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Ricard Sales

El año del descubrimiento
The year of the discovery

Talent
Ricard Sales
Role of participant
Producer
Director
Luis López Carrasco
Status
finished
Year of production
2019
Running time
200 min
Genre
Documentary (Creative)
Countries of Production
Spain , Switzerland
Production Companies
LaCima Producciones, Alina Films
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Festivals and Awards

The year of the discovery was premiered in Tiger Awards in Rotterdam International Film Festival 2020 and has won the Grand Prix in Cinema du Reél 2020 (and ex aequeo the Public Libraries Award), the Alexander Golden Award in Thessaloniki Doc Film Festival 2020 (Film Forward Competition), Special Jury Prize in Jeonju Int Film Festival 2020, Best Documentary in Toulouse Cinespaña, Special Mention in BlackCanvas, Best Film in Olhar de Cinema (New Views Section), Youth Award in Bogota International Film Festival, Grand Jury Award in Seville European Film Festival, Don Quijote Prize for Best Feature Film in l’Alternativa Official, Best Film in the International Competition by SIGNIS in Mar del Plata International Film Festival and Astor Piazzolla Award for Best Feature Length Film in Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Best Film in Transcinema International Film Festival (Resistencias Section), Grand prix of the Festival international Filmer le travail 2021, with a special mention from the city of Poitiers's jury, Forqué Award for Best Documentary Feature, Días de Cine Award for Best Documentary (TVE), Sant Jordi Award for Best Feature Film (Radio 4 RNE), Feroz Award for Best Documentary, ALMA (The Writers Guild of Spain) Award for Best Documentary Screenplay, CEC Medal for Best Documentary Feature, Goya Award for Best Editing and Goya Award for Best Documentary Feature (Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain).