cinema
December 28th, 2009
Spanish national television begins a new era in its 54 year lifespan on Friday, primarily through the disappearance of advertising on its two channels, TVE1 and TVE2 (La 2), and also by a number of limitations introduced on the amount of US films, tv series and major sporting events. Starting on ...
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January 12th, 2010
Avatar, the latest film from director James Cameron, has taken €40,357,225 since opening on the 18th December 2009. Therefore, in just three and a half weeks it has become the highest grossing film of all time in Spain, as reported by Fox Film. Avatar has broken the record of another ...
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January 22nd, 2010
Spanish movie theatres have managed to leave behind the downward trend in ticket sales in recent years. Compared to 2008, 2009 saw an increase of 2.8% in the number of cinema goers in Spain and box office revenue grew by 9%. These aren't double
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January 26th, 2010
A total of 74 cinemas in Catalonia, with 528 screens, will close their doors on February 1st in protest of a new law that owners believe will be the "death of cinema in Catalonia". The Catalonia Film Union presented
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January 27th, 2010
The European Commission has given the green light to government funding of the Spanish movie industry, which is to be granted 576 million euros until the 31st of December 2015, and which includes measures to support the production and distribution of Spanish based
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March 8th, 2010
It was a disappointing night for Penelope Cruz at the 2010 Oscars but a triumphant one for women in film, with the best director award going to a female director for the first time in the Awards' history. Cruz could not repeat last year's delight when she became the first Spanish ...
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March 24th, 2010
The Korean electronics giant Samsung will be the first company to market and release 3DTV's in Spain. The company announced yesterday that it will launch an intensive advertising campaign on April the 8th to promote the new technology, which gives home viewers the same 3D effect as seen recently in ...
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May 26th, 2010
According to the Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey, which covers 221 cities around the world, Madrid and Barcelona are the highest rated Spanish cities, both of which rank among the 50 best cities in the world to live, occupying positions 48 and 42, respectively. Vienna is rated as the city ...
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September 15th, 2010
The Spanish Film Academy has shortlisted Daniel Monzon's prison drama "Cell 211," Andrucha Waddington's bio-drama "Lope" and Iciar Bollain's drama "Even the Rain" as contenders for Spain's bid for an Oscar. The final decision will be announced on September 28th. The shortlist highlights
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