Málaga Film Festival

Málaga Film Festival

2009 Malaga Film Festival
Genre film festival
Frequency annual
Location(s) Málaga, Spain
Cervantes Theatre, Echegaray Theatre,
Albéniz Cinema
Inaugurated 1998
Website
www.festivaldemalaga.com

The Málaga Film Festival or Málaga Spanish Film Festival (FMCE)[1] is an annual film festival held in Málaga, Spain. The festival was established to promote Spanish cinema and help disseminate information about Spanish films.

The festival has numerous screenings of the most important Spanish film releases for the previous year, including documentaries and short films. It has awards for the best films of the year as well as honorary awards. The main prize is the Biznaga de Oro for best picture. Other awardees, such as "Critic's choice" and "Best direction" receive Biznagas de Plata. In addition the festival hosts panel discussions and round-tables on topics of current interest in Spanish cinema.

The first festival was held on March 9 through 17th of 1998. The guest of honor was Fernando Fernán Gómez, and the retrospective was dedicated to Montxo Armendariz. Although originally the festival was held anytime from March through June, since 2008 it has always been held in April.

Best pictures

The Biznaga de Oro for best picture was awarded as follows:

Notes

  1. The initials are from the official Spanish name Festival de Málaga Cine Español.
  2. Arambarri, Laura Ferrer (31 March 2014). "Alfredo Montero arrasa con ´La cueva´ en el festival de Málaga". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  3. Bujalance, Pablo (28 April 2013). "Gracia Querejeta gana su segunda Biznaga de Oro con '15 años y un día'". Málaga Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  4. Griñán, Francisco (29 April 2012). "Dos apuestas radicales, 'Los niños salvajes' y 'Carmina', triunfan en Málaga (Two radical bets, 'Los niños salvajes' and 'Carmina', triumph at Malaga)". Diario SUR. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012.
  5. Agencia EFE (25 April 2009). "´La vergüenza´, de David Planell, gana la Biznaga de Oro en Málaga (´La vergüenza´, by David Planell receives the Biznaga de Oro in Málaga)". La Opinión de Murcia. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012.
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