Welcome to the 8th edition of the UK’s only festival dedicated to Spanish cinema. We are pleased to present another selection of recent Spanish cinema, from established masters to first time filmmakers, with no less than nine UK Premieres in this year’s festival, alongside another bumper crop of promising short films. To complement the new releases, a selection of films featuring actress Ana Torrent and our annual classic component.
Previously in this Festival
Cinema
El Cielo abierto
Director Albaladejo and author/screenwriter Elvira Lindo weave their finest ensemble comedy yet
Cinema
Asesinato en febrero
Compelling documentary centred around the testimonies of the families and friends of two ETA victims
Cinema
Juana la Loca
Viva Opening Night: To open Cornerhouse’s 8th Spanish Film Festival, the story of Queen Juana I of Castille and her all-encompassing love for her husband.
Cinema
The Spirit of the Beehive
A new print of one of the seminal film of the new Spanish cinema.
Cinema
A Mi Madre Les Gustan Las Mujeres
Modern romantic comedy in which three young women discover that their separated mum's new lover is female
Cinema
Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomon
Buñuel and friends of his youth, artist Salvador Dali and poet Fernando Garcia Lorca search for King Solomon's table.
Cinema
Caminantes
Documentary about the preparations made by an indigenous community for the arrival of the Zapatista march on the Mexican capital