{"id":13451,"date":"2021-09-08T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/?p=13451"},"modified":"2021-09-08T07:39:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:39:15","slug":"the-london-spanish-film-festival-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/londres\/2021\/09\/08\/the-london-spanish-film-festival-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The London Spanish Film Festival is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

La 17\u00aa edici\u00f3n del Festival de Cine Espa\u00f1ol de Londres<\/a> llega de nuevo con una selecci\u00f3n de algunas de las pel\u00edculas m\u00e1s emotivas e interesantes realizadas recientemente en Espa\u00f1a. La mayor\u00eda de ellas son estrenos en el Reino Unido en una feliz combinaci\u00f3n de realizadores noveles y de cineastas consagrados. El programa presenta una variedad de g\u00e9neros que te har\u00e1n re\u00edr, te mantendr\u00e1n al borde de tu asiento y probablemente te invitar\u00e1n a pensar en la vida y lo que significa tomar decisiones y asumir riesgos. \u00a1Disfruta de la selecci\u00f3n!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 17th edition of the London Spanish Film Festival <\/a>comes again with a selection of some of the most exciting and interesting films recently made in Spain. Most of them UK premieres, they’re the product of new as well as established filmmakers and, in the variety their genres, they will make you laugh, keep you on the edge of your seat and probably invite you to think about life and taking decisions as well as risks. Enjoy the selection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joana Granero (Director) and Patricia P\u00e9rez Alvarez (Head of Programming)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La isla de las mentiras- The Island of Lies<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

La isla de las mentiras- The Island of Lies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Paula Cons, with Nerea Barros, Ana Oca, Sergio Quintana, Celso Bugallo, Dar\u00edo Grandinetti | Spain\/Argentina\/Portugal | 2020 | 93 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Galician and Spanish with English subtitles. Fri 24 Sep | 6.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En una ma\u00f1ana de invierno de 1921, en medio de la espesa niebla del litoral gallego, un barco con 260 emigrantes con destino a Buenos Aires se hunde en la costa de S\u00e1lvora, una diminuta isla a 3 km de tierra firme. Como esa noche todos los hombres de la isla hab\u00edan estado en tierra firme para celebrar la Navidad, tres valientes mujeres usan un bote peque\u00f1o y remar de o\u00eddo para tratar de salvar a la mayor cantidad de gente posible. Un periodista argentino se interesa por cubrir el caso y comienza a investigar las muchas coincidencias fatales que sucedieron la noche del naufragio. La productora, escritora y directora Paula Cons retrata magn\u00edficamente la fr\u00eda tragedia en el magn\u00edfico litoral natural de esta isla del Atl\u00e1ntico, as\u00ed como la terrible ignorancia de una comunidad desterrada del progreso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a winter morning of 1921, amid the thick fog of the Galician coastline, a boat with 260 emigrants bound to Buenos Aires sinks in the cost of S\u00e1lvora, a very small island 3km off the mainland. As that night the men of the island had all been to the mainland to celebrate Christmas, three courageous women use a small boat and row by ear to try to save as many people as they can. An Argentine journalist takes interest in covering the case and starts to investigate the many fatal coincidences that happened on the night of the shipwreck. Producer, writer and director Paula Cons portrays superbly the cold tragedy in the magnificent natural coastline of this island in the Atlantic as well as the terrible ignorance of a community banished from progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Un efecto \u00f3ptico<\/em>– An Optical Illusion<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Un efecto \u00f3ptico<\/em>– An Optical Illusion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Juan Cavestany, with Carmen Machi, Pep\u00f3n Nieto, Luis Bermejo | Spain | 2020 | 80 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Spanish with English subtitles. Sat 25 Sep | 6.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfredo y Teresa, matrimonio burgal\u00e9s, deciden emprender por fin su so\u00f1ado y merecido viaje a Nueva York. Poco despu\u00e9s de su llegada, Teresa comienza a sentirse extra\u00f1amente inc\u00f3moda. Entonces, las im\u00e1genes de monumentos de Alfredo no coinciden con lo que recuerdan que vieron\u2026 La de Cavestany es una versi\u00f3n distintiva y atrevida del turismo, el provincialismo globalizado, la banalidad de la vida cotidiana de una pareja estable…y mucho m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfredo and Teresa, a married couple from Burgos, decide to finally take their long-dreamed and well-deserved trip to New York. Shortly after their arrival, Teresa starts to feel strangely uncomfortable. Then Alfredo\u2019s pictures of monuments don\u2019t match what they remember they saw\u2026 Cavestany\u2019s is a distinctive and daring take on tourism, globalised provincialism, the banality of a steady couple\u2019s quotidian… and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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El sustituto<\/em>– The Replacement<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

