The actress from Gasteiz Mary Cherry and Urko Olazabal have triumphed at the 2022 Goya Awards gala by taking the statues as best new actress and best supporting actor at the gala held in Valencia for their roles as the daughter of Maixabel Lasa and a member of ETA in the movie ‘Maixabel’.
The Bilbao Kike from the Rich won the Goya for best cinematography for his work on ‘Mediterráneo’, while Jorge Guerricaechevarria He has been awarded for the best adapted screenplay in the film ‘The Laws of the Border’.
The winner of the Goya for best revelation actress has highlighted her gratitude to the real protagonist who inspires the film, the wife of Juan Mari Jáuregui, assassinated by ETA. “Maixabel, you are an angel and we all owe you a lot,” she said.
The interpreter has received the award from Adam Nourou, who won the award for revelation actor last year and after emotional videos of the relatives of the nominees were shown.
María Cerezuela: ‘Maria Jauregi is the person who, after my family, has given me the greatest life lesson’
Cerezuela, who plays Maixabel’s daughter in Iciar Bollaín’s film, has considered that this is a “very necessary” film. For this reason, he has shown his gratitude to the producer, to the Academy, to his family and friends, to his co-stars, “the best” that he has been able to have, and to the director, for “changing his life”.
Likewise, he has expressed his admiration for the rest of the nominees. “You are incredible women with very brave jobs and I admire you very much”, she has stated, addressing Almudena Amor, Ángela Cervantes and Nicolle García.
Olazabalfor his part, has assured that the real protagonist who inspires the film, Maixabel Lasa, “is the evolution of people”.
“What Maixabel does with his life is an extraordinary thing and a film has been made that makes us understand a little better who we are and understand life better,” he added.
Urko Olazabal: “The nomination is the award for the work of a lifetime”
The actor and teacher has had words of thanks for the director of the feature film, Icíar Bollaín, for the entire technical and artistic team, for his crew and for all his “students, who will be super happy and super happy to be collecting this piece of prize “.
But, above all, he has thanked his mother, because, as he has confessed, he has so far been “a bit of a junk” and she has made his “dream” easier for him. “Thank you all for this privilege, getting here is not easy and we have arrived. We are happy”, he asserted.
The San Sebastian composer Alberto Iglesias, on the other hand, has not won the prize in the nomination for best original music, and will return to Euskal Herria empty-handed. However, in March she will have the opportunity to achieve the Oscar statuette.
Alberto Iglesias musikagile donostiarra, berriz, saririk gabe geratu da. He jatorrizko musika onenaren sarirako zen hautagaia, eta esku hutsik itzuliko da Euskal Herrira. Hala ere, he Oscarretan izango du beste aukera bat, martxoan.
On the other hand, ‘Mother’, which tells the story of a Bilbao NGO that works in the Congo, has won the award for Best Documentary Short Film. In addition, the creators have dedicated the award to the Basque journalists murdered in Burkina Faso, David Beriain and Roberto Fraile.
Source: Eitb
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