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The Minister of Culture and government spokeswoman, Noelia Arroyo, held a meeting this morning with the directors of the International Film Festival of Cartagena (FICC), Ignacio Ros Pérez and Esther Baeza, in which he proposed to give them a space in the Central Cinema to be its permanent headquarters, once this space is recovered.

With this meeting, the counselor begins a series of contacts to gather ideas and objectives related to the rehabilitation of the building and its use for cultural purposes and for which the regional Executive has budgeted an investment of 200,000 euros this year.

In particular, Noelia Arroyo wanted to know from the hand of those responsible for the FICC their contributions to the Central Cinema, which until its closure in 2000 played a part of the program and the events of which is the festival dean of the Region and one Of the oldest in Spain.

Its first edition celebrated in 1972 under the name of International Week of Naval Cinema and of the Sea.

"From the regional government we believe it is very convenient that the Festival is linked to the recovery of the Central Cinema of Cartagena and that is why we have held this meeting in which we have offered to be its permanent headquarters. Central and the cultural offer of Cartagena and the Region of Murcia, "said Noelia Arroyo.

In this sense, both the Community and those responsible for the FICC pledged to work in a coordinated way to facilitate the growth and relevance of the festival, which each year beats its record of participation with the wide program of activities that develop and more than a hundred Projections.

Technical visit

The Minister of Culture said that it will be next week when technicians from the Community carry out the technical visits to the building recently acquired by the regional administration to carry out the first actions guaranteeing security inside the building and start work for its recovery.

This property has two bodies: building of shows, distributed in lobby, cafeteria, patio of armchairs, amphitheater, projection room, stage, changing rooms and office;

And a second residential building, composed of ground floor plus three floors above ground level.

The technical inspections and the works that will begin will determine the actions to be determined and the spaces that are conserved and can be recovered from the original building of 1880. For example, everything seems to indicate that, after important works that were carried out in the front Of the armchair in 1953, the original screen and stage are hidden, which would make it one of the national cinematographic jewels.

"The purchase of the Central Cinema by the Community and its recovery demonstrates the firm commitment to Cartagena and the culture of the Government of Pedro Antonio Sánchez We are developing an integral project for all the facilities of the Community in the Plaza de la Merced, Which we want to transform into the Plaza de la Cultura, where artistic efforts are added and we can take advantage of the synergies that are generated, "concluded the minister.

Source: CARM