Throughout the years, the Malaga Festival has served as a platform to introduce new filmmakers and interpreters of our cinema. During the fifteenth edition of the contest, the public had the opportunity to discover at the same time the acting talent of Carmina Barrios and the solvency as a director of the actor Paco León, responsible for the film ‘Carmina o reventa&rsquo ;, the great revelation of this year. This unique comedy grouped together the Jury Prize, the Public Prize and the Best Actress Award for León's mother in her first work in front of the cameras.
The Golden Biznaga of the list of winners went to ‘Els nens salvatges’ (Los niños salvajes), directed by Patricia Ferreira, who also received a prize. The awards for Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Aina Clotet) and Best Supporting Actor went to Álex Monner, although in this case ‘ex aequo’ with Álvaro Cervantes, from ‘The Sex of the Angels’. Imanol Uribe took the prize. the best director award for ‘Orange Honey’, while ‘A cold door’ received the award for best actor (Antonio Dechent) and the Critics' Award.
Actress Elena Anaya received an honorary award. the Málaga Award for his extensive and successful professional career and the composer Roque Baños, responsible for the music for films such as ‘Celda 211’, ‘Alatriste’, ‘Las 13 rosas’ or ‘The Oxford Crimes’, was distinguished with the Ricardo Franco Award. The filmmaker Jaime Chávarri starred in the film. the retrospective of the fifteenth Festival of Málaga, which awarded prizes. the Eloy de la Iglesia Award to director Cesc Gay.
Francis Lorenzo and Ana Fernández were the presenters of the opening gala of the fifteenth edition of the Malaga event
José Coronado and Hugo Silva pose during the presentation of 'El cuerpo', by Oriol Paulo
Press conference for the film 'I feel like you', a film by Fernando González Molina starring Clara Lago and Mario Casas and whose script is signed by Ramón Salazar from Malaga
Paco León poses for photographers on the red carpet.
María León, Carmina Barrios and Paco León kiss at the photocall of the film 'Carmina o revienta'.
The composer Roque Baños received the Ricardo Franco Award from the hands of Álex de la Iglesia.