paco León
 

SPECIAL YOUTH JURY PRIZE TO THE BEST PICTURE
Memoria de mis putas tristes, by Henning Carlsen


OTHER PRIZES:

PREMIO ‘SIGNIS’
Buscando a Eimish, by Ana Rodríguez Rosell

and a Special Mention to "A puerta fría", by Xavi Puebla

ASECAN PRIZE FOR ‘ÓPERA PRIMA’
Ali, by Paco R. Baños


OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY SELECCION:

Jury: Manuel Jiménez Núñez, Andrés Duque and Tania Balló

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY
Yatasto, by Hermes Paralluelo

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE SECOND BEST DOCUMENTARY
Otra noche en la tierra, by David Muñoz López

SILVERED BIZNAGA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
El foso, by Ricardo Íscar

SPECIAL MENTION
Sibila, by Teresa Arredondo

SILVERED BIZNAGA AUDIENCE'S PRIZE
Uma longa viagem (Un largo viaje), by Lucía Murat


ZONAZINE:

Jury: Pablo Cantos, Norma Ruiz y Mª Pilar Yébenes

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST FILM
12 + 1. Una comedia metafísica, by Chiqui Carabante

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Chiqui Carabante, for 12 + 1. Una comedia metafísica

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST NEWCOMER'S SCRIPT

Roberto Pérez Toledo and Peter Andermatt, for Seis puntos sobre Emma

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTOR
Alfonso Sánchez, for El mundo es nuestro

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
Verónica Echegui, for Seis puntos sobre Emma

SILVERED BIZNAGA AUDIENCE'S PRIZE
El mundo es nuestro, by Alfonso Sánchez


OFFICIAL SHORTFILM SELECTION:

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM
Aquel no era yo, by Esteban Crespo

SILVERED BIZNAGA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Anacos (Pedazos), by Xacio Baño

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTOR
Gustavo Salmerón, for Aquel no era yo

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
Petra Martínez, for Libre directo
 

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Esteban Crespo, for Aquel no era yo


OFFICIAL ANIMATION SHORTFILM SELECTION: ANIMAZINE
 

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
Fuga, by Juan Antonio Espigares

SPECIAL MENTIONS
Bendito Machine IV, by Jossie Malis
O sapateiro (El zapatero), by David Doutel and Vasco Sá


TERRITORIO LATINOAMERICANO:
 

Jury: Elisenda Nadal, Orlando Mora and Manane Rodríguez

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST FILM
Silencio en el paraíso, by Colbert García

SILVERED BIZNAGA SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Juntos para siempre, by Pablo Solarz
 

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Colbert García, for Silencio en el paraíso
 

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
Dolores Fonzi, for El campo

SILVERED BIZNAGA FOR THE BEST ACTOR
Peto Menahem, for Juntos para siempre


VIDEO CREATION:

Jury: Ana Ruiz, Cristina Peláez and Mario Virgilio Montañez

BEST FICTION PRODUCTION
Reflejos, by Juan López Salvatierra

BEST ANIMATION PRODUCTION
Eros y Psique, by Luis Miguel Aguilera

BEST DIRECTOR
Emilio J. López, for Refugio

SPECIAL MENTION
Fernando Castillo, for Una tarde en Dino’s