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Ventura Pons Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [bənˈtuɾə ˈpɔns]; 25 July 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Spanish film director. He mainly directed films in Catalan but also in Spanish and English. Pons directed 32 feature films and is one of the best-known Catalan film directors. His films are continuously programmed in the most prestigious international festivals, almost 810 up to now, and distributed in many countries around the world.

Life and career[edit]

Pons was vice-president of the Spanish Film Academy and the subject of more than 34 international homages and retrospectives: London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), New York's Lincoln Center and in the world's foremost cinematheques, such as those in Los Angeles, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Caracas, Belgrade, Istanbul, Warsaw, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, among many others.

Pons also received international "Lifetime Achievement Awards" at film festivals in Chicago, Galway, Piešťany, Lima, Turin, and Montpellier.

In Spain, he received the Catalan National Film Award, the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal, the Catalan Sant Jordi Cross, the Catalan Film Academy's Gaudi Honorary Award, the Ondas Award, the City of Huesca Award, the Count Jaume d’Urgell Award, and the Jordi Dauder Award, among many others.

In 2012, the University of Colorado at Denver held an academic Conference on his cinema. Vervuert has published a book about this conference: Ventura Pons: An Exceptional Gaze from the Catalan Cinema.

Pons published a book of memoirs, Mine (and the Others), written in 2011, and in 2017, he published I Have Tasted the Fruits of the Tree of Life. He also published a world tour diary, entitled 54 Days and a Bit More in 2012.

Pons died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 78.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

2018: Be Happy!
2018: Univers(o) Pecanins
2017: Miss Dalí
2017: Universal i Faraona ("Universal and Pharaoh")
2016: Sabates Grosses ("The Bigger, the Better")
2016: Oh, quina joia! ("Oh, What a Joy!")
2015: Cola, Colita, Colassa ("Ode to Barcelona")
2015: El virus de la por ("Virus of Fear")
2013: Ignasi M.
2013: Un berenar a Ginebra("An afternoon at Geneva")
2011: Year of Grace ("Any de Gràcia")
2010: A Thousand fools (Mil cretins)
2009: A la deriva
2008: Strangers (Forasters)
2007: Barcelona (un mapa)
2006: Life on the Edge (La vida abismal)
2005: Wounded Animals (Animals ferits)
2004: Idiot Love (Amor idiota)
2002: El Gran Gato
2001: Food of Love (Menja d'amor)
2000: Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren)
1999: To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))

1998: Beloved/Friend (Amic / Amat)
1997: Caresses (Carícies)
1996: Actresses (Actrius)
1994: What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)
1993: Rosita, Please!
1992: Tonight Or Never (Aquesta nit o mai)
1990: What's Your Bet, Mari Pili? (Què t'hi jugues, Mari Pili?)
1989: Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)
1986: The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)
1981: The Vicary of Olot (El vicari d'Olot)
1979: Informe sobre el FAGC
1978: Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (Ocaña, retrat intermitent),

References[edit]

^ "Muere Ventura Pons, el director que internacionalizó el cine catalán, a los 78 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

External links[edit]

Ventura Pons at IMDb
Ventura Pons website (in Catalan, English, and Spanish)

