The Toulouse Spanish Film Festival (; ), also known as Cinespaña, is an annual film festival held in Toulouse, France, which specialises in Spanish cinema. The festival awards the Golden Violet (; ), for the best full-length film from Spain previously unreleased in France. The festival is usually held in October.
The festival was established in 1996, as the successor to the film festival. The 1996 festival was focussed on the Spanish Civil War, with later festivals showcasing Spanish cinema in general. The festival is supported by the Spanish government bodies (ICAA) and .
Since 1997, the festival's main competition has presented full-length films from Spain previously unreleased in France, which compete for the Golden Violet award. There are also awards for best director, actress, actor, screenplay, score, and cinematography.
Golden Violet winning films Year of award Original title Original language English title Director 1997 Spanish Tramway to Malvarrosa 1998 Spanish Tangos Are for Two 1999 Spanish Washington Wolves 2000 Spanish 2002 Spanish In the City Without Limits 2003 Spanish, Danish 2004 Spanish Bear Club 2005 Spanish 2006 Spanish Dark Blue Almost Black 2007 Spanish The Wooden Box 2008 Spanish 2009 Basque, Spanish 2010 Spanish Woman Without Piano 2011 Galician 2012 Spanish 2013 Spanish The Wishful Thinkers 2014 Spanish 2015 Spanish Nothing in Return 2016 Spanish The Reconquest 2017 Spanish 2018 Spanish Carmen & Lola 2019 Spanish 2020 Galician 2021 Spanish Spanish Manticore Spanish The Blue Star Catalan When a River Becomes the Sea Pere Vilà Barceló
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