Ángel Sala Explained

Ángel Sala
Birth Name:Àngel Sala
Birth Place:Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation:Writer, screenwriter and film critic

Ángel Sala (born 1964) is the director of the Sitges Film Festival.[1]

A Serbian Film was banned by a court in San Sebastián, 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).[2] The film was shown at an adults-only screening at the Spanish Sitges Film Festival 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.[3] The charges were later dropped.[4]

Paradoxically, film was awarded in others festivals like the Fantasporto in Porto, Portugal.[5] [6] Film was presented in 40 countries, and only in Spain had this problem.[7]

Several directors of different film festivals (Sevilla, San Sebastián, Valladolid, Málaga, Pamplona, Huelva and Granada, etc.) sent letters to Salas showing their support.[8]

He has written several books about films.[9] It includes Tiburón: Vas a necesitar un barco más grande!: el filme que cambió Hollywood (2005), about the film Jaws (1975);[10] [11] Profanando el sueño de los muertos: la historia jamás contada del cine fantástico español (2010), about Spanish cinema;[12] [13] and Just imagine: 50 títulos esenciales del cine de ciencia ficción (2017), about science fiction films.[14] [15]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Programado por Ángel Sala . 2 February 2018 . 25 January 2019 . . es . Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited . WarnerMedia.
  2. Web site: Zabrana za "Srpski film" . . 5 November 2010 . 9 April 2018.
  3. News: So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice . Eric . Pape . . 12 May 2011 . 22 May 2011 .
  4. Web site: Angel Sala, Director of the Festival, exonerated of charges derived from the screening of 'A Serbian Film' in October 2010 . . 23 February 2012 . 23 February 2012.
  5. News: Imputado el director del Festival de Sitges por exhibición de pornografía infantil . . 9 March 2011 . 9 March 2011 . es . García . Jesús . Barcelona.
  6. News: El fiscal denuncia al director del Festival de Sitges . . 5 March 2011 . 9 March 2011 . es . Ríos . Pere . Barcelona.
  7. News: El director del festival de Sitges declara ante el juez . . 5 May 2011 . 5 May 2011 . es . Agencias . Barcelona.
  8. News: Los festivales de cine apoyan a Ángel Sala, acusado por proyectar 'A Serbian Film' . . 9 March 2011 . 11 March 2011 . Aldarondo . Ricardo . San Sebastián . es.
  9. Web site: Directores de festivales II: José Luis Rebordinos del Festival de Donosti y Angel Sala del Festival de Sitges . Tucamon . 22 April 2009 . Comisariado de Cine y Fotografía . 9 April 2018 . Callero . Carlos . https://web.archive.org/web/20120630192848/http://www.tucamon.es/contenido/directores-de-festivales-ii-jose-luis-rebordinos-del-festival-de-donosti-y-angel-sala-del-festival-de-sitges . 30 June 2012 . es.
  10. Web site: 2005 38ED. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE CATALUNYA (9/10 - 18/10) . 2005 . 25 January 2019 . . es.
  11. Biodiversidad imaginaria en el cine. De la Monster Movie a la taxonomía de ficción . Tomás . Martín Hernández . Revista Latente . 11 December 2013 . 85–113 . 1697-459X . es .
  12. Web site: Profanando el Sueño de los Muertos, nuevo libro de cine español . Hgarza . 28 September 2010 . 25 January 2019 . Super Luchas . es.
  13. Web site: "Profanando el sueño de los muertos", de Ángel Sala, en Scifiworld . 18 September 2010 . 25 January 2019 . Axxon.com . es.
  14. Web site: PRE-FANT Conversación Ángel Sala-Juan Zapater "Just imagine" . 25 January 2019 . . eu.
  15. Web site: Ángel Sala habla de "Just imagine. 50 títulos esenciales del cine de ciencia ficción" . Jaime . Santamaría . 26 April 2018 . 25 January 2019 . Fantasymundo . es.

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