Pedro Almodóvar last weekend slammed Spain's right-wing governing party, the People's Party (Pp), for deliberately killing the nation's film scene as part of a political war against it. Talking with Spanish website infoLibre, the writer and director took aim at what he believes is a systematic extermination of the country's filmmakers.Almodóvar's criticisms are in line with other prominent industry insiders. Just last month during the 61st San Sebastian festival, the new head of the producers' lobby, Joxe Portela, called for proposed financing reforms to be cemented to help the beleaguered sector. A move from a subsidy model to tax break model are mooted. Meanwhile, Enrique Gonzalez Macho of Spain's national film and arts academy had previously echoed Almodóvar's sentiments. Pp traditionally has been at...
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- 10/16/2013
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