“Receiving this award has an important value because it unites cinema with the social, two themes that for me are of vital importance, not only in my career but in my own life,” confessed the actor this Sunday. José Sacristán, very happy to receive the “A Life in Cinema” prize, which was awarded this year by the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha (Feciso).
He The audience thanked him with a standing ovation. has José Sacristan (Chinchón-Madrid, 1937), his presence in Toledo and on the stage of the Rojas Theater. At 86 years old, the actor and director, who has starred in hundreds of films, triumphed in theater and on television, recognized that returning to Toledo “is a pilgrimage because it is a wonderful city full of charm “, he stressed. .
Furthermore, in his speech he mentionedSome of the values promoted by a festival like Feciso and thanked the organizers for this award, putting with his words the final touch to this ceremony hosted by the group ‘Noventa y seis’ from Ciudad Real.
The winners
The big winners of the 21st edition of Feciso were the short films “Pure reality” by Joaquín Gómez, who not only received the prizes from the Young Jury, Bibliothèque Solidaire but also the prize for female interpretation (tied with Cristina Álvarez and Miriam Díaz-Aroca). The recording is a plea defending the law on euthanasia.
It also won an award at the Social Cinema Festival. ‘Asterisk’ by Xavier Herreraconsidered to be the best short film of the 2024 editionjust as the best male performance went to Harpreet Shing, who was placed in the “rider” skin in this film which aims to denounce the situation experienced by these workers.
The actors David Garcia and Julian Huerta received the Male Performance Award for their impeccable work in “The peace of cemeteries” by Raquel Troyano. The short film addresses sexual abuse in the church.
