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Santiago Zannou

Santiago Zannou
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born1977
Madrid, Spain
Other namesSantiago A. Zannou

Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.

Biography

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Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid,[1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon.[2][3] He was raised in Carabanchel,[2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19.[4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya [es] (CECC).[4]

Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song).[2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja [es] (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving).[5][3]

His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Director Writer Notes Ref.
2008 El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick) Yes Yes [7]
2011 El alma de la Roja [es] Yes Documentary [5]
2011 La puerta de no retorno Yes Documentary [8]
2013 Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love) Yes Yes [9]
2016 Muna Yes Documentary [10]

References

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  1. ^ Ojeda, Alberto (25 November 2011). "Santiago Zannou". El Cultural – via El Español.
  2. ^ a b c Fernández-Santos, Elsa (2 February 2009). "Una nueva vida para Zannou y Langui". El País.
  3. ^ a b Pereda, Olga (24 November 2011). "Regreso a África". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  4. ^ a b Álvarez Jiménez, Héctor (28 December 2012). "Santiago A. Zannou. "La marginación que sufrí es mi gasolina: he exprimido mi dolor como mulato de barrio"". Aisge.
  5. ^ a b "Santiago Zannou recorre la historia de la selección en "El alma de la roja"". La Información. 10 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Alacrán enamorado". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ Torreiro, Mirito (9 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ Vall, Pere (15 November 2021). "La puerta de no retorno. Para amantes de los viajes interiores". Fotogramas.
  9. ^ Marañón, Carlos (12 April 2003). "Alacrán enamorado". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  10. ^ "Santiago Zannou vive la "historia más increíble" con el rodaje de 'Muna'". El Comercio. 26 November 2016.


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