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CINE POR LA RED
Sep 14 2012
Arranca una nueva edicion del programa cultural Spain Arts and Culture en Estados Unidos
En el ámbito cinematográfico, destaca en el programa del Spain Arts & Culture, el V Festival of New Spanish Cinema, organizado por Pragda, con distintos apoyos institucionales, que se va a desarrollar en diez ciudades de Estados Unidos y Canadá a lo largo de los próximos meses.
View ArticleThe DePauw
Aug 28 2012
Film series highlights social justice issues
Linda Elman, associate professor of Spanish, was studying filmmaker Icíar Bollaín on her sabbatical when she learned of the Spanish Film Club, an organization that allows universities to apply for grants to host film festivals. Elman applied for and won a grant from Pragda Films, with support from the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.
View ArticleDePauw University
Aug 17 2012
Beyond the Borders
Five films from Spain and Latin America – including an Oscar-nominated animated feature – will be shown on campus this fall. The Spanish Film Club series is an initiative between Pragda Films and American universities to create new audiences for recent feature-length films from Spanish-speaking countries. DePauw is one of 44 universities to be awarded a matching grant for the film festival.
View ArticleNorth Georgia News
Jul 12 2012
Series of Spanish films to be screened Thursday evenings
North Georgia College & State University’s 2012 Spanish Summer Language Institute and the Department of Modern Languages will host a series of new films from Spain and Latin America on Thursday evenings from 7-9 p.m. beginning July 12.
View ArticleEl Pais
Jul 01 2012
¿Quieres que tu corto se vea en EE UU?
Spanish newspaper El Pais sat down with Pragda’s Executive Director, Marta Sanchez, to talk about our new initiative, CineTV. Read the article and learn how can we help your short film gain access to American audiences!
View ArticleSouthwestern University Newsroom
May 17 2012
Spanish Department to Host Film Festival Sept. 6-Oct. 4
The Spanish Department, along with the student groups Sigma Delta Pi (the Spanish honor society) and Latinos Unidos, are hosting a film festival Sept. 6-Oct. 4 that will feature five films from Spanish-speaking countries. The theme of the film festival is “Cinematic Sexuality / Sexualidad cinemática: A Transnational Spanish Film Festival.” The theme was picked to go along with Southwestern’s 2013 Brown Symposium, which will focus on sexuality.
View ArticleWillamette University News
May 05 2012
PRAGDA group sponsors free, Spanish film series at Willamette next fall
Five new Spanish-language films will be showcased at Willamette University next fall, due to a grant from the PRAGDA organization. The mission of the group, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., is to share Spanish-language films with diverse audiences. With the grant, assistant professor Anna Cox of the Spanish and film studies departments will debut a film series over a five-week period in Ford Hall. The movies will be free and open to the public. The dates and times of the showings have yet to be announced.
View ArticleCine Por La Red
Feb 07 2012
Pragda Impulsa un Proyecto Para propiciar muestras de Cine Espanol en las Universidades Norteamericanas
La empresa Pragda, dedicada a promover el cine español en Norteamerica, ha puesto en marcha un innovador proyecto, Spanish Film Club, cuyo objetivo es promover y facilitar la organizacion de eventos de cine español y latinoamericano en universidades de Estados Unidos y Canada, ofreciendo peliculas y apoyo financiero a dichas entidades. El plazo de solicitud de ayuda concluye el 15 de marzo.
View ArticleHouston Chronicle
Jan 31 2012
La Diversidad Como Bandera
La mente maestra destras del Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2012 (Festival de Nuevo Cine Español 20120) desde hace cuantro años es la española Marta Sanchez, la presidenta y fundadora de PRAGDA.
View ArticleHouston Chronicle
Jan 13 2012
Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2012, manjar para cinéfilos
Cintas de comedia, drama, terror, históricas y documentales, para todos los gustos. Los cinéfilos ávidos de ver cintas en español podrán frotarse las manos con la programación del Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2012 (Festival de Nuevo Cine Español 2012), en su cuarto año consecutivo, que trae diez cintas en diversos registros cinematográficos a Rice University.
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