El sustituto<\/em>– The Replacement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Oscar Aibar, with Ricardo G\u00f3mez, Pere Ponce, Joaqu\u00edn Climent, Bruna Cus\u00ed, Vicky Luengo, Pol L\u00f3pez | Spain | 2021 | 117 min | cert. 18 | UK premiere | In Spanish with Engish subtitles. Sat 25 Sep | 8.30pm Mon 27 Sep | 6.05pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1982 a young father and hardened police officer moves with his family from Madrid to a small Mediterranean sea town where he is to replace an inspector that has been murdered in mysterious circumstances. As he keeps going on with his work, strange links between the inspector\u2019s assassination, drugs and property speculation come up. Based on real facts, Oscar Aibar\u2019s beautifully made thriller takes us to a heavenly and happy retirement spot on the Mediterranean coast that Nazi elders got thanks to the Franco regime and kept throughout the Transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1982, un padre joven y un polic\u00eda empedernido se traslada con su familia desde Madrid a un peque\u00f1o pueblo del mar Mediterr\u00e1neo, donde sustituir\u00e1 a un inspector que ha sido asesinado en circunstancias misteriosas. A medida que contin\u00faa con su trabajo, surgen extra\u00f1os v\u00ednculos entre el asesinato del inspector, las drogas y la especulaci\u00f3n inmobiliaria. Basado en hechos reales, el thriller bellamente realizado de Oscar Aibar nos lleva a un lugar de retiro celestial y feliz en la costa mediterr\u00e1nea que los ancianos nazis obtuvieron gracias al r\u00e9gimen de Franco y mantuvieron durante toda la Transici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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El Planeta<\/em> – Planet<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

El Planeta<\/em> – Planet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Amalia Ulman, with Ale Ulman, Amalia Ulman, Nacho Vigalondo, Zhou Chen | USA | 2021 | 79 min | cert. 15 | London premiere | In Engish and Spanish with Engish subtitles. Sun 26 Sep | 6.20pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una joven desempleada se ve obligada a dejar Londres y regresar a casa despu\u00e9s de la muerte de su padre para vivir con su exc\u00e9ntrica madre. Aunque est\u00e1n a punto de enfrentar el desalojo, no pueden renunciar al estilo de vida que aman y creen que se merecen, uni\u00e9ndose por su tragedia com\u00fan y viviendo y disfrutando el momento. Ambientada en Gij\u00f3n, El Planeta<\/em> explora la pobreza contempor\u00e1nea, la conciencia de clase y los deseos femeninos, as\u00ed como las relaciones madre-hija en la Espa\u00f1a poscrisis con un encantador y sutil sentido del humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A jobless young woman is forced to leave London and return home after the death of her father to live with her eccentric mother. Although they are on the verge of facing eviction, they can\u2019t renounce the lifestyle they love and believe to deserve, bonding over their common tragedy and living and enjoying the moment. Set in Gij\u00f3n, El Planeta<\/em> explores contemporary poverty, class awareness and female desires as well as mother-daughter relationships in post-crisis Spain throughout with a charming and subtle sense of humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CATALAN WINDOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sentimental<\/em>– The People Upstairs<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sentimental<\/em>– The People Upstairs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Cesc Gay, with Javier C\u00e1mara, Griselda Siciliani, Alberto San Juan, Bel\u00e9n Cuesta | Spain | 2020 | 82 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Spanish with English subtitles. Thu 23 Sep | 8.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana y Julio son pareja y, aparentemente, pasan la mayor parte del tiempo que est\u00e1n juntos, discutiendo. Salva y Laura parecen pasar su tiempo teniendo sexo ruidoso, raz\u00f3n por la cual Julio se molesta mucho cuando Ana los invita a cenar. Durante la turbulenta velada afloran secretos, miedos e inseguridades, todo aderezado por un ingenioso di\u00e1logo escrito por el director, Cesc Gay. El resultado es una comedia \u00edntima y muy agradable que explora las complejidades de las relaciones modernas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana and Julio are a couple and apparently, they spend most of their time together arguing. Salva and Laura seem to spend their time having noisy sex, the reason for which Julio is extremely annoyed when Ana invites them for dinner. During the turbulent evening secrets, fears and insecurities come to the surface, everything spiced up by a witty dialogue written by the director, Cesc Gay. The result is a highly enjoyable and intimate comedy exploring the complexities of modern relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nieva en Benidorm<\/em> – It Snows in Benidorm<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nieva en Benidorm<\/em> – It Snows in Benidorm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Isabel Coixet, with Timothy Spall, Sarita Choudhury, Anna Torrent, Carmen Machi, Pedro Casablanc | Spain\/UK | 2020 | 117 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In English and Spanish with English subtitles. Fri 24 Sep | 8.35pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando a Peter le \u00abconceden\u00bb una jubilaci\u00f3n anticipada del banco de Manchester para el que siempre ha trabajado, decide visitar a su hermano en Benidorm. Sin embargo, una vez all\u00ed se entera de que ha desaparecido y este viaje resulta lejos de lo que hab\u00eda imaginado. Una toma po\u00e9tica de la veterana Isabel Coixet sobre la particular belleza de Benidorm, su lado l\u00fagubre y sus mafias inmobiliarias \u201cno po\u00e9ticas\u201d, as\u00ed como sobre el amor a una edad avanzada.
