opera prima

English translation: debut film

20:43 Mar 26, 2003

Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
/ Film industry

Spanish term or phrase: opera prima

In the film industry, when talking about a director's first work.

Ana Borthwick KudoZ activity Questions: 52 (1 open) (4 without valid answers) Answers: 344
Local time: 21:43

English translation:debut film

Explanation:
also can be left as opera prima, but Americans would be more familiar with the above... Don't know about Brits...

DolceVita Events: La Biennale of Venice 2000
... Jury Milos Forman and Atom Egoyan, respectively, have been slated to preside over
the Feature Length Films and Venice Opera Prima or Debut Film juries at this ...
www.dolcevita.com/events/biennale00/ festival/festival.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Veniceword - venice word daily news interviews reports services - ...
... for best debut film All the debut full-length films presented in the Festival's
various sections will compete for the PREMIO VENEZIA OPERA PRIMA - LUIGI DE ...
www.veniceword.com/ve56movie.html - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

Moscow International Film Festival - News
... Inheritance» is her debut feature that, nevertheless, has won her the Opera Prima
Prize awarded ... His debut film was «Love In the Internet Generation», 1998 ...
212.69.112.66:8080/miff/en/program/competition.html - 33k - Cached - Similar pages

FIPRESCI - News - Critics Awards
... Majid Majidi Best Latinamerican Film: Coronación, Silvio Caiozzi Opera Prima: No
Man's ... actor: Yuri Kuznetzov, «Diary of Kamikadze» Best debut film: The Kite ...
www.fipresci.org/news/news_critics_2002.htm - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

Useless Facts - Music
... The song, from Presley's debut film with the same title, was adapted from the tune
"Aura ... The leading female singer in an opera is called the prima donna ...
www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfacts/music/002.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Film Threat - Reviews
... Case in point: Koko Mitari's debut film about a group ... The Woman of Destiny," a hopelessly
melodramatic soap opera. ... star of the show, an aging Prima donna who ...
www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=926 - 43k - Cached - Similar pages

FILM FREAK CENTRAL DOES THE FIFTH AURORA ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL - ...
... The debut film of Timothy Bui (whose brother Tony ... rehearsals (including much soothing
of prima donna snit ... featuring an audience comprised of opera lovers from ...
www.filmfreakcentral.net/asia/aurorafifthmain.htm - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF]dossier prensa 02
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... Curiosa y extraña opera prima realizada por un grupo de jóvenes cineastas argentinos ... A
curious strange debut film made by a group of young Argentine filmmakers ...
www.sansebastianfestival.ya.com/ 2002/comun/d2002_09.pdf - Similar pages

indieWIRE: PEOPLE
... Steven Shainberg speaks about his debut film, "Hit Me ... DiCaprio of Russia, and his
prima donna cast ... James Gray's American Opera, "The Yards" Despite some gossip ...
www.indiewire.com/people/alpha7.html - 53k - Mar 24, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

Daily Reports - Melbourne International FIlm Festival
... 5. LOUIS PRIMA: THE WILDEST! ... the highs and lows of Faye's soap opera life (with ... (6).
Djomeh (Hassan Yektapanah, 2000, Iran) Debut film from this Iranian director ...
www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/8/miff/daily.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:43

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Summary of answers provided

5 +5

first film

x-Translator (X)

5 +5

debut film

Marian Greenfield

5 +3

Opera Prima

rhandler

4 +2

first feature film

Valentín Hernández Lima

debut work

Terry Burgess

5 -2

THE FIRST CUT

Gordana Podvezanec

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

first film

Explanation:
or debut film (less common)

x-Translator (X)
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in pair: 148

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

first feature film

Explanation:
But "opera prima" is also widely used among artist and film commentators.

V

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www.dfi.dk/sitemod/moduler/index_english.asp?pid=2890

www.yoyes.com/english/prensa.html

www.thetzsite.com/pages/movie/spielberg.html

www.dga.org/news/v25_3/indi_LALIFF2000.php3

Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1336

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Opera Prima

Explanation:
It's Latin, not Spanish, and may be left as is. Here are some examples:

Opera Prima @ Hollywood.com. Movie synopsis, review, trailer, ...
Opera Prima The Movie starring Oscar Ladoire,Paula Molina,Antonio Resines.
Full coverage of the movie including movie review, showtimes ...
www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/169519

Dreambook - Opera Prima
... Dreambook ... scripted Dreambook: Opera Prima Sign my
Dreambook! Name, E-mail address, Homepage URL, Comments, ...
books.dreambook.com/canicampioni/operaprima.sign.html

