Editing Catalonia (section)

=== Media and cinema ===
{{Main|Cinema of Catalonia}}
[[File:TVC.svg|thumb|Logo of Televisió de Catalunya]]
Catalonia is the autonomous community, along with Madrid, that has the most media (TV, magazines, newspapers etc.). In Catalonia there is a wide variety of local and comarcal media. With the restoration of democracy, many newspapers and magazines, until then in the hands of the Franco government, were recovered in order to convert them into free and democratic media, while local radio and television began broadcasting.

[[Televisió de Catalunya]], which broadcasts entirely in the Catalan language, is the main Catalan public network. It has five channels: [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]], [[El 33]], [[Super3]], [[3/24]], [[Esport3]] and [[TV3CAT]]. In 2018, TV3 became the first television channel to be the most viewed for nine consecutive years in Catalonia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/any-de-records-a-tv3-lider-daudiencia-per-nove-any-consecutiu-i-millor-resultat-dels-ultims-6-anys/noticia/2895171/|title=TV3 lidera l'audiència per 9è any consecutiu i té el millor resultat dels últims 6 anys|date=1 January 2019|work=CCMA|access-date=1 January 2019|language=ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002110/https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/any-de-records-a-tv3-lider-daudiencia-per-nove-any-consecutiu-i-millor-resultat-dels-ultims-6-anys/noticia/2895171/|archive-date=2 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ara.cat/media/TV3-estableix-nou-liderat-consecutius_0_2153784649.html|title=TV3 estableix un nou rècord: nou anys de liderat consecutius|last=Gutiérrez|first=Àlex|date=31 December 2018|work=Diari Ara|access-date=1 January 2019|language=ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002826/https://www.ara.cat/media/TV3-estableix-nou-liderat-consecutius_0_2153784649.html|archive-date=1 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> State television that broadcasts in Catalonia in the Spanish language include {{Lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|italic=no}} (with few emissions in Catalan), [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]], [[Cuatro (TV channel)|Cuatro]], [[Telecinco]], and [[La Sexta]]. Other smaller Catalan television channels include local television channels, notably [[betevé]], owned by the [[City Council of Barcelona]], and broadcast in Catalan.

The two main Catalan newspapers of general information are ''[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]'' and ''[[La Vanguardia]]'', both with editions in Catalan and Spanish. Catalan only published newspapers include ''[[Ara (newspaper)|Ara]]'' and ''[[El Punt Avui]]'' (from the fusion of ''[[El Punt]]'' and ''[[Avui]]'' in 2011), as well as most part of the local press. The Spanish newspapers, such as ''[[El País]]'', ''[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]'' or ''[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]'', can be also acquired.

Catalonia has a long tradition of use of radio, the first regular radio broadcast in the country was from Ràdio Barcelona in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1974/04/24/049.html|title=ABC (Madrid) – 24/04/1974, p. 49 – ABC.es Hemeroteca |access-date=22 October 2018|website=hemeroteca.abc.es|language=es|archive-date=30 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025203/http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1974/04/24/049.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, the public [[Catalunya Ràdio]] (owned by [[Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|Catalan Media Corporation]]) and the private [[RAC 1]] (belonging to Grup Godó) are the two main radio stations of Catalonia, both in Catalan.

[[File:Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya 2009.JPG|thumb|[[Sitges Film Festival]] of 2009]]
Regarding the cinema, after the democratic transition, three styles have dominated since then. First, auteur cinema, in the continuity of the [[Barcelona School of Film|Barcelona School]], emphasizes experimentation and form, while focusing on developing social and political themes. Worn first by [[Josep Maria Forn]] or [[Bigas Luna]], then by [[Marc Recha]], [[Jaime Rosales]] and [[Albert Serra]], this genre has achieved some international recognition. Then, the [[documentary]] became another genre particularly representative of contemporary Catalan cinema, boosted by [[Joaquim Jordà i Català]] and [[José Luis Guerín]]. Later, horror films and thrillers have also emerged as a specialty of the Catalan film industry, thanks in particular to the vitality of the [[Sitges Film Festival]], created in 1968. Several directors have gained worldwide renown thanks to this genre, starting with Jaume Balagueró and his series ''[[REC (film)|REC]]'' (co-directed with Valencian Paco Plaza), [[Juan Antonio Bayona]] and ''[[El orfanato|El Orfanato]]'' or [[Jaume Collet-Serra]] with ''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]'', ''[[Unknown (2011 film)|Unknown]]'' and ''[[Non-Stop (film)|Non-Stop]]''.

Catalan actors have shot for Spanish and international productions, such as [[Sergi López (actor)|Sergi López]].

The [[Museum of Cinema - Tomàs Mallol Collection]] (Museu del Cinema – Col.lecció Tomàs Mallol in Catalan) of Girona is home of important permanent exhibitions of cinema and pre-cinema objects. Other important institutions for the promotion of cinema are the [[Gaudí Awards]] (Premis Gaudí in Catalan, which replaced from 2009 Barcelona Film Awards themselves created in 2002), serving as equivalent for Catalonia to the Spanish [[Goya Awards|Goya]] or French [[César Award|César]].