ASECAN announces the nominations for the 2018 Andalusian Film Awards

'The Author', 'The Wounds of the Wind' and 'The Exchange' stand out with a greater number of nominations in this meeting of Andalusian creators supported by the SGAE.

The Association of Film Writers of Andalusia (ASECAN) has announced the nominations for the 2018 ASECAN Andalusian Cinema Awards, which are held with the Foundation of the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE) as an official collaborating entity.

Among the films that stand out for their number of nominations are The author, from Almeria Manuel Martín Cuenca with 9 nominations; and The wounds of the wind by Juan Carlos Rubio from Córdoba and The Exchange by Ignacio Nacho from Malaga with 6 nominations each.

to die by Fernando Franco, I don't know how to say goodbye Linen Staircase, The sea looks at us from afar by Manuel Muñoz Rivas, Maniac Tales by Enrique García, Kike Mesa and Abdelatif Hwidar and Resort Paradise by Enrique García compete with 5 nominations each. For your part Lord, give me patience by Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo, Samba, a name erased by Mariano Agudo, Indestructible, the soul of salsa by David Pareja, The call by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, and Abracadabra by Pablo Berger accumulate 3 nominations each.

With 2 nominations they will compete The Bar by Álex de la Iglesia, Mainland by Carlos Marqués-Marcet and Boyplay by Edgar Burgos.

The ASECAN for Best Film will be disputed The author, Dying, I don't know how to say goodbye, Lord, give me patience y The wounds of the wind, which is one of the best debuts of a debut film by an Andalusian production and team.

The Andalusian directors who aspire to the award this year are Mariano Agudo for Samba, a name erased, Antonio Cuadri by Operation Shell, Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo by Lord, give me patience, Fernando Franco for to die and Manuel Martín Cuenca for The author.

This year the members of ASECAN have nominated the work of the actresses Belén Cuesta for The call; Adelfa Calvo by The author; Virginia de Morata by Paradise Resort Natalia Roig by The exchange and Kiti Mánver for The wounds of the wind.

For his part, the nominated male performers are Juan Diego for I don't know how to say goodbye Pepón Nieto by The exchange, Jaime Ordóñez for The bar, and Antonio de la Torre in a double nomination that recognizes his work in Abracadabra y The author.

"Andalusian production has maintained its generally good pulse in 2017, overcoming the economic crisis, with 18 feature-length fiction films, 25 documentaries and 55 shorts presented in this edition. On the other hand, we express our satisfaction with the beginning of the processing of the Film Law, which we hope to be able to count on in the coming months," said Javier Paisano, president of ASECAN.

Likewise, Arturo Cid, Andalusian advisor of the SGAE, has expressed that "since 2012 the SGAE Foundation has offered support to this great meeting point of Andalusian cinematography and creation, with which we strengthen our objective of promoting and promoting the work of Andalusian authors who develop their profession in the field of audiovisuals, increasingly recognized in the rest of the national territory."

390 applications

In this edition of the ASECAN Awards, a total of 390 candidates have been submitted in the 23 categories called. By province, Seville is once again the province that presents the most candidates, with 192 (almost half, 49.23%), followed by Málaga with 76 (19.49%), Jaén with 34 (8.72%), Cádiz with 22 (5.64%), Córdoba with 21 (5.38%), Huelva with 19 (4.87%), Almería with 14 (4.87%) and Granada with 12 (3.08%).

The XXX Andalusian Film Awards Gala will be held on January 27, 2018 at the Lope de Vega Theater in Seville, with the official support of the SGAE Foundation, and the collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and the collaboration of the ICAS (City Hall of Seville) and the AISGE Foundation (Artists, Performers Management Society), Unicaja Banking Foundation, EGEDA (Entity of Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management), AEDAVA, Heineken-Cruzcampo, Renfe and ASINPE (Official Advisory Office of ASECAN).