Oscar prizes

On our last post, we talked about the Goya prizes, right, well today we are going to talk about the Oscars.

The oscar Awards, also called "Academy Awards" are annual awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States  in recognition of the excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors and writers, and is widely considered the highest honor in the cinema
The Oscars are officially called "Academy Awards of Merit" and are the principal of the nine prizes awarded by the organization
The formal act, in which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent and prestigious in the world ceremonies, and is broadcast live each year for more than one hundred countries. It is also the  oldest ceremony awards in the media.
The AMPAS was originally conceived by Louis B. Mayer, president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, as an organization that would improve the image of the film industry and help mediate labor disputes. Oscar Awards were created later by the Academy as a prize "in recognition to the achievement obtained" in the cinema industry
The first awards ceremony took place on May 16, 1929, in the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, honoring film achievements in the years 1927 to 1928. The 88 ceremony took place on February 28, 2016 in Dolby Theatre and was hosted by actor and comedian Chris Rock.

Best Movies 2016 (so far)

1. Joy

2. . Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld 

3. The Hateful Eight

 4. The Assassin

 5. Anomalisa

 6. The Witch

 7. Captain America: Civil War

Goya Awards 2016

Hi! Today we are going to talk about the Goya Awards, a similar ceremony to the Oscar.

The Goya Awards are the most important awards of the cinema in Spain. They take place every year in February since 1987. The last ones were presented by the succesful spanish actor Dani Rovira. He does it very well because he didn't allow people to get bored.

The ceremony began  with the traditional show and then the delivery of the prizes took place.
Truman, is the film that won more prizes: Best Movie, Best Editing, Best Script and Best Main Actor. It won four of the five prizes  which it was nominated to. Another prizes were to Pablo Ablorán (best song), Anacleto Agente Secreto (best special effects), and the Honor Goya was for the successful spanish actor Mariano Ozores who has directed more than 96 movies.


And that's all for today, we hope you'll like it.

 See you in the next post!

INTRODUCTION

Hi! We are Laura and Antonia and this is our blog.

In our blog we are going to talk about the world of the cinema such as the different actors, the new movies or even the different awards that take place.

We are also going to publish lots of photographs and a few videos.

We have chosen this topic because we reallly like the cinema and we are interested in it since a long time ago. We hope you like it and have fun reading our posts.


See you!