TY - EJOUR AU - Marta García Carrión T1 - Proyecciones imperiales: el espacio colonial en la cinematografía española de las primeras décadas del siglo XX TT - AB - This article examines the role of the Spanish film culture in the construction and dissemination of discourses and imaginaries of the Spanish Empire in the first decades of XX century, from the birth of cinema (contemporary with the loss of the last colonies) until the first decades of the Francoist dictatorship. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the filmic discourse on the Spanish Empire and their role in the Spanish nationalist imaginary. It also presents an understanding of Spanish cinematography which includes an analysis of the role of the film industry, the discussions on the Spanish cinema in the specialist press and the celebration of film conferences. AD - Univ. Valencia, Departamento de Historia Contemporánea, Av. Blasco Ibáñez 28, Valencia, 46010, España CY - Bologna DO - 10.12977/stor622