Angela Molina
Ángela Molina Tejedor (Madrid, October 3, 1955) is a Spanish actress belonging to a well-known dynasty of artists. Her cinematographic beginnings, which include works for Luis Buñuel and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, make her one of the most representative actresses of the Spanish Transition. She also shoots in Italy, France and Latin America, exceeding one hundred films and garnering awards such as the David de Donatello from the Italian Academy and the Silver Shell from the San Sebastian Festival. She has five Goya Award nominations and in 2021 she was awarded the Goya de Honor. She was awarded the National Cinematography Award in 2016.
Biography
She was born in Madrid on October 3, 1955. Third of the eight children of singer and actor Antonio Molina, her brothers Paula, Miguel, Mónica and Noel are also dedicated to acting and music. Her daughter Olivia Molina is also an actress.
Beginnings
She studied classical ballet, Spanish dance and Dramatic Art at the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She works in the circus in France and graduates as a classical Spanish dance teacher before appearing in her first film, You will not kill (César F. Ardavín, 1974), following a photographic report published in the Fotogramas magazine. About to turn nineteen, her dedication to cinema is absolute from now on.
Arrival of the Transition, he tries to dissociate himself from the commercial boom of the uncover and focuses his career towards productions that meet a certain quality and commitment, often with social, political or historical themes, motivated by the thought that accompanies each script.
In 1976, he refused to star in Cambio de sexo, by Vicente Aranda, while assuming important roles in The Burnt City, by Antoni Ribas and in The Long Holidays of the 36, by Jaime Camino. A year before, she was proposed for the role that she plays Alicia Sánchez in Furtivos , by José Luis Borau, with whom she later worked in La Sabina (1979).
Luis Buñuel chose her in 1977 to star, along with Fernando Rey, in Ese oscuro objeto del deseo, a film that gave her international renown and opened the doors of European cinematography. In it, she shares a character with the French actress Carole Bouquet and exhibits a lively and enigmatic temperament, which she later tries to combine with her sweet and soft appearance. Buñuel affirms of her that he has "the face of a pagan virgin", thus strengthening the myth of an instinctive and passionate woman who preserves a certain primitivism in her gaze.
International recognition
In the 1980s he became a regular face on the big screen, reaffirming his presence in Spain and expanding it in France and Italy, with forays into German and North American cinema. She speaks multiple languages, so she often doesn't need to be dubbed. She takes part in Operación Ogre , by Gillo Pontecorvo; in Bearn or La sala de las muñecas, by Jaime Chávarri, she embodies La Bella Otero in a Spanish co-production for Italian television and shoots under the orders of Jaime de Armiñán, Luigi Comencini, Ricardo Franco, Marco Bellocchio, Bigas Luna or Lina Wertmüller.
A fruitful collaboration with director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón strengthens his career and deepens his dramatic potential through lead roles in Camada negra, El corazón del bosque, Demons in the Garden and Half of Heaven, works that make up an allegorical portrait of the ominous Spain of Francoism and in which ideology, the family nucleus and the female presence take on special importance. "Those films marked my soul and my way of working," the actress would later say.
His numerous professional commitments prevented him from accepting other proposals, such as Carlos Saura's to star in Carmen in 1983. He also initially opted for the character of Verónica Forqué in What have I done to deserve this?, by Pedro Almodóvar, and Victoria Abril's in Our Father, by Francisco Regueiro.
In 1985 he was awarded the New York Critics' Grand Prix and in 1986 he received the David de Donatello awarded by the Italian Film Academy for the film Camorra: Contact in Naples. Thus, she became the first foreign actress to win an award for an Italian production, beating Giulietta Masina and the Norwegian Liv Ullmann, also a winner in the same category the following year. For the same work, she wins the Nastro d'argento award given by Italian film journalists.
In 1986, she also won the Silver Shell for Best Actress for La mitad del cielo at the San Sebastián Festival, being also nominated at the 1st edition of the Goya Awards, in which she was awarded Amparo Rivelles.
Multidisciplinary artist
Try your luck in the world of songs: he published the album With Broken Defenses and sang Love's Dead in a duet with Georges Moustaki. However, it is in the two installments of Las cosas del querer (Jaime Chávarri, 1989 and 1995), where she successfully develops her musical side, giving life to a much-loved character in her career. of the. Shortly before, he shot Esquilache , starring Fernando Fernán Gómez for Josefina Molina.
