– Marta Matute’s debut film has taken the top prize, along with two awards for its cast, while the Mexican film The Garden We Dreamed has secured three major awards
The winners of the Málaga Film Festival (© Eloy Muñoz Reyes)
The jury of the Official Competition Feature Film Section at the 29th Málaga Film Festival (held from 6 to 15 March), made up of Jaione Camborda (chair), Belén Funes, Loreto Mauleón, Daniela Michel, Rosa Montero, Gastón Pauls and Santiago Roncagliolo, announced last Saturday that the Golden Biznaga, worth €8,000, for Best Spanish Film was awarded to I Won’t Die For Love, the debut feature film directed by Marta Matute. The film also picked up the awards for Best Actress (newcomer Júlia Mascort) and Best Supporting Actor (Tomás del Estal).
The Golden Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film in the Official Selection went to The Garden We Dreamed by Joaquín del Paso, which premiered in the Berlinale Panorama section and also won the awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography (Gökhan Tiryaki).
Next on the list of the most awarded films is the European co-production Iván & Hadoum [+see also:
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Another standout title is the Chilean production (with Argentine and Italian participation) The Red Hangar [+see also:
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The list of winners in the Official Competition section is completed by the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress, awarded to María Magdalena Sanizo for her performance in La hija cóndor (Bolivia/Peru/Uruguay). The film also received an award for its soundtrack, composed by Cergio Prudencio and Marcelo Guerrero.
Meanwhile, the Critics’ Jury, made up of Norberto Chab, José Antonio Díaz and Marcelo Stiletano, awarded its Silver Biznaga to The Red Hangar. The Málaga Film Festival, using a system based on a 50-50 split between the votes of cinema-goers and this year’s People’s Jury, also presented the Silver Biznaga Audience Award to the same film. Using the same criteria, the Silver Biznaga Audience Award in the Official Out-of-Competition Feature Film Section went to the Spanish film Dos días, directed by Gonzaga Manso.
As for the Zonazine section, its jury, comprising Nicolás Gil Lavedra, Àlex Monner and Paula Palacios, awarded the Silver Biznaga for Best Spanish Film (worth €4,000) to La carn, directed by Joan Porcel and premiered in Tallinn last November, The film also won the Best Actor award for Lluís Garau. Meanwhile, the Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film (also worth €4,000) went to the Mexican film Oca, directed by Karla Badillo and screened at Toronto, along with a special mention for the Argentine film Los nadadores, directed by Sol Iglesias. The Silver Biznaga for Best Director in this category went to Gwai Lou for the Spanish-Malaysian co-production We Are the Jungle.
The list of winners:
Fiction Feature Film Competition
Golden Biznaga Award for Best Spanish Film
I Won’t Die For Love – Marta Matute (Spain/Belgium)
Golden Biznaga Award for Best Ibero-American Film
The Garden We Dreamed – Joaquín del Paso (Mexico)
Silver Biznaga Special Jury Award
Iván & Hadoum [+see also:
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Silver Biznaga Award for Best Director
Joaquín del Paso – The Garden We Dreamed
Silver Biznaga for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Júlia Mascort – I Won’t Die For Love
Special Mention
Ángeles Pradal – Ángeles (Mexico/Argentina)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nicolás Zárate – The Red Hangar [+see also:
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Special Mention
Silver Chicón – Iván & Hadoum.
