Spain makes Cannes history with record three films in Palme d’Or race
Spanish cinema will make history at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with three films competing for the Palme d’Or for the first time since the...
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Spain submits ‘Sirat’ for best international feature film at Oscars
Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, recipient of the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has officially been selected as Spain’s candidate for Best International Feature...
Netflix to invest more than a billion euros in Spain over next four years
The US streaming giant Netflix has said that it is going to invest €1.1 billion in productions in Spain between 2025 and 2029, which has...
Two films tie to win main prize at Goyas – and Richard Gere calls Trump ‘a bully, a thug’
In a historic first, the 39th Goya Awards, Spain‘s equivalent to the Oscars, came down to a photo finish on Saturday night, with two films...
Netflix drops Spanish star of ‘Emilia Pérez’ from Oscar campaign after offensive tweets
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
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...
Bullfighting documentary wins top prize at San Sebastian Film Festival
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
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...
Spain submits ‘Saturn Return’ for best international film category at Oscars
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
#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...