Considered one of the highest paid Spanish actresses along with Ana Belén and Victoria Abril, she spaced her national works from 1990, coinciding with her refusal to star in Bigas Luna's version of The Ages of Lulú because of the lurid nature of some scenes. He stands out in Sandino, by Miguel Littín, who narrates the life of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader and outside our borders in The man who lost his shadow, by Alain Tanner, together with Francisco Rabal. She works with Marcello Mastroianni on Le voleur d'enfants and appears in 1492: The Conquest of Paradise, a Ridley Scott blockbuster starring Gérard Depardieu. She with Viggo Mortensen she shoots Gimlet in 1995.
It took her a while to say yes to Pedro Almodóvar and she did it for her film Tremula Flesh (1997), a work that is not entirely far from the sensual girl of her beginnings, but is already closer to her to the mature woman, marked by the traces of life, which she represents later. In this way, she obtains her fourth Fotogramas de Plata and achieves a fourth Goya nomination.
Later, she stars in the television comedy Sisters and offers a varied record in very disparate projects, often independent and committed, both Spanish and foreign. Highlights include The Sea, Punto de mira (One of the Hollywood Ten), Sagittarius, South of Granada, The Borgias and The Box.
In 2007 he premiered The fate of Nunik, a chronicle of the Armenian genocide directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in which he stars alongside Paz Vega, as well as playing a combative social worker in the French television series La Commune. After collaborating on two films by Giuseppe Tornatore, she reprises with Almodóvar in Los abrazos rotos , giving life to the mother of Penélope Cruz.
With Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, he heads the cast of the La 1 series Gran Reserva (2010-2013).
She continues to be linked to auteur cinema and claims to prefer "films by directors who tell something because, if they don't, they'll blow up...". In recognition of her extensive film career, in 2002 she received the first Malaga Award, awarded within the framework of the Malaga Spanish Film Festival and inaugurated a monolith in his honor on the Paseo Antonio Banderas in the Andalusian city.
Theater
In 2002 he made his first theatrical incursion at the Mérida Classical Theater Festival with the show Troya, siglo XXI, by Jorge Márquez. In 2005, she embodies the seductive Mrs. Robinson in El Graduado , a show directed by Andrés Lima and she shares antagonistic roles with her daughter Olivia. She returns to the stage three years later with Lady from the Sea, Susan Sontag's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's text under the direction of Robert Wilson.
Family
Ángela Molina has five children, three born from her first union with the French photographer and filmmaker Hervé Tirmarche: Olivia (1980), Mateo (1982) and Samuel (1987); and two of her, Antonio (1995) and María Isabel (2003) with her current husband, the Ibizan businessman of Canadian origin Leo Blakstad. In 2012 her first granddaughter was born, the daughter of Olivia and the actor Sergio Mur.
Filmography
- You won't killof César Fernández Ardavín (1974).
- I don't want to lose honor.Eugenio Martín (1975).
- Protected womenby Francisco Lara Polop (1975).
- Viure sense viure Carles Mira (1976).
- The burning cityof Antoni Ribas (1976).
- The Long Holiday of 36, by Jaime Camino (1976).
- Black Camadaof Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1977).
- It's never too late.of Jaime de Armiñán (1977).
- That dark object of desireby Luis Buñuel (1977).
- To an unknown godof Jaime Chávarri (1977).
- The big jam (L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile), by Luigi Comencini (1978).
- The remains of the shipwreckof Ricardo Franco (1978).
- The man who knew how to loveby Miguel Picazo (1978).
- Viva/muera Don JuanThomas Aznar (1978).
- The Portent Life of the Vicent PairCarles Mira (1978).
- The heart of the forestof Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1979).
- Le buone notizieElio Petri (1979).
- The Sabinaby José Luis Borau (1979).
- Operation Ogreby Gillo Pontecorvo (1980).
- Kaltgestellt (Marginated) of Bernhard Sinkel (1980).
- Gli occhi, la boccaMarco Bellocchio (1982).
- Demons in the gardenof Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1982).
- Dies rigorose LebenVadim Glowna (1983).
