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Spanish Cinema Returns To Los Angeles In October
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- Published: Thursday, 26 July 2012 07:35
The Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) and American Cinematheque partner for this year's Los Angeles Recent Spanish Cinema festival showcasing modern films from Spain. The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will host the 18th Recent Spanish Cinema series from October 11 through the 14th. The official one-sheet for the annual festival by renown artist Javier Mariscal was revealed.
The Spanish Institute for Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) a part of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, puts on the annual event to celebrate the most recent films from Spain. Together with the American Cinematheque and EGEDA, the showcase includes wildest, sexiest new films from Spain - on the big screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Those who have been following Recent Spanish Cinema since its inception discovered a young Javier Bardem, the charms of Penélope Cruz and the pleasures of filmmakers Bigas Luna, Alejandro Amenábar, Iciar Bollaín and Alex de la Iglesia to name a few of the talents introduced by the series. You'll catch films plucked hot off the festival circuit, filmmakers and actors in person and a mix of work from Spain's most exciting new and established artists.The cover image for the 18th Recent Spanish Cinema series in Los Angeles is a painting by renowned artistic designer Javier Mariscal, who faithfully displays the optimism and vibrant colors characteristic of his work to create a scene for the film series in which a young and pretty Spanish actress greets the US from a sidewalk café on Madrid’s Gran Vía, an emblematic avenue in the heart of the city, where many popular cinema theaters are clustered and where traditional and modern coexist side-by-side
Multidisciplinary artist Javier Mariscal created the mascot for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and, through his Estudio Mariscal, puts an unmistakable creative stamp on his projects, ranging from architecture and interior design to furniture to publicity campaigns and trademarks, which typically feature charming creatures of one sort or another which arouse curiosity for anyone who sees his works.
Mariscal’s drawings are the soul of “Chico & Rita”, the film he made with director Fernando Trueba which won the 2011 Goya Award for Best Animation Film and was an Oscar nominee in the same category. Mariscal has been nominated twice for the Príncipe de Asturias Award for the Arts and was given the Spanish National Prize for Graphic Design in 1999.