Masterclass : Alejandro Aménabar

Alejandro Amenábar is a Spanish-Chilean filmmaker and composer. He debuted with THESIS (1996), winning seven Goya awards. He followed with OPEN YOUR EYES (1997), remade as Vanilla Sky. His English debut, THE OTHERS (2001), starring Nicole Kidman, was a global success. THE SEA INSIDE (2004) starring Javier Bardem won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and over 60 awards. AGORA (2009) was Spain’s highest-grossing film. WHILE AT WAR (2019), presented at Toronto and San Sebastián, earned 17 Goya nominations and captivated over a million viewers in Spain.

MASTERCLASS, Friday, 7 March at 16:00 at Cinémathèque de Luxembourg (moderated by Léo Soesanto) and a retrospective of several feature films.

RETROSPECTIVE

• Thesis (Tesis) (1997)
• Ouvre les yeux (Abre los ojos) (1998)
• The Others (Los Otros) (2001)
• The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) (2009)
• Agora (2013)