DESMONTANDO UN ELEFANTE
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Special thanks to: Marga is a well-respected architect who, with years of alcohol addiction behind her, comes home after spending time in a detox centre following a domestic accident. This is now too big a deal to be kept hidden. The elephant in the room is there for […]
UNA QUINTA PORTUGUESA
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Special thanks to: Fernando is a Geography professor with a particular fondness for paper maps who embarks on an improptu trip to Portugal after his wife leaves him without any explanation. Along the way and once in Portugal, he meets Manuel, an itinerant gardener who tells him about […]
WARHOL – VIJANDE: MAS QUE PISTOLAS, CUCHILLOS Y CRUCES
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Special thanks to: After the death of dictator Franco in 1975, a creative explosion, known as La Movida, emerged in Madrid: music, film, and art flourished in a full-blown revolution following 40 years of repression. The Galería Fernando Vijande became the artistic epicenter, featuring figures as diverse as […]
LOS DESTELLOS
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Special thanks to: Isabel’s life takes an unexpected turn the day her daughter Madalen asks her to pay regular visits to Ramón, her ex-husband, who is ill. After fifteen years apart, even though they were family for years, Isabel sees him as a stranger and begins to rekindle […]
MORLAIX
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Special thanks to: The lives of a group of teenagers living in Morlaix; a small coastal town in Brittany, are disrupted by the arrival of a Parisian boy, Jean-Luc. With his dazzling and sophisticated looks, his poetic and dramatic approach to life as well as his family’s means, […]
LA BUENA LETRA
21st Edition – Core Programme BOOK TICKETS Enjoy a beer from 7.30pm with the compliments of Alhambra Based on the novel by Valencian writer Rafael Chirbes, the film tells the story of Ana and her family in a small village. The scars of the Spanish Civil War run deep, especially for Ana’s brother-in-law, Antonio. Ana […]
BODEGÓN CON FANTASMAS
14th Spring Weekend BOOK TICKETS A small town lost in La Mancha and its inhabitants are haunted by the struggles and traditional predicaments about life and death, humans and ghosts. Desperate to put an end to their distress, they are prepared to resort to extreme measures. Enrique Buleo’s debut feature film is a fresh and […]
RITA
14th Spring Weekend BOOK TICKETS Renowned actress Paz Vega moves behind the camera and makes her directorial debut with Rita a film about toxic masculinity and domestic violence full of intelligence and subtlety. Written by Vega herself, the film breaths from her memories of 1980s Spain and is a love letter to her childhood and […]
LA FLOR DE MI SECRETO
14th Spring Weekend BOOK TICKETS Marisa Paredes visited this festival in 2012, captivating us with her deep, velvety voice and graceful presence—qualities reminiscent of the classical film stars glamour. Best known for her collaborations with Pedro Almodóvar, her long career extends far beyond their celebrated films. To honor this extraordinary actress, shortly after her death, […]
VENGO
14th Spring Weekend BOOK TICKETS Gatlif blends in Vengo passion, revenge and music. As the Caravaca clan seeks revenge for the killing of one of their members by Caco’s brother, Gatlif takes us in Caco’s fast descend as he tries to settle his family’s affairs, all the while haunted by the memory of his lost […]