VALLADOLID, 11 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
‘The Infinite Memory’ (Chile), by Maite Alberdi, was awarded this Saturday with the 2024 Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film. This is the first time that an Ibero-American filmmaker has won the ‘big head’, with a film that is also nominated for the Oscars.
When collecting the award, the filmmaker reminded her country that these days she has spent “days of national mourning” for the fires that have left dozens dead.
Alberdi, the first woman to win in this category, which since its creation in 2011 has been dominated by men, has pointed out that ‘Infinite Memory’, which addresses Alzheimer’s, has taught her “about different personal grief.”
In this sense, the director of the film, also nominated for an Oscar, has claimed that “the way to build collective memory is from passion” and “not so much from figures.”
“Historical memory is built by narrating and sharing pain,” she stated, to thank all those who have helped her “make her way” in Spain and her parents for showing her the Goya gala on television “since she was a child.”
The film has surpassed Alma viva (Portugal), by Cristèle Alves Meira; ‘La pecera’ (Puerto Rico), by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez; ‘Puan Puan’ (Argentina), by María Alché Benjamín; and ‘Simón’, by Diego Vicentini (Venezuela).
The Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences presents this Saturday the Goya Awards, the most important awards granted in Spanish cinema, which celebrate their 38th edition, a ceremony that takes place at the Valladolid Fair.