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⚫ | '''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. |
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==Life and career== |
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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. |
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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]]. |
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In Spain he |
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. |
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In 2012 the University of Colorado at Denver |
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''. |
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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. |
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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> |
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On Sept. 2014 he recovered in Barcelona the old Texas Cinemes, to normalize the exhibition of international cinema always subtitled in Catalan. Europa Cinemas awarded it as the best "cinema on the move" in 2016. |
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In March 2017 he opened the AlbaTexas Cinemas in Valencia and in February 2018 the Las Vegas cinemas in Figueres. |
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At the same time, he founded the distribution ccompany Albada Films to present the most interesting world-wide cinema that does not arrive to our screens. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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* 2018: Be Happy! |
* 2018: ''Be Happy!'' |
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* 2018: Univers(o) Pecanins |
* 2018: ''Univers(o) Pecanins'' |
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* 2017: ''Miss Dalí'' |
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* 2017: Universal i Faraona (Universal and Pharaoh) |
* 2017: ''Universal i Faraona'' ("Universal and Pharaoh") |
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* 2016: Sabates Grosses (The |
* 2016: ''Sabates Grosses'' ("The Bigger, the Better") |
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* 2016: Oh, quina joia! (Oh, |
* 2016: ''Oh, quina joia!'' ("Oh, What a Joy!") |
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* 2015: Cola, Colita, Colassa |
* 2015: ''Cola, Colita, Colassa'' ("Ode to Barcelona") |
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* 2015: El virus de la por (Virus of |
* 2015: ''El virus de la por'' ("Virus of Fear") |
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*2013: ''Ignasi M.'' |
*2013: ''Ignasi M.'' |
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*2013: ''Un berenar a Ginebra''("An afternoon at Geneva") |
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*2011: ''Year of Grace'' ("Any de Gràcia") |
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*2010: ''A Thousand fools (Mil cretins)'' |
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*2009: ''A la deriva'' |
*2009: ''A la deriva'' |
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*2008: ''Strangers (Forasters)'' |
*2008: ''Strangers (Forasters)'' |
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*2007: ''Barcelona (un mapa)'' |
*2007: ''Barcelona (un mapa)'' |
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*2006: ''Life on the |
*2006: ''Life on the Edge (La vida abismal)'' |
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*2005: ''Wounded |
*2005: ''Wounded Animals (Animals ferits)'' |
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*2004: ''Idiot |
*2004: ''Idiot Love (Amor idiota)'' |
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*2002: ''El Gran Gato'' |
*2002: ''El Gran Gato'' |
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*2001: ''[[Food of Love (2002 film)|Food of Love]] (Menja d'amor)'' |
*2001: ''[[Food of Love (2002 film)|Food of Love]] (Menja d'amor)'' |
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*2000: ''Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren)'' |
*2000: ''[[Anita Takes a Chance]] (Anita no perd el tren)'' |
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*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)'' |
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*1997: '' |
*1997: ''Caresses ([[Carícies]])'' |
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*1996: ''Actresses ([[Actrius]])'' |
*1996: ''Actresses ([[Actrius]])'' |
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*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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*1989: ''Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)'' |
*1989: ''Dammed Misery! (Puta misèria!)'' |
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*1986: ''The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)'' |
*1986: ''The Blonde at the Bar (La rossa del bar)'' |
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*1981: ''The Vicary |
*1981: ''The Vicary of Olot (El vicari d'Olot)'' |
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*1979: ''Informe sobre el FAGC'' |
*1979: ''Informe sobre el FAGC'' |
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*1978: ''[[Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait]] (Ocaña, retrat intermitent)'', |
*1978: ''[[Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait]] (Ocaña, retrat intermitent)'', |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb name|0690532|Ventura Pons}} |
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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]
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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)