Ángel Sala

Ángel Sala
Ángel Sala during the Sitges Film Festival of 2017
Born Àngel Sala
1964
Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Occupation 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

References

  1. ↑ "Zabrana za "Srpski film"". B92. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Pape, Eric (12 May 2011). "So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Ríos, Pere (5 March 2011). "El fiscal denuncia al director del Festival de Sitges". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Agencias (5 May 2011). "El director del festival de Sitges declara ante el juez". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
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