Benzo will talk at June 21's Stories Travel Further – Literature and Cinema in Spain-China Dialogue, part of the Spain – Where Talent Ignites campaign launched at Cannes by Audiovisual From Spain-ICEX. The program's sessions also feature a conversation between Spain's Albert Serra ("Pacifiction") and China's Bi Gan ("Ressurection") and short films from Carla Simón, Nicolás Méndez and Turbo
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Gerardo Herrero's 'Carte Blanche,' adapting Lorenzo Silva's novel Courtesy of Latido Films Spanish literature could prove to be a boon for international film and TV adaptations, says Fernando Benzo, author and secretary general of the Spanish Federation of Publishers.
“Books are a safe intellectual property – that’s the main concept for me,” Benzo told Variety.
“When you work on a book, usually you already have the fan base. You have all the people that have read those books, so it’s a stronger bet than if you work with original material.”
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