Madridimagen: following the footsteps of the last photographic film festival

Abstract

This article rescues the history of Madridimagen (1996-2012), the only film festival specializing in photography in Spain. It is shown that it fulfilled its role as promoter of the directors of photography, who increased their production and presence after the recognition received in the contest. Its disappearance is not justified from the cultural sphere and after the documentary and biographical analysis it is demonstrated that its end was related to extra cultural issues related to the ideological identity of its sponsors.