Castón’s Ander triumphs at Cinespaña
At the 14th Toulouse Cinespaña Festival (see news), Roberto Castón’s Ander [+see also:
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The jury presided by director Brigitte Roüan awarded Best Actor to Unax Ugalde for his performance in Helena Taberna’s The Good News. The film also scooped the Audience Award and Best Original Score (Ángel Illarramendi).
Best Actress was shared by Anna Lizaran (for Ventura Pons’ Strangers) and Irene Visedo (for Beda Docampo Feijóo’s Mad Love [+see also:
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Chus Gutiérrez’s Return To Hansala [+see also:
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The Cinespaña festival presented avant-premières of Marc Recha’s Little Indi [+see also:
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The next Spanish film to be released in France will be Jaume Balguero and Paco Plaza’s [Rec 2] [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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