Discoveries from Spain World Cinema

Saturnino, a young archaeologist, bourgeois and wealthy, lives in a luxurious mansion. He receives a visit from his old teacher, Don Felipe, accompanied by his daughter and a monumental mummy he has just discovered in one of his excavations in the Upper Nile. The Mummy, was in his time a princess and has on his bandages a curse, that when it breaks ... it will be dedicated to chasing and raping all the men it finds in its path.

Mateo invites his friends for a weekend and proposes they play an unconventional game. They’ll each share their best memory of him, and then he’ll choose a winner. Secrets emerge in this exploration of the shared memories that bind us.

Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "flyer," incurs his enmity as Greta seems to favor him; thus Nick fails to catch Tony, and Tony is killed. Ned Lee, a novice, reports for the next engagement. Meanwhile, Greta discovers that Nick purposely dropped Tony, and, frightened, she seeks refuge with Ned, with whom she falls in love. Greta remains with the act to protect Ned, and when the jealous Nick plots to kill him in a similar manner, Ned swings past him and hangs by his feet. After the show, a fight results in Nick's dismissal and the reunion of the lovers. Spanish language version to 1929's Halfway to Heaven.

Marta must travel to Colombia to take charge of the corpse of his brother Juan, who has been murdered. Once there, she gets involved in a mysterious plot.

In 1916 the Santiago society shuddered with the crime of a wealthy businessman. Corina Rojas, his young wife, was the first woman sentenced to death in Chile and her story inspired the first national feature film.

Fatimetu returns to the Wilaya of Smara for the funeral of her mother, after 16 years living in Spain. There she meets her brother Jatri, who is expecting his first child with Aichetu his wife, and her sister Hayat. Jatri tells her that she has inherited the family Khaimah and must care for her sister. Fatimetu reluctantly accepts the last will of her mother, though she is not sure how to take care of her sister as she can barely take care of herself.

La Mercè is a renowned national artist who runs an art gallery in a Catalan farmhouse where Zoe, a young art lover, begins work. Despite their differences, they succeed in creating a bond where the mediator will be art.

Writer and filmmaker Llorente’s homeland becomes the focus of a simmering drama played out amongst the beaches, squares and lush green mountains of this north-western province of Spain. The action follows Marta as she swaps her busy life in Madrid with boyfriend Leo for a trip back to her hometown for the summer. With naturalistic settings, minimal dialogue and lingering shots, the director highlights the contrast between real life and the carefree pace of the holidays. As the summer progresses, a relationship from her past causes confusion and she’s forced to choose between the innocence and freedom of her youth and the grown-up world with all its routines and responsibilities.

When director Iván Guarnizo's mother passes during the first days of peace talks with FARC-EP in Colombia, a door opens to explore a dark and painful past and, perhaps, find forgiveness. Iván's mother had been kidnapped by FARC-EP forces and held in captivity for 603 days. As they marched her through the jungles and mountains of the Colombian countryside, she was able to keep a diary that in great detail documented the places she was taken, her experiences and the names and descriptions of her captors.

A gypsy performer and friend flee the circus troop they work for and find an old house to take refuge. Little do they realize that the house is haunted when they encounter strange men, frightening apparitions, and secret passages.

Miguel Hermoso's Like Lightning offers a fresh take on a familiar scenario, the teenaged boy searching for his unknown father. Pablo is a typical teen, with a fondness for football and sneaking beers with his buddies. He enjoys a comfortable upper-middle class life with his mother (Assumpta Serna), a successful lawyer and former feminist rabble-rouser, but has a gaping hole at the core of his identity: he has no idea who his father is. Preoccupied with the question to the point of obsession, he sets out in search of answers, and finds himself on a trail that leads to the Canary Islands.

Cristina is the perfect secretary. She helps her boss to get an important contract with an holand businessman. He goes to Madrid to get married with a spanish girl similar to Cristina, but she hesitates between the foreign and Lorenzo, her co-worker.

In the late nineteenth century, the mule driver Juan Moreira is a good gaucho and worker who, like many others, is subjected to abuse and humiliation by the powerful, either the police or landowners.

While three brothers, heirs of a hotel owner, want to restore the glamour of yesteryear to the establishment, a Health Department official tries to find a way to close it down for good.

Religious-based images and traditions permeate the lives of all the people who inhabit Seville. Historically, the city's mariquitas ("sissies") have also assimilated them in their childhood and, through them, have been creating their own encounter spaces and their own codes. Nowadays, new dissident identities continue to respond to them: they participate or distance themselves, they continue what exists or transform it. This film looks at these traditions from a perspective always relegated to the margins.

Crime film.

In a bar in Santiago, two old men talk over their past. This is a strange discussion. In fact, they talk of themselves as if they were dead. We don't know what is true or false, what is dream or reality.

The famous singer Carlos Ojeda has come to Seville to hire some Spanish figure to accompany him on the show to be presented in Mexico. Negotiations with Dorita, The Cadiz, fail and Carlos is about to return to empty when discovered Reyes, selling beautiful flowers with a magnificent voice.

A mother tells her fellow Alcoholics Anonymous members how her life has been, how she became an alcoholic.

