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Rec

2007 film by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
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Summary

Rec is a film[1]. Rec ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,022 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production[3], Pégase du Festival de Bruxelles[4]
  • Director: Jaume Balagueró[5], Paco Plaza[6]
  • Screenwriter: Jaume Balagueró[7], Luiso Berdejo[8], Paco Plaza[9]
  • Genre: horror film[10], zombie film[11], found footage film[12]
  • Cast member: Manuela Velasco[13], Javier Botet[14], Pablo Rosso[15], Carlos Lasarte[16], Vicente Gil[17]
  • Part of the series: REC[18]
  • Director of photography: Pablo Rosso[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Spanish[20]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[21]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[22], 90%[23]
  • Color: color[24]
  • Country of origin: Spain[25]
  • Publication date: August 29, 2007[26], November 23, 2007[27], February 28, 2008[28], March 27, 2008[29], April 10, 2008[30], April 11, 2008[31], April 17, 2008[32]
  • Distributed by: Filmax[33]
  • Narrative location: Barcelona[34]
  • Filming location: Barcelona[35], Terrassa[36]
  • Main subject: supernatural[37]
  • Film editor: David Gallart[38]
  • Nominated for: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film[39]
  • Title: REC[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 18[41]
  • Duration: 75 minutes[42]
  • Capital cost: 1,500,000 euro[43]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category IV[44]
  • CNC film rating (France): warning[45], no minors under twelve[46]

Why It Matters

Rec has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Rec is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did Rec receive?

Honors received include Ignotus Award for Best Audiovisual Production[3] and Pégase du Festival de Bruxelles[4].

Related Entities

film Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . aefcft.com. aefcft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hu', '
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 50813
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2007-08-29T00:00:00Z, +2007-11-23T00:00:00Z, +2008-02-28T00:00:00Z +4
    Screenwriter → Jaume Balagueró, Luiso Berdejo, Paco Plaza
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+75'}
    Original language of film or tv show → Spanish
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