Ferreira's 'Nens' tops Malaga - Variety
Madrid-- Patricia Ferreira's youth drama "Els nens salvatges" won best film prize at the 15th Malaga Spanish Film Festival, which wrapped Saturday.The fourth feature from Ferreira, who's carved out a career as a social-issue auteur - most successfully perhaps in 2002's Spanish film noir "The Impatient Alchemist" - is an ultimately upbeat take on three teens living in a big-city suburb. Beyond "Nens," two other films made most of Malaga's kudo running.The debut of actor-turned-helmer Paco Leon, and the latest film from Seville's Jaleo Films, one of Andalusia's top production shingles, compassionate slice-of-life dramedy "Carmina o revienta" scooped Malaga's special jury prize audience award and actress for Carmina Barrios, Leon's mother, who plays a frumpy middle-aged bar-owner battling to make ends meet.Imanol Uribe's "Miel de naranjas," a '50s Andalusia-set political thriller, nabbed director.Popular Andalusian thesp Antonio Dechent took actor for his perf as an ageing salesman in Xavi Puebla's "A puerta fria," produced by Seville's Maestranza Films, and featuring a cameo by Nick Nolte.A Spanish cinema showcase, the Malaga fest ran April 21-28.Complete list of winners:GOLDEN BIZNAGA"The Wild Children" (Patricia Ferreira)SPECIAL JURY PRIZE"Carmina" (Paco Leon)CRITICS AWARD"Cold Call" (Xavi Puebla)DIRECTORImanol Uribe ("Orange Honey")ACTRESSCarmina Barrios ("Carmina")ACTORAntonio Dechent ("Cold Call")SUPPORTING ACTRESSAina Clotet ("The Wild Children")SUPPORTING ACTORAlex Monner("The Wild Children",) Alvaro Cervantes, ("The Sex of the Angels")ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYPatricia Ferreira y Virginia Yague ("The Wild Children")AUDIENCE AWARD"Carmina" (Paco Leon)ORIGINAL SCOREAziza Brahim ("Wilaya")CINEMATOGRAPHYSergi Gallardo ("The Sex of the Angels")EDITINGKoldo Idigoras ("The Pelayos")BEST NEW SCREENWRITERRemedios Crespo ("Orange Honey")CRITIC'S PRIZE"Cold Call" (Xavi Puebla)AUDIENCE AWARD"Carmina" (Paco León)YOUNG JURY RIZE"Memories of my Melancholy Whores" (Henning Carlsen)BEST DOCUMENTARY"Yatasto" (Hermes Paralluelo)LATIN AMERICAN TERRITORY"Silence in Paradise" Colbert GarciaZONAZINE"12 + 1, A Metaphysical Comedy" (Chiqui Carabante)Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com
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