25/01/2012

Although Spanish cinema’s official representative for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Black Bread [+see also:
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The delightful Chico y Rita [+see also:
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interview: Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando
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Deserving a special mention is composer Alberto Iglesias, who will vie for the Best Original Score Oscar for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [+see also:
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Last but not least, given that it is the one with the greatest number and most important nominations, is Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris [+see also:
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film profile]. A 50/50 production between the US and Spanish company Mediapro, the Spanish creative and artistic stamp is almost imperceptible, but it is an impeccable exercise in production that has brought enormous benefit to the domestic film industry (the film’s sales, for example, were managed by Imagina International Sales).

(Translated from Spanish)