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STUDY DAY: BREAKING THE CODE

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Spain / Spanish

Grounding the season of Spanish cinema in its full historical context, and tracing the paths taken by a generation of film-makers from Nieves Conde to Pilar Miró to resist the forces of propaganda and codify their dissent, the Spain (Un)censored Study Day offers a unique opportunity to deepen your engagement with this rich vein in cinema history, interact with experts in the field, and meet others on the same trip. Additionally the book Breaking the Code: Daring films that mocked the repression in Spain will be presented. Reception to follow. Contributors include Fernando Lara, Director of the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) and Dirección General de Cooperación y Comunicación Cultural of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Professor Paul Preston of the London School of Economics, Dr Núria Triana Toribio of the University of Manchester and Dr Sally Faulkner of the University of Exeter. Full programme details will be available closer to the date at www.bfi.org.uk

ABOUT THE BOOK:
BREAKING THE CODE: Daring films that mocked the repression in Spain is edited by Regional Government of Castile and León, and written by Juan Antonio Pérez Millán, with introductions by María José Salgueiro Cortiñas, Consejera de Cultura y Turismo, Fernando Lara, Director of the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) of the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Marta Sánchez, exhibition curator and director of Pragda.

Supported by the Cañada Blanch Centre of Contemporary Spanish Studies, LSE. 
Special thanks to Regional Government of Castile and León.