¡Viva! the UK’s only Spanish Film Festival takes place annually in March. The festival includes premieres, specially imported new releases, a host of special guests, events and an academic conference. For details of the programme click here. VIVA GUESTS UPDATES: We are pleased to welcome actor Eusebio Poncela, to whom a whole season is dedicated this year. Eusebio Poncela will introduce his classic film ARREBATO on Sun 16 Mar, 6.00pm and will also be present for a Q&A after the screening of his latest film INTACTO on Sun 16 Mar, 8.30pm Fri 14 Mar, 6.30pm: Goya winning actor Eduard Fernández will be present for a Q&A after the screening of FAUSTO 5.0 Sat 15 Mar, 8.35pm: Co-Director Roger Gual & actor Eduard Fernández will be present for a Q&A after the screening of SMOKING ROOM Thu 20 Mar, 8.30pm: Director Alberto Rodriguez and actor Jimmy Roca will be present for a Q&A after the screening of EL TRAJE Fri 21 Mar, 6.30pm: Director Helena Taberna will be present for a Q&A after the screening of EXTRANJERAS Fri 21 Mar, 8.35pm: Director Chus Gutiérrez will be present for a Q&A after the screening of PONIENTE Sat 22 Mar, 1.40 pm: notodofilmfest.com development director Jorge Segado will present a selection of shorts from the festival site & explain how filmmakers can enter their work followed by the screening of CORTOS POR LA RED: SHORTS ON THE NET. Sat 22 Mar, 3.35pm: Medardo Amor of ICAA, expert on short filmmaking in Spain will introduce the screening of TAPAS 2 Sat 22 Mar, 5.50pm: Director Álvaro García-Capelo will be present for a Q&A after the screening of CANÍCULA
Previously in this Festival
Cinema
Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
Tarantino-esque portrait of one woman's attempt to reclaim her life.
Cinema
Esa pareja feliz
Seminal comedy and first collaboration from J.A. Bardem & L.G. Berlanga
Cinema
El Alquimista Impaciente
Political thriller: a murder investigation leads a couple of Spanish policemen to reveal dangerous secrets
Cinema
De Salamanca a ninguna parte
Documentary about a group of famous cineaste who tried to rejuvinate Spanish cinema under the censorship of Franco's regime
Cinema
Los niños de Rusia
Documentary about the Republican children deported to USSR from Civil War-torn Spain
Cinema
Sin noticias de Dios
Angel Victoria Abril & Hell minion Penelope Cruz fight to get the soul of a boxer to their respective employers.
Cinema
El viaje de Carol
Moving coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Civil War.
Cinema
Smoking Room
A comedy of office politics. Following a takeover, smoking becomes banned in a Barcelona office but disgruntled employee starts a petition for a smoking room...
Cinema
En la ciudad sin límites
Thriller & family drama. At the death bed of his father, Victor is the only one to take his rambling seriously and starts uncovering dark…
Cinema
Aro Tolbukhin: En la mente del assasin
Mock - dock about the life and times of a Hungarian serial killer.