Actor Jose Ramon Soroiz will receive this year's Zinemira Award

The actor José Ramón Soroiz, winner of the Silver Shell for the best performance at the San Sebastián Film Festival last year for his role in Maspalomas, will receive the Zinemira Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival this year, which will take place on 22 September at the Grand Basque Film Gala at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre.

Soroiz (Legorreta, 1951) has witnessed and starred in the evolution of Basque cinema, as highlighted this morning by the director of the Festival, José Luis Rebordinos, during the presentation of the Zinemira section.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked in several theatre companies, but television became popular with many citizens, as his career has been closely related to the creation and development of ETB. 

As far as cinema is concerned, it was part of the flowering of Basque cinema in the early 1990s, participating in films such as Offeko maitasuna (Koldo Izagirre, 1992) and Maite (Eneko Olasagasti and Carlos Zabala, Made in Spain, 1994). However, Vacas (1992), by Julio Medem, gave it a greater projection, participating in one of the milestones of the new Basque cinema.

He has also starred in the revival of Basque cinema in recent years, thanks to his work in films such as Loreak (Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga, Official Section, 2014), Amama (Asier Altuna, Official Section, 2015) and Maspalomas (Aitor Arregi and Jose Mari Goenaga, Official Section, 2025).