Salvador Simó
Salvador is a film director and screenwriter who has emerged in animation. His latest work is the Chinese-Spanish co-production «Dragonkeeper», winner of the Forqué Award for Best Animated Film. He also wrote and directed «Buñuel y el Laberinto de las Tortugas». It premiered in October 2018 at the Los Angeles Animation Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. It also won Best European Animated Film at the 2019 European Academy Film Awards and the Goya Award for Best Animated Film at the 34th Goya Awards, where he was also nominated for Best New Director. It was the first Spanish film to be shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, sharing a nomination with Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar. He is currently working on a new animation project.
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«PALABRAS DE CARAMELO»
«DRAGONKEEPER»
- NOMINATION FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM AT THE GOYA AWARDS 2025
«DESCENDANTS. THE ROYAL WEDDING»
«BUÑUEL EN EL LABERINTO DE LAS TORTUGAS» – DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER
- BEST ANIMATION FILM AT THE GOYA AWARDS 2020
- BEST ANIMATION FILM AT THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2019
- BEST ANIMATION FILM AT THE PLATINUM IBERO-AMERICAN CINEMA AWARDS 2019
- SPECIAL JURY PRIZE AT THE ANNECY FESTIVAL 2019
- ASECAN AWARD FOR THE PRIMA OPERA 2019
- FEROZ PUERTA OSCURA AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019
- BEST FEATURE FILM AT THE CHILEMOMOS INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2019
- SPECIAL JURY PRIZE AT ANIMATION IS FILM 2018
- NOMINATION FOR BEST NEW DIRECTOR AND BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY AT THE GOYA AWARDS 2020
«PADDLE POP ADVENTURES 2: JOURNEY INTO THE KINGDOM»
«PADDLE POP ADVENTURES» – DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER
«MAX ADVENTURES»
«PETUALANGAN SINGA PEMBERANI»
«LA AUTOESTIMA»
«INSIGHT» – DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER
«AQUARIUM»
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