FESTIVAL OF NEW SPANISH CINEMA COMING TO THE THEATER NEAR YOU

If you are in the centre of town already, just look around, and you will find our 2nd Annual Festival of New Spanish Cinema! In a maelstrom of hallucinatory imagination, the directors in this year’s lineup present their wildest hopes and dreams. Intertwining drama, horror and animation in outrageous new ways, styles range from superb examples of Spain’s offbeat thrillers, brutal and wrenching fairy tales, to socially engaged cinema. This year there are plenty of offerings to keep you busy in the theaters.

Our first cine-fiesta is at the AUDITORIUM, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, Ottawa September 5-11, 2009, to be followed by stops in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and San Francisco.

FILMS TO BE SCREENED
THE SHAME La Verguenza | David Planell
CAMINO | Javier Fesser
AMATEURS | Gabriel Velazquez
A FIANCE FOR YASMINA Un Novio Para Yasmina
DESPERATE WOMEN Enloquecidas | Juan Luis Iborra
ONE-ARMED TRICK El truco del manco | Santiago Zannou
RAMIREZ | Albert Arizza
DE PROFUNDIS | Miguelanxo Prado

MORE YUMMY TREATS

This year’s festival promises more than just great cinema. We’ll host Q&A screenings with visiting filmmakers, family film screenings with the animation De Profundis The Sound of the Sea, university master classes and much much more. 

As an added bonus, Pragda will precede each screening of the FESTIVAL OF NEW SPANISH CINEMA with a surprise presentation from Teaserland.com—an entertaining online festival which features fake movie trailers made by well known directors such as Isabel Coixet shown alongside those made by up-and-coming filmmakers. Last but not least, don’t miss out on our brand new online screening room were we will present ShortMetraje shorts for the first time on the web!  Check our site September 1st at 7:00 PM EST

IN THE PRESS

As we are approaching the end of the Summer, we would like to highlight some recent press coverage of Pragda. First, we are pleased to let you know that El Pais,  the leading Spanish newspaper, has published a detailed article on their back cover explaining what Pragda is all about. In addition, we have just updated our press room to include some of the glowing comments made about our recent retrospective Clandesti: Forbidden Catalan Cinema under Franco.

CRONICA D’UNA MIRADA IN PHILLY

The slick and smart TV series CRONICA D’UNA MIRADA: CLANDESTINE FILMMAKING IN FRANCO’S SPAIN, 1960 - 1975 is on the road! International House in Philadelphia will screen this six part series over 6 months starting in the Fall. In the meantime university libraries and art centers alike continue adding this beautiful box set to their permanent collections. Check our site to see the extras page with lots of materials explaining this movement.

"A must-see DVD collection to understand the evolution of filmmaking in Spain, as well as the history of these troubled times during Franco’s era. Essential."  - Laura Turegano, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU

AND MORE...

SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL: We are attending the festival this year. Contact us if you would like to set an appointment.

NEW WEBSITE: Keep an eye out for the new pragda web filled with the coolest bites of Spanish film. Soon to be launched!

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