The world of prostitution, where women meet men of all kinds. These young women who have often left their families by rebellion, but who find themselves in a universe that they will generally no longer be able to leave

In the empty house of his family, Ramon, a poet, remembers the last day of the life of his master: the last time he went out with his friend don Latino de Hispalis, his talk with a minister and his dinner with Ruben Dario.

Nicaragua, today. Eleven-year-old María lives with her mother Lilibeth on the edge of an immense rubbish dump. Their future depends on selling a litter of purebred puppies to a local gang member. When the deal falls through, Lilibeth has to move to the outskirts of the city and leave María to work at a recycling factory. The days go by with no sign of her mother's return. María feels abandoned, confused and angry. One night she meets Tadeo, a kind and romantic boy determined to help her find her mother.

There was a time when the Italian film industry copied American models and reaped huge profits. In 1981, a transalpine production company dared to make an exploitation version of Jaws and Jaws 2, while Universal was preparing the third official installment. The Last Shark was successfully released in several countries with the title Jaws 3 or The Last Jaws, making a huge impact, but in the United States it instantly got sued, sparking an epic conflict between Jaws.

"Pasos largos" (long steps) is an alias for the last Andalusian bandit, after engaging in poaching for a living, he begins to commit small crimes in the mountainous area of Ronda (Malaga, Spain), but everything gets even more complicated.

Five prominent politicians are celebrating the bachelor party of one of them, but an accident occurs and a person dies. Now everyone is involved.

Two friends begin a lesbian relationship.

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.

Victor turns 21 in a month. Before he turns 21, he has set two goals: to lose his virginity and to weigh less than 50 kilos.

Science, in light of recent archaeological findings, exposes new theories about Neanderthals, the humans who preceded us, which bring us closer to their lifestyle, the differences with our species and the causes of their disappearance 40,000 years ago.

An intrigue based on a failed relationship with touches of dreams and magic filmed on the streets of Seville.

In a distant galaxy, Neuronia controls the minds of the inhabitants until one of them escapes with the sphere.

Non-fiction series about the murder of the president of the Provincial Council of León, Spain. The story of this woman, Isabel Carrasco, a controversial politician from the government's party, told in this real thriller about power, corruption, police deception and judicary interests.

A journey through the vocation of six shepherds who watch the profession they love come to an end.

Nao's day-to-day life is guided by MOM, an advanced artificial intelligence capable of adopting an overprotective role in people's daily lives to the point of controlling and manipulating their lives.

The son of a businessman leaves his home to be an actor, but when his father dies, he abandons his dream to become an executive.

Diego and Clara have met recently and suddenly have the urge to live together. Afterwards, They find a house to live in. However, strange things start to happen.

Javier Mendoza a Catholic missionary established in Alaska, recalls, when about to die, the years of his youth and his relationship with his family and friends.

A taxi driver participates in a singing contest of a radio station for non-professionals and enters the final round. Being among the finalists he meets at the radio station a famous singer and falls in love with her.

A man with a suspicious attitude enters a bar where only a bartender and another customer are present and orders an orange soda, a Mirinda, very cold; but later refuses to pay by offering a surprising argument.

A musical, and also a reflection on watching, on trying to escape an anthropocentric gaze and also on watching itself in cinema. Featuring mares and horses: Triana, Víctor K, Bambi Sailor, San Special Solano, Buck Red Skin, Onkaia, Cool Boy, the donkey Agostino, the mule Guapa. And also Alfredo Lagos, Raül Refree, María Marín, Pepe Habichuela, Virgina García del Pino, María García Ruiz, Pilar Monsell, María Pérez Sanz.

The documentarial work on world wide famous flamenco dancer Sara Barba's latest show "voices"

Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.

Matador Ricardo wants to end his career. His manager and his mistress manage to dissuade him and get him to sign two contracts.

Spain, 1755. Ana is sent to a cloistered monastery where several nuns are afflicted by a mysterious disease. With the help of an unorthodox priest, the young novice uncovers an ancient legend and malevolent force: a bloodthirsty upiro.

Bulldozer is a continuous zoom in on a secret meeting between a real estate mogul and a corrupt politician. At first, it is all a game of power and money with clear sexual connotations, until it transforms into their true intentions.

The historical memory of torture, persecution and killings of homosexuals and lesbians in Spain during Franco's dictatorship provides an opportunity to tell about discrimination and homophobia in the rest of the world. Those who lived through that period recall times when being gay was a crime and the Church was completely indifferent; even the movie (and the fashion) world turned their backs. Today Spain is actually a model for enlightened social attitudes and for the freedoms achieved by the GLBT community. So it is important to remind the young of the high price paid by the older generations. One of the directors of the film, Enrique del Pozo, is a singer and actor who is openly bisexual and very famous in Spain.

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer.

Tristán is a frustrated writer trying to publish his first novel while he works at a sugar company. But his life changes when he agrees, under mysterious circumstances, to fulfill his brother's last wish: to drive the frozen body of his brother Simón across Spain, to bury him at their's childhoods house. Although they haven't spoken for years, Tristán accepts because there is a worthwhile reward waiting for him. However it is Álex, a young hitchhiker that he will pick up, that will convince him that the obstacles he will face on this strange road trip might be the real reward needed to become a successful writer.