Daniel Brühl and Marion Cotillard won the audience prizes for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively at the Seattle Film Festival in Washington this past weekend. Bruhl was honored for his role in Salvador, while Cotillard's performance as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose was celebrated. Elsewhere, the audience awards for Best Film went to Outsourced, directed by John Jeffcoat, while Best Director went to Daniel Waters for Sex And Death 101. Among the juried awards were the Grand Jury Prize for Best New American Film, which was won by Jeff Nichols' Shotgun Stories.
- 6/19/2007
- WENN
MADRID -- Pedro Almodovar's Volver walked away with five top honors at the 21st Goya Awards ceremony Sunday, leaving rivals Alatriste, Pan's Labyrinth and Salvador to divvy up the remainder of the prizes.
Despite the fact that Volver snagged several key awards, including film, director, actress, original score and supporting actress, Spain's most international director was not on hand to receive his award, instead opting to stay home. Almodovar had a falling out with the Spanish film academy in 2005 over the treatment of his film Bad Education and hasn't attended a gala ceremony since.
Even so, Volver star Penelope Cruz was the undisputed queen of the night.
Enveloped in the good vibes of being on home turf, Cruz -- is nominated for an Oscar for the same role -- won her second Goya award. The Spanish actress held court from a center seat in the auditorium and was greeted by winners on their way to pick up their own awards as well by the master of ceremonies, Jose Corbacho.
Upon receiving her Goya award for best actress for the role of a single mother in Volver, an emotional Cruz thanked Almodovar.
"With him and with (the role of) Raimunda, I've lived the best moments of my life," said a teary-eyed Cruz, who admitted she would go straight to see the director upon leaving the ceremony.
With a lipstick kiss mark on her cheek, Cruz was the impromptu presenter of the following award, best feature animation, and congratulated Filmax's Julio Fernandez for taking home the prize for the boxoffice success "Perez, el ratoncito de tus suenos."
Later in the evening, she reappeared to accept Almodovar's directorial award for Volver, his 16th feature.
Despite the fact that Volver snagged several key awards, including film, director, actress, original score and supporting actress, Spain's most international director was not on hand to receive his award, instead opting to stay home. Almodovar had a falling out with the Spanish film academy in 2005 over the treatment of his film Bad Education and hasn't attended a gala ceremony since.
Even so, Volver star Penelope Cruz was the undisputed queen of the night.
Enveloped in the good vibes of being on home turf, Cruz -- is nominated for an Oscar for the same role -- won her second Goya award. The Spanish actress held court from a center seat in the auditorium and was greeted by winners on their way to pick up their own awards as well by the master of ceremonies, Jose Corbacho.
Upon receiving her Goya award for best actress for the role of a single mother in Volver, an emotional Cruz thanked Almodovar.
"With him and with (the role of) Raimunda, I've lived the best moments of my life," said a teary-eyed Cruz, who admitted she would go straight to see the director upon leaving the ceremony.
With a lipstick kiss mark on her cheek, Cruz was the impromptu presenter of the following award, best feature animation, and congratulated Filmax's Julio Fernandez for taking home the prize for the boxoffice success "Perez, el ratoncito de tus suenos."
Later in the evening, she reappeared to accept Almodovar's directorial award for Volver, his 16th feature.
- 1/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- Agustin Diaz Yanes' historical adventure Alatriste and Pedro Almodovar's Volver are leading the pack for Spain's top film prize, the Goya awards, with 15 and 14 nominations respectively, organizers announced Monday.
The two films will go head-to-head in the best film and director categories along with Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy tale Pan's Labyrinth, which earned 13 nominations, and Manuel Huerga's Salvador. The homage to Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich earned 11 noms.
Volver, Spain's entry for the foreign-language Oscar, and Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico's offering, are considered serious contenders for the Oscar short list.
Almodovar and Del Toro also will compete for best original script, along with Daniel Sanchez Arvalo for DarkBlueAlmostBlack and Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo for The Night of the Sunflowers.
Antonio Banderas received a nomination for his adapted screenplay of Summer Rain and will compete with The Education of Fairies writer-director Jose Luis Cuerda, Salvador writer Lluis Arcarazo and Alatriste's Diaz Yanes.
Penelope Cruz, who reaped accolades in Cannes for her performance in Volver, will compete against Pan's Maribel Verdu, DarkBlueAlmostBlack's Marta Etura and La Dama Boba's Silvia Abascal for the best actress nod.
The two films will go head-to-head in the best film and director categories along with Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy tale Pan's Labyrinth, which earned 13 nominations, and Manuel Huerga's Salvador. The homage to Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich earned 11 noms.
Volver, Spain's entry for the foreign-language Oscar, and Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico's offering, are considered serious contenders for the Oscar short list.
Almodovar and Del Toro also will compete for best original script, along with Daniel Sanchez Arvalo for DarkBlueAlmostBlack and Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo for The Night of the Sunflowers.
Antonio Banderas received a nomination for his adapted screenplay of Summer Rain and will compete with The Education of Fairies writer-director Jose Luis Cuerda, Salvador writer Lluis Arcarazo and Alatriste's Diaz Yanes.
Penelope Cruz, who reaped accolades in Cannes for her performance in Volver, will compete against Pan's Maribel Verdu, DarkBlueAlmostBlack's Marta Etura and La Dama Boba's Silvia Abascal for the best actress nod.
- 12/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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