DIRECTOR: Asier Altuna
PRODUCTION: Txintxua Films
CAST: Iraia Elias, Kandido Uranga, Klara Badiola, Ander Lipus, Manu Uranga, Amparo Badiola, Nagore Aranburu.
COUNTRY: Spain
LANGUAGE: Basque
YEAR: 2015
GENRE: Drama
DURATION: 103m
RELEASE DATE: October 16th, 2015
AMAMA
The story of a family; the story of a conflict. The rural and the urban, the past and the present, parents and their offspring: opposing ways of life struggle against one another whilst, in eloquent silence, the grandmother — Amama — watches her family’s destiny unfold.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
- Irizar Basque Film Award (SSIFF)
- Award to the Basque Best Screenplay (SSIFF)
- Signis Award Special Mention (SSIFF)
- Best Music and Youth Jury Award (Cinemed – Montpellier)
- Jury Award to Best Director, “Principe de Viana” (Festival de Cine “Cuidad de Tudela” – Opera Prima)
- Jury Award to the Best Film (Festival de Cine “Cuidad de Tudela” – Opera Prima)
- Best Fiction Film, “Txapela de Oro” (Zinemaldia.CAT)
- Best Film (Basque Film Festival in Vitoria-Gasteiz)
- Jury Award to Best Film (Festival de Cine Español y Latinoamericano of Ajaccio)
- Youth Award (Festival de Cine Español y Latinoamericano de Ajaccio)
- Jury Award to Best Film (Festival de Cine Ojoloco of Grenoble)
- Youth Award to Best Film (Festival de Cinema Espagnol of Nantes)
- ‘Silver Simorgh’ Award to Best Screenplay (Fajr International Film Festival)
- Best European Film Award (Catania FilmFest – Gold Elephant World 2016)
- Best Cinematography Award (Ceará Film Festival)
- Best Art Award (Ceará Film Festival)
- Critics’ Award (Ceará Film Festival)
- SSIFF – Official Section (2015)
- Festival Internazionale dei film di Roma – Official Section (2015)
- Opera Prima Tudela – Official Section (2015)
- Cinemed Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Cinema – Official Section (2015)
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Panorama (2015)
- Tallinn Black Nights – Panorama (2015)
- Zinegin Festibala (2015)
- Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival – Official Section (2015)
- Cinema Mediterraneen de Bruxelles – Official Section (2015)
- Palm Springs International Film Festival – World Cinema (2015)
- Tromsø International Film Festival – Horizons (2015)
- Zinemaldia.CAT – Official Section (2015)
- Festival de Cine Español y Latinoamericano de Ajaccio ‘Latinita’ – Official Section (2015)
- “La Película” Spanish Film Festival Kino Aero – Sección Oficial (Basque Films) (2015)
- Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík – Special Screening (2015)
- Noordelijk Film Festival – Special Screening Ljouwert/Leeuwarden (DSS2016) (2015)
- Semana del Cine Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz (2015)
- Kosmorama Film Festival Trondheim – New Directors (2015)
- FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara – Official Iberoamerican Section (2015)
- ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival Manchester – Spring Weekender (2015)
- Kino Pasavaris / Vilnius Film Festival – Festivals’ favourites (2015)
- Festival Ojoloco sur le Cinéma Espagnol et Latino-Américain (Grenoble) (2015)
- Reflets du Cinema Ibérique & Latino-Americain en Villeurbane (2015)
- Festival du Cinema Espagnol de Nantes – Official Section (2015)
- Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay – Official Section (2015)
- Seattle International Film Festival – Made in Spain (2015)
- FIFF Fjar International Film Festival Tehran, Iran – Official Section (2015)
- Catania FilmFest – Gold Elephant World 2016 – Official Section (2015)
- Espiello, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe (2015)
- Different 8: Gnolas en Paris – Official Section (2015)
- Annecy Cinema Espagnol (2015)
- Yerevan International Film Festival – Main International Feature Competition (2015)
- Festival de Cine Ceara Brasil (2015)
- European Minority Film Festival (2015)
- London Spanish Film Festival – Official Section (2015)
- FICMonterrey – Monterrey International Film Festival – Official Section (2015)
- Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (2015)
