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What Is It?

Spanish Film Club (SFC) promotes and facilitates the organization of Spanish and Latin American Film Festivals at universities in North America.

The ultimate goal is to introduce students and a generally broader audience to the cultures of these territories. It will also create a stable exhibition platform of the latest cinema in Spanish and Portuguese. Offering feature-length films in digital format, SFC provides the tools needed for the organization and promotion of every festival. With the American audience in mind, all films feature English subtitles.

Featuring first-time filmmakers and established masters alike, SFC offers grants to help universities to bring the very best in contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinema to campuses across North America. The rental fee that is charged goes to pay administrative costs and to support the participating filmmakers and producers.

Grants available:

Application deadline is March 15.

Inspiration

Jorge Sobredo

Deputy Director for the Promotion of Culture Abroad of the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain - Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport

"The brilliant Spanish Film Club (SFC) initiative is specifically directed at this crucial segment of our potential U.S. audience: the young, specialized university audience. Using a sophisticated technology platform, SFC aims to create a single user community to generate new audiences, facilitating access to Spanish-language films in a wide range of American universities. The aim of SFC is to spread knowledge and enthusiasm for Spanish film talent among American university students, through a perfect combination of sharp technology and great cinema."

Delphine Selles

Film Office Director Cultural Services, Embassy of France

"While people across the United States have few options to see foreign films on the big screen, it is very exciting to see Pragda embark on an initiative that will allow young adults to experience the wealth of Spanish and Latin American films. Over the years the Tournées Festival has played a crucial role in nurturing interest for French cinema among students. Spanish Film Club will certainly play that same role for Spanish-language films and I wish the program a lot of success."

Why SFC?

Outside of a few well-known exceptions, there is very little distribution of contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinema throughout American universities. One of Pragda's goals is to provide professors and educators from every department, access to materials rarely or never seen within North America.

In addition, we are interested in opening markets for films that would normally have a difficult time reaching American audiences. The universities are the best platform for educating the spectator since they are a base from which changes can be made.

Knowledge and cultural exchange is key in a country where Hispanics are the largest minority.

SFC was created to answer some needs we found as students and instructors: 

1. Why can’t professors teach about Human Rights, for instance, with new, exciting and up-to-date documentaries? 

2. Wouldn’t it be terrific to watch never-before-seen fiction films in Spanish, right on my university campus? 

3. Why do so many films on the Internet just look ugly and pixelated?

4. How could I meet students from other university departments who share the same love for Spanish culture?

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