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Latest news on film and cinema from Spain.
San Sebastián: What to know about Spain's biggest film festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival, the most prestigious of its kind in Spain, is currently underway. Here are 10 fascinating anecdotes and pieces of information that will help you understand its importance to Spanish culture.
Three more women accuse Spanish director Vermut of sexual violence
Three more women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence, a newspaper reported Tuesday, raising to six the total who have come forward in the past month.
Can Spain really become 'Europe's Hollywood' as PM suggests?
Whilst on an official visit to the United States, Spain’s Prime Minister has pitched his country as the perfect backdrop for blockbuster American productions, but can Spain get round its reputation as a bureaucratic nightmare among international movie and series producers?
Boogie noches: how erotic cinema boom in 1970s helped shape modern Spain
Soon after the death of dictator Franco, Spain began an experiment with censorship that brought graphic sex and nudity to mainstream cinemas. Here's why it played an important role in shaping the Spanish culture we see today.
Six Spanish Netflix series to keep you entertained during lockdown
With Spain's strict lockdown set to run until late April and plenty of home time on the horizon for 2020, there's no better time than the present to get stuck into an enthralling 'Made in España' Netflix series and improve your Spanish in the process.
These were the five stand-out Spanish films of 2019
Dramatic, warlike and familiarly comic – the 231 Spanish films released in 2019 offer a remarkable variety of genres but very few truly memorable moments.
Meet the Irish American pair behind Madrid’s exciting new film slam
Two and a half years ago friends Nichole Hastings and Dominic Anglim first discussed their shared passion of independent filmmaking and wondered why the concept of “film slams” hadn’t caught on in Spain.
Pain and Glory: Pedro Almodóvar's latest movie is as much self-therapy as it is self-portrait
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is to represent Spain at the Oscars for the seventh time, with his 21st feature film Pain And Glory.
Screen legend Donald Sutherland to receive Spain's prestigious Donostia Award
Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, known for films as diverse as "M*A*S*H" and the Hunger Games series, will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival.
Banderas wins Cannes 'best actor' as Almodovar alter ego
Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas has portrayed Zorro and Pablo Picasso but he is above all the go-to actor of Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, who launched his hugely successful film career in Spain in the early 1980s.
Cannes: Catalan director shocks with two-hour orgy of sadomasochistic debauchery
With a non-stop two-hour orgy shot from every imaginable angle, Albert Serra's "Freedom" is the most shockingly explicit film at this year's Cannes film festival.
My Spanish Story: 'Spain's Tabernas desert, set of Spaghetti Westerns, has a new villain'
The Tabernas Desert, an area famous for being the backdrop of iconic Spaghetti Western films - is being trashed. Dave Regos, a documentary filmmaker, shares his story of the clean-up campaign.
Almodóvar 'emotionally naked' in new introspective film
Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's new movie "Pain and Glory" about a melancholic filmmaker played by Antonio Banderas opened in cinemas across Spain on Friday, the most retrospective work in his 40-year career.
'It became a political rally': Catalonia documentary directors return German award
The directors of Netflix documentary "Two Catalonias" said Tuesday they had returned a German award because the involvement of Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont in the ceremony had "politicized" the "neutral" spirit of their work.
Opposite ends of the earth: How Spanish culture is making waves in New Zealand
A Spanish film festival touring New Zealand, is revealing just how much Kiwis love Spanish culture. Nina Green takes a look.
Screen legend Dame Judi Dench honoured at San Sebastián film festival
British screen legend Judi Dench was honoured Tuesday with a lifetime achievement award at Spain's famous San Sebastián film festival.
Dame Judi Dench to get Spain's prestigious Donostia Award
British screen legend Judi Dench, best known for her role as M in James Bond films, will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's famous San Sebastian film festival, organisers said Tuesday.
The Crown: Extras needed in Andalusia as Netflix series films on location in Spain
Andalusia has been chosen as the location for some scenes in the next series of award-winning Netflix drama The Crown, and extras are being sought
Penelope Cruz puts 'torture' of early work behind her
Spanish Oscar winner Penelope Cruz said Wednesday that putting a firewall between acting and her private life -- even when working with husband Javier Bardem -- had put a stop to the "torture" of her early years in the industry.
Golden couple of Spanish cinema return to open Cannes festival
It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 -- now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year's Cannes film festival together on Tuesday.
Spanish cinema stars call for more women in film
Stars of Spanish cinema have lashed out at the lack of women in the film industry at the country's equivalent of the Oscars.
Ten real Game of Thrones locations to visit this summer in Spain
Game of Thrones is back on our screens with season 7 introducing new spectacular locations that were filmed in Spain. Here's how to find them.
Finally! Terry Gilliam finishes 'Don Quixote' film project that took 17 years
Terry Gilliam, the US-born director famous for a string of dark fantasy films, has finally finished his version of Don Quixote... after 17 years battling one disaster after another.