Iraq war tale wins top honors at Spanish film festival
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MADRID, Spain An Iraq war tale has taken top honors at a Spanish film festival. The film, titled "Turtles Can Fly," is about Iraqi villagers desperate for a satellite dish as they await the U-S invasion.
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Raul Guerra Garrido, known for novels set in Spain's Basque region, has won one of the country's most prestigious literary prizes, the Culture Ministry said Monday.
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It's all about Pedro Almodovar at the New York Film Festival, where the irreverent, inimitable Spanish filmmaker will be honored with a look back at his work.
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An Iranian-Iraqi film set in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and starring an amateur cast of war-scarred children won the top "Golden Shell" award at Spain's prestigious San Sebastian film festival Saturday.
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Alberto Iglesias, who composed the soundtracks for a number of films by Pedro AlmodÃ³var, has won Spainâs 2007 National Film Award.
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The war in Iraq is a strong theme at the Sundance Film Festival for the second year running.
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LE IDEE                                            Iraq, una lunga guerra senza faccia                                                                                      di BERNARDO VALLI
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A Turkish film about fear overwhelming  a true believer when he is caught up in religious corruption  has been chosen as the best movie at the 13th Sarajevo Film  Festival.
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British films triumphed at  the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday with veteran Ken Loach&#039;s  war-themed &quot;The Wind That Shakes the Barley&quot; winning the  coveted Palme d&#039;Or and newcomer Andrea Arnold picking up the  Jury Prize for &quot;Red Road.&quot;
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US rock star Bob Dylan wins Spain's Prince of Asturias Arts Award - one of the country's most prestigious honours.
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Oscar-nominated film The Sea Inside wins 14 prizes at Spain's top movie ceremony, the Goya Awards.
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An Iraq war tale entitled "Turtles Can Fly" &#151; about villagers desperate for a satellite dish as they await the U.S. invasion &#151; won the top prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival on Saturday.
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Set in wartime Iraq, âThe Situationâ is exploitation cinema of the most narcoleptic kind.
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Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" &#151; a comic drama about women making do without men &#151; has been chosen to represent Spain among movies vying to be candidates for the best foreign film Oscar.
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Alberto Iglesias, who composed the soundtracks for Oscar-winning film director Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her" and "All About My Mother," has won Spain's 2007 National Film Award, the Culture Ministry said Monday.
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Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's top literary award.
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MADRID -- Former vice president Al Gore won Spain's most prestigious prize yesterday for his role in raising awareness of the issue of climate change. Gore won the Prince of Asturias award for international cooperation, considered by some to be a prelude to the Nobel Prizes, for which Gore is nominated this year in the peace category. The jurors called ...