https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ever watched Pigs and Diamonds? How about Glass Jungle? If you've got no idea what we're talking about, don't worry, bizarre translations of film titles from their original English-language version into Spanish are fairly common and often pretty funny. https://www.thelocal.es/20241012/17-weird-and-wonderful-spanish-translations-of-famous-movie-titles Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:00:15 +0200 17-weird-and-wonderful-spanish-translations-of-famous-movie-titles The San Sebastián International Film Festival, the most prestigious of its kind in Spain, is currently underway. Here are 10 fascinating anecdotes and pieces of information that will help you understand its importance to Spanish culture. https://www.thelocal.es/20240919/san-sebastian-what-to-know-about-spains-biggest-film-festival Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:23:36 +0200 san-sebastian-what-to-know-about-spains-biggest-film-festival Spaniards rarely watch anything foreign in its original language, and the country's cultural obsession with dubbing almost every single non-Spanish language film and TV series has roots in history and business. https://www.thelocal.es/20230829/why-does-spain-dub-every-foreign-film-and-tv-series Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:00:59 +0200 why-does-spain-dub-every-foreign-film-and-tv-series A documentary about bullfighting, "Tardes de Soledad", has picked up the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, its graphic nature and untold storytelling causing both admiration and disgust among viewers. https://www.thelocal.es/20240930/divisive-bullfighting-documentary-wins-top-prize-at-spain-film-festival Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:07:52 +0200 divisive-bullfighting-documentary-wins-top-prize-at-spain-film-festival Australian actress Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastián film festival in September, organisers said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20240510/cate-blanchett-to-be-honoured-at-spains-san-sebastian-film-festival Fri, 10 May 2024 11:17:03 +0200 cate-blanchett-to-be-honoured-at-spains-san-sebastian-film-festival Looking for something to give you goosebumps this Halloween? We've broken down some of the best Spanish films that are sure to have you cowering beneath the covers. https://www.thelocal.es/20191030/ten-scary-spanish-films-to-creep-you-out-at-halloween Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:30:32 +0100 ten-scary-spanish-films-to-creep-you-out-at-halloween Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep has won Spain's top arts prize, the Princess of Asturias award, for her "unforgettable performances" in a career spanning over five decades. https://www.thelocal.es/20230427/meryl-streep-wins-top-spanish-arts-prize Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:04:48 +0200 meryl-streep-wins-top-spanish-arts-prize The Berlin film festival on Saturday awarded its best acting award to nine-year-old Spanish girl Sofía Otero for her performance in "20,000 Species of Bees", the youngest person ever to win the prize. https://www.thelocal.es/20230226/french-documentary-spanish-girl-clinch-top-prizes-at-berlinale Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:30:04 +0100 french-documentary-spanish-girl-clinch-top-prizes-at-berlinale With a vast wardrobe catering to everything from "House of the Dragon" to "The Crown", Spain's Peris Costumes has carved out a well-tailored niche for itself, renting costumes to producers across the globe. https://www.thelocal.es/20220929/made-in-madrid-the-spanish-tailors-outfitting-world-cinema Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:04:10 +0200 made-in-madrid-the-spanish-tailors-outfitting-world-cinema Canadian director David Cronenberg, the master of stomach-churning body-horror classics, has been honoured at the San Sebastián film festival for a lifetime of work examining the dark side of the soul. https://www.thelocal.es/20220922/david-cronenberg-honoured-at-spains-san-sebastian-film-festival Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:37:54 +0200 david-cronenberg-honoured-at-spains-san-sebastian-film-festival The 72nd Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize on Wednesday to Spanish director Carla Simón's semi-autobiographical drama "Alcarràs", about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future. https://www.thelocal.es/20220217/catalan-rural-drama-alcarras-wins-berlin-film-festival Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:45:49 +0100 catalan-rural-drama-alcarras-wins-berlin-film-festival Soon after the death of dictator Franco, Spain began an experiment with censorship that brought graphic sex and nudity to mainstream cinemas. Here's why it played an important role in shaping the Spanish culture we see today. https://www.thelocal.es/20180703/boogie-noches-how-erotic-cinema-boom-in-1970s-helped-shape-modern-spain Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:47:36 +0200 boogie-noches-how-erotic-cinema-boom-in-1970s-helped-shape-modern-spain Pilar Palomero’s debut coming of age film ‘Girls’ was the big winner at the 2021 Goya Awards on Saturday, held via a live-streamed ceremony. https://www.thelocal.es/20210307/the-girls-wins-big-at-spains-live-streamed-2021-goya-awards Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:29:11 +0100 the-girls-wins-big-at-spains-live-streamed-2021-goya-awards Spain is preparing legislation that would impose a 5.0 percent tax on streaming giants like Netflix with the funds used to boost Spanish cinematic production, the government said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201107/online-streaming-giants-face-rise-in-tax-to-fund-spanish-productions Sat, 07 Nov 2020 15:43:30 +0100 online-streaming-giants-face-rise-in-tax-to-fund-spanish-productions For many, it was a long-awaited chance to feel normal again, sitting in their cars belting out "Summer Nights" at Madrid's drive-in cinema on a rare night out after a 10-week lockdown. https://www.thelocal.es/20200528/virus-new-normal-madrid-drive-in-cinema-draws-crowds-as-safe-entertainment-in-coronavirus-times Thu, 28 May 2020 17:24:29 +0200 virus-new-normal-madrid-drive-in-cinema-draws-crowds-as-safe-entertainment-in-coronavirus-times Dramatic, warlike and familiarly comic – the 231 Spanish films released in 2019 offer a remarkable variety of genres but very few truly memorable moments. https://www.thelocal.es/20191227/these-are-the-eight-spanish-films-you-shouldve-seen-in-2019 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:40:09 +0100 these-are-the-eight-spanish-films-you-shouldve-seen-in-2019 "I don't want a lot for Christmas... But I sure wouldn't mind seeing some classic films on the big screen!" https://www.thelocal.es/20191204/madrid-screenings-of-classic-films-this-december Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:57:27 +0100 madrid-screenings-of-classic-films-this-december The directors of Netflix documentary "Two Catalonias" said Tuesday they had returned a German award because the involvement of Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont in the ceremony had "politicized" the "neutral" spirit of their work. https://www.thelocal.es/20190213/directors-of-netflix-catalonia-documentary-return-award Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:36:54 +0100 directors-of-netflix-catalonia-documentary-return-award Antonio Banderas is starring as Picasso in a TV adaptation of the artist's life by US director Ron Howard and is also set to feature as the Spanish painter in a film about Guernica. https://www.thelocal.es/20180209/spanish-actor-banderas-to-play-picasso-in-two-different-roles Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:36:05 +0100 spanish-actor-banderas-to-play-picasso-in-two-different-roles Hollywood women wore all black to the Golden Globes last month in the #TimesUp campaign against sexual misconduct in the film industry and Spanish stars are poised to stage their own version at the Goyas on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180201/metoo-spanish-stars-to-stage-red-fan-protest-at-cinema-prize-ceremony Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:33:46 +0100 metoo-spanish-stars-to-stage-red-fan-protest-at-cinema-prize-ceremony