Juan Mariné. Goya of Honor

For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honor Award granted by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to the director of photography and cinematographic inventor Juan Mariné for "his entire dedication to cinema during more than eighty years of experience that span the history of Spanish cinema, for his efforts in the work of film conservation and restoration, and for vividly representing, through his craft, the importance of light in the history of our cinema".

From our channel on Vimeo we will present four feature films chosen by this centenary professional whose gaze has traveled through our cinema of the last century and has developed an essential imaginary for Spanish culture.

The four titles of the cycle «Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor» talk in pairs. Firstly, the black and white aesthetic of the first two films, Pride and A Million in the Garbage, exemplifies the very different nature of the visual aesthetic behind of a film shot in the countryside and another in the city, especially at night. Secondly, The astronaut and The crack are two titles that are located in two genres that force photography that makes supernatural spaces credible, such as those of science fiction and the terror.