In the last few years, cinema done by Spanish women has grown notably, following a general trend in Spanish society. This cycle shows the work produced by five young Spanish female directors.
Film Cycle presented with the collaboration of Filmoteca AECI
Te doy mis ojos
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Duration: 103 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast:
Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa María Sardá, Kity Manver, Sergi Calleja
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 3
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
For Adults Only
Catch the movie that swept the Goya Awards (Spain's equivalent of the Oscars) of 2004! An award-winning tale of domestic abuse. Pilar is a terrified housewife on the run from husband Antonio and his regular outbursts of violent rage. Taking refuge with her sister Ana, she tries to build a new life - but she's still in love with the man who beat her. Te doy mis ojos is a powerful and moving look at the image of spousal abuse. Director and co-screenwriter Icíar Bollaín’s approach to the subject is excellent, giving it the respect and importance that it deserves.
El tren de la memoria
Directed by Marta Arribas, Ana Pérez
Duration: 80 min.
Production: España, 2005
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 10
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Spain, 1960´s. Two million Spaniards leave the country forced by need. Destination: France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Half of them are illegal immigrants who travel without a contract of employment. 80% of them are illiterate. They have to face the wall of different languages and habits. Spain, at present: other people in need knock on the doors of a prosperous nation. Almost nobody remembers the story. Josefina does. She keeps memory alive by her travel in the memory train. Destination: Nuremberg, Germany.
Cosas que nunca te dije
Directed by Isabel Coixet
Duration: 93 min.
Production: España, 1996
Cast:
Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy, Debi Mazar, Alexis Arquette, Leslie Mann, Richard Edson
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 17
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Ann, a saleslady of a photography shop has moved to an unfamiliar city because she wants to be near her boyfriend Bob. One day he calls her to suddenly break-up with her. Ann, who is devastated, searches for a hotline desperate people and meets Don, a volunteer who sells houses and seems unable to understand her problems.
El alquimista impaciente
Directed by Patricia Ferreira
Duration: 111 min.
Production: España, 2002
Cast:
Ingrid Rubio, Roberto Enríquez, Chete Lera, Adriana Ozores, Miguel Ángel Solá
In Spanish with NO subtitles
Date: March 24
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
A cadaver of a man is found naked and tied to a bed in a drive-by motel. Vila, a disillusioned psychologist-turned-cop, accompanied by his female partner Chamorro, receives orders to investigate the death. They discover that he is a nuclear plant worker and head off to interview the victim’s his co-workers and wife. They found that he led a normal family life with young children and discovered that nobody seemed suspicious. The case is closed fairly quickly and ruled as an accident. It is re-opened however when the detectives discover the body of a woman who had been partially devoured by wolves and is believed to be connected to the man’s murder.
El cielo gira
Directed by Mercedes Alvarez
Duration: 115 min.
Production: España, 2004
Cast: Documentary
In Spanish with English subtitles
Date: March 31
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
This film tells of one year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain depicting the ordinary lives of the elderly residents. This is first feature film documentary by Mercedes Alvarez, a promising Spanish female director who happens to have been born in the village where the picture is shot.
Opening Film at the 17th International Women Film Festival
Sévigné
Date: March 5
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City
Free entrance
In Spanish with English subtitles
As the opening of the 17th International Women Film Festival, UP Film Institute and Instituto Cervantes are proud to premiere in the Philippines the Spanish film Sévigné.
The life of Júlia Berkowitz, a prestigious theatrical director living in Barcelona, takes an unexpected turn when she decides to stage a theatre play on Madam of Sévigné. Júlia discovers that she must choose between her husband —a respected and influential theatrical critic— her lover— the attractive producer of Public Theater— and Marina, the unforeseeable female author of the play on Madam of Sévigné.
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