Thu, Apr 16
|NYU Espacio de Culturas
HONORING RAFAEL AZCONA’S YEAR + 40 YEARS OF SPAIN FILM ACADEMY
New Spanish Films kicks off with a special event honoring Rafael Azcona's Year + 40 years of Spain Film Academy, followed by a screening of Academy Award-winning film Belle Époque.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
NYU Espacio de Culturas, 53 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, USA
About the event
HONORING RAFAEL AZCONA’S YEAR + 40 YEARS OF SPAIN FILM ACADEMY
*This event is by invitation only.
**Please note a photo ID is required to enter the venue.
Honoring one of the most influential screenwriters in Spanish cinema, Rafael Azcona, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Film Academy. The tribute includes a special screening of Belle Époque (1992), directed by Fernando Trueba, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Distinguished guests: Susan Youdelman Azcona (widow of Rafael Azcona) and Sara Azcona Miller (granddaughter); Fernando Méndez-Leite, President of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain; Rafael Portela, Vice President of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain; Camilo Vázquez, Deputy Director of the ICAA; Marta de Blas, Consul General of Spain in New York; Pablo Barea, Head of the Audiovisual Department, Economic and Commercial Office of…