When Peter is \u201cawarded\u201d an early retirement from the Manchester bank he\u2019s always worked for, he decides to visit his brother in Benidorm. However once there he finds out he\u2019s disappeared and this trip turns out to be far from what he had imagined. A poetic take by veteran Isabel Coixet on Benidorm\u2019s particular beauty, its gloomy side and its \u201cunpoetic\u201d real estate mafias as well as on love at an older age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Un blues para Teher\u00e1n<\/em> –Tehran Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Un blues para Teher\u00e1n<\/em> –Tehran Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Javier Tolentino, with Golmehr Alami, Sina Derakhshan, Pezhman Dishad | 2020 | 80 min | cert. PG | doc | UK premiere | In Spanish, Persian and Kurdish with English subtitles. Sun 26 Sep | 4:10pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De la mano de Erfan, un joven kurdo que canta, escribe poes\u00eda y quiere ser director de cine, visitaremos algunos de los rincones m\u00e1s remotos de Ir\u00e1n descubriendo una cultura verdaderamente sofisticada a trav\u00e9s de su m\u00fasica. Tehran Blues es una producci\u00f3n del siempre sorprendente Luis Mi\u00f1arro de la primera pel\u00edcula de Javier Tolentino. Es uno de los periodistas y cr\u00edticos de cine m\u00e1s consagrados de Espa\u00f1a y este documental es un verdadero poema a una cultura omnipresente que no se puede borrar ni ignorar.
By the hand of Erfan, a young Kurdish man who sings, writes poetry and wants to be a film director, we\u2019ll visit some of Iran\u2019s remote corners discovering a truly sophisticated culture through its music. Tehran Blues is a production by the always surprising Luis Mi\u00f1arro of Javier Tolentino\u2019s first film. He is one of Spain\u2019s most established journalists and film critics and this documentary is a true poem to an ever-present culture that cannot be effaced nor ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chavalas<\/em> – Girlfriends<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Chavalas<\/em> – Girlfriends<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Carol Rodr\u00edguez Col\u00e1s, with Vicky Luengo, Carolina Yuste, Elisabet Casanovas, Cristina Plazas, Jos\u00e9 Mota | Spain | 2021 | 91 min | cert. PG | UK premiere | In Spanish with English subtitles. Tue 28 Sep | 8.45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tras una primera etapa como fot\u00f3grafa profesional, Marta sin trabajo se ve obligada a volver a vivir con sus padres en un piso suburbano en Barcelona, el barrio obrero en el que creci\u00f3. All\u00ed encuentra a sus novias de la infancia Desi, Soraya y Bea, con quien comparti\u00f3 un v\u00ednculo muy especial en su adolescencia. Benefici\u00e1ndose de las nuevas interpretaciones de las actrices, el primer largometraje de Carol Rodr\u00edguez Col\u00e1s es una toma sincera y tragic\u00f3mica de la amistad y las ra\u00edces a trav\u00e9s de las decisiones de vida que Marta toma para convertirse en la mujer que quiere ser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an initial stint as a professional photographer, jobless Marta finds herself having to go back to live with her parents in a suburban flat in Barcelona, the working-class neighbourhood she grew up in. There she finds her childhood girlfriends Desi, Soraya and Bea, with whom she shared a very special bond in their teenage years. Benefiting from the fresh performances of the actresses, Carol Rodr\u00edguez Col\u00e1s\u2019s first feature film is a sincere and tragicomic take on friendship and roots through the life decisions Marta takes to become the woman she wants to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La reina de los lagartos<\/em> – The Queen of Lizards<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

