The Kino Awards were created in 1996 to celebrate the work of the final year of Degree at speech Audiovisual. Each year, the 4th year students produce a short fiction or documentary film, or an entertainment pilot, which is their first complete project before making the leap to professional life. With these awards, the teachers and students of Degree in speech Audiovisual want to celebrate this arrival at goal, which is a new starting point. And we do it with a friendly competition and a sense of humour, traits that we would always like to find in our work.
The word "cinema" has its root in the Greek kinēma, which means "movement". Capturing and showing life, emotions, change - all movement - is the work that we try to learn and teach at Degree at speech Audiovisual. Moreover, in our language, "the Kino" sounds like a proper or diminutive name, like the Oscars, the Goya, the César, etc.
The statuette of award Kino, used since the second edition, is the work of the artist Carlos Ciriza from Estella, who every year makes it by hand. The main motif of the figure is the word "Kino", sculpted vertically in a rounded shape, pointing to the sky, from which a celluloid trail emerges. This main figure rests on geometric pieces representing a cinema projector. On the reverse is a relief of a cinema camera on a field of stars, and the sculptor's signature .
Jury
NATXO LEUZA
Director and screenwriter. He has a long career in the documentary world, working on a multitude of projects around the world. He has written and directed two feature films: "El Drogas", nominated for the Forqué awards, and "Black Water", shot in Bangladesh, will be released in March.
BEATRIZ ISO
(COM '97)
Scriptwriter specialized in animation in feature films such as "Corre, Kuru, corre", "Robotia", "Olentzero eta Iratxoa", "El Sueño de una noche de San Juan" (2005 Goyaaward for best animated feature film) and "Espíritu del Bosque"; and in series such as "The Wawies", "SuperThings" or "T-Racers". She has taught screenwriting at Fcom.
PABLO BARINAGA
(COM '98)
He has worked in both national and international productions, with directors such as Benito Zambrano, Juan José Campanella, Hugh Hudson or Guy Ritchie. He has been Production Director in series such as "Kaos" or "In from the Cold"; and films such as "Kandahar", "In the Grey", or the Arab remake of "Campeones". Currently, he is Executive Producer in "Las Ciegas Hormigas", by Igor Legarreta.
NAIARA OLITE
(COM '18)
Production manager in films such as "Los Domingos" by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa and "Soy Nevenka" by Icíar Bollaín. Production Coordinator in "20.000 Especies de Abejas" by Estibaliz Urresola (Winner of two Goya Awards and a Silver Bear at the Berlinale) and "Una vida no tan simple", by Félix Viscarret, and teaching assistant of Production in the series "Querer" by Alauda Ruíz de Azúa and in "La Shrine of Our Lady of Fair Love" by Carlota Pereda.
SILVIA VELASCO
(COM '98)
She has worked for more than ten years as teaching assistant of Direction, Script and Editor, in series such as "El Comisario", "Hospital Central", "El group" or "Mediterraneo". Currently, she is part of the head programs of study the ECAM, where she is the manager of the diploma courses.
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ISABEL CUADROS
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ÁLVARO HERNÁNDEZ BLANCO
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MIGUEL ITURRALDE
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HELENA OLLER BIURRUN
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AINARA PORRÓN ARRATIBEL
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