Staring at Strangers
LONDON PREMIERE
Dir. Félix Viscarret
with Paco León, Leonor Watling, Alex Brendemuhl
Spain/Belgium | 2022 | col | 107 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
You Have to Come and See It
dirs. Jonás Trueba
with Itsaso Arana, Vito Sanz, Francesco Carril, Irene Escolar, Jonás Trueba, Chano Domínguez
Spain | 2022 | 64 min | col | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Walls Can Talk
UK PREMIERE
dir. Carlos Saura
with Carlos Saura, Suso33, Miquel Barceló, Pedro Alberto Saura Ramos, Anna Dimitrova
Spain | 2022 | doc | col | 75 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
Followed by an onstage conversation with Suso33 led by Antonio Molina-Vázquez, curator and Director of Spain NOW!
Artificial Justice
dir. Pedro Almodóvar
with Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal
Spain | 2023 | col | 32 min | cert. 15
In English
Followed by a recorded Q&A
with the director
The Water
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Elena López Riera
with Luna Pamiés, Bárbara Lennie, Nieve de Medina, Alberto Olmo
Switzerland/Spain/France | 2022 | col | 104 min | cert. 15
LONDON PREMIERE
Dir. Àlex Lora
with Greta Fernández, Nora Navas, Elena Martín, Pablo Molinero
Spain | 2023 | col | 93 min | cert. 18
In Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles
Dos dias y la eternidad
Two Days and Eternity
Dir. Marc Esquirol
with Miki Lloret, Sara Espías, Ferrar Herrera
Spain | 2023 | 55 min | col | cert. 15
In Catalan with English subtitles
Preceded by the short
SI MAI NO ENS HAGUÉSSIM SEPARAT
Dear Grandma
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Jabi Elortegi
with Joseba Usabiaga, Inés Efron, Itziar Aizpuru, Eduardo Blanco
Spain/Argentina | 2022 | col | 100 min | cert. 15
In Spanish and Basque with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with the director and
Prof. Peter W. Evans
To Books and Women I Sing
UK PREMIERE
Dir. María Elorza
with Miki Lloret, Sara Espías, Ferrar Herrera
Spain | 2022 | doc | col / b&w | 72 min
In Italian, Spanish and Japanese with English subtitles
Preceded by the short AL BORDE DEL AGUA
Lullaby
LONDON PREMIERE
Dir. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa with Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea, Mikel Bustamante
Spain | 2022 | col | 104 min
In Spanish, English and Basque with English subtitles
Preceded by the short
CUENTAS DIVINAS | Divine Accounts
Followed by a Q&A with Cuentas Divinas’s director Eulàlia Ramón
Prison 77
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Alberto Rodríguez
with Miguel Herrán, Javier Gutiérrez, Jesús Carroza, Fernando Tejero, Catalina Sopelana
Spain | 2022 | col | 125 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with producer
Gervasio Iglesias
The Builders of the Alhambra
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Isabel Fernández
with Amr Waked, Sofian El Benaissati, Farah Hamed
Spain | doc | col | 112 min | cert. PG
In Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles and English
Initial screening: Preceded by an introduction by the director
Second screening: Followed by a Q&A with the director and Mariam Rosser-Owen, Curator and responsible for the Arab World, Victoria and Albert Museum
Truce(s)
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Mario Hernández
with Bruna Cusí, Salva Reina
Spain | 2023 | col | 90 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with the director
Love and Revolution
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Alejandro Marín
with Omar Banana, Ana Wagener, Alba Flores, Jesús Carroza
Spain | 2023 | col | 106 min
In Spanish with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with the director and actress Ana Wagener hosted by Prof. Maria Delgado
The Other Side of the Sea
UK PREMIERE
Dir. Eloy Domínguez Serén &
Samuel Moreno Álvarez
Spain/Colombia | 2022 | 90 min | doc | col | cert. PG
In Spanish with English subtitles
Initial screening: Introduced by Harriet Cook, translator and Galician Film Forum representative
Second screening: Followed by a Q&A with director Eloy Domínguez Seren and filmmaker and representative of the Galician Film Forum Adriana Páramo
A selection of short films
directed by Diana Toucedo
Introduced by filmmaker and Galician Film Forum representative Adriana Páramo
Also part of the great (Ex)Spectator series at Ciné Lumierè
Dir. Carlos Saura
with Dieter Baumann, Larry Bird, Hassiba Boulmerka, Juan Carlos de Borbón
Spain | 1993 | 130 min | doc | cert. PG
In Spanish, English and Catalan with English subtitles
Las dos memorias | The Two Memories
Dir. Jorge Semprún
with Santiago Carrillo, María Casares, Ian Gibson, Yves Montand, Costa-Gavras, José María Gil Robles, Juan Goytisolo, André Malraux, Federica Montseny
France/Spain | 1974 | doc | 121 min
**In French with only Spanish subtitles**
The screening will be preceded by an introduction
Dir. Bigas Luna
with Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Stefania Sandrelli, Juan Diego, Anna Galiena
Spain | 1992 | col | 95 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Followed by a Q&A with Betty Bigas, daugther of Bigas Luna, and Prof. Santiago Fouz-Hernández (Durham University)
Golden Balls
Dir. Bigas Luna
with Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Maribel Verdú, Benicio del Toro, Alessandro Gassmann
Spain/Italy/France | 1993 | col | 95 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Preceded by an introduction by Dr. Matt Hilborn
The Tit and the Moon
Dir. Bigas Luna
with Biel Duran, Mathilda May, Gérard Darmon, Abel Folk, Laura Mañá
Spain/France | 1994 | col | 90 min | cert. 15
In Spanish with English subtitles
Introduced by Prof. Santiago Fouz-Hernández
(Durham University) and actress Montserrat Roig the Puig
Dir. Carlos Serrano de Osma
with Lola Flores, Manolo Caracol, Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Dolores Pradera
Spain | 1948 | b&w | 80 min | cert. PG
In Spanish with English subtitles
On this special occasion Alejandro Postigo will sing before the screening one of Lola Flores’s most iconic songs, Sorrow, accompanied by Violeta Valladares (violin) and Michael Toolan (piano).
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alejandro Postigo, singer, dancer and Sr Lecturer of Musical Theatre, London College of Music.
Dir. Juan Jesús García Galocha
with SÓscar Barberán, Ana Esther Alborg, Luis Reina
Spain/USA | 2023 | animation | col | 88mins | cert U
In English
Ciné Lumière
at the Institut Français
17 Queensberry Place
South Kensington
London SW7 2DT
Box Office: 020 7871 3515
Riverside Studios
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London W6 9BN
Box Office: 020 8237 1010
We’d like to thank as well for their personal efforts, interest and support:
Marina Díaz López, Juan Blas Delgado, Nickolas Grace, Michela Bertolini, Antonio Molina Vázquez, Natacha Antolini, Prof. Maria Delgado, Prof. Peter W. Evans, Diane Gabrisiak, Thomas Riley, Bea Segura, Javier Fernández and Clara Caleo Green.