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

Spanish Movie, a different kind of comedy

For years, Spanish film has been plagued by the tag españolada (meaning “stereotypically Spanish”), referring to local comedies featuring scantily-clad women and dramas about the civil war, which...  

26/02/2009 | Production | Spain

Telecinco presents trailer for Amenábar’s upcoming film

The countdown begins to the release of the other highly anticipated Spanish film of 2009 (besides Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces): Alejandro Amenábar’s mega-production Agora. Yesterday saw the...  

25/02/2009 | Production | Spain

Penélope Cruz's dream comes true

At 16 years old, a young girl made her film debut in Bigas Luna’s Jamon, Jamon, devouring the screen and winning over audiences. Last night, 17 years later, Penelope Cruz achieved her dream of...  

23/02/2009 | Oscars 2009 | Spain

ICAA allocated €67.8m in film funding in 2008

The Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute (ICAA) allocated almost €67.8m in film funding during 2008, according to its annual report, which details the total amount of each subsidy, as well as the...  

19/02/2009 | Institutions | Spain

Ander an unusual love story in the Basque country

Love stories between forty-somethings are quite rare, and those set in rural communities are even rarer. Add the fact that in Ander, the story is predominantly told in Basque and the two...  

13/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Panorama/Spain

Pamplona’s Punto de Vista puts spotlight on docs

Volker Koepp’s German film Elder Blossom will today open the 5th Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival, to be held in Pamplona from February 13-21. The event will close with UK director Peter...  

13/02/2009 | Festivals | Spain

Llosa’s Milk of Sorrow a triumphant ode to life

As the Berlin International Film Festival nears its end, the major film that festival-goers have been waiting for in this year’s competition has finally arrived, via Spain – the first ever...  

12/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Competition/Spain

Apaches Entertainment is launched

Producers Enrique López Lavigne and Belén Atienza have joined forces to create Apaches Entertainment, which is destined to become a reference in Spanish and European film production, according to...  

11/02/2009 | Industry | Spain

Latido’s Sex-y slate

Madrid-based Latido Films is whetting buyers’ appetites with European Film Market screener Sex, Party & Lies and tomorrow’s Panorama selected Ander, being billed as “a Basque Brokeback Mountain”,...  

10/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | EFM/Spain

Almodóvar returns to shorts with La concejala antropófaga

Just over a month before the release of Broken Embraces (see news), Pedro Almodóvar has announced his return to short film, after a 30-year break from the form. La concejala antropófaga (“The...  

09/02/2009 | Production | Spain

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