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3991 articles available in total starting from 30/05/2002. Last article published on 25/09/2026.

Audience figures up 3.7m in first half of 2009

During the first half of 2009, audience figures in Spanish theatres rose by 7.9% over the same period last year, according to statistics published by the FECE (Federation of Spanish Cinemas). The...  

09/07/2009 | Box Office | Spain

Velilla’s ugly people start shooting

Ugly people can also fall in love and be happy. Eliseo is a balding man in his 40s with a limp while Nati has had a mastectomy and is separated (from Eliseo’s brother, to make matters worse) in...  

06/07/2009 | Production | Spain

The Friend Zone prolongs comedy season

It is unusual for a Spanish film to enjoy critical success (a recent example is 25 Carat). It is even rarer for the film in question to be a comedy. And if, on top of that, the film’s protagonists...  

01/07/2009 | Releases | Spain

Private TV networks to be allowed to invest in series as part of 5% Law

Since the government announced a few months ago its intention to remove advertising from state television, people have started to wonder how this will affect the current precarious balance between...  

29/06/2009 | Legislation | Spain

Over 60% of Spaniards find domestic films “good or very good”

Apparently, when EGEDA (Audiovisual Producers’ Rights Management Body) commissioned Metroscopia to conduct an opinion poll to find out what Spaniards thought of their film industry, some were up...  

25/06/2009 | Industry | Spain

Serrano wraps up shoot on third feature

David Serrano remains true to his style in his third feature, Una Hora Más en Canarias (“One More Hour in the Canaries”), a comedy with a musical touch that the director calls “a film about love...  

25/06/2009 | Production | Spain

Interview: Borja Cobeaga • Director

“It’s possible to make good comedies for young people”

Basque director Borja Cobeaga (31), whose short One Too Many was nominated for an Oscar in 2007, makes his feature debut with a film lauded at the Malaga Film Festival  

23/06/2009

The Friend Zone

Radical originality and lack of indulgence in this Spanish debut feature which explores humiliation with a harshness that sets it apart from the usual romantic comedies  

23/06/2009 | Films | Reviews

De la Iglesia appointed Film Academy president

Industry unity and closer relations with audiences will be the two guiding principles of Álex de la Iglesia’s mandate at the head of the Spanish Film Academy. The vote and his subsequent...  

22/06/2009 | Institutions | Spain

Objective quality and legal downloads in new funding proposals

It was expected to be ready within ten days, or a maximum of two weeks (see news). But just seven days later, ICAA director Ignasi Guardans has already sent his proposals for film funding (in the...  

18/06/2009 | Legislation | Spain

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