Discoveries from Spain World Cinema

Love knows no age, nor does paternity know sexual orientation. Alfonso falls in love with Carmen, just as he did with Roberto, his father. Myriam, his mother, has a relationship with Manu, much younger than her, even younger than her own son. Miguel is Carlos' son, he did not know his mother, he has a sentimental relationship with Julio and both want to be parents with a couple of lesbian friends.

Film director Juan Bravo is in a deep, existential funk: his latest film has been vilified by critics, and his friends, relatives and even business associates are wasting no time in badmouthing him. He seeks refuge in the city of Oviedo, Asturias, wandering the empty streets at night, going to parties that are veritable circuses full of wannabes, and attending concerts and religious and traditional ceremonies as he seeks inspiration for his next film. He reminisces about his childhood but, most importantly, that strange woman who asked him to visit her at her apartment at precisely 10 p.m., not one minute more, nor one minute less.

In this live-action puppet film, a grandmother talks with her granddaughter about their Taíno heritage in post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico.

A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and bring her back to the bosom of the family.

Documentary wants to be a call to recognize and enhance the best gastronomic-tourist tradition of our coast, the espeto, personified in its master of ceremonies, Manolín Gallardo.

Divided in several episodes, this film presents different stories that share the fantasy theme.

A man without identity/citizenship papers is stuck in the no-man's-land between two countries.

Emilio and Elisa, an ex-married couple, re-encounter at the entrance of a cinema. They haven't seen each other in years and know nothing about each other. They have a long walk in which they question what they are, what they want to be and what they once were.

Set in Iquitos, the story follows Andrea (Airam Galliani), a 15-years-ago teenage girl, who suffers the death of his father. With the help of his friends from school, encourage her to contact him using the ouija. However, this triggers a series of terrifying events.

Ana is Catalan, daughter of a bourgeois family and works in a studio in advertising. She is 38 years old and has only lived with her husband, with whom she has a relationship cold but accepted by both. Although his family is opposed, decides to leave her husband and takes a vacation with her daughter Barbara, of 12 years, in order to leave behind all the past and start a freer life, with fewer ties, less conventional.

A peaceful gas-station employee is pursued by a pair of civil guardians. The story is told by a bizarre conception of time and space, unleashing a frenetically humorous and bizarre odyssey.

Mateo is a teenage boy who lives his life glued to the screen. There he spends his hours in silence. Maria has recently moved in to face the burden of their complex family situation on her own.

Young widower wants a new mommy for his preschool daughter. So to speak.

Viruta and Capulina are recruited by a group of Venusian space women to serve as an example of ideal males for their planet, much to the dismay of the men of Venus and the fiendish Martians.

The wild and wanton Francisca, known as "The Tigress," is the eldest of three sisters, who are bosses of a farm in Ecuador. A medicine man tells Francisca and Juliana that their youngest sister Sara must remain a virgin to protect their land. A travelling salesman, engaged to Sara, tells the police that she is being kept locked up by her older sisters.

Dad Bear Teddy explains to the other side of the hill there is a forest where many animals live in the wild. In the stream, Teddy meets another bear as he called Cub and invites him to his home ...

Marcos (a record seller), Tommy (a mechanic), and Carlitos (a cello student) form a Bachata group with hopes of becoming famous.

A young man living in rural Mexico loves in secret. In order to live truthfully, he must overcome his mother, his lover's fiancée, and the traditional community that surrounds him. Atl lives in a small rural town in Mexico. He's in love with Diego. They are in a secret relationship because they would be thrown out of the town if the neighbors found out. Diego is about to get married with a woman, but doesn't want anything to change between them. Atl wants to live his life truthfully, but doesn't know how. He lives with his mother who uses him for money and his mute grandmother who is the most precious thing in his life. Atl is in a tug of war between what he's expected to be and what his heart tells him he is. He must choose between tradition and freedom.

A young American man is transferred to work in Puerto Rico. He quickly tries to integrate into the Puerto Rican life, but his ignorance of cultural differences and no understanding of the Spanish language create problems.

Jesús, a devout Christian, leads the women’s choir at his local parish. A few days before the Christmas celebration, he experiences a revelation: he has discovered that there is no paradise. Feeling deceived, he decides to prepare a speech to tell everyone that the afterlife does not exist.

Basque Country, late 19th century. In a small village, the parish priest Mateo disappears without a trace. Faced with the gossip of the locals, the Archbishopric sends two priests to investigate the truth of the matter.

