Cesar Franco

The great Jess Franco, Still Sleazy at his 75 on time of filming, is obviously going to continue to intrigue his fans and irritate the rest of the world with the films he makes until the day he dies. In the meantime, he delivers "Jess Franco's Perversion", the DVD release title of his 2005 film, which is again based on a story by the Marquis de Sade, who has inspired many, many Franco films in the last thirty years. In "Perversion", the great Lina Romay heads a cult of sadistic lesbian prostitutes who live for the destruction of men and any woman who dares fall "victim" to a man.

A number of leading academics and genre film critics, as well as those who worked with Jess Franco, look back at the career of the low budget art-sleaze maestro and his many, often quickly turned-out, projects. A tribute to the life and times of Jess Franco and his longevity and importance to the wider world of Spanish genre cinema.

Official selection of 12 films for the 2007 Cesar.

Official selection of 11 films for the 2008 Cesar.

Official selection of 12 films for the 2006 Cesar.

Official selection of 12 films for the 2009 Cesar.

Official selection of 12 films for the 2010 Cesar.

The 43rd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 2 March 2018, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2017.

Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live with Mart'n's parents in a basement apartment that comes with their job as superintendents of the building. Encouraged by Marcos, his friend and co-worker, Martin…

Jonathan Meades looks at the architectural legacy of one of Europe’s most notorious dictators - Francisco Franco. He reveals that Franco’s lasting contribution to Spanish architecture wasn’t in the dull official buildings he commissioned, but in the tower blocks of tourist towns like Benidorm.