Last night on the January 19th was held the 2020 Gaudí Awards ceremony given by Acadèmia del Cinema Català. ‘A thief’s daughter’ which was the most nominated film, had a total of 13 nominations, won 3 Awards.

The awards won by ‘A thief’s daughter’ were:

Gaudí Award for best screenplay – Belén Funes and Marçal Cebrian

Gaudí Award for best direction – Belén Funes

Gaudí Award for best non-catalan language film – ‘A thief’s daughter’

These awards made ‘A thief’s daughter’ become the winning of the night. It was the one that won most awards along with ‘Els dies que vindran’.

The ceremony was held at the Auditori Forum CCIB and was presented by the actress Anna Moliner.

RTVE ‘Días de cine’ held on last January 14th the ceremony of the VII Awards. These Awards recognized Greta Fernández and Belén Funes, actress and director of ‘A thief’s daughter’.

Greta Fernández’s work has been recognized for ‘Días de cine’ with “A star is born” 2019 award. And the Belén Funes’ work has been recognized with “The future is woman” 2019 award.

These awards granted by ‘Días de cine’ recognize the best national and international films and performances of 2019. The ceremony was held at Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum and was presented by the actress Sandra Martín.

‘Devil between the legs’, the last work of the renowned mexican director Arturo Ripstein, has been co-produced by several mexican producers along with Oberon cinematográfica. In the production of Carnaval Films, in addition to Oberon cinematográfica, participated Alebrije Cine y Video, Filmadora Nacional i Estudios Churubusco.

The script of the film written by Paz Alicia Garciadiego, the director’s usual screenwriter, is a drama about old age that talks about the crisis of an adult couple and their sexuality. Every day Beatriz, the main character played by Sylvia Pasquel, is victim of insults, harassment and humiliation by her jealous husband, but does not run away from his side because they have created a codependence and, at least she, would not conceive of her life from another way.

The film was released internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival and then had its premiere in Mexico at the Morelia International Film Festival. Since that time, ‘Devil between the legs’ has made an extensive tour around several international festivals of reference, some in competition and others out of competition, to make themselves known. Ripstein’s film has been in South Korea at the Busan International Film Festival, in Poland at the Warsaw Film Festival, in Brazil at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival and at Festival do Rio, in Belarus at the Minsk International Film Festival, in Norway at the Films from the South, in Estonia at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and in India at the International Film Festival of India-Goa.

Here you can see the trailer of ‘Devil between the legs’.

This morning took place the reading of the nominees for the Gaudí Awards 2020. The highest triumphant has been ‘A thief’s daughter’ which has been the one that has obtained a greater number of nominations for a total of 13 categories.

The categories for which ‘A thief’s daughter’ has been nominated were:

Best film in non-Catalan language

Best director; Belén Funes

Best screenplay; Belén Funes and Marçal Cebrián

Best actress; Greta Fernández

Best actor; Eduard Fernández

Best supporting actor; Àlex Monner

Best photography; Neus Ollé

Best film editing; Bernat Aragonés

Best artistic direction; Marta Bazaco

Best costume design; Desirée Guirao

Best makeup and hairstyling; Elisa Alonso

Best sound editing; Sergio Rueda, Enrique G. Bermejo and Carlos Jiménez

Best production direction; Marta Ramírez

The reading of the nominees has taken place in the emblematic building ‘La Pedrera’ by Antoni Gaudí and has been carried out by the actors awarded in the previous edition of the Awards, Anna Castillo and Oriol Pla. This 12th edition of the Gaudí Awards will be held on January 19th at the CCIB Forum Auditorium where the winners will be known.

This morning took place the reading of the nominees for the Goya Awards 2020. ‘A thief’s daughter’ has got two nominations: Belén Funes, nominated for Best New Director and Greta Fernández, nominated for Best Leading Actress.

The reading of the nominees, which has taken place at the headquarters of the Film Academy, has been carried out by the actors Elena Anaya and Miguel Herrán. The 34th edition of the Goya Awards will be held on January 25th in Malaga.

This morning have been announced the nominees to the Feroz Awards 2020. Greta Fernández has been nominated to L’Orréal Professionnel for the Best Leading Actress of a Film for her role in ‘A thief’s daughter’. She shares the nomination with other three actresses: Marta Nieto, Pilar Castro and María Rodríguez Soto.

The reading of the nominees has been carried out by the same actress, Greta Fernández, along with María Guerra, president of the Association of Cinematographic Reporters of Spain.

This edition of the Feroz Awards 2020 that will be the VII will take place on January 16th in Alcobendas.

This past weekend the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in its 60th edition has awarded Greta Fernández as best actress for her performance in Belén Funes’ opera prima ‘A thief’s daughter’ which was also competing in the international section of the festival.

The actress’ prize was collected by the director Belén Funes.

‘A thief’s daughter’ has triumphed after being screened the past November 1st in the twentieth edition of the Tudela Opera Prima Festival in which was competing with other debuts.

The debut of Belén Funes has won the Prince of Viana Award for Best Direction and also the Special Mention Equality, granted by the area of Social Welfare, Women and Equality of the City Council of Tudela, at the XX Festival Opera Prima in Tudela.

‘A thief’s daughter’ won last October 27th the award for best fiction film in the tenth edition of the Festival of Audiovisual Català Som Cinema held in Lleida.

The jury composed of Laura Jou, Coral Cruz and Pere R. Aumedes has awarded the IV IEI Arts Audiovisuals Award to the first film by the director Belen Funes screened last October 24th at the inaugural gala.

Belén Funes’ first film was awarded this October 26th with the III Prize of the SGAE Dunia Ayuso Foundation at the 64th edition of the International Film Week in Valladolid.

The jury composed of Cristina Andreu Cuevas, Isabel de Ocampo García and María Miró González unanimously awarded the prize to ‘A thief’s daughter’: “We think that Belén Funes in her first film ‘A thief’s daughter’ demonstrates a great cinematographic maturity, she knows perfectly well what she wants to tell and how to tell it. This accompaniment to her protagonist, Greta Fernández, a young woman, mother and daughter, and alone, to whom the camera is on its back as society treats it. A society the director does not want to ignore, a society that does not allow people, as the protagonist shouts, to be normal. ”