ESCAC talent receives 22 nominations at the XVII Premis Gaudí

The gala for the Premis Gaudí of the Catalan Film Academy, which will be presented on 18 January, will feature a strong presence of talent from ESCAC. In the nominations announced today, professionals trained at the school have received 22 nominations, including 7 for Salve Maria, the Best New Director nomination for Celia Giraldo for Un lugar común, and the fact that the four nominated short films were made by ESCAC teams.

This has been a great year for Catalan-language cinema, and ESCAC is celebrating by highlighting that 3 of the 4 titles nominated for Best Film in the Catalan Language were created by talent from the school.

Below, we list all the nominations received by ESCAC alumni:

Best film

• Salve Maria. Directed by Mar Coll (alumni), written by Mar Coll and Valentina Viso, and produced by Sergi Casamitjana (alumni) and María Zamora.

• Casa en flames. Directed by Dani de la Orden (alumni), written by Eduard Sola (alumni), and produced by Toni Carrizosa (alumni), Alberto Aranda, Ana Eiras (alumni), Kike Maíllo (alumni), Bernat Saumell, Dani de la Orden, Jaime Ortiz de Artiñano, Oriol Sala-Patau and Conxa Orea.

• Mamífera. Directed and written by Liliana Torres (alumni), and produced by Miriam Porté Solano and Carla Sospedra Salvadó.

Best documentary

• La Joia: Bad Gyal. Directed by David Camarero Porcar, written by Laura Herrero Garvín and David Camarero Porcar, and produced by Sergi Cameron (alumni), Àlex Julià and Ivo Vinuesa Rocher.

Best director

• Dani de la Orden (alumni) for Casa en flames

Best new director

• Celia Giraldo (alumni) for Un lugar común

Best original screenplay

• Eduard Sola (alumni) for Casa en flames

Best adapted screenplay

• Mar Coll (alumni) and Valentina Viso for Salve Maria

• Ibai Abad (alumni) and Elisenda Gorgues for Escanyapobres

Best short film

• Cura sana. Directed and written by Lucía García Romero (alumni), and produced by Sergi Casamitjana and Lita Roig.

• Dol i fa sol. Directed and written by Pep Garrido and Maria Besora (alumni), and produced by Xesc Cabot and Pep Garrido.

• Els buits. Directed and written by Marina Freixa Roca, Sofia Esteve and Isa Luengo (alumni), and produced by Carlotta Schiavon, Laura Rubirola and Ian de la Rosa.

• El príncep. Directed and written by Àlex Sardà (alumni), and produced by Carlota Coloma, Adrià Lahuerta, Marta Cruañas and Xavi Vara.

Best production direction

• Mayca Sanz and Andrés Mellinas (alumni) for Polvo serán

Best art direction

• Laia Ateca (alumni) for Polvo serán

• Marta Bazaco (alumni) for El 47

• Núria Guàrdia Allué (alumni) for Casa en flames

Best editing

• Aina Calleja (alumni) for Salve Maria

• Alberto Gutiérrez (AMMAC) (alumni) for Casa en flames

Best cinematography

• Isaac Vila (alumni) for El 47

Best sound

• Elena Coderch (alumni), Sarah Romero (alumni), Oriol Tarragó (alumni) and Marc Bech (alumni) for Casa en flames

Best visual effects

• Lluís Rivera Jove (alumni), Xavi Molas and Laura Pedro (alumni) for Casa en flames

Congratulations to everyone, and best of luck!