Culture Archives - Spain in English

The Beach Boys, Kool & The Gang, Ana Belén, Sara Baras – first acts confirmed for Sitges Terramar Festival

News Desk7th February 20257th February 2025

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The promoter Terra Music & Events, organiser of the Terramar CaixaBank Festival in Sitges, has announced the first names of the line-up for the 8th

Netflix drops Spanish star of ‘Emilia Pérez’ from Oscar campaign after offensive tweets

News Desk6th February 20256th February 2025

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Offensive historic tweets posted by Karla Sofía Gascón, the transgender Spanish star of the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Pérez, have led to a week of fallout

Marisa Paredes, Spanish actor and Almodóvar favourite, dies aged 78

News Desk17th December 202423rd December 2024

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Marisa Paredes, an acclaimed Spanish actor who achieved international fame by starring in many films by director Pedro Almodóvar, has died at the age of

Madrid cancels city centre sheep herding tradition to avoid bluetongue spread

News Desk18th October 202425th October 2024

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The regional government in Madrid has cancelled the traditional annual herding of flocks of sheep through the centre of the Spanish capital which was scheduled

Bullfighting documentary wins top prize at San Sebastian Film Festival

News Desk30th September 202410th October 2024

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A documentary about bullfighting, ‘Tardes de Soledad’ (‘Afternoons of Solitude’), has picked up the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, its graphic nature

Pedro Almodóvar wins lifetime achievement award at San Sebastian Festival

News Desk27th September 20245th October 2024

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Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar received a lifetime achievement Donostia Award at the San Sebastián Film Festival on Thursday, getting emotional as he was given

Creative Connexions Ireland: Sitges ’24 – Irish Arts Festival returns to Catalonia

Features24th September 202430th September 2024

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The award-winning Creative Connexions Ireland: Sitges ’24 Festival will celebrate its 11th year in the breathtaking Catalan town of Sitges from 24-27 October, establishing itself

Spain submits ‘Saturn Return’ for best international film category at Oscars

News Desk19th September 202426th September 2024

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Spain has chosen the film ‘Saturn Return’ by Isaki Lacuesta and Pol Rodríguez as its submission for Best International Feature Film category at the 97th

Almodóvar’s first English-language feature wins top prize in Venice

News Desk8th September 202415th September 2024

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#UPDATED at 13h on 8 September. Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’, the Spanish director’s first film in English, has won the Golden Lion, the

Pedro Almodóvar to receive 2024 San Sebastian Donostia Career Achievement Award

News Desk14th August 202428th August 2024

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Spain’s most internationally famous film director, screenwriter and producer, Pedro Almodóvar, is to receive a Donostia Career Achievement Award at the prestigious 72nd San Sebastian Film

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