All Spain articles – Page 56
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CommentSpain's Smurf village
The village of Juzcar has been given new life thanks to Sony’s Smurfs and a lick of blue pain so news of a sequel brought camera crews back to the area along with a famous footballer.
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NewsSan Sebastian unveils Spanish selection
Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will compete as part of the official selection of the 61st San Sebastian Film Festival (Sep 20-28).
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NewsPaulo Coelho biopic details emerge
Film about the Brazilian writer behind The Alchemist to wrap in Spain this week.
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NewsGrand Piano to open Sitges
Grand Piano, a thriller starring Elijah Wood, will open this year’s Sitges Festival in October
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NewsSpanish int'l box office tops domestic
Spanish films made more at the international box office than domestically, according to a report released at the annual Madrid de Cine.
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NewsDoppelganger takes Torrente quartet
Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired North American rights to the four Spanish action comedy Torrente films by director-star Santiago Segura.
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NewsMorena head to Cannes with Wild Bunch
Wild Bunch representing youth drama Scorpion in Love [pictured] and apocalyptic feature The Last Days in Cannes.
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NewsImagina's Flowers spread to UK, Germany
Deals closed on the UK independent feature [pictured] with Metrodome and X-Verleih AG.
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Spanish festivals team for new section
San Sebastian, Seville and Sitges film festivals unveil new business section.
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NewsMagnolia acquires Tasting Menu
Magnolia Pictures and Vendetta Film has bought all rights to Roger Gual’s Spanish ensemble-comedy Tasting Menu from Scandinavia’s TrustNordisk.
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NewsParticipant, Image Nation find Dark
Shooting is underway in Colombia on the supernatural thriller Out Of The Dark financed by Participant Media and Image Nation and starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman. Colombia’s Dynamo and Spain’s Apaches produce.
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NewsFrench sales agents lament Alta closure
French sellers ask who will distribute Audiard, Frears, Polanski, Leigh, and Moretti in Spain following news that Alta Films faces closure.
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NewsSpain’s Alta Films faces closure
Leading Spanish distributor, exhibitor and producer Alta Films is facing closure, according to CEO Enrique González Macho.
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NewsSitges to honour Takashi Miike
Prolific Japanese director to attend 2013 festival, which will screen his latest Lesson of the Evil [pictured] in competition.
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NewsSpanish director Bigas Luna dies
Bigas Luna, the Spanish director considered the “discoverer” of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, has died aged 67.
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Kibo buys Visualnet stake
Kibo Ventures, the fund backed by Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, has invested in online production services marketplace Visualnet.com.
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NewsSpanish distributors rack up sales
Filmax International and Latido Films are among the Spanish sellers to secure deals in Berlin, despite reports of a slow market.
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NewsBlancanieves sweeps Spanish Goyas
Pablo Berger’s twist on the Snow White fairytale won best picture at the Spanish Film Academy’s Goya Awards where Juan Antonio Bayona won best director for tsunami drama The Impossible.
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FeaturesSpanish cinema: achieving the impossible
Spain may be going through a financial crisis but local cinema had a banner year in 2012. Juan Sarda explores the complex realities of Spanish cinema, and how the territory’s deep pool of talent is overcoming local difficulties to create world-beating films.
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FeaturesSpanish cinema: the next big things
With new work from the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Claudia Llosa, Jaume Balaguero and Alex de la Iglesia in 2013, Spanish cinema is hotter than ever. Juan Sarda profiles a selection of upcoming films.