The cinema of Catalonia encompasses film productions produced and acted preferably by people from

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

. It is a subset of

Spanish cinema The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema. Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have t ...

and includes movies both in Catalan and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

. The Catalan Academy of Cinema was created to recognize and support Catalan productions, and annually commemorates the best films with the

Gaudí Awards The Gaudí Awards () 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 Ci ...

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 the Catalan language was now prohibited no films could be made in the language. In 1965 it again became possible to make a Catalan version of a film;

Armando Moreno Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

's ''Maria Rosa'' was made in Castilian and dubbed into Catalan; Moreno's wife, Nuria Espert played the title role. The film was of poor quality. La horda

The Institut de Cinema Català was founded in 1975 by a group of over 70 professionals from all areas of the cinema. It was divided into four sections: commissions for education, labour and production, distribution and exhibition, and the economic commission. The first films made were two documentaries by Francesc Bellmunt (''Canet rock'' and ''La nova cançò'') and ''

La ciutat cremada ''La ciutat cremada'' (''The Burned City''; Spanish title: ''La ciudad quemada'') is a 1976 Spanish historical film directed by Antoni Ribas Antoni Ribas i Piera (27 October 1935 – 3 October 2007) was a Catalan Spanish film director an ...

'' by Antoni Riba. In the mid 1970s there also existed in Catalonia some groups of "alternative" film-makers, e.g. the Central del Corto. Molina-Foix, V. (1977) ''New Cinema in Spain''. London: British Film Institute; pp. 25-27

Notable productions

*In Catalan (some of these also contain scenes in Spanish, due to the bilingual nature of the region): **'' Aro Tolbukhin'' **'' Beloved/Friend'' **''

'' (dir. Antoni Riba) **'' Els Nens Salvatges'' **'' El pasajero clandestino'' **'' The Sea'' **'' The Tit and the Moon'' **''

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'' **'' Story of My Death'' **''

Summer 1993 ''Summer 1993'' () is a 2017 Catalan language, Catalan-language Spanish Drama (film and television), drama film directed and written by Carla Simón. The film premiered in the Generation section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, wh ...

'' **'' Pàtria *In Spanish **''

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'' **'' Tras el cristal''

References

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History

Notable productions

See also

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