Silver Biznaga for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
María Magdalena Sanizo – La hija cóndor (Bolivia/Peru/Uruguay)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tomás del Estal – I Won’t Die For Love
Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay
Ian de la Rosa – Iván & Hadoum
Silver Biznaga for Best Music
Cergio Prudencio, Marcelo Guerrero – La hija cóndor
Silver Biznaga Award for Best Cinematography
Gökhan Tiryaki – The Garden We Dreamed
Silver Biznaga Award for Best Editing
Valeria Hernández, Sebastián Brahm – The Red Hangar
Zonazine Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Spanish Film
La carn – Joan Porcel (Spain)
Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Film
Oca – Karla Badillo (Mexico/Argentina)
Special Mention
Los nadadores – Sol Iglesias (Argentina/Mexico/United States)
Silver Biznaga for Best Director
Gwai Lou – We Are the Jungle (Spain/Malaysia)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Angela Sarafyan – Quase Deserto (Brazil/United States)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Lluís Garau – La carn
Documentary Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Documentary
El mapa para tocarte – Mercedes Afonso (Spain/Uruguay)
Special Jury Mention
Sucia – Bárbara Mestanza, Marc Pujolar (Spain)
Silver Biznaga for Best Director
María Molina Peiró – Como todo mortal (Netherlands/Spain)
Silver Biznaga Special Jury Award
A voz de Deus – Miguel Antunes Ramos (Brazil/Spain)
Fiction Short Film Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Short Film
Talk Me – Joecar Hanna (Spain/United States)
Silver Biznaga for Best Director
Marc Camardons – Per bruixa i metzinera (Spain)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sonia Almarcha, Mirela Balic – Una vocal (Spain)
Silver Biznaga for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Chete Guzmán – Epifanía (Spain)
Special Jury Mention
Instrucciones para cocinar un pollo bajo tierra – Oliva Delcán, Nacho Sánchez (Spain)
Documentary Short Film Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Documentary Short Film
Los días azules – Javier García Lerín (Spain)
Ibershorts Official Short Film Section
Silver Biznaga for Best Ibero-American Short Film
Domingo familiar – Gerardo del Razo (Mexico)
Animazine Short Film Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Animation Short Film
Pinchu es así – Carmen Córdoba (Spain)
Málaga Short Film Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Fiction Short Film
Las desqueridas – Charlie García Villalba, Gonzalo Ruiz Esteban (Spain)
Production Grants
Un pingüino en el desierto – José Rodríguez-Vergara Pérez (€3,500)
La exorcista – Marga Dorao (€4,000)
Azucenas – Daniel Parra (€4,500)
Los ojos que no lloraron – Sonia Madrid (€4,500)
Perdón – José Vega (€4,500)
Sonia y Selena – Nerea Guitart (€4,500)
Destello eterno – Paula Sánchez Lobato, Pedro Jesús Medina Criado (€6,000)
El heredero – Jorge Rivera (€6,000)
Los de aquí – José Mari Martínez, Martí Juan Balet (€6,000)
Un espejo adulto – Daniel Fraga, Andrés Goñi (€6,000)
Asserting Women’s Rights Competition
Silver Biznaga First Prize for Best Documentary
Llamarse Olimpia – Indira Cato (Mexico)
Silver Biznaga Special Jury Award for Best Documentary
Recuerdo tu nombre – Silvia Venegas (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Málaga Women on Stage Short Film
No estamos locos – Lucia Criado Rosas (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Women on Stage Best Fiction Work
Pietra – Cynthia Levitan (Spain/Portugal/Poland/Brazil/Lithuania)
Silver Biznaga Women on Stage Best Documentary
Pasionaria. Dolores Ibárruri – Amparo Climent (Spain)
Cinema Cocina Competition
Silver Biznaga for Best Feature Film
Decían que aquí no había ná – Jorge Fernández Mayoral (Spain)
Silver Biznaga for Best Short Film
Montse. La penúltima bodega – Jordi Busquets, David Salvador, Víctor Solsona (Spain)
Other Awards
Silver Biznaga Critics’ Jury Award Fiction Feature Film Competition
The Red Hangar – Juan Pablo Sallato
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Fiction Feature Film Competition
The Red Hangar – Juan Pablo Sallato
Silver Biznaga Audience Award (Voted for by the audience)
Another League – Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz (Spain/Portugal)
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Out of Competition
Dos días – Gonzaga Manso (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Zonazine Competition
Oca – Karla Badillo
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Fiction Short Film Competition
El lago silente – Varo López (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Documentary Short Film Competition
Los días azules – Javier García Lerín
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Animazine Short Film Competition
Bobs – Júlia Marcó (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Málaga Short Film Competition
En Toronto no pasan estas cosas – Manolo Orellana Naranjo (Spain)
Silver Biznaga Audience Award Mosaic Official Selection. Panorama Internacional
Out of Love [+see also:
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Silver Biznaga Audience Award in Asserting Women’s Rights Competition
Recuerdo tu nombre – Silvia Venegas
Silver Biznaga Audience Award in Asserting Women’s Rights Competition – Women on Stage
Un hombre libre [+see also:
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Audience Award for Best Feature Film in Cinema Cocina Competition
Todos los días domingo – Abraham López Feria (Spain)
Audience Award for Best Short Film in Cinema Cocina Competition
Montse. La penúltima bodega – Jordi Busquets, David Salvador
Feroz Puerta Oscura Award Feature Film Competition
I Won’t Die For Love – Marta Matute
ASECAN First Feature Film Award Fiction Feature Film Competition
Runner – Laura García Alonso (Spain)
Signis Award Feature Film Competition
La mujer de la fila – Benjamín Ávila (Argentina)
Film School Award Zonazine Competition
We Are the Jungle – Gwai Lou
Quirónsalud Award for the Most Social Documentary
La huella y el tiempo – Raúl Vaquero (Spain)
The Core School Biznaga for Best Short Film
Killjote – Ángel Villahermosa (Spain)
(Translated from Spanish)
