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{{short description|Spanish movie director (born 1945)}}
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[[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|Ventura Pons in 2016]]
[[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}}; born 25 July 1945, in [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia|Spain]]) is a Spanish movie [[Film director|director]]. He mainly directs films in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] but also in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]]. Pons has 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.
'''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.


==Life and career==
He has been 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 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 has 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]].
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 has 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 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''.
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''.


He has 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 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>
In September 2014, he revived in Barcelona the old Texas Cinemes, to normalize the exhibition of international cinema which was always subtitled in Catalan. Europa Cinemas awarded it as the best "cinema on the move" in 2016.

In March 2017, he opened the AlbaTexas Cinemas in [[Valencia]] and in February 2018, the Las Vegas Cinemas in [[Figueres]].

At the same time, he founded the distribution company Albada Films.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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* 2015: ''El virus de la por'' ("Virus of Fear")
* 2015: ''El virus de la por'' ("Virus of Fear")
*2013: ''Ignasi M.''
*2013: ''Ignasi M.''
*2013: ''Un berenar a Ginebra''("An afternoon at Geneva")
*2011: ''Year of Grace'' ("Any de Gràcia")
*2011: ''Year of Grace'' ("Any de Gràcia")
*2010: ''A Thousand Morons (Mil cretins)''
*2010: ''A Thousand fools (Mil cretins)''
*2009: ''A la deriva''
*2009: ''A la deriva''
*2008: ''Strangers (Forasters)''
*2008: ''Strangers (Forasters)''
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*2002: ''El Gran Gato''
*2002: ''El Gran Gato''
*2001: ''[[Food of Love (2002 film)|Food of Love]] (Menja d'amor)''
*2001: ''[[Food of Love (2002 film)|Food of Love]] (Menja d'amor)''
*2000: ''Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren)''
*2000: ''[[Anita Takes a Chance]] (Anita no perd el tren)''
*1999: ''To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))''
*1999: ''To Die (Or Not) (Morir (o no))''
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*1998: ''Beloved/Friend (Amic / Amat)''
*1998: ''[[Beloved/Friend]] (Amic / Amat)''
*1997: ''[[Caresses]] ([[Carícies]])''
*1997: ''Caresses ([[Carícies]])''
*1996: ''Actresses ([[Actrius]])''
*1996: ''Actresses ([[Actrius]])''
*1994: ''What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)''
*1994: ''What It's All About (El perquè de tot plegat)''
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 10 April 2024

Pons in 2016

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]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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