What film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and is scheduled for an American release on December 8, 2017, directed by the director known for Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces like the 2001 gothic horror film ndependently produced by Pedro Almodóvar, and filmed in Madrid?
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Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (] ; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican-American film director, screenwriter, producer and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror film "The Devil's Backbone" (2001), and "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006), and more mainstream American action movies, such as the vampire superhero action film "Blade II" (2002), the supernatural superhero film "Hellboy" (2004), its sequel "" (2008), and the science fiction monster film "Pacific Rim" (2013). His latest film, "The Shape of Water", won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and is scheduled for an American release on December 8, 2017.
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The Devil's Backbone The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo ) is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar, and filmed in Madrid.
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73rd Venice International Film Festival The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016. English director Sam Mendes was the President of the Jury for the main competition. The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical "La La Land". The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz's film "The Woman Who Left".
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The Maid (2009 film) The Maid (Spanish: "La Nana" ) is a 2009 comedy-drama film, directed by Sebastián Silva and co-written by Silva and Pedro Peirano. It has won numerous awards since its premiere at the 25th Annual Sundance Film Festival. The film has had much critical acclaim, particularly for Catalina Saavedra's award-winning performance as the lead character.
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There Will Come a Day (film) There Will Come a Day (Italian: Un giorno devi andare ) is a 2013 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Diritti. It premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. For her performance Jasmine Trinca won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress.
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The Thin Yellow Line The Thin Yellow Line (Spanish: La delgada línea amarilla ) is a 2015 Mexican drama film directed by Celso R. García. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to "600 Miles".
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La Cueva (film) La Cueva (Spanish: "The Cave", also known as "In Darkness We Fall") is a 2014 Spanish language found footage horror film that was directed by Alfredo Montero. The movie had its world premiere on January 25, 2014 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and follows five friends that find that their decision to enter a remote cave may be their last.
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Elián Elián is a 2017 documentary film directed by Ross McDonnell and Tim Golden, produced by Trevor Birney and executive produced by Alex Gibney. The film details the story of young Cuban Elián González and features exclusive interviews with Elián and his family in Cuba and Miami. The film was co-produced by Fine Point Films and Jigsaw Productions and features a voiceover by Raul Esparza.
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Zama (2017 film) Zama is a 2017 Argentine film directed by Lucrecia Martel. It is based on the novel of the same name by Antonio di Benedetto. It premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. It was also screened in the Masters section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
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Embrace of the Serpent Embrace of the Serpent (Spanish: El abrazo de la serpiente ) is a 2015 internationally co-produced adventure drama film directed by Ciro Guerra and shot in black-and-white. The film won the Art Cinema Award in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It won Best Picture at the 2017 Riviera International Film Festival, and it also won the Best Ibero-American Film at the 3rd Platino Awards and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a 2010 dark fantasy horror film written by Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey. An international co-production between the United States, Australia, and Mexico, it was filmed at the Drusilla Mansion in Mount Macedon, Victoria and Melbourne, Australia. The film stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, and Bailee Madison, as a family moving into a 19th-century Rhode Island mansion, where the withdrawn daughter (Madison) begins to witness malevolent creatures that emerge from a sealed ash pit in the basement of the house. It is a remake of the 1973 ABC made-for-television horror film of the same name.
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Hostel (2005 film) Hostel is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Eli Roth. It stars Jay Hernandez and was produced by Mike Fleiss, Eli Roth, and Chris Briggs; Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel, and Quentin Tarantino are executive producers. It is the first installment of the "Hostel" trilogy, followed by "" (2007) and "" (2011). The film tells the story of two college students traveling across Europe, who find themselves preyed upon by a mysterious group that tortures and kills kidnapped victims.
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2017 Cannes Film Festival The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. "Ismael's Ghosts", directed by French director Arnaud Desplechin, was the opening film for the festival.
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I'm So Excited (film) I'm So Excited! is a 2013 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and starring Javier Cámara, Cecilia Roth, Lola Dueñas and Raúl Arévalo. Its original Spanish title is Los amantes pasajeros, which has the double meaning of "The fleeting lovers" and "The passenger lovers". The narrative is set almost entirely on an airplane. Almodóvar describes it as "a light, very light comedy". The film received mixed reviews, but earned a worldwide gross of more than US$11 million.
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Contratiempo Contratiempo (English: "Setback" However, known as "The Invisible Guest" ) is a 2016 Spanish language suspense film released theatrically on 6 January 2017. It is the second feature thriller by the director Oriol Paulo, following "El Cuerpo" ("The Body", 2012).
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Alice Waddington Alice Waddington is a Spanish film director, writer, photographer and costume designer having developed most of her work in the field of modern cinema. Her directing style is defined by a contemporary approach to the golden era of large-scale-studio horror films (1920s1970s) in classical production companies such as Hammer Films or Universal's Creature Features; mixed with current surreal humor and sometimes including musical cinema.
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Víctor Pérez (director) Víctor Raúl Pérez Raya (] ; born 11 February 1981) is a Spanish film director, producer and digital film compositor who has worked on a number of Hollywood films, including "The Dark Knight Rises", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Les Miserables" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". His science-fiction short film The Girl and the Mask is due to be released in 2015.
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Euzhan Palcy Euzhan Palcy is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique, French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio (MGM), for "A Dry White Season", as well as being the only woman filmmaker to have directed Marlon Brando, whom she brought back to the screen after a gap of nine years. Palcy is the first black director (male or female) to direct an actor to an Oscar nomination and the first black director to win a César Award, the highest French film award. She is also the first black director to win of a Venice Film Festival Award (Silver Lion).
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72nd Venice International Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015. Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film "Amarcord" was shown at the festival. The Venezuelan film "From Afar" by Lorenzo Vigas won the Golden Lion award.
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The Anchorite The Anchorite (Spanish: "El anacoreta" ) is a 1976 Spanish drama film directed by Juan Estelrich. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival where Fernando Fernán Gómez won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.
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1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines 1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines (Spanish: 1898, Los últimos de Filipinas ) is a 2016 Spanish drama film directed by Salvador Calvo. It was shortlisted as one of the three films to be selected as the potential Spanish submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. However, it was not selected, with "Summer 1993" being selected as the Spanish entry.
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Son of Cain Son of Cain is a 2013 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Jesús Monllaó and starring José Coronado and David Solans. It is based on the novel "Dear Cain" by Ignacio Garcia-Valino. It is also Monllaó's directorial debut.