Discoveries from Spain World Cinema

Héctor Barrera, former boxer and crime writer, decides to embark on a journey through the world of prostitution in Valencia and meets a variety of very characteristic characters

In Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a crazy plan to revitalize tourism.

A writer named Daniel is going through a crisis, aggravated by the unexpected success of his wife in her professional career as an actress.

17-year-old Carlota is in love with an athlete named Oriol but discovers sex with Sergio, every mother's ideal son-in-law. Carlota is in big trouble but neither her parents (who are separating) nor her best friends (Elisa and Mirea) can help her. Among other reasons, because Elisa disguises herself as a boy so she can get close to Lucas, who she is madly in love with, and because Mirea intends to seduce young Oriol, thus betraying her best friend.

Martin, a child of nine years, is the one in charge in a class during the teacher’s absence. He has to write down at the blackboard the name of the students who talk. It seems an easy task ... until the bully of the class starts to speak.

A metaphorical tale about pain and loss. Sela, a famous writer, committed suicide. Lars, her ex-lover, tries to find out why she did it. In the process, he discovers an unknown world of feelings and sense of guiltiness.

Amparo lives in an old abandoned haberdashery with the only company of Carmela, a plastic bag whom she considers her daughter.

Paco and Lisa flee to Barcelona in a stolen car with the intention of building a future in show business. After unsuccessfully looking for work, the two youngsters will be immersed in crime and prostitution.

A man's life is turned upside down after he is abandoned by the woman he loves.

Medieval erotic comedy in which a young man, played by Manolo Otero, comes to a town where he pretends to be tooth-puller and physician. This man is able to invent any potion to quench the sexual thirst of locals.

A parapsychology student investigates his father's death.

Mandacrest Mansion, 19th century. Lord Winston, after the strange death of his first wife, Lady Ira, has married Italian singer Claretta Sonella.

In the late nineteenth century, Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Madrid, where he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl working at the Apollo theater.

A lonely person decides to take a walk through their almost deserted town. When far from home, it gets dark and the person has to return, living an experience that no one would want to live.

An uncensored monologue by Dani Rovira about today's society.

East German Stasi officer Fritz travels to Cuba with orders to thwart a suspected CIA operation against Fidel Castro. In Havana he meets Lola, a young woman who will both endanger his mission, and change the course of his life dramatically.

A Christmas tale and musical that proposes to open the doors to the underground and local drag, shaking hands with emerging talent and serving as a platform for young artists.

In 1806, in the mist of the British invasion of Buenos Aires, football is introduced. A merchant of the time sees in this sport a unique business opportunity and in the process awakens a passion so great that it can replace the war.

Andrés, an unsuccessful young pianist, witnesses a murder; but keeps silent for fear that the man he has seen next to the corpse will retaliate against him.

A pro-Republican drama/propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War.It tells the story of Manolo, a young worker who, after the military coup, joins the militias to fight for freedom.

A court-martialed soldier saves a fort and the major who had dishonestly testified against him from an Indian attack.

Andreu is a shy and educated young man who will find in the aesthetics and "skin" behavior an escape valve that will allow him to be a recognized person in his environment. He will find the complicity of Miki, who will become his greatest support. What attracts them is power, fun, and intimidation. They will form a violent, aggressive and intolerant band. Their problems begin when after a beating they steal a large amount of drugs and money.

Dean, a failed American writer, receives some unexpected news: his wife, who belongs to a wealthy family, has filed for divorce. Stunned, he decides to commit suicide. His initial attempt fails when he has second thought. But during a drunken blackout spent gambling he wins big and promises all the winnings to the man who can kill him...but they must possess a special playing card.

A treasure sinks into the sea with the body of Charles Van Eyck, killed during a fight on a yacht by one of the sailors.

One of the most important and exciting historical research of all time, the study of the DNA of the navigator Christopher Columbus, finally answers two fundamental questions: where do his bones rest? What is his true origin?

In the final days of summer, a young ornithology student is about to leave the rural area where he has spent the past few months monitoring a bird population. Before leaving, he enters the forest with a friend to remove the markers that delineate his study area. As night falls, the walk through the woods becomes a farewell enveloped in memories and silences that surpass words.

A young director is commissioned with the task of doing a short film for a watch company.

A band of young musicians will do the impossible to boycott a song they didn't like that's supposed to represent Spain in a famous musical contest.

In Madrid, Spain, an omniscient narrator transforms Mari Loli and Merche, two beautiful sales clerks, into Susana and Casta, who flirt with Don Hilarión, an old apothecary, which arouses the jealousy of Julián, who is in love with Susana.

