{"id":818,"date":"2017-08-20T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T13:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francoontrial.playloud.org\/?p=818"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:32:37","slug":"shadows-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playloud.org\/francoontrial\/en\/shadows-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows of the past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Available as VOD\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event “Shadows of the Past \u2013 Franco’s Heritage in Spain” took place on October 28th 2012 in Berlin at the famous Babylon Cinema and was organized by play loud! productions, The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, The Cervantes Institute and The German Association of Spanish Teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was divided into two parts:<\/span><\/p>\n

1) Unique preview of the documentary “Franco’s Settlers”. The film portraits the small town Llanos del Caudillo (The High Plains of the F\u00fchrer) as if we were looking through a magnifying glass, reviewing the Spanish history since Franco took power until the present days. “Franco’s Settlers” is a contemporary evaluation of the figure of the dictator Franco; a discreet and calm attempt to dissect recent Spanish history and to review how some Spaniards deal with the cruel heritage of their past.<\/span><\/p>\n

The presentation of the film was strictly limited to guests invited by the above organizations and by no means a premiere because the film is not fully completed yet due to the lack of financing. The film got standing ovations and excellent press reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read a few here:<\/span>
\n“The screening provoked a spontaneous ovation to honor a rigorous and humorous film”.<\/span>
\nEnrique M\u00fcller (El Pa\u00eds)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Franco’s Settlers could be a very important contribution to how Spain deals with its dictatorship”.<\/span>
\nAndreas Fanizadeh (Die Tageszeitung)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Rarely a movie has been so much in sync with its times.<\/span>
\nFranco’s Settlers puts the finger on the sore spot.”<\/span>
\nRafael Poch (La Vanguardia)<\/span><\/p>\n

“A rigorous and emotional film. History told from the ground up.<\/span>
\nThe film has to win the GOYA AWARD.”<\/span>
\nSergi Dolad\u00e9 (Director of Medimed)<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Round table with:<\/span><\/p>\n

Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez (Spanish prime minister between 1982-1996)<\/span>
\nEmilio Silva (President of the Association for the Recovery of Historic Memory)<\/span>
\nCarlos Castresana (Spanish Supreme Court Prosecutor)<\/span>
\nFernando Su\u00e1rez (former minister under Franco and member of the conservative Spanish People’s Party) was also invited but refused to attend, arguing that he could not accept that the organizers considered that Franco came to power by a violent coup d’\u00e9tat. His full explanation can be seen in the film above.<\/span><\/p>\n

The above mentioned guests discussed about the importance of the issue of dealing with the past for the national policy in Spain:<\/span>
\nHow much of historic memory is necessary to build the present and the future in Spain?<\/span>
\nWhat kind of traces of Francoism are left in Spanish society?<\/span>
\nCan we still say that the Spanish process of democratization after Franco’s death was exemplary?<\/span><\/p>\n

During the debate the three participants on various occasions referred directly to the film:<\/span>
\n“Franco\u00b4s Settlers is an exact x-ray of current Spain.”<\/span>
\nEmilio Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

“This documentary film will surprise many people in Spain.”<\/span>
\nFelipe Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/p>\n

“I invite the filmmakers to Strasbourg to show it to the court as evidence.”<\/span>
\nCarlos Castresana<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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