This November we bring you the final instalment of the 21st ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival: The Weekenders, with an excellent line-up of five great films from Spain, including one in Catalan and one in the Basque language. We open the Weekender with thrilling drama Felices 140, the first of four films featuring strong female leads battling to resolve crises: from the dark black humour of animation Pos eso to light-hearted fun in Requisitos para ser una persona normal. Striking a very different note, we have the political thriller Lasa eta Zabala depicting real life events from the so-called Dirty War in mid-1980s Spain. The Weekender is packed not only with great films but also introductory talks and a director post-screening Q&A. The programme includes a talk on Lasa eta Zabala and new Basque cinema and a One Hour Intro which explores the horror influences behind Pos eso and places the film in the context of European animation.
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In this festival
VIVA Festival
We Review Tots Volem El Millor Per A Ella
In November we bring you the final instalment of the 21st ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival: The Weekenders, with an excellent line-up of five great…
VIVA Festival
We Review Pos Eso
In November we bring you the final instalment of the 21st ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival: The Weekenders, with an excellent line-up of five great…
Previously in this Festival
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Spanish A2 Study Day: Requisitos para ser una persona normal
This study day will address topics including diversity, family life, relationships, looking for and getting a job, youth and adulthood, emotions and feelings, film analysis, contemporary…
Cinema
Tots volem el millor per a ella + Somos amigos
One year after a terrible traffic accident, Geni is ready to resume her life... or at least that’s what her family wants to see. The…
Cinema
Felices 140
On her 40th birthday, Elia gathers together a few select relatives and friends at a luxury country house to tell them some extraordinary news: she…
Cinema
Lasa eta Zabala
In 1983 Basque refugees Joxean Lasa and Joxi Zabala went missing in Bayonne, followed by a wave of attacks perpetrated by the illegal Spanish death…
Cinema
Requisitos para ser una persona normal
What does it mean to be normal? 30-year-old María thinks she has the answer, a checklist of fundamental requirements; the only problem is she cannot…
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One hour intro: Animation, not just for the hell of it!
Preluding the screening of Spanish stop motion comedy Pos eso (Possesed) we try and exorcise the demons that influenced the animated horror comedy and look behind…
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New Contexts for Spanish Cinema
Run by the Regional Research Network in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Cinema. Experts from the region’s universities will be meeting to share ideas on…
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Lasa eta Zabala: Old Conflicts and New Basque Cinema
An introduction to the film, to the role of conflict in Basque films, and to how they relate to new contexts in Spanish cinema. The…