Published from his doctoral thesis work on the film-maker Francisco El\u00edas, the book by Enrique S\u00e1nchez has been granted this award for giving a critical biography of one of the pioneers in talking movies in Spain. Maker of the first Spanish talking movie \u00abEl misterio de la Puerta del Sol\u00bb (1929) and founder of talking film studies “Orphea Films” in Barcelona 1932, Francisco El\u00edas was responsible for Spanish film-making in the republican Generalitat (regional government) of the CNT, before emigrating to Mexico. There he continued making films until his return to Spain in 1948. Among his productions are \u00abMar\u00eda de la O\u00bb (1936) and \u00abMarta\u00bb (1954), his last film. <\/p>\n
The second prize has been granted to the book entitled \u00abLa intervenci\u00f3n velada. El apoyo cinematogr\u00e1fico alem\u00e1n al bando franquista (1936-1939)\u00bb, a monograph about the production of Spanish films in Germany during the Civil War. The prize has been presented in recognition of the contribution of this book to the little known Spanish film industry in this period. It describes how, through film agreements between the Nazi and Spanish government, renowned Spanish film makers went to Berlin to produce films. Some of the titles in this period were \u00abEl barbero de Sevilla\u00bb and \u00abSuspiros de Espa\u00f1a\u00bb (1938) by Benito Perojo, and \u00abCarmen la de Triana\u00bb (1939) and \u00abLa canci\u00f3n de Aixa\u00bb (1939) by Flori\u00e1n Rey. To write this book, the researcher Nicol\u00e1s Meseguer carried out a meticulous study of the archives of Spain and Germany to report the relationship between the political interests of the two regimes and the film-making industry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"