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Catalan Academy Of Cinema
The Catalan Film Academy (''Acadèmia del Cinema Català'', in Catalan) is a non-profit organization located in Barcelona created to recognize Catalan film productions and professionals, with the objective of being a voice of the Catalan film industry. The Academy joins both creative and productive branches of filmmaking, artistically and scientifically, in the same way as the other film academies. It's a member of the European Film Academy's network of national film academies. It annually holds the Gaudí Awards The Gaudí Awards ( ca, Premis Gaudí) are the main film awards of Catalonia, celebrated annually in Barcelona. The awards were established in 2009 by the Catalan Film Academy as a continuation and expansion of the Barcelona Cinema Awards (''Premi .... Presidents of the Academy * Joel Joan i Juvé (2008 – 2013) * Isona Passola i Vidal (since 2013) References Cinema of Catalonia Film organisations in Spain Gaudí Awards {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passeig De Colom, Barcelona
Passeig de Colom is the name of a wide avenue lined with palm trees in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in the Ciutat Vella district.Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides:Barcelona & Catalonia, Main Editor:Roger Williams:Published by Dorling Kindersley 2000, Map page 164: History The street runs eastwards from the Columbus monument to the Central Post Office and was constructed from 1878 onwards when the former sea wall was demolished. Architecture Buildings of interest At number 6 Passeig de Colom is the House of Cervantes, where the famous writer Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best kno ... lodged during his stay in Barcelona. The building dates from the 16th century. In the adjacent square, dedicated to the businessman Antonio López y López, you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isona Passola
Isona Passola i Vidal is a film producer, screenwriter and director from Barcelona. She is the current president of the Catalan Film Academy The Catalan Film Academy (''Acadèmia del Cinema Català'', in Catalan) is a non-profit organization located in Barcelona created to recognize Catalan film productions and professionals, with the objective of being a voice of the Catalan film i .... References External links * Living people Spanish film producers People from Barcelona Spanish women film directors Film directors from Catalonia Year of birth missing (living people) Spanish women screenwriters 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as '' Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Cinema
The term Catalan cinema encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. In Spain, it is a subset of Spanish cinema, and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Film Academy
The European Film Academy is an initiative of a group of European filmmakers who came together in Berlin on the occasion of the first presentation of the European Film Awards in November 1988. The Academy—under the name of European Cinema Society—was officially founded by its first President, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, as well as 40 filmmakers from all over Europe, among them Bernardo Bertolucci, Claude Chabrol, Dušan Makavejev, István Szabó, and Wim Wenders. Every year, the European Film Academy honours films and filmmakers with the European Film Awards. The ceremony is taking place every even year in a different European city, and every odd year in Berlin. European Film Academy In 1988, the Academy—under the name of European Cinema Society—was officially founded by its first President, the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, as well as 40 filmmakers from all over Europe in order to promote European film culture worldwide and to protect and to support the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaudí Awards
The Gaudí Awards ( ca, Premis Gaudí) are the main film awards of Catalonia, celebrated annually in Barcelona. The awards were established in 2009 by the Catalan Film Academy as a continuation and expansion of the Barcelona Cinema Awards (''Premis Barcelona de Cinema''), originally established in 2002. The trophy was designed by Montse Ribé and is inspired by the chimneys of Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà Casa Milà (, ), popularly known as ''La Pedrera'' (, ; "the stone quarry") in reference to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance, is a '' Modernista'' building in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the last private residence designed by arc .... Award categories * Gaudí Honorary Award: since 2009; now called Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award * Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Non-Catalan Language Film: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Director: since 2009 * Gaudí Award for Best Documentary: since 2009 * Gaudí Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Joan I Juvé
Joel Joan i Juvé (; born 2 November 1970) is a Spanish actor, screenwriter and director. Biography Joan studied dramatic arts at Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. He began his acting career on the stage, appearing in productions directed by Calixto Bieito, Sergi Belbel and Rosa Maria Sardà. His first major television role came in 1994 on the TV3 show ''Poblenou''. That same year he helped found the Kràmpack theater company. The company's success gave them the opportunity to create a television show. The sitcom ''Plats bruts'' (“Dirty Dishes”), co-starring Joan, made its debut on TV3 in 1999. Joan went on to direct, write and co-star in ''Porca misèria'', which aired on TV3 from 2004 to 2007. Joan has also appeared in films, including roles in Manuel Huerga's ''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' (2006) and Woody Allen's ''Vicky Cristina Barcelona'' (2008). He is an administrator of Arriska Films, the production company he founded in 2000. Arriska Films has produced the televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isona Passola I Vidal
Isona Passola i Vidal is a film producer, screenwriter and director from Barcelona. She is the current president of the Catalan Film Academy The Catalan Film Academy (''Acadèmia del Cinema Català'', in Catalan) is a non-profit organization located in Barcelona created to recognize Catalan film productions and professionals, with the objective of being a voice of the Catalan film i .... References External links * Living people Spanish film producers People from Barcelona Spanish women film directors Film directors from Catalonia Year of birth missing (living people) Spanish women screenwriters 20th-century Spanish screenwriters 21st-century Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Catalonia
The term Catalan cinema encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from Catalonia. In Spain, it is a subset of Spanish cinema, and includes movies both in Catalan and Spanish. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the Gaudí Awards. History In the first 30 years of the 20th century a number of Catalan films were made; in 1931 the Catalan government, the Generalitat, was restored and in 1932 it set up a film committee which encouraged the making of the first Catalan feature films, in Barcelona and Valencia. In the early 1930s Barcelona had four large film studios and the film industry flourished in the city. After the war had ended the Nationalist government had a policy of centralisation and the suppression of regional nationalism which existed in Catalonia and in the Basque country. Film making continued in Barcelona but began to decline. As public use o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Organisations In Spain
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
