Five professionals who studied at ESCAC win a Goya award
It is becoming increasingly common for professionals who studied at the University School of Cinema and Visual Communication of Catalonia (ESCAC), affiliated with the University of Barcelona, to achieve success at major film ceremonies. Last Saturday, five graduates from ESCAC were recognized at the 31st edition of the Goya Awards for their work on the film A monster calls. Among them is the director, Juan Antonio Bayona; the supervising sound editor, Oriol Tarragó; director of photography, Òscar Faura, and film editors Bernat Viaplana and Jaume Martí. This recognition comes a week after the Catalan Film Academy awarded the same film eight Gaudí Awards.
It is becoming increasingly common for professionals who studied at the University School of Cinema and Visual Communication of Catalonia (ESCAC), affiliated with the University of Barcelona, to achieve success at major film ceremonies. Last Saturday, five graduates from ESCAC were recognized at the 31st edition of the Goya Awards for their work on the film A monster calls. Among them is the director, Juan Antonio Bayona; the supervising sound editor, Oriol Tarragó; director of photography, Òscar Faura, and film editors Bernat Viaplana and Jaume Martí. This recognition comes a week after the Catalan Film Academy awarded the same film eight Gaudí Awards.
ESCAC former students stand out among Goya nominees
Apart from the awardees, ESCAC has made a presence among the nominees in this 31st edition of the Goya Awards: Neli Reguera, graduated in ESCAC, was nominated for the best new director for María (y los demás); Arnau Valls was nominated for the best photography, for Tarde para la ira, and last, in the category of best short-film, two projects from ESCAC were nominated for a Goya: En la azotea, by the graduate Damià Serra and produced by ESCAC Films (awarded in the last International Cinema Week of Valladolid); and Graffiti, by the former student Lluís Quílez (Meliès de Plata Award at Sitges Festival and recent Forqué Prize).
All these awards and nominations for the Goya and Gaudí Awards further demonstrate ESCAC’s excellence in training new talent in the cinema industry: experts and top-tier filmmakers that enhance the prestige and artistic quality of the Catalan and Spanish cinema.