Winner of two Goya awards and one of the most prolific actors on the national cinema scene, Karra Elejaldewill be rewarded Honor Award In the twentieth edition of the Alicante International Film Festival. HE Basque actor with over thirty years of experiencewill receive this recognition at the opening ceremony of the competition, june 3 At the Teatro Principal in Alicante and will do this on film with his director As long as the war goes on, Alejandro Amenabar, It will also be honored with the Lucentum Award. All that remains is the Ciudad de Alicante Prize, the festival’s third of the honorary awards for an emerging actor or actress, to be announced next week.
actor of great comedies like Airbag, Eight Basque surnames anyone father life mustHe said he was “very excited, because festivals are the hearth of our industry. I met the directors they started with their short films at festivals and they are showing great blessings in the world of cinema today. Jaume Balagueró, Nacho Vigalondo, Álex de la Iglesia or Julio Medem. It all started at the festivalswhich ones breeding ground Thus, future film directors are born. Festivals are good for the industry and like in Alicante they will always have my support.” .
Festival Honorary Award, Professional career in the cinema of Spanish actors and actresses. In the last edition, the award was given to: susi sanchez and like artists in previous years Kit Mánver, Pedro Casablanc, Imanol Arias, Blanca Portillo, José Sancho, Juan Echanove, Ángela Molina, Antonio Resines or Maribel Verdú, among others.
Vicente Seva, director of the Alicante Film Festival, said, “We would like to thank Karra for coming to our festival on this anniversary. To honor Karra Elejalde is to give the award to Karra Elejalde.” a symbolic and maverick actor, that we see and keep in our memory in many productions that portray very different characters. even more special Sharing the night with Alejandro Amenabar, leading him in one of his last roles As long as the war continues.
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Karra Elejalde (Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1960) With a long history of over 30 years, it has managed to reconcile fame and commercial success with its fearless and nonconformist spirit. He began his adventures in the cinema with his hands. Juanma Bajo Ulloa and Julio Medem. With them he made movies like butterfly wings (1991), cows (1992), dead mother (1993), red squirrel (1993), Black (1996) won him Best Actor Award at Aubagne Festival (France) or airbag (nineteen ninety six).
It is part of the films that allow it to solidify itself as a benchmark of our cinema. kika (1993, Pedro Almadovar), mutant action (1993, Alex de la Iglesia), numbered days (1994, Imanol Uribe), jump into the void (nineteen ninety-five, Daniel Calparsoro) anyone Anonymous (1999, Jaume Balaguero).
Since then, he has not stopped working to develop an interesting career as an actor and even as a screenwriter and director of two films: Marian Year (1999) and therapy (2004). Rolled together in 2010 icíar bollain also rain With Luis Tosar and Gael Garcia Bernal and rises with it Goya Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2014 comes his biggest commercial success: Eight Basque surnames related to Emilio Martinez Lazaro. The role earned him Second Goya for Best Supporting Actor and a sequel comes a year later Eight Catalan surnames.
Highlights its role 100 meter (Marcel Barrena, 2016) dramatic comedy for which he was once again nominated for Goya. titles like shell process related to Antonio Cuadri; bastards fig tree (Ana Murrugareen2017); God bring it down related to Curro Velasquez.
In 2019, she starred in Alejandro Amenábar’s film. As long as the war goes on. Philosopher characterization Miguel de Unamuno earned him recognition from the Actors Guild and gaudi award, as well as nominated for the most important awards in the industry.
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Among his latest works is the film Under the zerogoverning Luis Quilez and it came straight to Netflix with huge worldwide success. polygamy for beginnersgoverning Fernando Kolomo, they came at nightgoverning Imanol Uribe, father lifegoverning Joaquin Mason, Vasil from the director Avelina Prat And kings vs santagoverning paco caballero. waiting to be published Kepler Sixth Bgoverning Alejandro Suarez Lozano And the sound of the sun governing Carol Polakoff.
His work for television includes serials. Tomorrow under the management Mariano Barroso And fortuneThe first series by Alejandro Amenábar.