The government in Spain yesterday approved new legislation for blocking websites deemed to be supporting copyright infringement, as part of the controversial worldwide spread of tough anti-piracy measures. Spain is to have a new government body with the power to force internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to sites. Similar rules are already on the table in the Us, despite widespread opposition from internet users and the technology industry. The creative industries have welcomed the global crackdown on piracy, but net activists feel that it is a draconian and ultimately futile approach. Spain's Sinde Law, named after the former Spanish culture minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, enables copyright holders to report any websites thought to be infringing their rights to the new government body. The commission will then decide whether to take action, including options to (more)...
- 1/4/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Kate Winslet posed in a long black dress by Victoria Beckham as she arrived at the Yo Dona International Awards in Madrid last night. She was honored for her humanitarian work with her Golden Hat Foundation and was presented with her statue by Spain's Minister of Culture, Angeles Gonzalez Sinde. Kate's special evening overseas coincides with even more exciting news that the actress is among the select famous faces to be receiving stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the next year. Her schedule is already filling up since she also has Contagion coming out in October and Kate Winslet just signed on to star in Labor Day with Josh Brolin. View Slideshow ›...
- 6/22/2011
- by Lauren Turner
- Popsugar.com
Madrid -- When the 13th Malaga Spanish Film Festival kicks off Saturday it signals the beginning of a new film season for Spain -- as the festival packs a powerful punch of premieres from edgy first-time directors and seasoned veterans in its lineup.
Spain's main showcase for homegrown talent, Malaga has firmly established itself as the debut of most of the local industry's solid product.
A parade of Spanish industry faces accompanies such a lineup every year and this year is no different. Aside from Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde and Film Institute director Ignasi Guardans, director Carlos Saura, Nacho Velillo and Juana Macias, producer Andres Vicente Gomez, actors Lorenzo Balducci and Javier Camara, among others, are expected.
And that's just the first weekend.
This year's official section is bookended by two of Spain's most international auteurs: Carlos Saura with his Mozart-driven "I, Don Giovanni" and Julio Medem with the sexy "Room in Rome.
Spain's main showcase for homegrown talent, Malaga has firmly established itself as the debut of most of the local industry's solid product.
A parade of Spanish industry faces accompanies such a lineup every year and this year is no different. Aside from Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde and Film Institute director Ignasi Guardans, director Carlos Saura, Nacho Velillo and Juana Macias, producer Andres Vicente Gomez, actors Lorenzo Balducci and Javier Camara, among others, are expected.
And that's just the first weekend.
This year's official section is bookended by two of Spain's most international auteurs: Carlos Saura with his Mozart-driven "I, Don Giovanni" and Julio Medem with the sexy "Room in Rome.
- 4/15/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- If Daniel Monzon's "Cell 211" took home the top prize at Sunday night's Goya awards ceremony in Madrid, Academy president Alex de la Iglesia's political savvy has been the talk of the town ever since.
De la Iglesia wooed Spain's prodigal son, Pedro Almodovar, for nearly a year in an effort to repair a schism that left Spain's most international director in self-exile, frustrated with what he deemed the academy's cold shoulder.
"I'm here because you have a very persistent president, who insisted until satisfied," Almodovar told the audience as they settled back into their seats after the standing ovation that welcomed him back into the fold.
The effort paid off with Almodovar's surprise entrance at center stage to an unsuspecting audience that included Spain's Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, Almodovar muse Penelope Cruz and the entire Spanish film industry.
The move highlights the finesse De la Iglesia...
De la Iglesia wooed Spain's prodigal son, Pedro Almodovar, for nearly a year in an effort to repair a schism that left Spain's most international director in self-exile, frustrated with what he deemed the academy's cold shoulder.
"I'm here because you have a very persistent president, who insisted until satisfied," Almodovar told the audience as they settled back into their seats after the standing ovation that welcomed him back into the fold.
The effort paid off with Almodovar's surprise entrance at center stage to an unsuspecting audience that included Spain's Culture Minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, Almodovar muse Penelope Cruz and the entire Spanish film industry.
The move highlights the finesse De la Iglesia...
- 2/17/2010
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- Rafael Cabrera, formerly managing director of marketing at Filmax, has been appointed to the newly created post of director of marketing policy for the Spanish Film Institute.
Versed in local and international promotion thanks to his nine years at Barcelona-based Filmax, arguably Spain's most well-known mini-studio abroad, Cabrera's appointment indicates a new muscle at the film institute, which promotes, regulates and funds Spain's film sector.
He will be responsible for national and international promotion of Spanish cinema and will answer directly to Film Institute director Ignasi Guardans.
"I'm looking forward to applying what I learned in my years at Filmax to benefit the Spanish film industry," Cabrera said.
The move is part of a larger reshaping of the ministry's film policy ushered in by last spring's appointment of scriptwriter and former Spanish Film Academy president Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde as Culture Minister. Gonzalez-Sinde quickly appointed the well-regarded Guardans, a...
Versed in local and international promotion thanks to his nine years at Barcelona-based Filmax, arguably Spain's most well-known mini-studio abroad, Cabrera's appointment indicates a new muscle at the film institute, which promotes, regulates and funds Spain's film sector.
