Just over a week ago it became known that the provisional resolution of the tender for the management of Cinema Truffaut had been made and that the Girona Film Critics Collective had not won by a difference of 4,000 euros in relation to the company Rambla de l’Art de Cambrils. They are still in the allegations phase and, therefore, we must be cautious, but reaching this point is already a disaster.The Girona Film Critics Collective is a non-profit organization that for more than 25 years has been behind the Cinema Truffaut project and has made it grow, in a selfless and passionate, cinephile, popular, and demanding way at the same time; and not only that, but it has sustained it at times when the City Council has been less concerned. Truffaut is one of the few public cinemas that exist, with a declared public vocation based on auteur film releases, the recovery of classics, the demands of the social fabric, debate and reflection, Catalan cinematography, the presence of international figures, and alliances with cultural agents and initiatives in the territory. Its management has been impeccable, but now a company from Cambrils has been prioritized over this non-profit organization.In 2023 I wrote an article titled "For a fair play cultural", once I decided that when the contract for the direction of Bòlit, the contemporary art center of Girona, ended, I would not extend it for two years for reasons related to the management model. Then, I transferred that experience to some chapter of the book La servidumbre de los protocolos due to reasons related to the management model. Then, I transferred that experience to a chapter of the book

One of the most exemplary cultural projects on the Catalan film scene could come to an end on Sunday, April 19th. After 25 years, the Girona Critics Collective is about to lose the management of Cinema Truffaut, a municipal facility that will be managed by the company of exhibitor Toni Badimon, who programs the Rambla de l'Art cinemas in Cambrils. The reason for the change is the public tender called by the Girona City Council, in which Badimon's project has prevailed thanks to a higher score for the economic offer, 4,000 euros lower than that of the Critics Collective. The members of the collective have not yet made any statement, awaiting an emergency meeting with the Girona council scheduled for this Monday evening.

The Truffaut Cinema in Girona is experiencing a sweet moment. With its two screening rooms, on the top floor of the old El Modern building, during the year 2024, nearly 44,000 spectators have passed through. This is the highest figure in its history and represents 13% more than the previous year, which had also been a record. At a time when large movie theaters are struggling, the Truffaut is still in top form: it is the only one left in the city center and, with a programming of auteur films, always in their original version, it has managed to attract an increasingly large, diverse and loyal film-going public. Opened in 1992, the Truffaut is a public facility, like the Municipal Theater and the Auditorium, but in this case it is managed, altruistically, by a group of critics who are responsible for making the selection of the program with great care and good judgment.