¡Viva!, the annual fiesta of Spanish & Latin American cinema returns to Cornerhouse from 15 – 25 March with over 50 films, plus great collections of the latest shorts, special events, filmmaker guests and, to mark our 13th edition, a season of past and present horror films from Spain and Latin America.You can buy your tickets individually or get an 8 films Festival pass.
Sponsored by San Miguel
Major Supporter: Instituto Cervantes
Media Sponsor: Metro
¡Viva! Tour Supported by: Spanish Embassy
Sponsor: JLA
The following guests have confirmed their presence at the festival.
Thu 15 March
Manuel Huerga, director and Daniel Brühl, actor for SALVADOR
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Fri 16 March
Manuel Huerga, director and Daniel Brühl, actor for SALVADOR
Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo, director for THE NIGHT OF THE SUNFLOWERS
Gerardo Taracena, actor for EL VIOLIN
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Sat 17 March
Alex de la Iglesia, director and Rob Stone and Peter Buse, authors, for the launch of
the books The Cinema of Álex de la Iglesia and Julio Medem
Alex de la Iglesia director and Guillermo Toledo actor for CRIMEN FERPECTO. We are sorry to announce that due to his heavy shooting schedule, Guillermo Toledo had to cancell his visit to the festival.
Koldo Serra, director and Andrés Gertrúdix, actor for THE BACKWOODS
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Sun 18 March
Daniel Hendler, actor for DERECHO DE FAMILIA
Guillermo Toledo, actor for LOS DOS LADOS DE LA CAMA. We are sorry to announce that due to his heavy shooting schedule that Guillermo Toledo had to cancell his visit to the festival.
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Mon 19 March
Carlos Iglesias, director/actor and Isabel Blanco, actress for the education event
around UN FRANCO, 14 PESETAS and the public screening of the film
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Tue 20 March
Carlos Iglesias, director/actor and Isabel Blanco, actress for the education event
around UN FRANCO, 14 PESETAS
Eterio Ortega, director for NOTICIA DE UNA GUERRA
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Wed 21 March
Albert Serra, director for HONOR DE CAVELLERIA
Daniel Hendler, actor for DERECHO DE FAMILIA
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Fri 23 March
Pete Tombs, author of Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around
the World for an introduction to ALUCARDA
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Sat 24 March
Pete Tombs, author of Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around
the World for an introduction to SANGRE ETERNA
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Sun 25 March
Álvaro Bejines, director, and Julia García Gutiérrez, actress for ¿POR QUÉ SE
FROTAN LAS PATITAS?
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El Ángel exterminador
A sumptuous, elegant upper class dinner party lasts for more courses than originally planned as the guests find themselves strangely compelled to stay and continue…
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The Backwoods
In 1978 two English couples holidaying in the remote Basque Country make a disturbing discovery in a secluded cabin. The insular locals respond with a…
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Rojo sangre
A self-referential late masterpiece written by legendary horror actor Paul Naschy in which an elderly actor takes bloody revenge on all those who've written him…
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El Habitante incierto
A Hitchcockian tale of paranoia in which an architect living alone lets a stranger use his phone, only to have him disappear into thin air.…
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La Madre muerta
During a burglary, Ismael kills a young mother, witnessed by her staring child. Years later he encounters the same gaze in the eyes of a…
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Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas
Religion, demonic possession, satanic rituals, vampiric lust and sex all combine to create a heady surreal mix in this blood drenched film from 1970s Mexico.
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Sangre de vírgenes
Topless hippie chicks tripping to groovy music, peroxide vampire brides: it could only be the Argentine trash cinema of the 60s, designed to seduce the…
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¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
Serrador's inventive 70s film remains a classic, with its taboo-shattering tale of an island full of adult-murdering children who set their sights on a newly…
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Sangre Eterna
Director Olguín came to the attention of horror fans across the globe with this low budget, gore-strewn film offering startling images of gun toting priests…
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Pura Sangre
Opsina’s seminal chiller effectively melds genre conventions with social issues. An old and bedridden sugar tycoon who communicates with the outside world by closed circuit…
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Apaga y vámonos
This impassioned documentary chronicles the battle of Chile's Pehuenche-Mapuche people against the multinational that's building a dam which will destroy their lives.
