Barcelona-born actor Eduardo Fernandez was awarded the 2025 National Cinema Cinema Award at the 73rd San Sebastian Film Festival by Ernest Ultason’s Minister of Culture. The award, awarded by the Ministry of Culture’s Institute for Photography, Audio and Audio Arts (ICAA), is a cash award of 30,000 euros ($35,100).
The awards were attended by representatives from a variety of cultural figures and institutions, including Ester Garcia, a producer of Eldeseo, who won Donostia’s Career Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of the festival the night before.
After a brief look back at his early days in the cinema, Fernandez visibly moved, ends his speech by blowing Kefier’s shawls into a whip, and it is said that whether it is a cruelty that is happening in Palestine, a savage-genocide that claims the language, is said to be rather a whip, even without children. He should read and use the names of children under the age of 2 who died as a result of the war.
He repeated the cry that began at San Sebastian’s opening night. Protesters who raised the Palestinian flag disrupted the minutes of the red carpet outside Pedro Almodovar after handing the awards to Garcia at the festival venue, at Kulsar and at the ceremony. “Stop it now!” cried Garcia in her acceptance speech.
“They want to kill them all in the most cruel and brutal way,” Fernandez continued, adding that “people who are not moved by the atrocities they watch every day on TV have deep problems with their humanity.”
“Gaza is a mirror where we all appear, whether we all like or not,” he declared.
The jury of the 2025 National Cinematography Award unanimously selected Fernández “for being one of the most outstanding actors in our cinema and for having had an exceptional 2024 with two remarkable performances in two completely different films: the noble man who fights for the common good in ‘The 47’ (‘El 47’), and the role for which he won the Goya for best actor for, ‘Marco,’ where he transforms into Enric Marco.
He also made his directorial debut with his short film, El Otoro, they noted.
The coveted award recognizes the most notable contributions to Spanish cinema. The award, normally submitted by the Minister of Culture during the festival, recognized “Alcala” producer Maria Zamora in previous editions and joined the list of famous Spanish films.
Courtesy of Eduardo Fernandez (L) and Spanish Minister of Culture Ernest Ultason, and Ministry of Culture
