Ángel Sala (born 1964) is the director of the Sitges Film Festival.[1]
Ángel Sala | |
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 Ángel Sala during the Sitges Film Festival of 2017 | |
| Born | Àngel Sala 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, screenwriter and film critic |
A Serbian Film was banned by a court in San Sebastián, Spain for "threatening sexual freedom" and thus could not be shown in the XXI Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror (21st Horror and Fantasy Film Festival).[2] The film was shown at an adults-only screening at the Spanish Sitges Film Festival during October 2010. As a result, the festival's director Ángel Sala was charged with exhibiting child pornography by the Spanish prosecutor who decided to take action in May 2011 after receiving a complaint from a Roman Catholic organization over a pair of scenes involving the rapes of a young child and a newborn.[3] The charges were later dropped.[4]
Paradoxically, film was awarded in others festivals like the Fantasporto in Porto, Portugal.[5][6] Film was presented in 40 countries, and only in Spain had this problem.[7]
Several directors of different film festivals (Sevilla, San Sebastián, Valladolid, Málaga, Pamplona, Huelva and Granada, etc.) sent letters to Salas showing their support.[8]
He has written several books about films.[9] It includes Tiburón: Vas a necesitar un barco más grande!: el filme que cambió Hollywood (2005), about the film Jaws (1975);[10][11] Profanando el sueño de los muertos: la historia jamás contada del cine fantástico español (2010), about Spanish cinema;[12][13] and Just imagine: 50 títulos esenciales del cine de ciencia ficción (2017), about science fiction films.[14][15]
Filmography
edit- Herederos de la bestia (2016)
References
edit- ^ "Programado por Ángel Sala". Canal TCM (in Spanish). Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited. WarnerMedia. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Zabrana za "Srpski film"". B92. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Pape, Eric (12 May 2011). "So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Angel Sala, Director of the Festival, exonerated of charges derived from the screening of 'A Serbian Film' in October 2010". Sitges Film Festival. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ García, Jesús (9 March 2011). "Imputado el director del Festival de Sitges por exhibición de pornografía infantil". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ Ríos, Pere (5 March 2011). "El fiscal denuncia al director del Festival de Sitges". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ Agencias (5 May 2011). "El director del festival de Sitges declara ante el juez". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Aldarondo, Ricardo (9 March 2011). "Los festivales de cine apoyan a Ángel Sala, acusado por proyectar 'A Serbian Film'". Diario Vasco (in Spanish). San Sebastián. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ Callero, Carlos (22 April 2009). "Directores de festivales II: José Luis Rebordinos del Festival de Donosti y Angel Sala del Festival de Sitges". Tucamon (in Spanish). Comisariado de Cine y Fotografía. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "2005 38ED. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE CATALUNYA (9/10 - 18/10)". Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (in Spanish). 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Martín Hernández, Tomás (11 December 2013). "Biodiversidad imaginaria en el cine. De la Monster Movie a la taxonomía de ficción" (PDF). Revista Latente (in Spanish): 85–113. ISSN 1697-459X.
- ^ Hgarza (28 September 2010). "Profanando el Sueño de los Muertos, nuevo libro de cine español". Super Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ ""Profanando el sueño de los muertos", de Ángel Sala, en Scifiworld". Axxon.com (in Spanish). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "PRE-FANT Conversación Ángel Sala-Juan Zapater "Just imagine"". Guggenheim Bilbao (in Basque). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Santamaría, Jaime (26 April 2018). "Ángel Sala habla de "Just imagine. 50 títulos esenciales del cine de ciencia ficción"". Fantasymundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2019.