MADRID -- Spanish literary luminary Cesar Antonio Molina will replace Carmen Calvo as the nation's culture minister as part of the socialist government's restructuring a year ahead of general elections, authorities said Friday.
Molina is credited with the international growth and increased prominence of the Cervantes Institute, a state-owned agency dedicated to encouraging the use of Spanish abroad and advancing Spanish and Hispanic cultures in non-Spanish-speaking countries.
Before that, Molina headed Spain's Fine Arts School, where he revamped the facilities into one of the country's main cultural references during his eight-year stint.
"I am going to do what I have always done, all my life and in all the posts of responsibility I have held," Molina told journalists in front of the Madrid headquarters of the Cervantes Institute. "And that is to work nonstop, in an imaginative way, with tremendous enthusiasm and collaborating with everyone in the culture world."
Spain's film industry reacted immediately to the news, with producers lobby FAPAE congratulating Molina, whom it called "an expert and lover not only of the Spanish audiovisual industry, but of all the culture of our country."
"He (Molina) has shown again and again his capacity for management in the cultural industries as the head of the Cervantes Institute, especially with respect to promoting culture abroad," FAPAE president Pedro Perez said in a statement.
Molina is credited with the international growth and increased prominence of the Cervantes Institute, a state-owned agency dedicated to encouraging the use of Spanish abroad and advancing Spanish and Hispanic cultures in non-Spanish-speaking countries.
Before that, Molina headed Spain's Fine Arts School, where he revamped the facilities into one of the country's main cultural references during his eight-year stint.
"I am going to do what I have always done, all my life and in all the posts of responsibility I have held," Molina told journalists in front of the Madrid headquarters of the Cervantes Institute. "And that is to work nonstop, in an imaginative way, with tremendous enthusiasm and collaborating with everyone in the culture world."
Spain's film industry reacted immediately to the news, with producers lobby FAPAE congratulating Molina, whom it called "an expert and lover not only of the Spanish audiovisual industry, but of all the culture of our country."
"He (Molina) has shown again and again his capacity for management in the cultural industries as the head of the Cervantes Institute, especially with respect to promoting culture abroad," FAPAE president Pedro Perez said in a statement.
MADRID -- Spanish cinema's top brass convened with Madrid politicos Monday to demonstrate the broad industry support for the second Madrid de Cine Spanish Film Screenings.
More than 130 buyers from 35 countries are confirmed to attend the June 10-12 event, a jump from last year's attendance and 70% greater than that for the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings, which the Madrid confab replaced.
Buyers will access the freshest and most diverse product Spain can offer, with 51 films screening at the Princesa theaters and a videoteca available for other Spanish titles.
"Last year, we were even more successful than we had hoped," said Pedro Perez, president of screenings host organization FAPAE, the federation of Spanish producers. "Madrid now forms part of the international calendar as a must for buyers."
FAPAE organizes the screenings, backed by a €600,000 ($808,974) budget, with institutional and financial support from Spain's Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX), the Madrid regional government, the Madrid municipal government, the Madrid Film Commission and the Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management body (EGEDA) as well as the local Princesa theater chain and movie downloading Web site Filmotech.
"We are seeing an increase in the sale of Spanish cinema and we are satisfied with the Madrid de Cine," ICEX executive vp Angel Martin said.
More than 130 buyers from 35 countries are confirmed to attend the June 10-12 event, a jump from last year's attendance and 70% greater than that for the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings, which the Madrid confab replaced.
Buyers will access the freshest and most diverse product Spain can offer, with 51 films screening at the Princesa theaters and a videoteca available for other Spanish titles.
"Last year, we were even more successful than we had hoped," said Pedro Perez, president of screenings host organization FAPAE, the federation of Spanish producers. "Madrid now forms part of the international calendar as a must for buyers."
FAPAE organizes the screenings, backed by a €600,000 ($808,974) budget, with institutional and financial support from Spain's Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX), the Madrid regional government, the Madrid municipal government, the Madrid Film Commission and the Audiovisual Producers' Rights Management body (EGEDA) as well as the local Princesa theater chain and movie downloading Web site Filmotech.
"We are seeing an increase in the sale of Spanish cinema and we are satisfied with the Madrid de Cine," ICEX executive vp Angel Martin said.
MADRID -- In a bid to facilitate the legal downloading of their products, Spanish producers on Tuesday announced the launch of an Internet portal that will offer a wide-ranging catalog of Spanish cinema.
