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Wikipedia article
'The Sacred Spirit' is a 2021 tragicomedy film playing with science fiction themes directed and written by Chema Garca Ibarra. The cast is led by Nacho Fernndez, Llum Arques, Joanna Valverde and Roco Ibez. It is a SpainFranceTurkey international co-production.
Plot
Primarily set in Elche, the fiction tracks the members of an association of ufologists that see their secret mankind-changing master plan imperiled after their leader dies. Meanwhile, everyone else is looking for a missing girl.
Cast
Production
A joint SpainFranceTurkey co-production, the film was produced by Apellniz & De Sosa and Jaibo Films alongside La Fbrica Nocturna Cinma and Teferruat Films, with the participation of Movistar+, , RTVE and TRT, support and help from the IVC, ICAA, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, CNC Cinema du Monde and Eurimages. Filming began on 12 October 2020 in Elche.
Release
'The Sacred Spirit' had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival (LFF) on 10 August 2021. The film was also presented in October 2021 at the Toulouse Spanish Film Festival and on 8 November 2021 at the 18th Seville European Film Festival (SEFF). Distributed by La Aventura, it was theatrically released in Spain on 26 November 2021.
Arrow Films inked UK rights for the film whereas HBO Europe acquired rights to the film for its European territories for a HBO Max release.
Reception
Jay Weissberg of 'Variety' considered the "puckish" debut full-length film imagining dark goings-on among UFO believers to be a "an immaculately framed feature generating uneasy amusement in the viewer".
Accolades
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| rowspan = "6" align = "center" | 2021 || rowspan = "6" | 4th Berlanga Awards || colspan = "2" | Best Feature Film || || rowspan = "6" |
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| Best Director || Chema Garca Ibarra ||
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| Best Screenplay || Chema Garca Ibarra ||
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| Best Leading Actor || Nacho Fernndez ||
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| Best Art Direction || Leonor Daz ||
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| Best Production Supervision || Miguel Molina ||
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| align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2022 || rowspan = "2" | 9th Feroz Awards || colspan="2" | Best Drama Film || || rowspan = "2" |
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| colspan = "2" | Arrebato Award (Fiction) ||
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| Spanish Screenwriters' Union Awards || Best Screenplay in a Comedy Feature Film || Chema Garca Ibarra || ||
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| align = "center" | 2022 || colspan = "2" | 48th Seattle International Film Festival || Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision (Ibero-American competition) || || align = "center" |
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2021
References
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