Throughout Córdoba, Argentina, there is a wave of looting, and the police are taking several young people. In the midst of this hectic period, teenage Juliana becomes pregnant by her boyfriend, Lautaro. Juliana wants to have an abortion, but she is afraid to do it with pills and they do not have money to pay for an intervention.

After twelve years away, Martina and her mother travel to Villa Mercedes where their relatives live, including cousins she has not seen since childhood. Their mothers have a distant relationship due to problems in the family business. A tragedy allows the cousins to bond as they embark on a journey to reconnect with one another.

A woman recovering from the death of her husband suspects that her house has been invaded by demonic spirits. She summons a paranormal expert to help her get rid of them.

An experimental documentary short about the terrorism in Peru in 1986. Using archive footage, the director deconstructs the massacre in a successive historical actions choreography and an atmospheric sound mix alternating the imminence of both the massacre and the oblivion.

Eloísa, a 20-year-old girl, is in two relationships at the same time. One night, after having been with both girls, she feels overwhelmed by living in this situation of deceit, and in the middle of her confusion she goes out to ride her bike through the streets of Medellín, where she will realize that she does not want to acknowledge who she is — but will ultimately have to come face-to-face with herself.

Two night watchmen take a man sleeping on a park bench to the police station.

Lucas participates in an acting workshop in which everybody has to pretend to be someone else. Each day, a participant disappears without leaving a trace of its existence and Lucas seems to be the only one noticing it. Would they have a different assignment? Could he also mysteriously disappear?

A sentimental adventure about the Mapuche people, also called "Araucanians" by the Spanish colonizers, as they inhabited the historic region called "Arauco", "Araucanía" or also named "Wallmapu" by Mapuche indigenous organizations. The plot develops around the protagonist, who loses her son and her husband

An intense religious drama set during the Pinochet regime and based on a true story.

A bandit gang successfully executes a complicated bank heist but disagreements arise in the aftermath.

Two inseparable friends, Pepe and Víctor, fall in love the same girl, Patricia. Bibiana, is a woman of career, who meets obliged to choose between the success and the maternity. Sandra, a faithful wife, finally dares to face the infidelity of his husband. Arturo, a homosexual neighbour, shelters a secret. Matilde doubts about the sexuality of her son. A reflection in key of comedy, on the life and his circumstances, where the hopes and dreams converge on a supermarket of neighborhood.

The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her mission. United by destiny and tragedy, they find strength in each other to find the criminals who committed such a brutal and violent crime.

Plat en Blanc follows the journey of the three chefs behind the Disfrutar restaurant to turn it into the best in the world, exploring their creative process, the legacy of El Bulli, and how their profession impacts their personal lives. From its beginnings to the present day, the chefs share the pressure to innovate, their sacrifice, and cooking as art and emotion.

A documentary made with homemade videos of the spanish exiled due to the dictatorship in Spain from 1939 to 1977.

Comedy about a family of Gran Canaria island that shown in a "situation totally on edge" and reflects the way to be the canaries, as its author.

Paula is about to unveil an invention that will change the rules of the world we live in, but minutes before the presentation, she will have a live interview with her biggest detractor in front of millions of people.

A quiet night turns into a nightmare for José Carlos—a lonely old man—when his house begins to come alive. An old radio turns on by itself, objects move around, and a terrifying presence lurks in the shadows. As the paranormal phenomena intensify, José Carlos struggles to regain control, while terror consumes him. Is it all a figment of his imagination, or is something more sinister pursuing him?

Musical drama about two teenagers. A story about love and accepting who you are and what the complexity of human relationships represents in a society where tabooes about sexuality and how relationships change constantly.

Slumlord and his daughter interfere in the lives of the proletariat for personal gratification.

When Diego's girlfriend decides to leave him after a disastrous anniversary getaway, he will find any means possible to amend or fix what happened. Even if it means competing with different versions of himself when traveling through time.

Evelino Galindo, the serious owner of a porcelain store, argues with the womanizer jeweler Orcajo for an insignificant game of dominoes. Evelino, enraged, challenges him the next day to a duel in the gym. But after meditating a bit he starts to get scared. That is why, with the help of his friend Leoncio, he sharpens his wit to find a way to escape from combat. However, the situation is becoming more complicated.

Lluís Maria Xirinacs, a religious man, philosopher and political activist, leaves Barcelona on a Monday in August 2007 for the mountains. It was the day he turned seventy-five. Six days later, a mushroom picker finds him lying in a meadow, dead. Ten years later, Duna, a writer in a creative and personal crisis, searches for the ultimate meaning of this death.