Santiago Zannou

Santiago Zannou
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born	1977 Madrid, Spain
Other names	Santiago A. Zannou

Santiago Ahuanojinou Zannou (born 1977) is a Spanish filmmaker.

Biography

Zannou was born in 1977 in Madrid,^[1] son to a father from Benin and a mother from Aragon.^[2][3] He was raised in Carabanchel,^[2] leaving for Mallorca at age 19.^[4] He moved to Barcelona to study filmmaking at the Centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya [es] (CECC).^[4]

Zannou's debut film The One-Handed Trick (2008) earned him the Goya Award for Best New Director (the film also won Best New Actor and Best Original Song).^[2] It was followed by two documentary films, namely El alma de La Roja [es] (2009; a documentary about the Spain national football team) and La puerta de no retorno (2011; tracking the return of his father Alphonse Zannou to Benin with his family 40 years after leaving).^[5][3]

His second fiction feature Scorpion in Love (2013), penned alongside Carlos Bardem, earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2008	El truco del manco (The One-Handed Trick)	Yes	Yes		[7]
2011	El alma de la Roja [es]	Yes		Documentary	[5]
2011	La puerta de no retorno	Yes		Documentary	[8]
2013	Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love)	Yes	Yes		[9]
2016	Muna	Yes		Documentary	[10]

References

1. Ojeda, Alberto (25 November 2011). "Santiago Zannou". El Cultural – via El Español.
2. Fernández-Santos, Elsa (2 February 2009). "Una nueva vida para Zannou y Langui". El País.
3. Pereda, Olga (24 November 2011). "Regreso a África". El Periódico de Catalunya.
4. Álvarez Jiménez, Héctor (28 December 2012). "Santiago A. Zannou. "La marginación que sufrí es mi gasolina: he exprimido mi dolor como mulato de barrio"". Aisge.
5. "Santiago Zannou recorre la historia de la selección en "El alma de la roja"". La Información. 10 December 2009.
6. "Alacrán enamorado". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
7. Torreiro, Mirito (9 January 2009). "El truco del manco". Fotogramas.
8. Vall, Pere (15 November 2021). "La puerta de no retorno. Para amantes de los viajes interiores". Fotogramas.
9. Marañón, Carlos (12 April 2003). "Alacrán enamorado". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
10. "Santiago Zannou vive la "historia más increíble" con el rodaje de 'Muna'". El Comercio. 26 November 2016.