Malaga fest showcases Spanish flare

April 11, 2008 Spanish films usually snag only a sliver of the boxoffice pie with 13%-15%, though this year they're hovering around 20% thanks to a few high-profile hits. [...] none of that grumbling could be heard at the 11th Malaga Spanish Film Festival this week, where lines stretched up the cobblestone streets as locals waited to get the first glimpses of this year's fresh crop of films and assess the fresh talent burgeoning in Spain. Audiences laughed at the Spanish humor and cringed during the horror films that unspooled.

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