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The reign of ‘Alcarràs’ and ‘Pacifiction’ in some of Gaudí’s mourning the death of Agustí Villaronga



Nobody doubts that nominations Judy It was the best in the 15-year history of the Catalan Film Awards, as an honest expression of 2022 is full of great movies With a bold look like renovation. And so he supported him, how could it be otherwise, prof High honorsalmost unrepeatable, with three big favorites in terms of the number of nominees sharing the major prizes: Alkarrasfrom Carla SimonAnd which won, among others, a Gaudí for Best Original Film, Direction and Screenplay; Calm downfrom Albert Serra, Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language; s One year, one nightfrom Isaki LakestaAnd Best Original Screenplay and with the stellar presence of SoroMikel Gurrea’s powerful country drama, for which he won the prestigious Award for New Director and for the two lead performances of Vicki Longo and Paul Lopez.

The Catalan Film Awards ceremony was held on Sunday at MNAC oval chamberit was great A protest party in our cinemaAble to stand with abundant creative talent in the face of eternal economic instability, though it was inevitable that in the air there would be an agonizing sense of loss and grief due to the death of director Auguste Villaronga the night before at 69, a cancer victim. The evening is over, in this sense, a Greetings to a principal behind the glass s black pa. “A great man has passed away, perhaps our greatest. A great man on a European level, of cinema in block letters. Someone I loved dearly has passed away. And I would like this gala to be dedicated to him, wherever he may be,” he said in his institutional address. President of the Catalan Film Academy, Judith ColelI was visibly moved, while the audience standing up applauded.

Albert Serra, in Los Angeles

Alkarras, this subtle choral story about a connection to a place, to a land, to a way of life that comes to an end, won the night’s most coveted awards without anyone being able to question the decision of the Catalan academics. the Brand new Golden Bear at the Berlinale It won Best Film and Best Direction Carla Simonand awards to which the original script, production direction, and those for the audience were added. Finally, the Oscar race was frustrating at the first turn, but no one can doubt that Alkarras just below Wonderful miracle He deserves all the awards in the world.

In the same week, in an interview with this newspaper, the head of the academy showed it The strange absence of Calm down In Goya’s nominations. “It’s stark and weird and disturbing,” Ninguneo said of it. In Gaudí he got 11 candidates and that commitment The hypnotic and disturbing film by Albert SerraFilmed in French and Polynesia, it won three awards, one of them for Big Game: Best Film in a Non-Catalan Language, Photography and Art Direction. However, the director was not present at the ceremony, as he was in Los Angeles invited earlier American cinemato whom he dedicated a large-scale retrospective exhibition These Days.

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last great titles of the season, One year, one nightby Isaki Lacuesta, was the person who received the most Gaudí scores, five in all. A sensitive approach to the trauma and pain of the horrific attacks on the Bataclan theater in Paris, in 2015 the drama from the Catalan director won Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Editing and Audio-Visual Effects.

Looks like he sang it the motherBy Pilar Palomero, another of the heavyweight films of This Dream 2022, will win an award in the acting categories. And so it was, deservedly so: Carla Quillsthe rebellious teen who becomes pregnant and is admitted to an orphanage, wins the Gaudí Award for Best New Actress, while Angela CervantesHer fantasy-troubled mother took home Best Supporting Actress. Quílez confirmed, in a sea of ​​tears, on the MNAC_t stage that with just over 14 years she is more than just a young star in the making.

Another year, and there are already quite a few, Gaudís admitted An unstoppable force of female talent, with as many as 12 awards won by women, compared to 14 for men during the evening. In addition to winning for direction, original and adapted script, female leads, production direction, visual effects, sound, make-up and hairstyling, Gaudí was awarded Isabelle Koixet for his documentary The Grok Bendera Julia Paz de Solvas for his short film fed upPreviously Alauda Ruiz de Azua to Five little wolvesIt won the Best European Film Award.

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Gaudí Gala 2023, with Art direction by Tinet Rubira, It developed at a good pace with the actress and comedian Blame Barrera As the only presenter and quick award ceremonies burden the winners, as is inevitable in form, not always thanks to agility. The ceremony permeated outstanding Musical performances, such as that of Franz Schubert’s Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, which interpreted the typical soundtracks of Catalan cinema; Keralt Lahoz and Judit Nedermann (who sang Diamond Square in it in the memory) and Joanne Dawsa and Isaiah Kelly. Aside from remembering Villaronga, it was certainly the most emotional moment of the night Handing over of Gaudí d’Honor to Jaume Figueres by his old traveling companion Ana Garcia Cenerez. Although receiving the award was no less powerful The Grok Benderwhich Kwixt could not capture because he was filming, but five of the women who survived the abuse they endured at the Aula de Teatre de Lleida did.

Judith Collell and Academy Vice President Carlos RiosIn their speech, they launched an acute demand for Catalan cinema, which is essential after years of depression and the pandemic. “It is not surprising that after so much farming, we had such a good year,” said the president, but asked the foundations to forever reach the imaginary 2% of the culture budget.. “We also want TV-3 to be it again Bal de Baler for the Catalan industryBecause we can’t have the industry we want if a key part of the engine is missing,” Rios added to the audience, which included President Of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonés, Minister of Culture, Mikel Iceta, and advisor Culture, Natalia Garriga, and Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colao.

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