Director, Luis Garcia Berlanga of Spain, passed away on Saturday at his home in Madrid, Spain’s film academy announced via the BBC. He was 89 years. Berlanga was best known for the 1952 satirical comedy Bienvenido, Mr Marshall! (Welcome, Mr Marshall!). He was nominated three times for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or award; and his film, Placido, was nominated in 1961 for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Woods Hole Film Festival
SINCE: 1991
WHERE: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Woods Hole Film Festival, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. The Woods Hole Film Festival, Inc. presents the annual summer Film Festival, the Winter Film Series Dinner & a Movie, the Film Falmouth series at Falmouth Academy, Best of the Fest Screenings at Cotuit Center for the Arts and Workshops.