Discoveries from Spain World Cinema

Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.

The irrepressible Ratones Paranoicos, Argentina's most enduring rock band, are featured in vintage concert and backstage footage as their story's told.

A foreigner arrives to Floresta and stays in a shared house.

During the war against Napoleon the brave Therese of Pinorrey is erected as Alcaldesa in Castilla, Spain

In 1868, while the Cuban War of Independence develops, Gaston de Montero, a noble Spanish knight, rescues a young girl named Siboney and he helps her to become a successful dancer. Over time, she discovers that she is the daughter of a prominent aristocrat.

Gina's death will force Greta and Gemma, her sisters, to get back together after a long time and to reconsider if sharing blood really means to be family.

Robin, a boy who lives with his grandparents and his older sister, finds an old book of his late mother about soil science that will change his life. Drugs and inter-family conflicts will cause Robin to start having nightmares in which the soil will order him to commit a terrible act.

Years after a civil war, Erasmo's must face violence once more: His foster mother was murdered. On his way to find the murderer he makes friends with the Jew Saul.

Three boys and three girls in the 1890s.

Faced with his inability to finish a film, an author is forced to seek the advice of a mysterious voice in order to complete his story.

Documentary filmed in 1987 about the struggle of residents to prevent a dam project from going ahead.

The documentary "El Severo me duele" is the story of some public health professionals unfairly persecuted by political interests unrelated to the development of their professional practice.

A young couple has their first date. She has prepared something special for the occasion and invited him to dinner at her family's gourmet restaurant, which is open tonight just for them. The couple seems to share a special taste for exotic food, from endangered animals to human flesh.

As a poisonous dust cloud is heading towards their house, a mother and father will have to choose between sacrificing one of their three children or taking the risk of losing them all.

A female doctor uses the body of a young playboy to insert him the brain of his teacher, an eminent physician who she loves, in order to perpetuate his life. But something goes wrong and this broken Jesus with superhuman strength escapes and hides to avoid showing his deformity. Disguised with a wrestler's mask and cape, circumstances lead him to undertake a heroic journey.

Fun, witty and filled with laughs, El Diario de Una Pasante, Nominated at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2003, takes us on a fresh and exciting new journey into the workplace with a young and hip group of interns who dare to walk in with a bang! Ana finds herself a summer job as an intern for CCN, a radio station, along with several other graduates. But the working environment isn't all its caught up to be... at least it's not what they had in mind. Overbearing and demanding supervisors who will make their lives impossible, make them realize soon enough the difficulty of getting a real job once the internship comes to an end. Ana, intelligent and remarkably funny, decides to take full leadership in rebelling with the other interns. Prepare yourself for a rollercoaster of hilarious situations in which love, jealousy and way too much partying takes place!

J.A. Bayona portraits in "9 days in Haiti" the daily life of the Caribbean country and how it struggles against poverty, with the help of children of school IDP camp Corail-Cesselesse.

Caterina, the girl in the cafe of a fishing village in the early twentieth century, is marked by its unforgivable past. Against all odds, it will be born a love story hidden in front of all the people, which will grow until it burst in front of everyone; including Claudi, a shy fisherman, solitary drinker, and Caterina, who will get to be loved and reconciled with her life.

Carme, a gynecologist from Barcelona who has just separated from her colleague, gets involved in the problem of Shahida, one of her patients, whose husband refuses to recognize their newborn daughter.

Hugo, a shy teenager, has a sexual relationship with Ernesto, a cynical young guy. For Hugo it's more than sex, but Ernesto is involved with a girl. Jealous, Hugo decides to take his revenge.

These men are undergoing a crucial stage of self-discovery, but for better or worse - they will not go through it alone. A selection of 6 shorts about the complexities of gay and male sexuality. Includes: Along the Road [Längs vägen] (2011); Drives [Pulsiones] (2009); Frozen Princess [Princesa de hielo] (2017); Naked [Desnudos] (2013); Swimming Pool [Piscina] (2017); Visibles (2018).