El ángel de Budapest (Angel of Budapest) is a Spanish 2011 television World War II-Holocaust miniseries based on the book "Un español frente al Holocausto" (A Spanish against the Holocaust) written by journalist and radio executive director Diego Carcedo. The plot focuses on Ángel Sanz Briz, a Spanish ambassador in Hungary during World War II who helped to save the lives of thousands of jews from the Holocaust by lodging them in Spanish safe houses in Budapest.

Three old men and a little boy try to preserve what they consider to be National Patrimony in the form of a locomotive nicknamed the "33"

Mister Joaquim Pelletier and his wife request the services of the private detective Pepe Carvalho to find the murderer of their only son, Mariano. As the investigations progress, Pepe finds out that Mariano was not such a model son as his father thought. He had a double life: a banker at daytime, a thug at night; he was cooperating with Jesús Arquimedes, the boss of the underworld, by doing illegal works for him. But Mariano had decided to betray Arquímedes, embezzling $500 000 of the money he was laundering in Bank Pelletier, to start a new life in the USA. Arquímedes puts pressure on Carvalho to find his money. Surprisingly enough for the detective, the guilty one is not Arquímedes, but the father of Mariano. Mister Jaoquim had a passionate relationship with his son since childhood, he wanted to mold his son as he had always dreamed, and never admitted that Mariano was someone different and a rebel who wanted to run away from Barcelona for ever.

Diego, retired from flamenco due to an illness, is obsessed with the memory of Antonia Jiménez, a beautiful woman he loved in the past and with whom he formed an artistic duet. Now, after having triumphed on the stages of half the world, she returns from America, while he is dedicated to survive in the suburbs of Madrid mixed up in shady business. He kills the man who stole his woman. A tragedy could be sensed in the air.

The arrival of Francis, who owns a factory of surgical material in New York, caused a real stir in a family composed by her grandfather, Pepe, the son, Jose, and grandson, Pepito. Pepito falls in love with her even though Francis consider him a child. But Don Jose is also in love with the American. This situation creates a difficult situation between parent and child, that Francis seeks to remedy returning to the United States. But the grandfather, Pepe, has the solution ...

A portrait of Guatemala City and municipalities adjacent to the Pan-American Highway from the eyes of the stray dogs living there.

A revue troupe arrives in Puente San Gil, a small town, where they are received with hostility and contempt by the more conservative inhabitants.

What happens when two geek twins hijack the signal of a super-secret military satellite on the Olympic Stadium to watch the Roma-Lazio derby for free? Against the backdrop of a capital devastated by property speculation and bad politics, Totti will score the goal of his life, ghosts will seek peace through revenge, the deeds of a brave astronaut will shine in the cosmos and Nanni will get back on his Vespa. Anything can happen in East End!

The misadventures of a group of young people who seek a better life by becoming bullfighters, the only way to leave their poor existence in the slums of Barcelona.

Armando, a natural prodigy with lethal attributes, capable of killing both his wives at first glance on their wedding night, decides to visit a psychiatrist friend and falls in love with his wife, her twin sister, and everything in between.

Four kids get lost in the forest in the middle of a storm and go take refuge in an abandoned castle. There they will meet and face Dracula, the Werewolf, Quasimodo and Doctor Frankenstein. Despite the attempts of the monsters to scare them and, in passing, recover their lost prestige, the children, with the help of Count Dracula's son, will face the evil creatures.

El Muertes and El Jato travel to Morocco to get some chocolate but run into trouble when they are assaulted by locals. Magda, El Jato's girlfriend, waits for them in Algeciras where they decide to steal a car to get back.

A doctor invites his relatives to his castle, all the while planning to murder them when they arrive. However, when he himself is murdered, the relatives know they have to find the killer before he gets all of them.

It is the final decade of the 18th century in New Spain. We are in Mexico City, inhabited by local adventurers, native inhabitants and Europeans of every kind. In these surroundings, our characters, Jerónimo Marani, court choreographer, Giovanni, his mestizo son, and Victoria, the daughter of the most prominent family in the city, who is in love with Giovanni, live a life of love and aversion, court intrigue and popular grievances, Viceregal dogmas and dreams of freedom. Mexico´s war of independence is only a few years in the future.

A look at the history and traditions of flamenco music and dance.

A famous singer and actor is at the peak of his career but fatigue, stress and harassment of the media makes feel unbalanced. His star began to fall rapidly and so goes into a clinic to cure his pain. Coming out, away from his audience, will spend some time at a house that is in the North, to the seashore. There he feels haunted by the story of characters who have lived in a nearby house, in one of which identifies his former secretary.

A married woman — seeking to purify herself through a "disconnection vow" — leaves her husband and returns to her parents’ home, but finds a situation far from the peace and quiet she had imagined.

In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.