The Year of the Discovery

The Year of the Discovery (Spanish: El año del descubrimiento) is a 2020 Spanish documentary film directed by Luis López Carrasco.^[1] The documentary focuses on the social protests that took place in Cartagena in 1992, a struggle of the working class in the context of the implementation of industrial restructuring policies that affected thousands of workers in the Region of Murcia after the collapse of companies such as Bazán, Peñarroya and Fesa-Enfersa, dedicated to shipbuilding and chemical and metal industry.^[2]

SpanishEl año del descubrimiento

Directed byLuis López Carrasco

Written byRaúl Liarte
Luis López Carrasco

Produced byPedro Palacios
Daniel M. Caneiro
Ricard Sales
Marta Lacima
Luis Ferrón
Luis López Carrasco
Javier Fernández

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The Year of the Discovery
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Spanish	El año del descubrimiento
Directed by	Luis López Carrasco
Written by	Raúl Liarte Luis López Carrasco
Produced by	Pedro Palacios Daniel M. Caneiro Ricard Sales Marta Lacima Luis Ferrón Luis López Carrasco Javier Fernández
Cinematography	Sara Gallego Grau
Edited by	Sergio Jiménez Barranquero
Release dates	25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) (IFFR) 13 November 2020 (2020-11-13) (Spain)
Running time	200 minutes
Countries	Spain Switzerland
Language	Spanish

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The film won two Goya Awards, Best Documentary Film and Best Editing, out of two nominations at the 35th Goya Awards.^[3][4] At the 8th Feroz Awards, the film won Best Documentary Film, from a total of four nominations.^[5]