He will be responsible for national and international promotion of Spanish cinema and will answer directly to Film Institute director Ignasi Guardans.
"I'm looking forward to applying what I learned in my years at Filmax to benefit the Spanish film industry," Cabrera said.
The move is part of a larger reshaping of the ministry's film policy ushered in by last spring's appointment of scriptwriter and former Spanish Film Academy president Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde as Culture Minister. Gonzalez-Sinde quickly appointed the well-regarded Guardans, a...
- 10/8/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- Spain's Office of Conflict of Interests said Thursday it is looking into claims regarding Spain's new culture minister and a conflict of interests given her recent post as the president of the Spanish Film Academy.
Spain's Association of Internet Users lodged a complaint earlier this month, following an announcement of state subsidies to the film industry, charging that Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde's post was incompatible with her professional life as a scriptwriter, filmmaker and former-president of the academy.
Both the Office of Conflict of Interests -- a governmental office -- and the Culture Ministry dismissed the news that the allegations were being investigated as the natural procedure followed after a complaint in lodged.
"The Culture Minister follows and will follow the law and will cooperate fully with all requirements requested by the Office of Conflict of Interests," the ministry said in a statement.
Gonzalez-Sinde has taken an aggressive stance...
Spain's Association of Internet Users lodged a complaint earlier this month, following an announcement of state subsidies to the film industry, charging that Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde's post was incompatible with her professional life as a scriptwriter, filmmaker and former-president of the academy.
Both the Office of Conflict of Interests -- a governmental office -- and the Culture Ministry dismissed the news that the allegations were being investigated as the natural procedure followed after a complaint in lodged.
"The Culture Minister follows and will follow the law and will cooperate fully with all requirements requested by the Office of Conflict of Interests," the ministry said in a statement.
Gonzalez-Sinde has taken an aggressive stance...
- 6/25/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia will become president of the Spanish Film Academy on June 21 after the deadline to contest his appointment came and went Thursday.
De la Iglesia takes over from producer Eduardo Campoy, who briefly filled the vacancy left when Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde left her post to take over as Spain's culture minister in mid-April.
"I have seen that the vision outside of Spain of Spanish cinema is infinitely more positive than the one Spaniards have inside Spain," De la Iglesia said, pledging to work to bolster Spanish cinema's profile internationally and locally.
De la Iglesia's election marks the beginning of a new era in the Spanish industry, coming on the heels of Ignasi Guardans' appointment as head of Spain's Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Institute, the Culture Ministry's film and TV body.
The politically independent Guardans served as a member of the European Parliament committee on education and culture,...
De la Iglesia takes over from producer Eduardo Campoy, who briefly filled the vacancy left when Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde left her post to take over as Spain's culture minister in mid-April.
"I have seen that the vision outside of Spain of Spanish cinema is infinitely more positive than the one Spaniards have inside Spain," De la Iglesia said, pledging to work to bolster Spanish cinema's profile internationally and locally.
De la Iglesia's election marks the beginning of a new era in the Spanish industry, coming on the heels of Ignasi Guardans' appointment as head of Spain's Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Institute, the Culture Ministry's film and TV body.
The politically independent Guardans served as a member of the European Parliament committee on education and culture,...
- 5/28/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- The Spanish Film Academy has named Eduardo Campoy its interim president, filling the void left last week when then-president Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde accepted the post as Spain's new culture minister.
Campoy, a veteran producer and former president of the Spanish producers' lobby Fapae, will call on academy members to elect a new president in June.
Gonzalez-Sinde's three-year term as academy president was due to expire at the end of 2009.
Campoy, a veteran producer and former president of the Spanish producers' lobby Fapae, will call on academy members to elect a new president in June.
Gonzalez-Sinde's three-year term as academy president was due to expire at the end of 2009.
- 4/15/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madrid -- The relationship between the Spanish film industry and the Socialist government here looked set to improve dramatically Tuesday as the president of the Spanish Film Academy was named the country's new culture minister.
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero replaced Cesar Antonio Molina with writer-director Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde in a major government reshuffle that saw five new names appointed to the cabinet while other ministers switched ministries, as Zapatero looked to bolster his government a year after general elections.
Gonzalez-Sinde won a Goya award for best original screenplay in 1998 for Ricardo Franco's "La Buena Estrella" and another Goya for best new director for her 2003 directorial debut "Sleeping Luck."
Her appointment is the first time an industry insider has held the country's top culture post and the local film industry was celebrating Tuesday after the announcement.
"Fapae, in the name of all the Spanish audiovisual producers it represents,...
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero replaced Cesar Antonio Molina with writer-director Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde in a major government reshuffle that saw five new names appointed to the cabinet while other ministers switched ministries, as Zapatero looked to bolster his government a year after general elections.
Gonzalez-Sinde won a Goya award for best original screenplay in 1998 for Ricardo Franco's "La Buena Estrella" and another Goya for best new director for her 2003 directorial debut "Sleeping Luck."
Her appointment is the first time an industry insider has held the country's top culture post and the local film industry was celebrating Tuesday after the announcement.
"Fapae, in the name of all the Spanish audiovisual producers it represents,...
- 4/7/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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