Every summer night, in some small towns, locals and vacationers gather in the town squares to enjoy the experience of watching an outdoor 35mm film screening. To make this event possible, there are people who work tirelessly on what may be their last days, as the traditional photochemical format is disappearing in favor of digital cinema. This documentary chronicles the summer journey of an outdoor cinema entrepreneur who is facing the forced restructuring that the digital age has imposed on film exhibition. As the director explains, "I wanted to tell the story of one of the people who has impressed me most throughout my professional career, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, with whom I have worked on outdoor screenings during the summer for many years. He is the perfect protagonist to show the transition from celluloid to digital screenings."

According to an ancient proverb, “every dress has its reverse side.” Based on this, Bernardo Atxaga explains the origin of his texts, the underbelly of his novels and poems, in this documentary. Topics include: a passage from the life of so-called “enfant sauvage” Victor de l'Aveyron, an old photograph of the school at Asteasu and its message, the prevalent mood in Bilbao around 1970 and the influence it had on writers of the period, the literary consecuences of a man's insipid illness.

Pierrot's second film about his character "Miss Dracula."

The first of two Pierrot films about his character "Miss Dracula."

Angela lives alone, fearful of strangers and of change. When her reality is upended by the arrival of a new caregiver, she struggles to come to terms with truth vs. fantasy.

Street-vendor believes he's wanted for a murder he didn't commit, so he hides among the "gleaners" at the city dump.

Madrid, Spain, early 20th century. A woman turns up dead in a modest home. She turns out to be María la Jerezana, a popular singer who was famous years ago until she disappeared. The Police Commissioner in charge, dissatisfied with the official version, which concludes that the crime was the result of a simple robbery, is determined to find out the truth.

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

Since he arrived in Sao Felix do Araguaia, in Brazil, the Catalan bishop Pere Casaldàliga fights for the disadvantaged and the indigenous peoples. Casaldàliga must confront the landowners of the region and rethink the role of the Catholic Church.

The film has no clear plot. It deals with the reactions of an older man and a young woman to the news stories that occur in 1968: the May student protests, Vietnam, Biafra. It is scattered, apparently disconnected. The characters find themselves in illogical situations: in a train cemetery, in a ruined house where some young people edit a journal. There is no sound of steps, and doors, when opened or closed, make no sound.

It tells the story of the director's relationship with Ali, a young man who fled the war in Somalia at the age of fourteen. Their meeting in a Ukrainian prison in 2012 causes a turning point in Ali's life.

A middle-aged widower, who lives surrounded by memories of his marriage, receives a letter from the City Council informing him that his wife's remains are going to be moved to the communal ossuary.

A select group of immortal Chilean songs, from folklore and pop, that show us the beauty and diversity of the country.

Documentary on the electoral system in Uruguay. It focused on the upcoming federal elections, criticizing both of the country's political parties.

On a journey through the interior of the earth, we learn about the life and dreams of a swiss explorer who searches for caves and underground rivers in a sector marked by violence and armed conflict in Colombia. This underground labyrinth is a metaphor about a dark past, buried deep within the soul, where old war wounds heal with the infinite passage of time.

A man scrambles to deal with a tricky financial situation in this short film about a birthday scam gone wrong.

A story about love which can defeat even the Devil itself.

At the death of his father, Paulo, the youngest son, will have to be in charge of his mentally handicapped brother Daniel. Based on the novel by Bernardo Atxaga.

On the Galician coast some drug traffickers discover that their drugs have been affected by the fuel oil spilled by the Prestige oil tanker. Meanwhile, a group of volunteers arrives from Madrid to clean the beaches.

In this black comedy about a man in a surreal restaurant somewhere up in the mountains, where Papandreu the chef makes him enjoy his best dishes.

Alejandra, a drugstore clerk, receives a note from a strange man. The note only shows a number, but Alejandra seems to understand its meaning. That night, Alejandra walks directly to a creepy downtown hotel, climbs the stairs and finds the man waiting for her in a room. The strange rendez-vous is not what it seems to be.