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09-12-2011Garbo. The Spy will premiere in Chicago at the Facets Cinémathèque, well known to locals for presenting a distinct selection of significant films from around the world that cannot be seen anywhere else...
Opens in Facets Cinémathèque in Lincoln Park on Friday December 9th.
14-11-2011"Compelling. Spain’s hottest docu in years"
- Variety
Garbo. The Spy will open at the prestigious Laemmle Theatres, the premiere art house chain in Los Angeles that has been a supporter of quality foreign and independent films for over 70 years.
Opens in Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills on Friday November 25th
01-09-2011
“Capture the boy and behead him!”
29-07-2011
“A near perfect movie. Javier Bardem is remarkable.”
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02-04-2011Bruc - The Manhunt has been officially selected into the non-competition section at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which will take place from June 11th to 19th.
15-03-2011Javier Bardem wins the Best Actor Award for Biutiful at the Silver Fotogramas Awards, presented each year by the prestigious film magazine Fotogramas. It’s their readers that vote for these actors’ awards, and this is the seventh time Javier Bardem has been awarded over the years.
01-03-2011Music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
Contains a second disc “Almost Biutiful” with music written before the film was completed and which did not make it into the film. The CD package includes a letter written by the director of the film, Alejandro González Iñárritu, charting how the music came about.
Edited by Relativity Music Group
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16-02-2011The more than 3,000 members of the Actors’ Union have voted the candidates for the 20th edition of their annual Prizes Ceremony which will take place on April 4th at the Price Theater Circus in Madrid. Biutiful has the greatest number of candidates, with a total of four nominees, followed by Lope, with three.
Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Eduard Fernández and Ana Wagener are the nominees for Biutiful.
Antonio de la Torre, Juan Diego and Pilar López de Ayala are the nominees for Lope.
...Whoever has tasted it, knows
Lope is now available on DVD, with Extras containing a Special Version for educational use (a reduced 97 min. version that can be seen in 2 sessions), as well as subtitles in color for people with impaired vision and audio description for the hard of hearing. Also included is the music video of Jorge Drexler’s song, “Que el soneto nos tome por sorpresa”, which won this year’s Goya Award for Best Original Song. This piece was directed by Lope’s director, Andrucha Waddington, who’s made music videos in the past for artists such as Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil.
Lope is also available as a two-disc Blu-Ray Special Edition, which comes with a free DVD version of the film, as well as the following Extras: Director’s cut, Making of (60 min.), Theatrical Trailer, Teaser, Photo gallery and the music video of Jorge Drexler’s song, “Que el soneto nos tome por sorpresa”.
14-02-2011Tatiana Hernández received the Goya Award for Best Costume Design for her work in Lope. It’s her second nomination at these awards, as she was a candidate back in 2003 for her work in Javier Fesser’s “Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure”.
Jorge Drexler was awarded the Goya for Best Original Song, for 'Que El Soneto Nos Tome Por Sorpresa'. He was already nominated at the Goya Awards 2006 for his song "La vida secreta de las pequeñas cosas", which he wrote together with David Broza for the film "Cándida", directed by Guillermo Fesser. He also won an Oscar for his song “Al otro lado del río” for “The Motorcycle Diaries”, directed by Walter Salles.
Watch a clip of the ceremony
Watch the music video of the song directed by Andrucha Waddington
14-02-2011Javier Bardem was proclaimed Best Leading Actor at the 25th edition of the Spanish Academy’s Goya Awards. This is the second award he receives after Cannes for his performance in Biutiful. It’s also the 5th Goya Award of his career, after winning the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in “Running Out of Time” (1995), followed by three Best Leading Actor awards for “Mouth to Mouth” (1996), “Mondays in the Sun” (2003) and “The Sea Inside” (2005).
07-02-2011Garbo: The Spy has been awarded by the Spanish Screenwriters’ Union the Alma Award for Best Screenplay for a Documentary. The screenplay writers are María Hervera, Isaki Lacuesta and Edmon Roch.
25-01-2011Javier Bardem has been nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Biutiful, which is also nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category, at the 83rd edition of the Oscars. This is Bardem’s third nomination at Hollywood’s Academy Awards. In the year 2000, he was nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in Julian Schnabel’s “Before Night Falls”, and in 2007, he won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the Cohen brothers’ “No Country for Old Men”. For Alejandro González Iñárritu’s, it’s his second nomination in the best Best Foreign Language Film category, after “Amores Perros” in 2001. His film “Babel” was nominated Best Picture and Iñarritú himself was nominated Best Director in 2007.
24-01-2011The Spanish Screenwriters’ Union ALMA, which was founded in 1989 and comprises of almost 300 members, has announced the nominations for their first Screenplay Awards, which will take place on February 5th in Madrid’s Sala Berlanga. Lope’s screenplay, written by Ignacio del Moral and Jordi Gasull, will be competing in the category of Best Screenplay for a Feature Film, and Garbo: The Spy, written by María Hervera, Isaki Lacuesta and Edmon Roch, will be competing in the category of Best Screenplay for a Documentary.
18-01-2011Javier Bardem, who already won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008 for his role in the Cohen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men”, is now nominated for Best Leading Actor for his performance in Biutiful at the 63rd edition of the BAFTAs. He will be competing against Jeff Bridges ("True Grit"), Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network"), James Franco (“127 Hours”) and Colin Firth ("The King’s Speech"). The Award ceremony will take place on February 13th at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, the same day as the Goya Awards in Spain, where he is also nominated for Best Leading Actor for Biutiful.