La reina de los lagartos<\/em> – The Queen of Lizards<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Burnin\u2019 Percebes (Juan Gonz\u00e1lez and Nando Mart\u00ednez), with Javier Botet, Bruna Cus\u00ed, Miki Esparb\u00e9 | Spain | 2019 | 63 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Catalan and Spanish with Engish subtitles. Fri 24 Sep | 4.45pm Sat 25 Sep | 4.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berta, una madre soltera independiente y decidida, y Javi, un extraterrestre, se est\u00e1n preparando para poner fin a su romance de verano, ya que una nave espacial deber\u00eda venir a recogerlo pronto. Sin embargo, la nave espacial no aparece y Berta comienza a preguntarse sobre sus posibilidades mientras se enfrenta a una relaci\u00f3n estable. La reina de los lagartos es una memorable y absurda historia de amor bellamente filmada en Super-8 y de una manera sorprendente y poco convencional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berta, an independent and determined single mother, and Javi, an alien, are getting ready to end their summer love affair as a spaceship should come to pick him up soon. However, the spaceship does not appear and Berta starts wondering about her possibilities as she faces a steady relationship. La reina de los lagartos is a memorable, absurd love story beautifully shot in Super-8 and in a surprising and unconventional way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BASQUE WINDOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ane<\/em> – Ane is Missing<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ane<\/em> – Ane is Missing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo, with Patricia L\u00f3pez Arnaiz, Jone Laspiur, Mikel Losada, Luis Callejo | Spain | 2020 | 100 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Basque and Spanish with English subtitles. Tue 28 Sep | 6.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando Lide descubre que su hija adolescente, Ane, est\u00e1 desaparecida, se une a su exmarido, Fernando, para tratar de encontrar su paradero. A medida que crece la determinaci\u00f3n del atribulado Lide, el miedo de Fernando a Ane se hace m\u00e1s evidente. A lo largo de la mayor parte de la pel\u00edcula, Ane se siente como un fantasma y una presencia invisible opresiva y espectral. Despu\u00e9s de varios premios por sus cortometrajes, David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo logra a la perfecci\u00f3n pasar del misterio al drama familiar y luego al thriller pol\u00edtico.
When Lide discovers that her teenage daughter, Ane, is missing, she teams up with her ex-husband, Fernando, to try to find her whereabouts. As the troubled Lide\u2019s determination grows Fernando\u2019s fear of Ane becomes more evident. Throughout most of the film, Ane feels like a ghost and an oppressing and spectral unseen presence. After several awards for his shorts, David P\u00e9rez Sa\u00f1udo succeeds perfectly in moving from mystery to family drama and then to political thriller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preceded by the short: Quebrantos<\/em> – Breaches<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Koldo Amandoz, Maria Elorza | Spain | 2021 | 7 min | doc | cert. PG | In Basque with English subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living with fear\u2026 Based o an interview on Euskadi Irratia Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nora<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nora<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dir. Lara Izaguirre, with Ane Pikaza, H\u00e9ctor Alterio, Ram\u00f3n Barea, Itziar Itu\u00f1o | Spain | 2020 | 100 min | cert. 15 | UK premiere | In Spanish, Basque and French with English subtitles and English. Wed 29 Sep | 8.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Una torpe entrevista de trabajo, un viaje nunca hecho a Argentina, la muerte de su abuelo, las llaves del viejo Dyane 6 azul … As\u00ed comienza el viaje que cambiar\u00e1 la vida de Nora. Despu\u00e9s de dar la bienvenida a Lara Izaguirre con su primer largometraje en nuestra edici\u00f3n de 2016, nos enorgullece programar su apasionante segundo largometraje, realizado por un equipo creativo liderado por mujeres, que es una reflexi\u00f3n fresca y optimista sobre la vida y el coraje para tomar decisiones y riesgos. Como dice el refr\u00e1n, \u201cmal tiempo, buena cara\u201d (en espa\u00f1ol, \u201cal mal tiempo, buena cara\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A clumsy job interview, a trip never made to Argentina, her grandfather\u2019s death, the keys to the old blue Dyane 6… That\u2019s how the trip that will change Nora\u2019s life begins. After welcoming Lara Izaguirre with her first feature film in our 2016 edition, we are proud to program her gripping second feature film, made by a creative team led by women, which is a fresh and optimistic reflection on life and the courage to take decisions and risks. As the saying goes, \u201cbad weather, good face\u201d (in Spanish, \u201cal mal tiempo, buena cara\u201d).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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