Director: Asier Altuna
Producer: Txintxua Films
Genre: Drama
Duration: 103 minutes
Language: Basque
Year: 2015
Country: Spain
Premiere: 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.
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)
FILM FESTIVALS:
2015:
SSIFF – Official Section
Festival Internazionale dei film di Roma – Official Section
Opera Prima Tudela – Official Section
Cinemed Montpellier Festival of Mediterranean Cinema – Official Section
Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Panorama
Tallinn Black Nights – Panorama
Zinegin Festibala
Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival – Official Section
Cinema Mediterraneen de Bruxelles – Official Section
Palm Springs International Film Festival – World Cinema
Tromsø International Film Festival – Horizons
Zinemaldia.CAT – Official Section
Festival de Cine Español y Latinoamericano de Ajaccio ‘Latinita’ – Official Section
“La Película” Spanish Film Festival Kino Aero – Sección Oficial (Basque Films)
Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík – Special Screening
Noordelijk Film Festival – Special Screening Ljouwert/Leeuwarden (DSS2016)
Semana del Cine Vasco, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Kosmorama Film Festival Trondheim – New Directors
FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara – Official Iberoamerican Section
¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival Manchester – Spring Weekender
Kino Pasavaris / Vilnius Film Festival – Festivals’ favourites
Festival Ojoloco sur le Cinéma Espagnol et Latino-Américain (Grenoble)
Reflets du Cinema Ibérique & Latino-Americain en Villeurbane
Festival du Cinema Espagnol de Nantes – Official Section
Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay – Official Section
Seattle International Film Festival – Made in Spain
FIFF Fjar International Film Festival Tehran, Iran – Official Section
Catania FilmFest – Gold Elephant World 2016 – Official Section
Espiello, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe
Different 8: Gnolas en Paris – Official Section
Annecy Cinema Espagnol
Yerevan International Film Festival – Main International Feature Competition
Festival de Cine Ceara Brasil
European Minority Film Festival
London Spanish Film Festival – Official Section
FICMonterrey – Monterrey International Film Festival – Official Section
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival