Still not we just replace the great blow which has led to all Foundation members Cante de las Minas the sudden death of director and screenwriter Jose Juan Bigas Luna.
Looks like it was just yesterday when all of us and the large audience that filled the hall of the Hon.
City of La Union during the last edition of the Festival de las Minas rendíamos us before him in the act of surrender to him the highest distinction awarded this contest-out of competition - the Golden Castillete Festival, for his outstanding work as Ambassador of Spanish culture, and therefore Flemish, for the world.
Test great respect and admiration I had for our event and Flemish art was, that when the organizers of the Festival was invited last year to come to The Union to receive such a distinguished distinction, did not hesitate a second to accept, despite to be already seriously ill.
His visit to the Mina Groups Vicenta, its panoramic by Sierra Mining and tasting our native cuisine caused a great impact on him, how could it be otherwise with a personality so wise, sensitive and curious as Bigas Luna teacher .
Emotional person, affectionate, simple, educated, good conversationalist and a wonderful sense of humor, attributes usually have all the great geniuses, possessed an innate intelligence to discover young talent, as happened with Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Ariadna Gil and Jordi Molla.
For our festival first got interested back in 93 when a very young Catalan named Miguel Poveda won the Mining Lamp, who a few months later claimed to act in his film "The tit and the moon."
As soon has come to our attention as tragic news from the Foundation Cante de las Minas have expressed to his widow and daughters our deepest condolences and our deepest condolences for such an irreparable loss to the Spanish culture.
The cinema has lost one of its most interesting filmmakers, culture to one of its most versatile representatives and friends, to be extraordinary.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión