Catalan cinema and theatre go international
Eight Catalan films premiere in London, while New York inaugurates the theatrical festival ‘Spotlight Catalonia’.
October 1, 2010 11:44 PM
Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Eight Catalan films premiere in London, while New York inaugurates the theatrical festival ‘Spotlight Catalonia’.
October 1, 2010 11:44 PM
The Babylon Cinema of Berlin will screen 11 Catalan films produced during the Franco regime as part of their series of ‘radical, transgressive and underground’ films.
September 30, 2010 11:49 PM
Catalan Cinema is recognised with three awards at the festival, including the Special Jury Prize for 'Elisa K' and the Best Photography Prize for 'Aita'.
September 27, 2010 10:21 PM
The Valencian designer Javier Mariscal is exhibiting his work from the last 20 years in the famous Gaudí building, La Pedrera.
September 27, 2010 08:43 PM
The National Archive of Catalonia inaugurated 800 new photographs from the Spanish Civil War into its collection. The photographs will be published as part of the 'Fem Memòria' campaign from the newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya.
September 24, 2010 01:15 AM
The linguistic, literary and cultural conference will be held in the Austrian capital from the 23rd to the 26th of September. The colloquium’s theme is ‘The concept of Catalan countries: Language, literature and culture’.
September 24, 2010 01:05 AM
The director talks with CNA about her new documentary film and announces an upcoming fiction project, although no further details were unveiled.
September 23, 2010 01:07 AM
The Artèria Paral.lel Theatre opened its doors with Dagoll Dagom’s musical ‘Nit de San Joan’. The new theatre hopes to revive the Paral.lel Avenue’s important theatre tradition.
September 21, 2010 11:16 PM
The Artèria Paral.lel Theatre opened its doors with Dagoll Dagom’s musical ‘Nit de San Joan’. The new theatre hopes to revive the Paral.lel Avenue’s important theatre tradition.
September 21, 2010 11:16 PM
The Vic Live Music Market Festival began yesterday with performances by the eclectic artists Pedro Javier González, Raúl Rodríguez and Trilok Gurtu. The 5-day event will include live flamenco, jazz, pop and Latin music shows from local and international artists.
September 17, 2010 11:51 PM
The Barcelona ‘Time Capsule’, a project developed as part of the Cerdà Year, will remain sealed until the year 2159. This date marks the 300th anniversary of the approval of Ildefons Cerdà’s Plan for the Reform and Development of Barcelona, when the Eixample neighbourhood was designed
September 16, 2010 11:16 PM
The Paris Delegation of the Catalan Government celebrated the National Day, which is on the 11th of September, in an official reception this Tuesday. The event attracted over 300 people from French and Catalan political and social life.
September 16, 2010 12:32 AM
The Sónar Music Festival of advanced music and multimedia art wrapped up its Chicago edition this weekend, filling the famous Millennium Park with concerts, projections and art. Festival organisers are very satisfied with the outcome in Chicago and are now planning editions in cities like London and Tokyo.
September 15, 2010 12:05 AM
At the ceremony held Thursday night in Barcelona, U.S. novelist Harlan Coben received the award for the RBA International Prize for Crime Writing for his novel ‘Live Wire’. The new book reflects on the limits of sincerity and forgiveness and is part of his hit series starring his alter ego, private detective Myron Bolitar.
September 10, 2010 11:46 PM
The first edition of Sónar Chicago kicked off yesterday with an inaugural show at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s famous Millennium Park. Musicians Jimmy Edgar, The Slew, Kid Koala, Bradien and Faraón opened the 3-day festival with their much-anticipated performances. The festival will continue on Friday and Saturday in the Chicago Cultural Center where the up-and-coming Catalan artist bRUNA will play on Saturday.
September 10, 2010 11:40 PM
Read the latest updates and breaking news on culture and cultural topics from Barcelona and Catalonia. Keep up to date with the city’s museums dedicated to some of the biggest artists in the world such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Antoni Tàpies, as well as other institutions such as the National Art Museum (MNAC), the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA), and exhibition spaces like the Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), CiaxaForum, and CosmoCaixa.