Schoolgirls (film)

Schoolgirls
Film poster
SpanishLas niñas
Directed byPilar Palomero
Written byPilar Palomero
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDaniela Cajías
Edited bySofia Escudé
Music byCarlos Naya
Production
companies
  • Inicia Films
  • BTeam Prods
Distributed byBTeam Pictures
Release dates
  • 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) (Berlinale)
  • 4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) (Spain)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget€1.2 million
Box office€0.6 million

Schoolgirls (also known as The Girls; Spanish: Las niñas) is a 2020 Spanish coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Pilar Palomero, starring Andrea Fandos and Natalia de Molina.[1][2][3]

The film won the Goya Award for Best Film, along with Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay for Palomero, and Best Cinematography for Daniela Cajías, from a total of nine nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards.[4][5][6] Cajías became the first woman to win the Cinematography Goya.[7] At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay from a total of six nominations.

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  3. ^ Mayorga, Emilio (2 November 2020). "Las Ninas Director on Doubts, Restlessness, Euphoria of Adolescence". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "La boda de Rosa, Las niñas y Akelarre encabezan las nominaciones a los premios Feroz". rtve.es (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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