[1] "Muere Ventura Pons, el director que internacionalizó el cine catalán, a los 78 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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+{{Short description|Spanish movie director (1945–2024)}}
-'''Ventura Pons''' (born [[July 25]], [[1945]] in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]) is a [[Catalonia|Catalan]] [[Film director|director]].
+{{Sources|date=January 2024}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
+[[File:Ventura Pons amb el director del FICG, Iván Trujillo, el director de l'Institut Ramon Llull, Manuel Forcano, i el director de l'àrea Audiovisual de l'ICEC, Francisco Vargas.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Pons in 2016]]
+'''Ventura Pons Sala''' ({{IPA-ca|bənˈtuɾə ˈpɔns}}; 25 July 1945 – 8 January 2024) was a Spanish film director. He mainly directed films in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] but also in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]]. Pons directed 32 feature films and is one of the best-known Catalan film directors. His films are continuously programmed in the most prestigious international festivals, almost 810 up to now, and distributed in many countries around the world.
-After a decade as a theatre director, Ventura Pons directed his first film in [[1977]], ''Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait'', which was officially selected by the [[1978]] [[Cannes Film Festival]]. With sixteen feature films, fourteen of which were produced by his own company Els Films de la Rambla, S.A., founded in [[1985]], he has become one of the best-known Catalan film directors.
+==Life and career==
+Pons was vice-president of the Spanish Film Academy and the subject of more than 34 international homages and retrospectives: London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), New York's Lincoln Center and in the world's foremost cinematheques, such as those in Los Angeles, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Caracas, Belgrade, Istanbul, Warsaw, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, among many others.
+Pons also received international "Lifetime Achievement Awards" at film festivals in [[Chicago Film Festival|Chicago]], [[Galway Film Fleadh|Galway]], [[International Film Festival Cinematik|Piešťany]], [[Elcine|Lima]], [[Torino Film Festival|Turin]], and [[Montpellier]].
+In Spain, he received the Catalan National Film Award, the Spanish Fine Arts Gold Medal, the Catalan Sant Jordi Cross, the Catalan Film Academy's Gaudi Honorary Award, the [[Ondas Award]], the City of Huesca Award, the Count Jaume d’Urgell Award, and the Jordi Dauder Award, among many others.
+In 2012, the [[University of Colorado at Denver]] held an academic Conference on his cinema. Vervuert has published a book about this conference: ''Ventura Pons: An Exceptional Gaze from the Catalan Cinema''.
+Pons published a book of memoirs,  ''Mine (and the Others)'', written in 2011, and in 2017, he published ''I Have Tasted the Fruits of the Tree of Life''. He also published a world tour diary, entitled ''54 Days and a Bit More'' in 2012.
+Pons died on 8 January 2024, at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2024 |title=Muere Ventura Pons, el director que internacionalizó el cine catalán, a los 78 años |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/cine/20240108/9492057/muere-cineasta-ventura-pons-78-anos.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref>
 ==Filmography==
+{{col-begin}}
-*''Idiot Love (Amor idiota)'' - [[2004]]
+{{col-2}}
-*''El Gran Gato (The Great Gato)'' - [[2002]]
+* 2018: ''Be Happy!''
-*''Food Of Love (Menja d'amor)'' - [[2001]]
+* 2018: ''Univers(o) Pecanins''
-*''Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren)'' - [[2000]]
+* 2017: ''Miss Dalí''
-*''To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))'' - [[1999]]
+* 2017: ''Universal i Faraona''  ("Universal and Pharaoh")
-*''Beloved/Friend (Amic / Amat)'' - [[1998]]
+* 2016: ''Sabates Grosses'' ("The Bigger, the Better")
-*''Caresses (Carícies)'' - [[1997]]
+* 2016: ''Oh, quina joia!'' ("Oh, What a Joy!")
-*''Actresses (Actrius)'' - [[1996]]
+* 2015: ''Cola, Colita, Colassa'' ("Ode to Barcelona")
-*''What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)'' - [[1994]]
+* 2015: ''El virus de la por'' ("Virus of Fear")
-*''Rosita, Please!'' - [[1993]]
+*2013: ''Ignasi M.''
-*''Tonight Or Never (Aquesta nit o mai)'' - [[1992]]
+*2013: ''Un berenar a Ginebra''("An afternoon at Geneva")
-*''What's Your Bet, Mari Pili? (Què t'hi jugues, Mari Pili?)'' - [[1990]]
+*2011: ''Year of Grace'' ("Any de Gràcia")
-*''Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)'' - [[1989]]
+*2010: ''A Thousand fools (Mil cretins)''
-*''The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)'' - [[1986]]
+*2009: ''A la deriva''
-*''The Vicary Of Olot (El vicari d'Olot)'' - [[1981]]
+*2008: ''Strangers (Forasters)''
-*''Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait (Ocaña, retrat intermitent)'' - [[1978]]
+*2007: ''Barcelona (un mapa)''
+*2006: ''Life on the Edge (La vida abismal)''
+*2005: ''Wounded Animals (Animals ferits)''
+*2004: ''Idiot Love (Amor idiota)''
+*2002: ''El Gran Gato''
+*2001: ''[[Food of Love (2002 film)|Food of Love]] (Menja d'amor)''
+*2000: ''[[Anita Takes a Chance]] (Anita no perd el tren)''
+*1999: ''To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))''
+{{col-2}}
+*1998: ''[[Beloved/Friend]] (Amic / Amat)''
+*1997: ''Caresses ([[Carícies]])''
+*1996: ''Actresses ([[Actrius]])''
+*1994: ''What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)''
+*1993: ''Rosita, Please!''
+*1992: ''Tonight Or Never (Aquesta nit o mai)''
+*1990: ''What's Your Bet, Mari Pili? (Què t'hi jugues, Mari Pili?)''
+*1989: ''Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)''
+*1986: ''The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)''
+*1981: ''The Vicary of Olot (El vicari d'Olot)''
+*1979: ''Informe sobre el FAGC''
+*1978: ''[[Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait]] (Ocaña, retrat intermitent)'',
+{{col-end}}
+== References ==
+<references />
+==External links==
-{{film-director-stub}}
+* {{IMDb name|0690532|Ventura Pons}}
+* [http://www.venturapons.cat/ Ventura Pons website] {{in lang|ca|en|es}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Spanish film directors|Pons, Ventura]]
-[[Category:Catalan people|Pons, Ventura]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Pons, Ventura}}
-[[ca:Ventura Pons]]
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+[[Category:1945 births]]
-[[pl:Ventura Pons]]
+[[Category:2024 deaths]]
+[[Category:Film directors from Barcelona]]
-[[fi:Ventura Pons]]
+[[Category:Film directors from Catalonia]]
+[[Category:Spanish screenwriters]]
+[[Category:Spanish male screenwriters]]

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