Recursos

Kinema Grup (1970-1985): The Precursor to Local Television in Girona

Screening.

Location: Museu del Cinema

Day: Wednesday, October 30

Hour: 19 h

To celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Girona City Council, through the Center for Image Research and Dissemination (CRDI) and the Museum of Cinema, and in collaboration with the UNESCO Friends Association, proposes this year a screening of two short films and a music video produced by Kinema Grup in the 1970s and 1980s, before this same association took the initiative to create the Televisiion of Girona.

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Zero punt zero (1972) Color. 15'15" Director: Joan Roura A science fiction short film that tells the story of a group of people surviving in a post-apocalyptic future.

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El sueño (1973) Color. 10'12" Director: Marcos Rodríguez Short film that tells the story of a child's nightmares caused by reading a comic book.

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Thrillerosis (1974) Color. 13'45" Director: Joan Roura A parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video, filmed on the streets of Girona with the dance group Street People.

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Kinema Grup was a cultural association dedicated to the world of film and video, founded in 1970 by Joan Boadas i Busquets, Josep Maria Planas i Gifreu, and Joan Roura i Fernández. In its early days, its main goal was to promote cinematic art, both through the production and dissemination of films and through the organization of courses, talks, contests, and all kinds of public or private events aimed at promoting film culture. Throughout the 1970s, its members made several short films, some of which involved a significant number of collaborators from other groups, such as AFIC (Girona's Photographic and Cinematographic Association) or the theater company Grup Màscares.

In the following decade, after the sudden death of Joan Boadas in a plane crash and the professional change of Josep Maria Planas, the association took a new direction, and video productions took center stage. In 1985, the board decided to found Televisió de Girona, which started broadcasting test signals in 1986 and began regular broadcasts in 1988 under the direction of Joan Roura.

This year's event aims to pay tribute to the beginnings of Kinema Grup and its audiovisual efforts through the screening of two short films and a music video.