Toulouse Spanish Film Festival

Toulouse Spanish Film Festival
25th Toulouse Spanish Film Festival - Cinespaña 2020
LocationToulouse, France
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
AwardsGolden Violet for Best Film
Websitewww.cinespagnol.com

The Toulouse Spanish Film Festival (French: Festival du Film Espagnol de Toulouse; Spanish: Festival de Cine Español de Toulouse), also known as Cinespaña, is an annual film festival held in Toulouse, France, which specialises in Spanish cinema.[1] The festival awards the Golden Violet (Violette d'Or; Violeta de Oro), for the best full-length film from Spain previously unreleased in France. The festival is usually held in October.

The festival was established in 1996, as the successor to the Les écrans de l'histoire film festival.[2] The 1996 festival was focussed on the Spanish Civil War, with later festivals showcasing Spanish cinema in general.[2] The festival is supported by the Spanish government bodies Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) and Instituto Cervantes.[3]

Since 1997, the festival's main competition has presented full-length films from Spain previously unreleased in France, which compete for the Golden Violet award.[4][5] There are also awards for best director, actress, actor, screenplay, score, and cinematography.[6]

Golden Violet winning films

Year of award Original title Original language English title Director
1997 Tranvía a la Malvarrosa[5] Spanish Tramway to Malvarrosa José Luis García Sánchez
1998 Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando[5] Spanish Tangos Are for Two Jaime Chávarri
1999 Los lobos de Washington[5] Spanish Washington Wolves Mariano Barroso
2000 Cascabel[5] Spanish Daniel Cebrián [ca]
2002 En la ciudad sin límites[5] Spanish In the City Without Limits Antonio Hernández
2003 Torremolinos 73[5] Spanish, Danish Pablo Berger
2004 Cachorro[5] Spanish Bear Club Miguel Albaladejo
2005 Roma[5] Spanish Adolfo Aristarain
2006 Azuloscurocasinegro Spanish Dark Blue Almost Black Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
2007 La caja[5] Spanish The Wooden Box Juan Carlos Falcón
2008 Todos estamos invitados [es][5] Spanish Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
2009 Ander [es][5] Basque, Spanish Roberto Castón [es]
2010 La mujer sin piano[5] Spanish Woman Without Piano Javier Rebollo [es][7]
2011 Crebinsky [ca][5] Galician Enrique Otero
2012 El muerto y ser feliz[5] Spanish Javier Rebollo [es]
2013 Los ilusos[8] Spanish[9] The Wishful Thinkers Jonás Trueba
2014 Ärtico[5] Spanish[10] Gabriel Velázquez [ca]
2015 A cambio de nada[11] Spanish Nothing in Return Daniel Guzmán
2016 La reconquista[12] Spanish The Reconquest Jonás Trueba
2017 Vivir y otras ficciones[13] Spanish[14] Jo Sol [es]
2018 Carmen y Lola[15] Spanish Carmen & Lola Arantxa Echevarría
2019 Entre dos aguas [es][16] Spanish Isaki Lacuesta
2020 Lúa vermella [ca][17] Galician Lois Patiño
2021 Destello bravío [es][18] Spanish Ainhoa Rodríguez [es]
2023 [fr] Mantícora Spanish Manticore Carlos Vermut

References

  1. ^ Campillo Galmés, Javier. "La biblioteca del Instituto Cervantes de Toulouse" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Cervantes.
  2. ^ a b "Lavelanet. 3 films à l'affiche au cinéma le Casino". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 2 October 2018.
  3. ^ Herrera de la Muela, Ignacio (2006). "La contribución del Instituto Cervantes a la promoción exterior de la cultura española e hispanoamericana: ¿Actor o agente?" (PDF). Enciclopedia del español en el mundo (in Spanish). p. 872. ISBN 84-88252-64-1.
  4. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (27 September 2013). "The best of Spanish cinema at Cinespaña". Cineuropa.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Les Violettes d'Or" (PDF) (in French). 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. ^ Niclós, J. (2 August 2016). "El festival de cine espanyol de Toulouse lluita per sobreviure". Levante-EMV (in Catalan).
  7. ^ Bryne, Barry (29 September 2009). "Woman Without Piano (La mujer sin piano)". Screen Daily.
  8. ^ "Les éditions précédentes". Cinespaña (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "The Wishful Thinkers". Institut Français. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  10. ^ "11th London Spanish Film Festival Programme Its Here! Save the Dates!". Brit Es Magazine. 3 August 2015.
  11. ^ "A cambio de nada triunfa en Cinespaña". Cineuropa (in Spanish). 12 October 2015.
  12. ^ ""La reconquista", de Jonás Trueba, Violeta de Oro del Festival Cinespaña". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 October 2016.
  13. ^ ""Vivir y otras ficciones", de Jo Sol, gana el Festival Cinespaña de Toulouse". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 7 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Vivir y otras ficciones". Filmin (in Spanish). 8 October 2016.
  15. ^ "La película 'Carmen y Lola' logra el premio Violeta de Oro en Toulouse". Córdoba (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 14 October 2018.
  16. ^ ""Entre dos aguas", de Lacuesta, ganadora del Festival Cinespaña de Toulouse". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Cuatro premios para el cine gallego en el Cinespaña de Toulouse". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 13 October 2020.
  18. ^ "'Destello bravío' de Ainhoa Rodríguez, Violeta de Oro en la 26ª edición de Cinespaña de Toulouse". Audiovisual451 (in Spanish). 13 October 2021.


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