History of Spanish

Cinema
The Spanish silent film industry was prominent in in
Barcelona from 1916. By 1928 the first Spanish film society
was founded in Madrid making Madrid the centre of
attention for the film industry. Cifesa introduced sound to
Spanish films in the 1930's.
The Spanish civil war led to the censorship of media but also
the introduction of propaganda in Spanish films.
With the fall of the Franco's dictatorship in 1975 the
censorship of Spanish films became much more lenient. This
was a time called La Movida Madrilena the countercultural
movement it was most prominent in Madrid. It led to Spanish
cinema to later evolve into topics of black comedy,
melodramas and other different types of films thanks to
directors and writers such as Pedro Almodovar and Alex de la
Iglesia.
Some movies were created in Spain for international
audiences such as Planet 51 a Spanish animated film that was
released in 2009 and was dubbed in English. There have also
been Spanish films in their own language that have gained
international recognition such as Pan's Labyrinth and some
have been nominated for Oscars such as The Sea Inside.
 Female Spanish Actors
There are many female Spanish actors who are well known
throughout Hollywood. Some of the include:

Elena Anaya Penlope Cruz Ivana Baquero Elsa Pataky Blanca Surez
Palencia Madrid Barcelona Madrid Madrid
 Male Spanish Actors
Many male Spanish actors have become well known, some include:

Antonio Banderas Javier Bardem Mario Casas Alfredo Landa Fernando Rey
Malga Las Palmas Coruna Pamplona Coruna
 Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali is a very famous artist that came from Figueres in Spain.
As well as being an extremely talented artist Dali also directed movies
such as Impressions de la haute Mongolie and wrote movies including
Un Chien Andalou.
Dali also worked with Walt Disney to create a short film called Destino.
Production of the film started in 1945, the production of the film
stopped due to financial problems and world war 2. it was completed
58 later by a new team of animators who worked off of Dali's story
board. It was released in 2003. The style of the movie is typical to
Dali's other work but differs greatly from that of Disney.