I disagree. In Spain there’s a really interesting scene of heterodox cinema. And they take risks, of course! Brave filmmakers, fearless, who don’t want to follow the rules of traditional cinema, who’d rather make the cinema they want instead of that the box office demands. The economic crisis has given us this double-sided reality. The lack of funds and the scarcity have led many filmmakers to new narratives, formats and very interesting approaches: essay, diaries, archives compilation, romantic documentary…
From my point of view, there are renewed hopes, a better future for the vanguards and the experimental cinema in Spain. A cinema that takes risks, auto-managed and brave, beyond the system. We see how more and more Spanish filmmakers are playing and experimenting with found materials, archive images, analogue photography techniques, while also manipulating all cinematographic genres and reinventing them.