The cinema of Asturias in

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

, Spain, began in 1905 with the production of the first Asturian fiction film known as ''El robo de fruta'' (The Fruit Robbery). It was filmed by the Asturian film maker Javier Sánchez Manteola. This movie was filmed in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

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) and premiered in that city in the same year. It was shown in the old movie theater known as Salón Luminoso once located at Begoña Walk. In commemoration of this even the Asturian Film Festival was established in the year 2005.First film made in Asturias
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First projections

Cinema started in Asturies seven months after its first public presentation in París in 1895. The new invention was taken to

during the summer festival in Gijon. On Saturday 8 August 1896 the first film was projected.

References

Cinema, Asturian Cinema of Spain History of film {{asturias-stub