The portal, Filmotech.com, offers users the opportunity to download the films in a "legal and safe way, with guaranteed quality," said Enrique Cerezo, president of the sponsoring organization, Spanish producers' rights management organization EGEDA.
The portal, which includes features, documentaries and animation, charges €1 ($1.34) for rentals and €5.80 ($7.74) for the sale of such library titles as Alejandro Amenabar's "The Others" and "The Sea Inside", Julio Medem's "Sex and Lucia" or classics like Luis Garcia Berlanga's "Welcome Mr. Marshall".
"It's gratifying that an initiative like this comes at such a complicated and critical time for the future of Spanish cinema," said Pedro Perez, president of the Federation of Spanish Producers.
Christopher Forax, spokesman for EC Commissioner for Information, Society and Media Viviane Reding, said the new project will create "an enormous opportunity to adapt to digital technology, which is going to change the film business."...
The portal, Filmotech.com, offers users the opportunity to download the films in a "legal and safe way, with guaranteed quality," said Enrique Cerezo, president of the sponsoring organization, Spanish producers' rights management organization EGEDA.
The portal, which includes features, documentaries and animation, charges €1 ($1.34) for rentals and €5.80 ($7.74) for the sale of such library titles as Alejandro Amenabar's "The Others" and "The Sea Inside", Julio Medem's "Sex and Lucia" or classics like Luis Garcia Berlanga's "Welcome Mr. Marshall".
"It's gratifying that an initiative like this comes at such a complicated and critical time for the future of Spanish cinema," said Pedro Perez, president of the Federation of Spanish Producers.
Christopher Forax, spokesman for EC Commissioner for Information, Society and Media Viviane Reding, said the new project will create "an enormous opportunity to adapt to digital technology, which is going to change the film business."...
- 3/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- More than 100 buyers from 36 countries are confirmed to attend the Madrid de Cine Spanish screenings, which runs June 17-20. This represents a 60% increase from the attendance at the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings the Madrid event is replacing. "Madrid is going to form part of the international calendar as a must for buyers," Pedro Perez, president of the producers' federation FAPAE said at a pre-market conference Thursday. Some 20 European producers also are confirmed to attend. They will be focused on that part of the market that is geared toward facilitating co-productions.
- 6/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- More than 100 buyers from 36 countries are confirmed to attend the Madrid de Cine Spanish screenings, which runs June 17-20. This represents a 60% increase from the attendance at the now-defunct Lanzarote Screenings the Madrid event is replacing. "Madrid is going to form part of the international calendar as a must for buyers," Pedro Perez, president of the producers' federation FAPAE said at a pre-market conference Thursday. Some 20 European producers also are confirmed to attend. They will be focused on that part of the market that is geared toward facilitating co-productions.
- 6/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MADRID -- Spain's producers' lobby FAPAE re-elected Pedro Perez its president for another two-year term, the Federation of Spanish Producers said Thursday. Perez said he would continue to struggle to protect the interests of Spain's independent film producers in his ongoing negotiations with the Spanish government. Perez has worked to strengthen independents from what he sees as the increasing pressure caused by broadcasters taking production credits and U.S. majors financing local projects.
- 12/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SAN SEBASTIAN -- Spain producers' lobby FAPAE used the San Sebastian International Film Festival Friday as a platform to renew its request that the government create fiscal incentives to invest in Spanish cinema. "What is required is a structural reform for the financing of the film sector, which would be nothing short of a small revolution within the Spanish film industry," said FAPAE president Pedro Perez. Perez said FAPAE has asked the government to allow 20% of the investment in a Spanish production to count as a tax deduction. "We need a fiscal model that attracts private investment in the sector so that we can make bigger movies," Perez said.
- 9/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SAN SEBASTIAN -- Spain's producers lobby FAPAE used the San Sebastian International Film Festival Friday as a platform to renew its request that the government create fiscal incentives to invest in Spanish cinema. "What is required is a structural reform for the financing of the film sector, which would be nothing short of a small revolution within the Spanish film industry," said FAPAE president Pedro Perez. Perez said FAPAE has asked the government to allow 20% of the investment in a Spanish production to count as a tax deduction. "We need a fiscal model that attracts private investment in the sector so that we can make bigger movies," Perez said.
- 9/16/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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