Pragda is an independent cultural initiative, Spanish cinema promoters and

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History

In 2003, Pragda founded ShortMetraje, a Spanish short film series hosted by The Film Society of Lincoln Center. In 2005 the series travelled to 15 US cities, London (Spanish Film Club) and México DF (Espacio Cine). Pragda also brought the first Spanish documentary series to New York City, Docuspain, in 2006. In 2007, it organized 13 film events, among them, Spain (Un)Censored,The Museum of Modern Art
hosted by

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in New York and BFI Southbank in London. In 2008, the number of events increased to 23, and it was the first edition of the Festival of New Spanish Cinema, a traveling annual Spanish Film Festival. It has collaborated with cultural institutions such as

(New York), Harvard Film Archives (Boston), the

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(New York), BFI Southbank (London), and Houston Museum of Fine Arts (Houston).

Projects

ShortMetraje

The

(New York), presents, each December since 2003, short films by the youngest generation of Spanish creators. ShortMetraje was an initiative created to support and promote the works of Spanish filmmakers in the US territory.

Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Traveling festival of contemporary Spanish cinema in several cities throughout

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(U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada), in a yearly basis, since 2008. One director per city presents his/her film and gives a lecture to film students at the local universities. Some of the films included in the Festival of New Spanish Cinema: * ''In Sylvia's City'' (

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) * ''Garbo The Spy'' (Edmond Roch) * ''Camino'' ( Javier Fesser) * ''Amateurs'' (Gabriel Velázquez) * ''The Damned'' (Isaki Lacuesta) * ''Who can kill a child?'' ( Narciso Ibáñez Serrador)

Spain (Un)Censored

Retrospective of 20 Spanish films produced between the 1950s and 1970s that circumvent

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's regime censorship. This film program was screened first in the Museum of Modern Art, New York (17 October - 5 November 2007), and traveled later to BFI Southbank, London, (15 January - 17 February 2008). The films included among others were: * ''Bienvenido Mr. Marshall'' ( Luis G. Berlanga) * '' Poachers'' (

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) * ''

Surcos ''Furrows'' ( es, Surcos) is a 1951 Spanish film directed by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and written by him in collaboration with Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Eugenio Montes, and Natividad Zaro. It provides an unsettling portrait of post-Civil War M ...

'' ( Jose Antonio Nieves Conde) * ''The Hunt'' ( Carlos Saura), * ''El Crimen de Cuenca'' (

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), * ''El Verdugo'' ( Luis G. Berlanga), * ''

The Spirit of the Beehive ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (Spanish: ''El espíritu de la colmena'') is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Víctor Erice. The film was Erice's debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema. The film focuses on a young girl named ...

'' ( Víctor Erice) * ''Plácido'' ( Luis G. Berlanga)

References

External links

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