The European Film Academy honours Isabel Coixet with the European Achievement in World Cinema Award
by Cineuropa
- The female filmmaker with most Goya awards and the honorary president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network will receive the prize at the 36th European Film Awards ceremony
The European Film Academy will present the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Isabel Coixet for her contribution to the world of cinema. With a total of nine, Isabel Coixet is the female filmmaker with most Spanish Goya awards, and she is also the honorary president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network EWA. Isabel Coixet will be an honorary guest at the 36th European Film Awards ceremony on 9 December in Berlin.
Her 1989 debut feature Demasiado viejo para morir joven got her a first nomination for Best New Director at the Goya awards. In 1996, she travelled to the USA and shot Things I Never Told You, premiered in Berlinale's Panorama, and in 2000, she founded Miss Wasabi, which has also produced outstanding video clips and documentaries. In 2003 she released My Life Without Me [+see also:
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Throughout her career, Isabel Coixet, in her films, her writings, and in her political commitment, has always stood for her beliefs and values, and given a voice to her protagonists. In 2015, she received the recognized prize by the French Ordre de Chevalier des arts et des lettres and in 2020, the National Cinema Award, presented by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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