- Bearn or The Doll Roomof Jaime Chávarri (1983).
- Eternal fireby José Ángel Rebolledo (1984).
- Bras de ferGérard Vergez (1985).
- Camorra: Contact in Naples (A complicated intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti), by Lina Wertmüller (1986).
- LolaBigas Luna (1986).
- The golden river, by Jaime Chávarri (1986).
- Half of the skyof Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1986).
- Streets of Gold (Gold streets), by Joe Roth (1986).
- The sposa was bellissimaof Pál Gábor (1987).
- Fires, by Alfredo Arias (1987).
- Laura, from heaven comes the nightof Gonzalo Herralde (1987).
- Lights and shadows, by Jaime Camino (1988).
- Via Paradisoby Luciano Odorisio (1988).
- Esquilache, by Josefina Molina (1989).
- Baroqueby Paul Leduc (1989).
- Black RiverAtahualpa Lichy (1989).
- Angelsof Jacob Berger (1989).
- The barbareby Mireille Darc (1989).
- The things of wantingof Jaime Chávarri (1989).
- Volevo i pantaloniMaurizio Ponzi (1990).
- The Battle of the Three Kings (Fire drums), by Souheil Ben-Barka and Uchkun Nazarov (1990).
- Sandinoof Miguel Littín (1991).
- Tuesday of Carnivalby Fernando Bauluz and Pedro Carvajal (1991).
- The man who lost his shadowAlain Tanner (1991).
- The child thief (Le voleur d'enfantsChristian de Chalonge (1991).
- A woman in the rainGerardo Vera (1992).
- Krapatchouk - East of the wildby Enrique Gabriel (1992).
- 1492: The Conquest of ParadiseRidley Scott (1992).
- Coitado do Jorgeby Jorge Silva Melo (1993).
- Evil loveof Carlos Balagué (1993).
- With eyes closed (With gli occhi chiusi), de Francesca Archibugi (1994).
- The Dance of the Anomasby Pedro Carvajal (1994).
- Gimletby José Luis Acosta (1995).
- Oh, dear!Ricardo Franco (1995).
- The things of want 2of Jaime Chávarri (1995).
- Edipo mayorby Jorge Ali Triana (1996).
- Carne trémulaby Pedro Almodóvar (1997).
- No wayCiro Cappellari (1997).
- The wind took whatof Alejandro Agresti (1998).
- About Buñuelby José Luis López-Linares and Javier Rioyo (2000).
- The seaAgustí Villaronga (2000).
- Jaraby Manuel Estudillo (2000).
- A delitto impossibileby Antonio Luigi Grimaldi (2001).
- MalefemmeneFabio Conversi (2001).
- Point of view (One of the Hollywood Ten)Karl Francis (2001).
- Sagittariusby Vicente Molina Foix (2001).
- L'origine du mondeJérôme Enrico (2001).
- Anna's summer (Annas Sommerof Jeanine Meerapfel (2002).
- CarnagesDelphine Gleize (2002).
- Nowhereof Louis Sepúlveda (2002).
- StonesRamon Salazar (2002).
- South of Granadaby Fernando Colomo (2003).
- The unknown (The sconosciuta), by Giuseppe Tornatore (2006).
- The sacra famigliaRaffaele Mertes (2006).
- The Borgiaof Antonio Hernández (2006).
- The triumphfrom Mireia Ros (2006).
- The fate of Nunikfrom Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (2007).
- The boxby Juan Carlos Falcón (2007).
- Journal of a NinphomanaChristian Molina (2008).
- A château in EspagneIsabelle Doval (2008).
- 14, Fabian Roadof Jaime de Armiñán (2008).
- BarbarossaRenzo Martinelli (2009).
- Baarìa, by Giuseppe Tornatore (2009).
- Broken hugsby Pedro Almodóvar (2009).
- The way (The Way), by Emilio Estévez (2010).
- Small livesby Enrique Gabriel (2011).
- Neon meatPaco Cabezas (2011).
- Snow Whiteby Pablo Berger (2012).
- Orange honeyImanol Uribe (2012).
- Memory of my sad slutsHenning Carlsen (2012).
- Love amoreby Francesco Henderson Pepe (2013).
