The festival showcases historical audiovisual productions, including feature films and documentaries, which allow viewers to relive different eras, recreate events, and enjoy themselves.
In this fifth edition, actors Juanjo Artero and Ana Turpin also received the Saraqusta Award in recognition of their careers in historical films and television series.
Actress Nastassja Kinski received the Saraqusta Award from the Zaragoza International History Film Festival last night in recognition of her career and contribution to the historical audiovisual genre during the closing ceremony held yesterday at the Ibercaja Patio de la Infanta Foundation.
Nastassja Kinski is the first woman to receive the Saraqusta Award. Previous recipients include Joaquim de Almeida and Fabio Testi in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
Her first major role in the film industry was in the movie Tess, for which she won the Golden Globe for Best New Actress and a nomination for Best Actress at the César Awards of the French Film Academy. The German actress has appeared in more than 60 films, including Paris, Texas, Spring Symphony, Revolution, The Claim, and An American Rhapsody, among others. She has worked with directors of the stature of Francis Ford Coppola and Roman Polanski.
V Saraqusta Film Festival Awards
The festival highlights historical productions, both feature films and documentaries, which allow viewers to relive different eras, recreate events, and enjoy themselves.
Best Feature Film: ‘Seoul Spring’ (South Korea)
Best Documentary: ‘Portugal’74’ (France) y Special Mention Jury: ‘Kut al Amara’ (Turkey)
Best Directing: Nikola Vukcevic for ‘Obraz’ (Montenegro)
Best Screenplay: Nikola Vukcevic for ‘Obraz’ (Montenegro)
Best Actress: Beatriz Arjona for ‘Solos en la noche’ (Spain)
Best Actor: Pääru Oja for ‘Vari’ (Estonia)
The films nominated in the official section were: ‘Battlefield’ (Italy, 2024), ‘Obraz’ (Montenegro, 2024), ‘Seoul Spring’ (South Korea, 2023), ‘Solos en la noche’ (Spain, 2024) and ‘Vari’ (Estonia, 2024).
In the documentary section, the nominees were ‘Antonio, el bailarín de España’ (Spain, 2025), ‘El recuerdo’ (Chile, 2024), Kut al Amara (Turkey, 2024), ‘Mil leyendas, un grial’ (Spain, 2025), and ‘Portugal ’74’ (France, 2024).
Contribution to historical productions
Spanish actors Juanjo Artero and Ana Turpin also received the Saraqusta Award during the opening ceremony of the International History Film Festival for their contribution to historical audiovisual productions.
Artero has brought characters to life in films such as ‘El río que nos lleva’ (The River That Carries Us), directed by Antonio del Real, which tells the story of the last shipment of logs down the Tagus River; and in José María Carreño’s ‘Ovejas negras’ (Black Sheep), which offers a critique of Catholic education in Franco’s Spain in the form of black comedy. He has also appeared in series such as ‘Amar es para siempre’ (Love is Forever), whose plot reflects the social, economic, and political changes in Spain from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Turpin, has been part of the cast of films such as Juan José Porto’s ‘El florido pensil’, based on the book of the same name by Andrés Sopeña. The film portrays education during the Spanish post-war period, specifically in the 1940s, through the eyes of a group of schoolchildren. In addition, like Artero, he has participated in historical fiction such as ‘Amar en tiempos revueltos’, set during the Spanish Civil War and the early years of Franco’s dictatorship, and the miniseries ‘Hotel Almirante’, which tells a story of love and mystery from the 1920s to the postwar period.