Festival de cine español en Londres 2022

Programación

¿Qué ponen/dan en el festival?

(What´s on)

Maixabel

de Iciar Bollaín

Riverside Studios

Miércoles 28 de septiembre a las 18h

In 2000, Maixabel Lasa's husband, Juan María Jáuregui, was killed by the terrorist organisation ETA. Eleven years later she receives a message from one of the men who killed Juan: he wants to meet with her in the Nanclares de la Oca prison in Álava, where he is serving his sentence after breaking ties with the terrorist group. Based on the inspiring true story of a brave woman whom, after losing her husband at ETA's hands, decided to take a step towards a peaceful coexistence by agreeing to meet the imprisoned terrorist responsible for her husband's death.

Seis días corrientes (Sis días corrents)

de Neus Ballús

Cine Lumiere

jueves 22 de septiembre a las 18.30h

domingo 25 de septiembre a las 17.50h

Mohamed, Valero and Pep are a peculiar team of three handymen from different cultural backgrounds that have to face a series of eccentric clients and challenging situations. At the beginning of the film Mohamed says he's always liked observe people's life. Now we'll observe these three men for one week and see that their everyday job is at times exhilarating, at times surrealist, but never boring. Neus Ballús third feature film is an original and audacious approach to documenting everyday life in the Catalan capital.

Entrevista con la directora de esta película, Neus Ballús

 ¡Feliz día del libro 2022!

Paseando, mirando libros y comprando rosas

Una granizada en Barcelona

¿Por qué? - Why?

 ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué?

Bonita canción del grupo argentino Canticuénticos con muuuuchas preguntas

 El Carnaval

Tradicionalmente, el carnaval es una época para disfrutar y celebrar la vida antes de empezar la cuaresma.

Traditionally, carnival is a time to enjoy and celebrate life before starting Lent.

En España, muchas personas llevan disfraces muy elaborados y hay comparsas en la calle, desfiles de grupos disfrazados y músicos y bailarines.

In Spain, many people wear very elaborate costumes and there are comparsas on the streets, parades made up of dressed-up groups, musicians and dancers.

Es una oportunidad de sentir lo que nos une como sociedad, el sentido de comunidad y la felicidad sin restricciones de disfrutar juntos de las cosas buenas de la vida.

It´s an opportunity to feel what binds us together as society, the sense of community and the unrestricted joy of enjoying the good things in life together.

Este año, hay muchas referencias a la pandemia y es curioso ver el sentido del humor pero también responsabilidad y cuidado.

This year, there are many references to the pandemic and it is interesting to see the sense of humour but also responsibility and care. 

 

¡Qué agradable pensar cuánta gente está disfrutando, sonriendo y siendo feliz al mismo tiempo en diferentes partes del mundo!

How nice to think how many people are enjoying themselves, smiling and being happy at the same time around the world!

 

Si quieres, puedes ver un vídeo informativo e ilustrativo de videoele sobre el carnaval en general al final del post.

If you like, you can watch an informative and illustrative video from videoele about carnival in general at the end of the post.

Escenas del Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2022: alegría, celebración de la vida y mucho arte

Some of the lyrics:

Oye, abre los ojos              Hey, open your eyes

mira hacia arriba                Look up

disfruta las cosas buenas que tiene la vida   Enjoy the good things that life has

Escenas del carnaval de Cádiz 2022: alegría, humor y mucho arte

En Cádiz, la gente canta chirigotas, canciones folclóricas corales, satíricas y divertidas. Grupos de personas disfrazadas las cantan en la calle durante el carnaval de Cádiz, que dura dos semanas.

In Cádiz, people sing chirigotas, folk choir songs, satirical and fun. Groups of people in fancy dress costumes sing them on the streets during Cádiz carnival, which lasts two weeks.

Coristas con mucho humor

Disfraces (meteoritos) hechos a mano y mucho humor

Hand-made costumes and lots of humour

Videoele A2 
El Carnaval

Videoele ´El Carnaval´

Josep - Amazon Prime Video

 Josep

La experiencia de los refugiados españoles en Francia, tras la Guerra Civil Española

Amazon Prime Video

An international production about the Catalan cartoonist and revolutionary Josep Bartolí, directed by the French illustrator and cartoonist Aurel (Aurélien Froment).

Winner of the French César award for Best Animated Film and European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film. 

The film is a tribute to the legacy of the Catalan artist, who like thousands of other refugees from the Spanish Civil War in 1939, experienced appalling conditions, starvation and ill-treatment in French concentration camps.

Amongs the cruelty and desperation, Bartolí finds a way to deal with the extreme situation through the small but life-saving gesture of a gentle French gendarme: pen and paper. With these, Bartolí records the ominous scenes that surround him through Goya-esque drawings that will one day be shown to future generations. 

With some horrifying experiences setting the early black and white grim background, the film also shows the transition to a more promising future of colourful freedom. 

The film features popular Catalan/French actor Sergi López as Josep Bartolí and flamenco artist Sílvia Pérez Cruz, voicing Frida Kahlo, with whom Bartolí had an affair. She also sings the main theme in the soundtrack.

The film is in French, Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles and it is currently included in Amazon Prime Video.

 

Futuras madres del mundo

Letra: Miguel Hernández (poeta español)

Voz: Sílvia Pérez Cruz

Ingenuity in the age of Velázquez

 Charla de arte online - 

Ingenuity in the age of Velázquez

 ¡Feliz día de los inocentes!

El 28 de diciembre es el día de los santos inocentes en el mundo hispano.

Posiblemente, el origen de esta celebración es cristiano: la orden del Rey Herodes de matar a todos los niños de Belén.

Sin embargo, ahora, hoy en día, es una fiesta alegre y divertida.

Es similar al anglosajón ´April Fools´ Day´.

Aquí hay información sobre esta celebración con un video que contiene ejemplos de bromas o ´inocentadas´ (jokes or pranks): Día de los inocentes (el vídeo tiene subtítulos. Check the icon on the screen). 

If they speak too fast, try to catch a few words and identify the type of pranks that can be seen on a day like today in Spain. You can also read the subtitles.

Vocabulario

Inocente: innocent, naive

Broma: joke (but ´chiste´: an established joke we can pass on, often initiated by comedians), prank

Inocentada: prank someone plays on ´día de los santos inocentes´