Cinema

03.06.2013 - 08.28 pm 'The Act of Killing' wins the Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival's main award The 16th edition of the DocsBarcelona festival increased audience figures by 40% compared to 2012. The festival organisation thinks that one of the...	29.04.2013 - 07.56 pm The most 'animated' edition of the International Short Film Festival Mecal Pro comes to an end The 15th edition of the International Short Film and Animation Festival of Barcelona, known as Mecal Pro, has ended after 350 short films were...	09.04.2013 - 03.07 pm Dubbing, a practice in the spotlight Dubbing is deeply rooted in Spanish and Catalan television and cinema but it is now dealing with a crisis of demand. At the same time, voices have...	04.04.2013 - 10.23 pm Paris’ Pompidou Centre to host an exhibition on contemporary Catalan film-maker Albert Serra The President of the Parisian centre, Alain Seban, compared Albert Serra’s work to that of Salvador Dalí, who he said was “another brilliant Catalan...
06.03.2013 - 07.58 pm Isabel Coixet, the most international Catalan film-maker, criticises the economic crisis in her new movie ‘Yesterday never ends’ Isabel Coixet, who has worked with top stars such as Tim Robbins, Ben Kingsley or Penelope Cruz, has released her new movie, ‘Yersterday never ends...	05.03.2013 - 07.21 pm Catalan film director J.A. Bayona to make science fiction movie with Warner Eric Roth, writer of “Forrest Gump” or “Munich”, will be joining him in the making of this new movie. Juan Antonio Bayona, after conquering the world...	26.02.2013 - 06.20 pm Animac, the International Animated Movie Exhibition of Catalonia, is ready to roll The 17th edition of the International Animated Movie Exhibition of Catalonia, Animac, will take place once again in the Catalan city of Lleida, in...	13.02.2013 - 06.25 pm Catalan film director Neus Ballús presents ‘La Plaga’ at the Berlin International Film Festival The 63rd International Film Festival in Berlin is taking place at the moment through to the 17th of February. This year a film made by Catalan...
04.02.2013 - 10.36 pm ‘The Impossible’ triumphs at Catalan ‘Gaudí’ Film Awards The Catalan ‘Gaudi’ Film Awards had a true international feel this year as ‘The Imposible’, directed by Barcelona-born moviemaker Juan Antonio Bayona...	07.01.2013 - 09.32 pm ‘Blancanieves’ and ‘El Bosc’ lead the race for the Catalan Film Academy Gaudí awards ‘Blancanieves’ with 12 nominations and ‘El Bosc’ with 11 are leading the race at this year’s Gaudí awards ceremony. They are followed by ‘Els nens...	15.10.2012 - 07.56 pm Sitges Film Festival’s Best Movie Award goes to ‘Holy Motors’ by the French Director Leos Carax The world’s most important international film festival specialising in fantasy and horror films ended its 45th event in the Catalan coastal town of...	10.09.2012 - 09.22 pm ‘The Impossible’ by Catalan director Juan Antonio Bayona premieres at the Toronto Film Festival The second film by the Catalan director Juan Antonio Bayona stars Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival with...
07.09.2012 - 08.55 pm Barcelona’s Mobile World Capital and Sitges Film Festival create an event for films made with cell phones Phonetastic Sitges Mobile Film Festival will be held next summer and aims to promote new audiovisual media and film distribution. The MWCapital,...	03.09.2012 - 08.48 pm Catalan filmmaker David Victori wins Youtube’s competition and will shoot with Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender With the short movie ‘La Culpa’ (The Guilt), the Catalan filmmaker David Victori has won Youtube’s ‘Your Film Festival’ competition, beating 15,000...	30.08.2012 - 08.00 pm Barcelona's Beefeater In-Edit Festival of music documentaries celebrates its 10th edition The 10th edition of the Barcelona International Music Documentary Film Festival will run from October 25th to November 4th this year. To celebrate,...	01.08.2012 - 07.49 pm Catalan filmmaker David Victori to present ‘La Culpa’ at Venice Film Festival Catalan filmmaker David Victori’s short film has passed a rigorous selection process and will be shown at the Venice Film Festival. His submission, ‘...