Ventura Pons
Ventura Pons Sala 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.
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Defining films
Critical context
In a contemporary Spain that has seen Pedro Almodóvar leave his impressive mark on the cinematic horizon (his most recent film Julieta screened at a number of film festivals worldwide last year) critics may be forgiven for privileging the Madrid filmmaker. Nevertheless, his equally prolific fellow cineaste Ventura Pons is just as worthy of critical attention. As a Catalan native, Pons generally remains faithful to his region and often uses Barcelona not only as an urban backdrop to his plots…
Films by decade
