The Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC), known as "Cinema Writers Circle" in English, is a private nonprofit organization supporting cinema and filmmakers in Spain. It awards the annual
CEC Awards
The CEC Awards or CEC Medals (), whose full name is , are awards presented annually by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC; ) to distinguish films, artists, technicians, and writers related to cinema, both Spanish and internationa ...
, commonly known as Premios CEC.
History
The Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos was founded in 1945 in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
by
Fernando Viola, ,
,
Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, , , ,
Pío Ballesteros, Fernando Merelo, , Domingo Fernández Barreira, es, , Luis Figuerola, Antonio Barbero, and Antonio Crespo.
Description
CEC brings together writers and film critics in Spain in order to create, support, and promote cultural activities related to the various facets of film. The organisation's primary objective is the "protection and dissemination of film art".
Premios CEC
Every year since 1946, except for 1988–1990, the CEC has held an awards ceremony, commonly known as
Premios CEC, to honour the highest achievements in
Spanish film in the previous year.
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Organizations established in 1945
Film organisations in Spain
1945 establishments in Spain
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