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Industry infighting spices up Spanish cinema awards

February 8, 2011 by Nick Lyne Leave a Comment

Sunday Bloody Sunday, Star Wars, and perhaps Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: this year’s Goya cinema awards ceremony on February 13 looks like producing more off-stage drama than the content of all those movies put together. Topping the bill in this very public spat is Ángeles González-Sinde, a scriptwriter and director herself and former president of the Spanish Cinema Academy, who in her current role as culture minister is trying to push through legislation against P2P downloading sites along the lines of that in place in France, the UK, and the United States. The new legislation has been dubbed the “Sinde Law” in her honour. In her quest to protect what she calls “Spain’s … [Read more...] about Industry infighting spices up Spanish cinema awards

Filed Under: Culture, Films Tagged With: alex de la iglesia, Almodóvar, Ángeles González-Sinde, balada triste de trompeta, González Sinde, Goya, Goya awards, los goya, Spain cinema, Spanish cinema, spanish culture

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