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Pere Portabella will receive the 2020 Molins Terror Honorary Award
In this edition of the Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival, which will be held from November 6 to 15, we will have the honor of paying tribute to Pere Portabella (Figueres, 1929), a key figure in the country's filmography. Author of essential works such as “Nocturne 29” (1968), “Umbracle” (1972), “The Dinner” (1974), “General Report” (1977) or “"The silence before Bach"” (2007), among many others, and producer of such well-known works as “The Gulfs” (Carlos Saura, 1959), “El cochecito” (Marco Ferreri, 1960) or “Viridiana” (Luis Buñuel, 1961). His vision, always committed to society and the artistic and political avant-garde, has become a source of inspiration for many artists and cinephiles, and indispensable for understanding a good part of the ruptures and leaps forward that have occurred in the modern history of our cinema and our country.
Furthermore, Portabella is linked to the history of our town because His first feature film was screened for the first time in Spain during the Molins de Rei Film Week., in February 1969. However, it is part of the memory of our Festival because in 1974 we programmed “Vampire-Cuadecuc” (1970) as a surprise screening; when its premiere was prohibited by the Franco dictatorship. This fascinating and unrepeatable masterpiece will be chosen to form part of the tribute, taking advantage of the 50th anniversary of its creation.
During the 1970s, Madrid director Jess Franco filmed his version of “Count Dracula”, starring Christopher Lee. A fact that Pere Portabella and Joan Brossa took advantage of to film what, a priori, seemed to be a documentary “how it was made” about the film. The result of their collaboration is already cinema history. A work that goes beyond reality to reinvent the myth of Dracula, while exploring the possibilities of cinematic language and the mythical capacity that the image carries as a representation of itself. Using a groundbreaking narrative avant-garde, even more surprising and revolutionary in that gray Francoist Spain, the film was banned and not released until 38 years later. For this reason, it became a key film for understanding the transition that took place within the country's cinema towards clandestine, illegal practices and open opposition to the regime.
So, for us it is a reason to celebrate to be able to take advantage of the anniversary of this important film to to pay a well-deserved tribute to our beloved and admired Pere Portabella and thus celebrate a life and a work of great influence and importance. We hope that this will help bring his figure and legacy closer to a whole new generation of film lovers who regularly attend the Festival, encouraging the vindication and accessibility of a type of cinema that, now more than ever, confronts the conservative, if not merely commercialist, logic of many contemporary productions.
The Honorary Award ceremony will take place on Friday, November 13th at 7pm along with the screening of Vampire-Cuadecuc and a subsequent discussion with Pere Portabella. You can purchase tickets on the Festival's ticket sales website..
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Pere Portabella will collect the Honorary Prize of terrorMolins 2020
This edition of the Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival, which will be held from November 6 to 15, we will have the honor to pay tribute to Pere Portabella (Figueres, 1929), key figure in the country's cinematography. Author of essential works like “Nocturne 29” (1968), “Umbracle” (1972), “The Dinner” (1974), “General Report” (1977) or “"The silence before Bach"” (2007), among many others, as well as producer of works as famous as "Los Golfos" (Carlos Saura, 1959), “The stroller” (Marco Ferreri, 1960) or “Viridiana” (Luis Buñuel, 1961), his vision always committed to society and the artistic and political vanguard has been, and will continue to be, a source of inspiration for numerous artists and cinephiles, and essential to understand a good part of the ruptures and leaps forward produced in the modern history of our cinema and the country.
Portabella is also linked to the history of our population, because sThe first feature film was screened for the first time in the Spanish state during the Molins de Rei Spanish Film Week, in February 1969. Likewise, it is part of the memory of our festival, well in 1974 we programmed "Vampir-Cuadecuc"“ (1970) as a surprise session, a film whose premiere was prohibited by the Franco dictatorship. This masterpiece, fascinating and unrepeatable, will be the one chosen to form part of the tribute, taking advantage of the 50th anniversary of its creation.
In the 70s, the Madrid director Jess Franco shot his version of “Count Dracula”, starring Christopher Lee. A fact that Pere Portabella and Joan Brossa took advantage of to film what a priori seemed to be a 'how it was made' documentary about the film. The result of their collaboration is already film history. A work that transcends reality to reinvent the myth of Dracula, while exploring the possibilities of cinematographic language as well as the mythical capacity that encloses the image as representation, and for its own sake. Using a groundbreaking narrative vanguardism, even more shocking and revolutionary in that gray Francoist Spain, the film was banned and was not released until 38 years later, being thus a key film in addition to understanding the transition that took place in the country's cinema towards clandestine, illegal practices and open opposition to the regime.
Es pues para nosotros reason for celebration to be able to take advantage of the anniversary of this important film for pay a well-deserved tribute to our beloved and admired Pere Portabella and, with it, to celebrate a life and work of great influence and importance. We hope that this will contribute to bringing his figure and legacy closer to a whole new generation of cinephiles who regularly attend the festival, thus contributing to claim and make accessible a type of cinema that, today more than ever, faces the conservative, if not purely mercantilist, logic of many contemporary productions.
The presentation of the Honorary Award will take place on Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m. along with the screening of Vampire-Cuadecuc and a later colloquium with Pere Portabella. You can purchase tickets at the Festival's ticket sales website.
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Pere Portabella will collect the Honorific prize of the terrorMolins 2020
In the current edition of the Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival, to be held next November 6th-15th, wand will be honored to pay tribute to Pere Portabella (Figueres, 1929), an essential element of the cinematography of our country. Author of central works such as “Nocturne 29” (1968), “Umbracle” (1972), “The Dinner” (1974), "General Report" (1977) or “"The silence before Bach"” (2007), among many others, and producer of such notorious works as "Los Golfos" (Carlos Saura, 1959), “The stroller” (Marco Ferreri, 1960) gold “Viridiana” (Luis Buñuel, 1961). His vision has always been committed to both society and artistic and political avant-garde and has become a source of inspiration for many artists and cinephiles; which is central to understanding most of the break-through and forward lapses that there have been over the history of our cinema and our country.
Moreover, Portabella is linked to the history of our home town because of its first feature film was first screened within the Spanish boundaries during the Semana de Cine de Molins de Rei, in February 1969. As far as we are concerned, in 1974 we also programmed “Vampire-Cuadecuc” (1970) as a surprise session; when its screening was forbidden by Franco's dictatorship. The screening of this fascinating and unique masterpiece will be part of our tribute as a celebration of its 50th anniversary.
In the 1970's, film director Jess Franco was shooting his version of “Count Dracula”, starring Christopher Lee. Something that Pere Portabella and the Catalan poet Joan Brossa used to shoot a film that might look like a making-of documentary on a film. The result of their work is now part of the history of the cinema. This work goes beyond reality and reinvents the myth of Dracula and, at the same time, explores cinematographic language and the mythical possibilities of self-representing image. With a breakthrough narrative avant-garde, it was even more surprising in the context of the dull dictator Franco's Spain which forbade the exhibition of a film that would not be premiered until 38 years later. Therefore, the film became a landmark to understand the transition that was taking place within the national cinema which was in fact cloaked in secrecy and illegality with an open position against Franco's regime.
So, we are glad to use the major event of the anniversary of this relevant film to pay a heartfelt tribute to our dearest and admired Pere Portabella with a praise to such an influential life and work. We hope that we are contributing to value his personality and legacy to a new generation of cinema goers attached to our Festival. Furthermore, this should help to claim and demand a cinema style which wants to make more conservative and mercantilist statements we perceive in many current productions.
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