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 Want to learn more about Spanish history, culture, music and all those idiosyncrasies that make it so unique? These documentaries, some available to watch for free, offer true insight into what makes Spain the fascinating country that it is. https://www.thelocal.es/20230626/ten-of-the-best-documentaries-about-spain Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:52:11 +0200 ten-of-the-best-documentaries-about-spain 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 Three more women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence, a newspaper reported Tuesday, raising to six the total who have come forward in the past month. https://www.thelocal.es/20240227/three-more-women-accuse-spanish-director-vermut-of-sexual-violence Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:53:20 +0100 three-more-women-accuse-spanish-director-vermut-of-sexual-violence Whilst on an official visit to the United States, Spain’s Prime Minister has pitched his country as the perfect backdrop for blockbuster American productions, but can Spain get round its reputation as a bureaucratic nightmare among international movie and series producers? https://www.thelocal.es/20210723/can-spain-really-become-europes-hollywood Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:52:40 +0200 can-spain-really-become-europes-hollywood 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 With Spain's strict lockdown set to run until late April and plenty of home time on the horizon for 2020, there's no better time than the present to get stuck into an enthralling 'Made in España' Netflix series and improve your Spanish in the process. https://www.thelocal.es/20190204/six-spanish-netflix-series-you-need-to-see-right-now Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:57:35 +0100 six-spanish-netflix-series-you-need-to-see-right-now 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 Two and a half years ago friends Nichole Hastings and Dominic Anglim first discussed their shared passion of independent filmmaking and wondered why the concept of “film slams” hadn’t caught on in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20191029/meet-the-expat-pair-behind-madrids-exciting-new-film-slam Tue, 29 Oct 2019 18:58:13 +0100 meet-the-expat-pair-behind-madrids-exciting-new-film-slam Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is to represent Spain at the Oscars for the seventh time, with his 21st feature film Pain And Glory. https://www.thelocal.es/20190919/pain-and-glory-pedro-almodvars-latest-movie-is-as-much-self-therapy-as-it-is-self-portrait Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:00:30 +0200 pain-and-glory-pedro-almodvars-latest-movie-is-as-much-self-therapy-as-it-is-self-portrait Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, known for films as diverse as "M*A*S*H" and the Hunger Games series, will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20190828/screen-legend-donald-sutherland-to-be-awarded-spains-prestigious-donostia-award Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:26:45 +0200 screen-legend-donald-sutherland-to-be-awarded-spains-prestigious-donostia-award Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas has portrayed Zorro and Pablo Picasso but he is above all the go-to actor of Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, who launched his hugely successful film career in Spain in the early 1980s. https://www.thelocal.es/20190526/banderas-wins-cannes-best-actor-as-almodovar-alter-ego Sun, 26 May 2019 12:15:57 +0200 banderas-wins-cannes-best-actor-as-almodovar-alter-ego With a non-stop two-hour orgy shot from every imaginable angle, Albert Serra's "Freedom" is the most shockingly explicit film at this year's Cannes film festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20190522/catalan-director-shocks-with-two-hour-orgy-of Wed, 22 May 2019 11:07:40 +0200 catalan-director-shocks-with-two-hour-orgy-of The Tabernas Desert, an area famous for being the backdrop of iconic Spaghetti Western films - is being trashed. Dave Regos, a documentary filmmaker, shares his story of the clean-up campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20190507/my-spanish-story-a-fistful-of-rubbish Tue, 07 May 2019 12:54:31 +0200 my-spanish-story-a-fistful-of-rubbish Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's new movie "Pain and Glory" about a melancholic filmmaker played by Antonio Banderas opened in cinemas across Spain on Friday, the most retrospective work in his 40-year career. https://www.thelocal.es/20190323/almodvar-emotionally-naked-in-new-introspective-film Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:16:03 +0100 almodvar-emotionally-naked-in-new-introspective-film 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 A Spanish film festival touring New Zealand, is revealing just how much Kiwis love Spanish culture. Nina Green takes a look. https://www.thelocal.es/20181126/kiwis-spanish-culture Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:52:06 +0100 kiwis-spanish-culture British screen legend Judi Dench was honoured Tuesday with a lifetime achievement award at Spain's famous San Sebastián film festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20180926/screen-legend-judi-dench-honoured-at-san-sebastin-film-festival Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:48:16 +0200 screen-legend-judi-dench-honoured-at-san-sebastin-film-festival British screen legend Judi Dench, best known for her role as M in James Bond films, will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's famous San Sebastian film festival, organisers said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180828/dame-judi-dench-to-get-spains-prestigious-donostia-award Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:26:54 +0200 dame-judi-dench-to-get-spains-prestigious-donostia-award Andalusia has been chosen as the location for some scenes in the next series of award-winning Netflix drama The Crown, and extras are being sought https://www.thelocal.es/20180817/the-crown-extras-needed-in-andalusia-for-netflix-series Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:14:50 +0200 the-crown-extras-needed-in-andalusia-for-netflix-series Spanish Oscar winner Penelope Cruz said Wednesday that putting a firewall between acting and her private life -- even when working with husband Javier Bardem -- had put a stop to the "torture" of her early years in the industry. https://www.thelocal.es/20180509/penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her Wed, 09 May 2018 17:26:54 +0200 penelope-cruz-puts-torture-of-early-work-behind-her