Alaska

Alaska

Birth : 1963-06-13, Mexico, D. F., Mexico

History

María Olvido Gara Jova (born 13 June 1963), better known as Alaska, is a Spanish-Mexican singer, DJ, and television personality famous in Spain and Hispanic America.

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Alaska

Movies

Raphaelismo
Mi adorado Monster
Self
With humor, prolific director Víctor Matellano tells the story of one of the most iconic and problematic cult films of Spain's "fantaterror": Los resucitados by Arturo de Bobadilla. A story of ambition, frustration and the everlasting will of the most passionate cinephiles.
Ibáñez
Self - Singer
The life and work of the legendary Francisco Ibáñez, brilliant cartoonist, creator of Clever & Smart and many other characters through whom he has portrayed Spanish society for over seven decades, with wild humor, subtle cruelty and much tenderness.
Todos los nombres de Sara
Herself - Musician
Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-2013) conquered Mexico, Hollywood, and the hearts of people. The recognition of an unparalleled professional career, an intimate dialogue with a tireless worker who took the stage at the age of twelve and never got off. A movie star who seduced millions of viewers around the world, a singer who reinvented a musical genre, a woman who broke the mold…
Camilo sinfónico: vivir así
Self - Singer (voice)
An account of the successful life and work of Spanish singer and actor Camilo Sesto (1946-2019), the portentous, almost miraculous, voice of Spanish pop music for decades, through his own point of view, told during his last interview and in many others, and through the words of those creators whose own work has been strongly influenced both by his art and his magnetic personality.
Navajeros, censores y nuevos realizadores
Herself
Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cine quinqui (delinquent movies): films that rapidly became a big commercial success, showing things that were banned by the censorship not too long before.
Empowered
Alaska
Paz seems to have a perfect life. She has a job, a partner and friends but something's missing. In reality, there are things she is unhappy about. She feels anxious and burdened but can't bring herself to express these feelings. Until one day she turns to a strange therapy that will make her say absolutely everything she thinks. How would your life be if you only said what you think?
Autosuficientes
Self
Documentary about the legendary Spanish Post-Punk band Paralis Permanente. A band that has gained a world wide cult following for their unique sound, while only having released one album. The album is highly regarded as the record that spawned the spanish darkwave sound known as "onda siniestra".
Los gatos del callejón
Self
Run a way
La Olvi
Fangoria: Operación Vodevil
Jaime Urrutia: La fuerza de la costumbre
Herself
Documentary about spanish singer and composer Jaume Urrutia.
Frenesí en la gran ciudad
Self
Miguel Bosé: Papitour
Herself - Singer
Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Miguel Bosé celebrates 30 years of making music in a landmark concert held in Spain's Plaza de Toros de las Ventas. With the help of special guest artists Alaska, Bimba Bose, Rafa Sanchez and Ana Torroja, the Panamanian-born singer plows through a set list of his most beloved and popular songs, including a pair of hit singles from his 2007 album "Papito": "Morena Mia" and "Nena."
Fangoria: ¡Viven!
Martians Go Home! La venganza de Sara Clockwork
Sara Clockwork
Gran Casal, me como el mundo
Herself
Tino Casal was a singer and artist, but also a producer, leather craftsman and friend of his friends. This documentary dives, through numerous characters, into the figure of the Spanish pop singer of the 80s, who died in a traffic accident at the age of 41. His innovative artistic facet, psychedelia, his struggle, success, decadence... Finally, secrets that have been kept under lock and key until now are revealed and that have broken the schemes of those who thought they knew the great divo.
Airbag
Jugadora timba
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.
Sólo se muere dos veces
Lucrecia
Noche de Terrock y Brujas
Dra. Alaska Frankenstein
¡¡¡A tope!!!
Self (Alaska y Dinarama)
Madrid, 80 A couple, Juanjo and Rachel, threatening their relationship when Juanjo falls in love with another girl, Marta.
Pepi, Luci, Bom
Bom
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.
Rapture
Cake Girl (archive footage)
José Sirgado is a low-budget filmmaker whose heroin addiction distorts his perspective of the real world. Although he is a depressed and unstable individual, his mood improves when he receives the mysterious films of Pedro, with whom he shares his passion for cinema.