Ángel Sala (born 1964) is the director of the

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'' was banned by a court in

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, Spain for "threatening sexual freedom" and thus could not be shown in the XXI Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror (21st Horror and Fantasy Film Festival). The film was shown at an adults-only screening at the Spanish

during October 2010. As a result, the festival's director Ángel Sala was charged with exhibiting child pornography by the Spanish prosecutor who decided to take action in May 2011 after receiving a complaint from a Roman Catholic organization over a pair of scenes involving the rapes of a young child and a newborn. The charges were later dropped. Paradoxically, film was awarded in others festivals like the ''

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'' in

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, Portugal. Film was presented in 40 countries, and only in Spain had this problem. Several directors of different film festivals (

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, etc.) sent letters to Salas showing their support. He has written several books about films. It includes ''Tiburón: Vas a necesitar un barco más grande!: el filme que cambió Hollywood'' (2005), about the film '' Jaws'' (1975); ''Profanando el sueño de los muertos: la historia jamás contada del cine fantástico español'' (2010), about

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; and ''Just imagine: 50 títulos esenciales del cine de ciencia ficción'' (2017), about

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Filmography

* '' Herederos de la bestia'' (2016)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sala, Angel 1964 births Living people Spanish film critics 20th-century Spanish writers 21st-century Spanish writers Film festival directors