Mariano Barroso vindicates the legacy of Grandes and Miró at the Goya 2022

The president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, Mariano Barroso, opted for a close speech at the Goya 2022 that sought to avoid demands.

With a close tone y distended, Barroso He started from an anecdote to construct a speech about the cinema work and of the professionals who make it possible. "The other day someone stopped me when I was going to enter the supermarket near where I live. It was a neighbor whom I had seen on my street before, but we had never spoken. He approached me and said: "Hey, you're the one from the Goyas, right?" I told him, yes... I'm one of the Goyas. And then he said to me: "Well, what about you, apart from making films, what do you do?" Barroso began his speech.

From this premise, Barroso outlined some of the key figures that make up in the business, focusing on creators like the screenwriters, los directors and the actors. Accompanying this last group, the only criticism of the night: the need for Pilar Bardem, “a very beloved companion by all,” had to lead the AISGE Foundation in the face of the helplessness of the administrations. The president of the Film Academy also had kind words for Almudena Grandes, who “wrote about the reverse side of life, about the B side”, a “common characteristic of the five stories that are currently up for the Goya for best film”; for Veronica Forqué (“no one ever hid their pain so beautifully”), and for the Goya of Honor José Sacristan (“If Spanish cinema had a face, it would be that of a master who is a reference”). There was no mention of the technical professionals, pillars of audiovisual creation.

In the final stages of his speech, Barroso also wanted to celebrate the nomination of Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Alberto Iglesias y Alberto Mielgo to the Oscars; and some of the key initiatives promoted by the Film Academy: the residencies for screenwriters, the Luis García Berlanga research grants, or the diversity campus for short film projects that will land in Valencia in the summer of 2022.