In March we’re celebrating ¡Viva!’s 20th birthday with another stunning selection of cinema from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America. Our team have been busy watching comedies, dramas and documentaries with help from film specialists, Spanish language academics, members of our LiveWire young people’s programme and colleagues from the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester.
The full programme, including events for film fans and language learners, will be announced in February 2014. But in the meantime you can whet your appetite with a few highlights from the programme…
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In this festival
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Staff Review/ La Jaula de oro
Cornerhouse Digital Reporter Aisling McCourt reviews La Jaula de oro.
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Staff Review/ Con la pata quebrada
Cornerhouse Digital Reporter Owain Thomas reviews Con la pata quebrada.
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Staff review/ Pelo malo and El Limpiador
Programming team member James Scorer reviews ¡Viva! films Pelo malo and El Limpiador.
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Staff Review/ Ni un hombre más
Cornerhouse Digital Reporter Tom Grieve reviews Ni un hombre más.
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¡Viva! 2014 gets off to a flying start
¡Viva! opened with aplomb on Friday - Jessie Gibbs our ¡Viva! Festival Coordinator gives us the lowdown.
Previously in this Festival
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Ni un hombre más
Veteran screenwriter and producer Martín Salinas (Nicotina, 2003) makes an assured directorial debut with this delightfully farcical black comedy. Charly was abandoned at birth in…
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Las Brujas De Zugarramurdi
Perhaps his most outrageous film to date, de la Iglesia takes his unique brand of comic horror to new heights, or perhaps depths, in this…
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Los Últimos días
This slick disaster movie, written and directed by the Catalan Pastor brothers, boasts excellent special effects and brilliant performances from Gutiérrez (Primos, 2011 and azuloscurocasinegro,…
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Mar del Plata
A delightfully quirky comedy, and an assured directorial debut, this filmmaking duo is sure to make you giggle.
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La Pasión de Michelangelo
Set in 1983, during a period of economic crisis and social unrest under the Pinochet dictatorship, Larraín’s political drama tells the tale of 14-year-old Miguel…
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Menú degustació
The third feature, and third ¡Viva! appearance, from Catalan director Gual (Smoking Room, Remake) brings together an international cast as the lucky diners at a…
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Director Q&A/ Pelo malo
To complement our preview screening of Pelo malo we are pleased to welcome director Mariana Rondón and producer Marite Ugas for a Q&A following the…
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Director Q&A/ Días de vinilo
To celebrate the UK premiere of Días de vinilo we are pleased to welcome director Gabriel Nesci for a Q&A following the screening on Sun…
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Director Q&A/ Cazando luciérnagas
To celebrate the UK premiere of Cazando luciérnagas we are pleased to welcome writer and director Roberto Flores Prieto.
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24 cines por segundo: Sábanas blancas
After 20 years living and working here in the North West of England, Artiles returned to Spain and made her first feature length film, which…
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Director Q&A/ 24 cines por segundo: Sábanas blancas
To celebrate the UK premiere of 24 cines por segundo: sábanas blancas we are pleased to welcome writer and director Mariela Artiles.
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Director Q&A/ Menú degustació
To celebrate the UK premiere of Menú degustació we are pleased to welcome director Roger Gual and actress Marta Torne.
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Post-screening discussion/ Los Golfos
The Wed 19 Mar screening of Los Golfos will be followed by a post-screening discussion led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan…
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Cazando luciérnagas
This directorial debut from Colombian director Flores Prieto is an exquisitely beautiful piece about the reawakening of a man’s emotions. In charge of an abandoned…
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Bertsolari
This breath-taking documentary is a journey through improvised poetry and the unique musical cultural heritage of the Basque Country. A bertsolari is an improviser of…
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Días de vinilo
Damian, Luciano, Facundo and Marcelo have been best buddies since childhood, when their shared love of vinyl records began, but as they enter their thirties…
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El Limpiador
Forensic cleaner Eusebio travels across the semi-deserted city of Lima, Peru, after a deadly outbreak of a global plague, sterilising areas where the latest victims…
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El Medico: The Cubaton Story
Raynier, a young Cuban is torn between his duty as a trained doctor and his desire to succeed as a rap artist. Battling for his…
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Con la pata quebrada
This light-hearted, action-packed documentary uses clips from Spanish film history to look at changing depictions of women since the early 20th century. As the clips…
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GCSE Study Session/ Familia rodante
We're pleased to present this special screening of Familia rodante following its great popularity at Cornerhouse, where it last screened in 2006. This study session…
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AS/A2 Study Session/ La Jaula de oro
This engaging drama tells the tragic tale of a group of teenagers who flee Guatemala through Mexico in pursuit of the American Dream. This study…
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Walking Tour/ ¡Hola Manchester!
Manchester guide Jean Bailo will lead a special walking tour exploring connections between Manchester and Spain in intermediate-level Spanish. Learn about Emmeline Pankhurst’s Spanish counterpart,…
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¡Viva! 2014 Opening Gala
Join us to celebrate the opening of the 20th edition of ¡Viva! with the UK premiere of Días de vinilo (Days of Vinyl), a contemporary…
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One Hour Intro/ Wicked Women in Spanish Cinema
To complement this year’s screening of Con la pata quebrada, this introductory talk will explore how Spanish cinema has responded to the changing status of…
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Adult Study Morning/ Los Últimos días
Carmen Herrero and Ana Valbuena present our ever-popular study session for adult Spanish language learners. Following an introduction in Spanish and a full screening of…
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El Fantástico mundo de Juan Orol
Mexican B-movie master Juan Orol (Sosa) was named the ‘Involuntary Surrealist’ because he made films that were so bad they were good; shoddy, improvised, vulgar...…
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Pensé que iba a haber fiesta
Starring familiar faces Elena Anaya (La Piel que habito, 2011) and Valeria Bertuccelli (XXY, 2007), director Galardi describes her third feature as a study of…
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Sin otoño, sin primavera
Manzano’s debut feature film is an ambitious portrait of Guayaquil’s erratic, disenchanted middle-class youth. A punk ballad told from the point of view of nine…
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Preview/ La Partida
Spanish director Hens draws out excellent performances from novice actors García and Díaz, ably supported by Mirta Ibarra, veteran Cuban actress and widow of Tomás…
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Born Naked (MLB)
This stylish documentary examines questions of gender, sexuality, and identity for young lesbians in three of the most vibrant European cities, Madrid, London and Berlin.
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One Hour Intro/ Mexican Popular Cinema
To complement this year’s screening of El Fantástico mundo de Juan Orol, a spectacular bio-picture that covers the barely believable career of the legendary maverick…