Over 2003-11, Catalonia’s regional film hub was the envy of Europe. Now, it’s enjoying the full flush of a second renaissance and growing its international impact in film and now TV. In 2022, three…
. Now, it’s enjoying the full flush of a second renaissance and growing its international impact in film and now TV. In 2022, three Catalan directors had titles in the main competition in Berlin and Cannes, more than Italy , Germany or the U.K. . Helmer Carla Simon’s “Alcarràs” won Berlin’s top prize, the Golden Bear.
Their presence is no coincidence. 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. In 2019, total allocated ICEC audiovisual funding stood at €12.6 million . It rose to $44.5 million last year.
Without the grant, “This Is Not Sweden,” another recipient, “could not be made as was imagined,” says producer Marc Clotet. A “hybrid cinema character-izes many Catalan films,” she says. 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 or Galicia’s Rias Baixas fjords and treacherous Costa do Morte cliff coast .
“Co-production is a question of trust. When you have talent, generate interest and are backed by a fund, you generate trust,” says Vargas.
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