La Dama y la muerte (directed by Javier Recio Gracia) - Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009

"Ganador del GOYA al mejor cortometraje de animación.
Nominado al OSCAR al mejor cortometraje de animación.

Escrito y dirigido por Javier Recio Gracia, nos narra en tono de comedia la historia de una anciana y el empeño de un médico en no afrontar la limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico."

http://vimeo.com/10419481

Flamenco at 5:15

"This Oscar winning short documentary is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo."

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/flamenco-at-515/

Free Rice

"FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme.

FreeRice has two goals:

• Provide education to everyone for free.
• Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your education can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide." (http://www.freerice.com/about)

http://www.freerice.com/

An Islamic History of Europe

"In this 90-minute documentary, Rageh Omaar uncovers the hidden story of Europe's Islamic past and looks back to a golden age when European civilisation was enriched by Islamic learning.

Rageh travels across medieval Muslim Europe to reveal the vibrant civilisation that Muslims brought to the West. This evocative film brings to life a time when emirs and caliphs dominated Spain and Sicily and Islamic scholarship swept into the major cities of Europe.

His journey reveals the debt owed to Islam for its vital contribution to the European Renaissance." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/islamic-history-europe.shtml)

http://www.sprword.com/videos/islamichistory/

Mussolini, Hitler, Franco and... the football

"How has the Beautiful Game played into fascist ideology? BBC Four explores how the 20th century's three most prominent fascist dictators, Mussolini, Hitler and Franco, seized upon football's massive popular appeal and ruthlessly exploited it as a vehicle for propaganda.

(...) The documentary uses rare archive footage, eminent historians and trenchant contributions and testimonies from world-class players, past and present." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/fascism-and-football.shtml)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6Dg7A_INY

Catalonia says no to bullfighting

"Catalonia's regional parliament has voted to outlaw bullfighting in the Spanish region - making it the first area on the mainland to initiate a ban."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10780480

El Héroe (Palme d'or du meilleur court métrage en 1994)

Alberto Iglesias (1955 - )

"Alberto Iglesias, compositor español, con una formación musical que incluye estudios de piano,
composición, contrapunto y música electrónica y una larga trayectoria internacional en la creación
de bandas sonoras para cine. Sus nominaciones al OSCAR de la Academia de Hollywood, a los
GLOBOS DE ORO y al BAFTA (British Academy of Films and Televisión Arts), unidos a los 7
Premios GOYAS (Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de España) y otros premios
nacionales e internacionales por diferentes bandas sonoras avalan su trayectoria." (http://www.albertoiglesias.net/base.htm)

http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/55453532

Un producto revolucionario

CINEUROPA - the best of european cinema

"The European Cinema Portal

Site dedicated to European cinema, films, actors, filmmakers, professionals, producers, distributors, sales agents, scriptwriters, film finance and the film industry as a whole…

The European film and television industries finally have a web site dedicated entirely to them and published in no less than four languages, English, French, Italian, and Spanish."

www.cineuropa.org/index.aspx?lang=en

Plus de 1100 livres audio gratuits

"Rendre accessibles à tous les joies de la littérature : tel est le but de ce site internet (...).

Nos livres audio sont gratuits et téléchargeables au format mp3 pour que vous puissiez les écouter partout, par exemple sur votre baladeur numérique (...).

Bonne visite à tous."

www.litteratureaudio.com/

Free Documentary Films

"At freedocumentaries.org we strongly believe that in order to have a true democracy, there has to be a free flow of easily accessible information. Unfortunately, many important perspectives, opinions, and facts never make it to our televisions or cinemas (you can watch movies in our media category if you want to know why)."

http://www.freedocumentaries.org/

BBC Languages

"BBC Languages - Learn languages in your own time and have fun."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

Mi Vida Loca - Spanish for beginners

"Mi Vida Loca is an inmersive video mystery set in Spain to help you learn simple Spanish."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/