- Indeleble / Nieulotne (Lasting)Jacek Borcuch (2013).
- Far from men (Loin des hommes)of David Oelhoffen (2014).
- Nessuno if you save alone, of Sergio Castellitto (2015).
- They died above their possibilitiesIsaki Lacuesta (2015).
- Tini: The Great Change of Violetta, by Juan Pablo Searchini (2016).
- The last suitof Paul Solarz (2017).
- The other brotherAdrián Caetano (2017).
- Agnes, by Laura Alvea and José F. Ortuño (2018).
- L'uomo che composed the moon, by Paolo Zucca (2018).
- The tree of the bloodJuly Médem (2018).
- My name is Gennet.by Michelangelo Tobias (2019).
- Charlotteof Simon Franco (2021).
- Letter to my mother for my son (cortometraje) by Carla Simón (2022).
- Mercyby Eduardo Casanova (2022).
Plays
- Troy, 21st Century. Address by Jorge Márquez and Gerardo Vera. Festival de Teatro Clásico de Mérida (2002).
- GraduateTheatrical adaptation of Charles Webb's novel and Mike Nichols' film. Address of Andrés Lima. (2005).
- The Lady of the SeaHenrik Ibsen. Adaptation of Susan Sontag. Robert Wilson Directorate. (2008).
- The daughter of the regimentGaetano Donizetti's opera. Musical direction by Bruno Campanella and Jean-Luc Tingaud. Scenic Dir. Laurent Pelly. (2014).
- César " Cleopatra. Emilio Hernández's Dramaturgia. Magüi Mira's address. Festival de Teatro Clásico de Mérida (2015-2016).
- Concert for an olmo. Direction of Corina Fiorillo (2017).
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Country |
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| 1975 | Stories and legends: La Rubia and the Canario | Josefina Molina | Spain Spain
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| 1983 | Bella Otero | José María Sánchez | Italy Italy SpainSpain
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| 1985 | What vadis? | Franco Rossi | ItalyItaly
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| 1987 | Garibaldi, il generale | Luigi Magni | ItalyItaly
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| 1988 | Hemingway, party and death | José María Sánchez | ItalyItaly SpainSpain
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| 1991 | Fantaghirò (first episode) | Lamberto Bava | ItalyItaly
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| 1991 | Les démoniaques | Pierre Koralnik | .svg){kind=small} France
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| 1994 | Sandino | Miguel Littín | SpainSpain Chile Chile Nicaragua Nicaragua ItalyItaly
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| 1995 | La famiglia Ricordi | Mauro Bolognini | ItalyItaly France SpainSpain Germany Germany
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| 1998 | Sisters | Enric Banqué | SpainSpain
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| 1998 | Vite armorate | Alessandro Di Robilant | ItalyItaly
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| 1998 | Le baiser sous la cloche | Emmanuel Gust | France
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| 1999 | The President's wife | Eduardo Ripari |  Argentina
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| 2000 | Mary, Mother of Jesus | Fabrizio Costa | ItalyItaly
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| 2004 | Imperium: Nero | Paul Marcus | .svg){kind=small} United Kingdom ItalyItaly SpainSpain
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| 2007 | Chiara e Francesco | Fabrizio Costa | ItalyItaly
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| 2007 | The Commune | Abdel Raouf Dafri and Philippe Triboit | France
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| 2008 | Io non dimentico | Luciano Odorisio | ItalyItaly
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| 2009 | L'onore e il rispetto 2 | Salvatore Samperi and Luigi Parisi | ItalyItaly
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| 2010 | Caterina e le sue figlie 3 | Fabio Jephcott | ItalyItaly
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| 2010-2013 | Grand Reserve | Carlos Sedes, Manuel Gómez Pereira and others | SpainSpain
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| 2011 | Viso d'angelo | Eros Puglielli | ItalyItaly
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| 2011 | Sangue caldo | Luigi Parisi and Alessio Inturri | ItalyItaly
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| 2013 | Anna Karenina | Christian Duguay | ItalyItaly France SpainSpain  Lithuania
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| 2014 | Furore - Il vento della speranza | Alessio Inturri | ItalyItaly
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| 2014 | Rodolfo Valentino - The Leggenda | Alessio Inturri | ItalyItaly
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| 2014 | Chronicle of castes | Daniel Giménez Cacho |  Mexico
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| 2014-2015 | Velvet | Carlos Sedes y otros | SpainSpain
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| 2018 | Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État | Iris Bucher and Jean-Marc Moutout | France
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| 2019 | Christmas Days | Pau Freixas | SpainSpain
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| 2020 | The fence. | Daniel Écija | SpainSpain
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| 2021-? | A private matter | David Pinillos and Maria Ripoll | SpainSpain
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Discography
- With broken defenses. Collaborates Georges Moustaki (1986).