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Some additional examples:

XX FESTIVAL DE CINE DE BOGOTA
... THE COMPETITION The Festival rewards the best Opera Prima at an international level with the Pre-Columbian Circle Award in Gold, Silver and Bronze categories ...
www.bogocine.com/xx/convo-ing.htm

NFB - Talespinners
... Premio Opera Prima/Best Opera Prima Award XI International Film Festival for Children and Youth Montevideo, Uruguay, July 2002. Top of Page. View a Clip. ...
www.nfb.ca/talespinners/films_lights_for_gita.html

Venice International Film Festival - Mostra
... The Opera Prima \"Luigi De Laurentiis\" sidebar Jury, Atom Egoyan, Director (President) Atom Egoyan was born in 1960 in Egypt to Armenian parents. ...
www.filmfestivals.com/venice_2000/jury.htm

Celebrities @ Hollywood.com-Featuring Fernando Trueba . ...
... Trueba had directed features and penned screenplays for a number years, starting with \"Opera Prima/First Effort\" (1980) unbeknownst to Americans save film ...
www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/198035

Reference: http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/169519
Reference: http://books.dreambook.com/canicampioni/operaprima.sign.html

rhandler
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 1170

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

THE FIRST CUT

Explanation:
THE FIRST MOVIE OF A FILM DIRECTOR

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FILM DEBUT

Gordana Podvezanec
Croatia
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of:

Croatian
PRO pts in pair: 149

7 mins confidence:

debut work

Explanation:
Another option Borthwick....although the other answers are also quite correct..I'd say.

See:

News: Top British directors' debut films on TV - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Top British directors' debut films on TV. ... season of British Film Institute treasures
including the early work of some of Britain's leading film directors. ...
www.bfi.org.uk/collections/news/ stories/2002-06-artsworld.html - 14k - En caché - Páginas similares

Film directors Who Made a Difference in Tamil Cinema World - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... part of an ongoing series on film directors who made a ... directing his first film Pavalakkodi,
the film debut of the ... His early work was derived mainly from the ...
www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/ Memories/98/fna/fnadirs1.htm - 17k - En caché - Páginas similares

Spirit of fire - 1 International Film Debut Festival - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... The Board of Directors of the Spirit of Fire International Film Debut Festival
will start work in Khanty-Mansiisk in March 2002, likewise their permanent ...
spiritoffire.ru/eng/press.phtml - 45k - En caché - Páginas similares

Spirit of fire - 1 International Film Debut Festival - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Romm and Alexander Stolper, Solovyov made his debut at cinema ... Solovyov is engaged
in contemporary pedagogical work as the head of film directors and actors ...
spiritoffire.ru/eng/solovyov_team.phtml - 44k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de spiritoffire.ru ]

MMK, Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... longing to make his feature debut, has become ... Buvári's previous work, Life and Death
won the main ... or retrospective screenings to those film directors who were ...
www.mma.hu/?section=eng_main - 31k - En caché - Páginas similares

BANNED CHINESE FILMS DEBUT AT ATHENS FESTIVAL - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... CHINESE FILMS DEBUT AT ATHENS FESTIVAL. 01/22/99 Contact: Jenny Lau, (740) 593-1323.
ATHENS, Ohio -- The work of some of China's most notable film directors will ...
www.ohiou.edu/news/months/jan1999/124.html - 4k - En caché - Páginas similares

eKsperim[E]nto Film & Video Festival > 3rd Edition 2002-2003 > ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Directors David Maquiling (also this year's Filmmaker in Focus ... three other leading
men of the said film. ... be in attendance during the premiere of her debut work. ...
www.geocities.com/eksperiment3/main.html - 32k - En caché - Páginas similares

Who's Who in the 80s HK Film industry [Director] - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... director and scriptwriter. He became a film director in 1979, his
debut work being the three-episode film, Affairs. He went solo ...
www.angelfire.com/80s/hkcinema/director1.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

TheatreBooks: Film: Directors - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... an essential overview of Fung's pioneering work in contemporary ... and revealing interviews,
a collection of film-makers as ... focuses on a celebrated debut -- be it ...
www.theatrebooks.com/film/directors.html - 41k - En caché - Páginas similares

Filmfest Oldenburg - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... for her acting work she received the telestar and ... She has just finished her feature
film debut as a ... started a theatre career, working with directors like wilson ...
www.filmfest-oldenburg.de/99euro_regisseure_e.html

Luck!
terry

Above

Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 18:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2372

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

debut film

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 14617

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