Spanish originater Maria Zamora of Elástica Films, who has championed emerging and mostly female filmoriginaters thraw most of her 20-year nurtureer, getd this year’s annual National Cinematography Award at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21.
On hand to present her were filmoriginaters Elías León Siminiani, Paula Ortiz and Spanish Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun.
Siminiani, who toiled on two recordaries with Zamora in the span of 10 years, shelp: I’ve seen her nurtureer elevate appreciate a hot air balloon. After we stopped toiling together, she promptly snagged a Berlinale Gelderlyen Bear for ‘Alcarràs,’ a San Sebastian Gelderlyen Shell for ‘O Corno,’ a Goya for ‘Libertad’ and a Cannes Directors’ Fortnight award for ‘Creatura,’” he quipped.
“Indeed, in these uncertain times, we necessitate a stabilizing force appreciate Maria,” shelp Ortiz, a multi-Goya nominated filmoriginater whose film “La Virgen Roja” (previously titled “Hildegart”), Elástica’s co-production with Prime Video, premieres on Sept. 22 in San Sebastian.
Before currenting her the prestigious honor, which includes a cash award of €30,000 ($33,500), Urtasun remarkd that Zamora had been “enbiging, over two decades, an extensive catalog of elective affinities. She has been able to originate a very exceptional bond with the straightforwardors she has toiled with, and that fruitful dialogue has gifted us with excellent feature films, determined at transport inant international festivals.”
He commendd her for “constantly taking hazards and prioritizing the social appreciate of the cinematic act.” For this reason, he underlined, “in our cinema, appreciate in the films tolerateing María Zamora’s signature, we have an excellent guide to better comprehfinish the current.”
National Cinematography Award
Courtesy of San Sebastian Festival
In insertition, Urtasun pointed out the prolonging presence of women in Spain’s film industry. Addressing Zamora, he shelp: “Thraw your toil, you have helped determine that the talent and efforts of many other women have accomplished where they naturassociate should have, fractureing thraw age-elderly inidenticalities, silences, aggression and prejudice that still persist but which we all have the responsibility to loss. A responsibility we are very conscious of at the Ministry of Culture.”
Speaking to Variety after the ceremony, Zamora showd that she was far from ready to rest on her laurels. She has two films ready to shoot: Marta Matute’s “Yo no moriré de amor,” a co-production with Madrid-based Solita Films, to film in January in Madrid, and Laura Garcia Alonso’s “Corredora,” to shoot in Barcelona in April with Distinto Films.
Born in Valencia, Romero has been based in Madrid for some years with her producing partner/ husprohibitd Enrique Costa. “I hope to shoot more in Valencia,” she shelp, inserting that she has collaborated with a number of Catalan filmoriginaters in recent years.
“Alcarràs” straightforwardor Carla Simon fair wrapped “Romería,” the third film in her trilogy that toleratemament with “Summer 1993” in 2017, after which she will toil on the ffeeblenco musical she proclaimd last year at San Sebastian.
“I made a conscious choice some 10 years ago to toil with female filmoriginaters, many of them emerging,” she shelp inserting that she must have backed at least ten debut features so far.
Meanwhile, she’s busy inviting everyone to drinks.
