Carla Simon’s 2017 “Summer 1993,” a Berlin’s Best First Feature Award winner, brought down the flag on a New Catalan Cinema - frequently directed and produced by women - that added a large sense of place, whether a Basque village in summer (“20,000 Species”) or Galicia’s Rias Baixas fjords (“Matria”) and treacherous Costa do Morte cliff coast (“Sica”). Craven,” says “Sica” producer Alba Sotorra.Ī “hybrid cinema character-izes many Catalan films,” she says. Its hits already describe a broad gamut, from the avant garde, Albert Serra’s 2022 Cannes competition player “Pacification,” to crossovers such as Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beasts,” from Arcadia Motion Pictures, to Netflix best-ever Top 10 non-English movies, “The Platform,” co-produced by Barcelona’s Mr Miyagi, and “Through My Window,” produced by Nostromo.įrom its inception in 1998, Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University’s creative documentary master’s degree has encouraged directors to mix documentary and fiction, such as in Lacuesta’s 2000’s debut, “Craven vs.
In film, too, Catalonia looks set to walk a more international stage. Without the grant, “This Is Not Sweden,” another recipient, “could not be made as was imagined,” says producer Marc Clotet. To attract them, that incentive is “just what we need.” To do so, it needs partners,” Lacuesta says of “Son,” a grant winner. “The series aims to have international reach. “In terms of TV production, with our talent and bringing €1.5 million to the table, you don’t have problems negotiating with a streamer or broadcaster,” says Vargas. In its latest move, in 2022 ICEC introduced grants, worth $1.64 million each, to five ambitious Catalan-language series budgeted above $4.4 million.
In 2019, total allocated ICEC audiovisual funding stood at €12.6 million ($13.7 million).
The audiovisual arena now ranks as a “strategic sector” for the government, says Francisco Vargas, director of the audiovisual area at Catalan cultural industry agency ICEC. From sisters Joan and Mireia Vilapiug, “Selftape,” a Filmin Original from Filmax, receives a Berlinale Series Market screening. “This Is Not Sweden,” backed by Spain’s RTVE and Swedish pubcaster SVT, features in an ICEX-Iberseries showcase. “The Chauffeur’s Son,” backed by “Elite” producer Zeta Studios and created by Isaki Lacuesta and Isa Campos, competes in Co-Pro Series.
The most spectacular advance, however, comes in Catalonia’s Berlinale TV lineup.
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