Euskaraz Iraqurri: Euskal Zinema, Granadara Begira

The Spanish Cinema Academy has chosen Granada as the headquarters of the 39th edition of its awards. The Andalusian city will therefore be the scenario in which this Saturday will distinguish, starting at 10:00 p.m., films and film professionals that shone the most in 2024.

Once again, Basque cinema will have an outstanding presence in the night of Spanish cinema, since Basque professionals and Basque production films aspire to a total of 33 Goya awards. The infiltrated of the Bilbao director Arantxa Echevarría, for example, is nominated in 13 categories, while Frameof the Trio of Moriarti filmmakers, accredits five nominations.

The infiltrateda film by the Donostiarra Bowfinger producer, tells the true story of a Spanish National Police agent who infiltrated ETA, and aspires, among others, the best film awards, best direction, best original script (Echevarría herself and Amèlia Mora), best original music (the Getxoztarra Fernando Velázquez), best production direction (Axier Pérez Serrano) and better special effects ((Mariano Garcia Marty, Jon Serrano and Juliana Lasunción).

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Echevarría’s film will fight in some of those categories with Frame. Directed by Aitor Formi and Jon Garaño, Frame It tells the real story of Enric Marco Batlle, general secretary of the CNT union who pretended to be a survivor of the Flossenburg extermination field. The film starring Eduard Fernández is nominated in five sections; In addition to Fernández himself in the category of best actor, he could take the prize for best direction (Aitor Flade and Jon Garaño), best original script (Aitor Arrangei, Jon Garaño, Jorge Gil Munarriz and Jose Mari Goenaga), makeup and hairdressing (Karmele Soler, Sergio Pérez Berbel, Nacho Díaz) and better special effects (Jon Serrano, Mariano García Marty and David Heras).

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I’m Nevenka, Third Basque production with more nominations, it is also based on real events. The film led by Iciar Bollain tells the sexual abuse and the popular rejection of which he was a victim in the 90s Nevenka Fernández, councilor of the City Council of Ponferrada, by the mayor of the town, played by a Urko Olazabal that, thanks To this role, he aspires to win his second Goya after getting the best secondary actor for his work in MAIXABEL.

Short films

Basque short format films monopolize a deserved great space in the list of nominations. In the best fiction short film section, Betiko Gaua From Eneko Sagardoy, the only euskera production selected for the Goya, will opt for an award that could also win MomantulaSosa’s ion. In the animation section, meanwhile, three of the five nominated films are of Basque invoice: The illustrated woman (Isabel Herguera), Cafuné (Carlos Fernández de Vigo and Lorena Ares) and Wheel change (Begoña Arostegui).

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For its part, Kivu seedsproduced by Amania Films and the Uniko studio, opts for the best documentary short film.

Other candidacies

In addition, the donostiarra teacher Alberto Iglesias and the musician Getxoztarra Fernando Velázquez are nominated for the best original music for their work in the titles The next room and The infiltrated respectively.

Patricia López Arnaiz could take her second Goya for her leading role in The flashesa work that already gave the silver shell in the Zinemaldia. Joana M ortueta opts for the best script adapted by The house and Karol Tornaria could win the award for best makeup and hairdressing for 47.

Despite Betiko Gaua Be the only film in Basque nominated in the Academy Awards, it is remarkable that three of the most outstanding films of the year, the own own Betiko Gaua, The flashes (four nominations) and Salve Maria (Two nominations), are based on stories of three Basque writers, Nerea Ibarzabal, Eider Rodriguez and Katixa Agirre, respectively.

The films with EITB participation, The infiltrated, Frame, Betiko Gaua and The illustrated womanadd twenty nominations in total.

47leader in nominations

47 It is the film with more nominations in this 39th edition with fourteen, and follow it Second prize with eleven, The next room with ten, The Red Virgin with nine and House in Flames and The blue star With eight.

Actresses Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling will present the act, in which actress Aitana Sánchez Gijón will receive the Honor Goya and the American actor Richard Gere the International Goya.

Source: Eitb

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