Toulouse Spanish Film Festival

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.

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

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 edit

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 edit

  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.