11-01-2011Biutifulgets a total of 8 Goya nominations
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07-01-2011Biutiful has been nominated by the British Academy in the category of Best Film Not in the English Language. Alejandro González Iñárritu already competed in this category with “Amores Perros” in 2002, and his film “Babel” was nominated Best Film in 2007. He was also nominated for the David Lean Award for Direction that year. In this year’s edition, he’ll be competing against Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men”, Juan José Campanella’s “The Secret in Their Eyes”, Süren Staermose and Niels Arden Oplev’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo”, and Luca Guadagnino’s “I am love”.
29-12-2010Ikiru Films is preparing the 3D animation film Tadeo Jones, La Película, directed by Enrique Gato and co-produced by El Toro Pictures and Lightbox Animation Studios.
17-12-2010Lope is one of the finalists in the category of Best Film at the 16th edition of the José María Forqué Film Awards.
15-12-2010Biutiful is nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Other films in this category include ‘The Concert’ (France), ‘The Edge’ (Russia), ‘I am Love’ (Italy) and ‘In a Better World’ (Denmark). It’s the second time that a film of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s competes in this category. The first was with “Amores Perros” in the year 2001. And in 2006, “Babel” garnered seven nominations and won the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama.
14-12-2010Biutiful has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which are given annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), the leading movie, TV and radio critics’ association in the US and Canada, with around 250 members.
07-12-2010Music Composed by Xavier Capellas
Edited by Moviescore Media
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06-12-2010The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association has rewarded Biutiful with the Best Foreign Film Award.
03-12-2010
Everything you always wanted to know about GARBO but were afraid to ask…
SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION with almost 4 hours of Extras: director’s audio commentary, deleted scenes, additional archive material, 11 interviews with several protagonists including Juan Pujol himself (TV3, 1984). This edition comes along with an extensive booklet, which contains reviews and exclusive essays about the film, an interview with the director, as well as pictures and unknown facts about the greatest double agent of the Second World War.
28-09-2010Biutiful has been chosen by the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to represent Mexico in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 83rd edition of the Oscars.
15-09-2010Lope has been preselected by the Spanish Film Academy to represent Spain at the 83rd edition of the Oscars.
13-09-2010Music Composed by Fernando Velázquez.
Includes Jorge Drexler’s song “Que el soneto nos tome por sorpresa”, winner of a Goya Award for Best Original Song.
Edited by Warner Music Spain.
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08-09-2010The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), known as one of the three leading film festivals of the world, will start tomorrow with 25 world premieres, including Lope. Biutiful will open in the US within the ‘Special Presentation’ section, along with 34 other films.
04-09-2010From September 10th to November 28th, Madrid’s Costume Museum will host the exhibition Lope, las entretelas del siglo de oro, which will display the costumes designed by Tatiana Hernández for the film Lope.
29-07-2010Lope has been officially selected into the non-competition section at the 67th edition of the Venice Film Festival. La Mostra will take place from September 1 to 11. The film has also been selected at the 35th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, which will take place from September 9 to 19.
Lope opens in Spanish theaters on September 3rd.
13-07-2010Music Composed by Fernando Velázquez
Nominated Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature by the IFMCA (The International Film Music Critics Association)
Edited by Moviescore Media
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04-07-2010Garbo: The Spy is screened in the Variety Critics’ Choice section at the 45th edition of the Karlovy International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic.
29-06-2010Garbo: The Spy has been selected with the support of the European Film Promotion in close partnership with Variety, to screen in the Variety Critics’ Choice section at the prestigious Karlovy Int’l Festival (KVIFF).
Read Edmon Roch’s interview on Internet Cineeuropa’s website, a partner in this event
23-05-2010Javier Bardem’s performance in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful has been rewarded with the Best Actor Award at this year’s 63rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
16-04-2010Biutiful is one of the 16 films selected to compete for the Palme d’Or, out of the 1,600 films viewed by the jury (presided this year by Tim Burton) at the 63rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will take place from May 12 to 23. Javier Bardem is also competing for the Best Actor Award.
15-02-2010The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rewarded Garbo: The Spy with the Best Documentary Film Award at the 24th edition of the Goya Awards, celebrated yesterday evening in Madrid’s Palacio Municipal de Congresos.
Watch a clip of the ceremony
02-02-2010Garbo: The Spy received the Best Documentary Film Award and Best Screenplay Award at the 2nd edition of the Gaudí Awards, organized in Barcelona by the Academy of Catalan Cinema. The ceremony took place at the Coliseum Theater in Barcelona and was broadcast by TV3.
01-02-2010Garbo: The Spy’s original score, composed by Fernando Velázquez, has been nominated for Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature by the IFMCA (The International Film Music Critics Association).
25-01-2010The 42 critics invited by the prestigious magazine Fotogramas voted the best films of 2009 and Garbo: The Spy appears 9th, with a total of 8 votes, being the only documentary film on the list.
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04-12-2009
25-11-2009Garbo: The Spy is enjoying an extraordinary reception at the IDFA, Europe’s most prestigious documentary film festival, and is one of the three documentary films to make it to the final stage, out of the 16 films competing for the IDFA Award for Best First Appearance.
15-11-2009Garbo: The Spy wins the Golden Giraldillo for the Best Documentary Film at the 6th edition of the Seville European Film Festival.
Photo: Edmon Roch receiving the award during the closing ceremony