- B.S.O. The things of wanting. Together with Manuel Bandera (1989).
- The things of love. 2nd part (1995).
- WomenCoque Malla. Canta He's trying. (2013).
Awards and nominations
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- David de Donatello Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Best actress protagonist | Camorra: Contact in Naples | Winner |
- San Sebastian International Film Festival
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Silver shell to the best actress | Half of the sky | Winner |
- Goya Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Best female interpretation protagonist | Half of the sky | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best female interpretation protagonist | Lights and shadows | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best female interpretation protagonist | The things of wanting | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best female distribution interpretation | Carne trémula | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best female distribution interpretation | Snow White | Nominated |
| 2021 | Goya Award of Honor 2021 | Winner | |
- Silver frames
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Best Spanish Film interpreter | Black Camada It's never too late. | Winner |
| 1979 | Best Spanish Film interpreter | The heart of the forest The Sabina | Winner |
| 1982 | Best movie actress | Demons in the garden | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best movie actress | The golden river Half of the sky Lola | Winner |
| 1989 | Best movie actress | Esquilache The things of wanting | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best movie actress | Evil love | Semifinalist |
| 1997 | Best movie actress | Carne trémula Edipo mayor | Winner |
| 1998 | Best TV actress | Sisters | Nominated |
| 2017 | A lifetime | Winner | |
- Medals of the Film Writers Circle
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Best secondary actress | Snow White | Winner |
- Sant Jordi Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Award for career | Winner |
- Awards of the Union of Actors
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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| 1997 | Best Secondary Film Interpretation | Carne trémula | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Secondary Film Actress | Snow White | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Secondary Television Actress | Grand Reserve | Nominated |
- Gaudí Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
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| 2012 | Best female protagonist | Snow White | Nominated |
- Malaga Spanish Film Festival
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Malaga Film Prize | Winner | |
| 2012 | Best cast actress (Special mention) | Orange honey | Winner |
- Zapping Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best actress | Grand Reserve | Winner |
- Other awards
- 2013
- Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts and Film Sciences of Spain.
- Honorary Prize Guadalajara of the International Film Festival of Guadalajara (Mexico).
- 2012
- Honor Prize City of Alicante of the Alicante Film Festival.
- Espiga de Honor of the International Film Week of Valladolid.
- 2011
- Prize Luis Ciges from the Islantilla Film Festival.
- 2010
- Prize Luis Buñuel of the Huesca International Film Festival.
- 2009
- Award of Honor of the Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida.
- Nacho Martínez National Film Award of the International Film Festival of Gijón.
- 2007
- Honorary Prize Fellini 8 1/2 of the Festival EuropaCinema de Viareggio.
- Interpretation Award for the International Film Festival of Ibiza by The box.
- 2002
- Gold Medal to Merit in the Fine Arts.
- 1999
- Honorary Prize City of Huelva of the Ibero-American Film Festival of Huelva.
- 1996
- Interpretation Award for the Cartagena Film Festival of Indias The things of want 2.
- 1989
- Santarém Film Festival Interpretation Award for Half of the sky.
- 1985
- New York Critical Award for the Demons in the garden.
- ACE Award for Best Actress by Demons in the garden.
- 1982
- Interpretation Award for the Montréal Film Festival.
- 1981
- New Delhi Film Festival Grand Prize for Interpretation The Sabina.
- Jury
- Member of the Jury of Short Films of the Cannes International Film Festival 1998.
- President of the Jury of the Berlin International Film Festival 1999.
- Member of the Official Jury of the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2000.
- President of the Jury of the Official Section of the Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2010.
| Predecessor: Fernando Trueba | National Film Prize 2016 | Successor: Antonio Banderas |