The film 'Adú' wins the Academy Goya for Best Sound

Eduardo Esquide, Jamaica Ruiz García, Juan Ferro and Nicolás de Poulpiquet have their work recognized with a Goya in a film with a production as complex as 'Adú'.

He Goya for Best Sound It was on this occasion for Eduardo Esquide y Jamaica Ruiz Garcia, who were at the forefront of direct sound; Juan Ferro, in the sound editing; and Nicholas de Poulpiquet, in the mix, for his work on the film Adu.

In this case, the winners wanted to recognize the large family that makes up the sound team, including “meritorious, assistants and drivers.” As Ferro acknowledges, “Adu “It is a very complicated film that travels from sub-Saharan Africa to Ceuta and Melilla, with a very hard story.”

Urko Garai, Josefina Rodríguez, Frédéric Hamelin and Leandro de Loredo also competed in this category, for Akelarre; Coque Lahera, Nacho Royo-Villanova and Sergio Testón, for Black Beach; and Mar González, Francesco Lucarelli and Nacho Royo-Villanova, for The plan.

Eduardo Esquide comes from a family that knows well the ins and outs of filming. His maternal grandfather was a film driver and his father worked in the production department of several spaghetti westerns and legendary series such as Verano Azul. He chose to be a sound engineer and for three decades he has dedicated himself to it, overcoming the difficulties that each shoot entails.

a human story

The case of Adú was not an exception since Almost the entire film was shot outdoors. in natural environments. Hence the need to assess the space and whether the environment was appropriate for the sequence, capturing what is important for the film, to create a climate that places the viewer in a position to perceive what this human story wanted to convey.

The Goya-winning team already has experience in sound editing work. In the case of Nicolás de Poulpiquet, he has worked in Madre o Seven days in Havana while Juan Ferro has done it in Four cans o you won't sleep. Jamaica Ruiz García has experience as a sound technician in television series and documentaries. Eduardo Esquide himself in The night of 12 years o The murderer of whims.

Esquide has summarized his experience in this work by stating that “in Adu, which is seen in the film is what we experienced there. Something impressive, a unique experience.”