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Los Goya 25th vs. Typical BAFTA
After a staid or rather ‘sophisticated’ BAFTA, as the British style is, held yesterday evening in London, later on, in a warmer and friendlier ambience, took place the 25th edition of the GOYA Awards, at the Real Theatre in Madrid. This year’s edition was certainly more special, sincethe Academy president and director Álex de la Iglesia, whose ‘Balada triste de trompeta’ was nominated for 15 GOYA (including Best Film and Best Director), announced few days before, that he will resign from his job the day after the ceremony (due to some misunderstandings with the former Spanish Academy president and current minister of culture Ángeles González-Sinde, regarding the anti-piracy law). Despite the British Academy Awards, where one of the few relaxed moments was Colin Firth’s speech, after receiving the BAFTA for the best actor (of course, when the film in which you starred, is nominated for 14 BAFTA and wins 7 of them, you can be even more relaxed than Colin), the Spanish Awards were much more dynamic all night long. Starting with the amazing entrance on the scene of host and TV presenter Andreu Buenafuente, who literally dropped from the sky, to the really beautiful Álex de la Iglesia’s speech or the funny moment before the Best Actor award, hijacked by Jimmy Jump. Álex de la Iglesia’s speech was the most expected moment of the night. He talked about the beauty and the joy of working as a director, and also, in a very classy way, about the reason of his step down. Some of his words were: ‘Internet is not the future, as some of us believe, Internet is the present. We are not afraid of the Internet, because it represents the salvation of our audience, which we are already loosing. Without audience, nothing of these would make sense’. He concluded saying that he already admires the future president of the Academy, even though nobody knows him yet. Javier Bardem also had an inspired night. Even though he was invited to the BAFTA Awards, the Spanish actor preferred the ceremony in Madrid, which brought him in exchange a GOYA for Best Actor in ‘Biutiful’. The evening’s surprises in Madrid came from ‘Pa Negre’ directed by Agustí Villaronga, which swept Spain's top 9 film awards (including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role), and also from ‘También la lluvia' by Iciar Bollain, starring Gael García Bernal, which besides 3 prizes, was nominated to represent Spain at the Oscars at the end of this month. About the Red Carpets of the two Awards I will talk in different post, because, despite Javier Bardem, who was dressed in a stylish Gucci black suit, matched inappropriate with a black shirt (a white one would have been perfect, see: Colin Firth or Álex de la Iglesia), most of the outfits were brilliant. Also I would like to talk more about the films, but you should rather watch them first. My favourites and the ones I recommend are: 'Biutiful', 'Balade triste de trompeta', 'También la lluvia', 'Pa Negre', 'The King's Speech', '127 Hours' si 'Black Swan' (Natalie Portman won the BAFTA for the best actress). So..while waiting for the Oscars, enjoy some good films!
After a staid or rather ‘sophisticated’ BAFTA, as the British style is, held yesterday evening in London, later on, in a warmer and friendlier ambience, took place the 25th edition of the GOYA Awards, at the Real Theatre in Madrid. This year’s edition was certainly more special, sincethe Academy president and director Álex de la Iglesia, whose ‘Balada triste de trompeta’ was nominated for 15 GOYA (including Best Film and Best Director), announced few days before, that he will resign from his job the day after the ceremony (due to some misunderstandings with the former Spanish Academy president and current minister of culture Ángeles González-Sinde, regarding the anti-piracy law). Despite the British Academy Awards, where one of the few relaxed moments was Colin Firth’s speech, after receiving the BAFTA for the best actor (of course, when the film in which you starred, is nominated for 14 BAFTA and wins 7 of them, you can be even more relaxed than Colin), the Spanish Awards were much more dynamic all night long. Starting with the amazing entrance on the scene of host and TV presenter Andreu Buenafuente, who literally dropped from the sky, to the really beautiful Álex de la Iglesia’s speech or the funny moment before the Best Actor award, hijacked by Jimmy Jump. Álex de la Iglesia’s speech was the most expected moment of the night. He talked about the beauty and the joy of working as a director, and also, in a very classy way, about the reason of his step down. Some of his words were: ‘Internet is not the future, as some of us believe, Internet is the present. We are not afraid of the Internet, because it represents the salvation of our audience, which we are already loosing. Without audience, nothing of these would make sense’. He concluded saying that he already admires the future president of the Academy, even though nobody knows him yet. Javier Bardem also had an inspired night. Even though he was invited to the BAFTA Awards, the Spanish actor preferred the ceremony in Madrid, which brought him in exchange a GOYA for Best Actor in ‘Biutiful’. The evening’s surprises in Madrid came from ‘Pa Negre’ directed by Agustí Villaronga, which swept Spain's top 9 film awards (including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress in a Leading Role), and also from ‘También la lluvia' by Iciar Bollain, starring Gael García Bernal, which besides 3 prizes, was nominated to represent Spain at the Oscars at the end of this month. About the Red Carpets of the two Awards I will talk in different post, because, despite Javier Bardem, who was dressed in a stylish Gucci black suit, matched inappropriate with a black shirt (a white one would have been perfect, see: Colin Firth or Álex de la Iglesia), most of the outfits were brilliant. Also I would like to talk more about the films, but you should rather watch them first. My favourites and the ones I recommend are: 'Biutiful', 'Balade triste de trompeta', 'También la lluvia', 'Pa Negre', 'The King's Speech', '127 Hours' si 'Black Swan' (Natalie Portman won the BAFTA for the best actress). So..while waiting for the Oscars, enjoy some good films!
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