Ángel Sala
Ángel Sala | |
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Born | Àngel Sala 1964 |
Occupation(s) | Writer, screenwriter and film critic |
Ángel Sala (born 1964) is the director of the Sitges Film Festival.
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).[1] 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.[2] The charges were later dropped.[3]
Paradoxically, film was awarded in others festivals like the Fantasporto in Porto, Portugal.[4][5] Film was presented in 40 countries, and only in Spain had this problem.[6]
Several directors of different film festivals (Sevilla, San Sebastián, Valladolid, Málaga, Pamplona, Huelva and Granada, etc.) sent letters to Salas showing their support.[7]
He has written several books about films.[8]
Filmography
- Herederos de la bestia (2016)
References
- ^ "Zabrana za "Srpski film"". B92. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Pape, Eric (12 May 2011). "So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Angel Sala, Director of the Festival, exonerated of charges derived from the screening of 'A Serbian Film' in October 2010". Sitges Film Festival. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ García, Jesús (9 March 2011). "Imputado el director del Festival de Sitges por exhibición de pornografía infantil". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ Ríos, Pere (5 March 2011). "El fiscal denuncia al director del Festival de Sitges". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ Agencias (5 May 2011). "El director del festival de Sitges declara ante el juez". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Aldarondo, Ricardo (9 March 2011). "Los festivales de cine apoyan a Ángel Sala, acusado por proyectar 'A Serbian Film'". Diario Vasco (in Spanish). San Sebastián. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ Callero, Carlos (22 April 2009). "Directores de festivales II: José Luis Rebordinos del Festival de Donosti y Angel Sala del Festival de Sitges". Tucamon (in Spanish). Comisariado de Cine y Fotografía. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2018.