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Noticias de una Guerra
Co-written with esteemed producer Elías Querejeta, NOTICIAS DE UNA GUERRA uses archive footage and dramatic reconstructions to dramatically re-present a chronology of key events of…
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La Palomilla Salvaje
Ambulante Documentaries double bill:This is the story of Reinaldo Cruz, shoe shiner, and José Alfredo Jiménez, taxi driver, and their trials as they attempt to…
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Que suene la calle
Ambulante Documentaries double bill:This video-diary-styled doc delves deep into the dynamics of a border city like Tijuana through the lives of female teenagers living in…
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La guerrilla y la esperanza: Lucio Cabañas
Documentary about the legendary Cabañas, figurehead of the campesino movement against government oppression in Mexico's Guerrero State in the 70s.
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En el hoyo
Amazing, Sundance-winning documentary that follows the work and lives of the men employed to build the second level on the Periférico freeway that crosses Mexico…
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Café Cervantes 2007
An informal discussion in Spanish about ¡Viva! and its film over a glass of wine.
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Book Launch: Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers
Join us to launch Manchester University Press’ Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers, a new series of books focussing on the Spanish and Latin American film…
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Cafè ‘Els Quatre Gats’
An informal discussion in Catalan over a glass of wine about ¡Viva! films, guests and all things Catalan.
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Latin American Horror – An Introduction
A wide ranging illustrated talk that will introduce you to the often weird and occasionally wild world of Latin American horror cinema.
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La Dignidad de los Nadies
Solanas returns with the second installment in his grassroots exploration of the 'nobodies' who have been displaced by Argentina's economic and social policy
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One Hour Intro: Catalan Cinema
An illustrated talk looking at the development of Catalan film, issues of language and Cataluña’s cultural legacy
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Derecho de familia
When his son is born, a young, emotionally stifled law professor must confront his relationship with his gregarious father (also a lawyer) as he faces…
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En La Cama
EN LA CAMA spies on attractive strangers Daniela and Bruno who’ve met at a party then holed up for the night in a hotel room…
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El Día de la bestia
Horror-comedy in which a priest tries to prevent the birth of the Anti-Christ.
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Crimen ferpecto
An elegant menswear manager worships perfection. But when his bid for promotion fails, he has a dead body and an ugly colleague to contend with.
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Habana Blues
Two young musicians must choose between their lives in Habana and the sniff of success offered by foreign promoters in this lively musical tour of…
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Buenos Aires, 1977
A 'perverse thriller' that recounts the true story of four young men 'disappeared' in 1977, under Argentina's military dictatorship
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The Night of the Sunflowers
An atmospheric, rural noir that follows two cavers as they seek to find and punish the man who attacked the girlfriend of one of them.…
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Tu vida en 65′
A quirky, bittersweet story of love, friendship and death that takes place over one sunny Sunday in Barcelona.
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Sábado, una película en tiempo real
Shot in one long take, the witty SÁBADO follows an hour in the life of Blanca who discovers just before her wedding that her fiancé…
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La Educación de las hadas
From the director of LA LENGUA DE LAS MARIPOSAS, a magical story of chance, wish-granting fairies, perfect families - and natural fathers.
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El Camino de San Diego
Tati is mad for Maradona. When his hero is hospitalised, he treks miles to bring him a carving made from a root that he is…
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Born and Bred
An architect suffers a tragedy that rips his family apart. Retreating to the bleakest corner of Patagonia, he seeks to exorcise his ghosts through a…
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This multiple-Goya-winning dramedy has been compared to Almodóvar for its story of strange relationships forged when a young man is forced to give up his…
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Volando Voy
The true-life story of “El Pera”, an infamous child delinquent and notorious car thief in 70s Madrid
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Honor de cavalleria
Ozu and Beckett-inspired distillation of the Quixote, in which the knight and his squire cross empty fields and forests in search of adventure.
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Un Franco, 14 Pesetas
A family migrates to Switzerland to escape the unemployment and poverty of 60s Spain. But they aren't prepared for the cultural differences and freedom they…
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Los 2 lados de la cama
The boys are back - but with new partners. In this hit sequel to el otro lado… the roundabout of romance spins once more to…
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¿Por qué se frotan las patitas?
Bringing together three generations of a sevillana family, a hapless detective, counter-cultural Okupa communities and a Buddhist retreat, this tragi-comic musical will make you laugh…
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On the Big Screen: 17 March – 6 April 2007
Two programmes – Candella Films / VIVA programme of digital shorts for the full period and then as an extra between just the Sat 17…