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La Morsure (Bitten) wins at Sitges
The 2023 Méliès d'argent award for best feature film at Sitges in Spain was given to La Morsure (Bitten) written and directed by Romain de Saint-Blanquat.
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At Sitges Film Festival 2023
From 5-15 October I'll be attending the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain as a juror on the Méliès d'Argent Award.
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waiting in Madrid
Many people were surprised when I told them during my trip to Mallorca this February that I had never been to Spain before. Spain has always been a popular holiday destination for Irish people. But, there were no foreign holidays while I was growing up, apart from the rare trip to America. My family always looked West, not East. I’ve slowly been seeing more of Europe, but I never did the inter-railing thing during the summer off from college or the sojourn in France or Italy. It was always a race to the first flight to New York once exams were over so I could work in the city for…
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Gothic sacraments
This is an image from my visit to the Cathedral de Mallorca in Palma city in February. Technically, I was being rather naughty taking this image, but I couldn’t help it when it came to this startling section of the Cathedral, which is the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament. I have a thing for massive, elaborate Gothic churches. It goes back to my time studying art in school. We had a section called History of Art, which I loved, and that’s where I learned about Gothic architecture. The Cathedral in Palma has to be one of the most outstanding examples of Gothic cathedrals I’ve ever been in. In Spain the…
