In 2002, the Malaga Festival celebrated its first five years. The contest, already considered an essential event for our cinema, lived a great time. that year a resounding boost thanks to the resounding success of ‘El otro lado de la cama’, a musical comedy by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro which, after winning the Biznaga de oro, the award for best director and the award from the Malaga public, became the best director. in the highest grossing Spanish film of the year. The film starring Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega, Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke, Alberto San Juan and María Esteve also received six Goya Award nominations.
‘We are nobody’, directed by Jordi Moll’, was the opening film of this fifth edition, in which ‘Smoking room’, by Julio D. Wallovits and Roger Gual, also received nominations. three awards: the Special Jury Prize, the prize for the best male performance for all the actors in the film and the prize for the best script. The award for the best female performance went to the Cuban actress Claudia Rojas for her role in "La novia de Lázaro", while the actor Daniel Guzmás was awarded the award for best female performance. n received & oacute; a special mention for his work in ‘Cuando todo esté en orden’, a film by César Martínez Herrada that also received a prize. the award for best music.
The Ricardo Franco Prize was awarded to the editor José Salcedo and the Retrospectiva Award, to the work of the filmmaker José Louis Rope. The Festival paid off. He paid a heartfelt homage to the late Adolfo Marsillach, who had died months before at the age of 73, and granted a prize. the Málaga Award to the actress Ángela Molina.
The actress Ángela Molina raises the Biznaga of the Málaga Award that she received in the fifth edition of the Festival
Editor José Salcedo received the Ricardo Franco Festival Award
Photocall of the film ‘Smoking Room’
José Luis Cuerda received the Retrospectiva Award
Group photo of the Jury of the 5th Malaga Festival, with Ray Loriga, Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, Agustín Díaz Yanes, Antonio Gasset, José Manuel Lorenzo and Benito Zambrano.
Presentation of the film 'El oro de Moscú', a production by Enrique Cerezo directed by Jesús Bonilla and starring, among others, Alfredo Landa and Antonio Resines.