"cafe cervantes"

Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme. We recommend language learners have intermediate level Spanish or above.

An informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme.

An informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme.

Our firm festival favourite, Café Cervantes, returns for another year of lively discussion and debate led by Iñaki Abad and Kepa González. This informal session is the perfect opportunity to practice your Spanish language whilst getting some great recommendations for iViva! films and events. And this year we are very pleased to announce director Emilio Aragón will be joining us for the session to discuss his debut feature film Pájaros de papel. You'll get the opportunity to ask him questions and talk to him about his work while enjoying a drink in the café bar. We recommend language learners to have intermediate level Spanish or above to participate fully in this event.

Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme. We recommend language learners have intermediate level Spanish or above.

Grab a drink from the bar for this informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme.

An evening's casual discussion of viva.

Our festival partner Instituto Cervantes invites you to celebrate the 18th edition of ¡Viva! at the ¡Fiesta de clausura! held at the Institute’s Deansgate premises. Expect music, drinks and dancing to end the festival on a high.

Veniu! Passeu! Que casa nostra és casa vostra... Our annual Catalan Café is back by popular demand. To complement the screenings of Pa negre and Open 24H, Catalan speakers and learners of all levels are welcome to join us in discussing the ¡Viva! films and events throughout the festival. This informal session will be led by Toni Infante (Cervantes Institute) and Adrià Castells Ferrando (University of Manchester) and we are very pleased to announce director Carles Torras will also be joining us to discuss his feature film Open 24H. This is a great opportunity to ask Carles questions and talk to him about his work while enjoying a drink in the café bar.

HOME includes a 450-seat theatre, a 150-seat flexible theatre space, a 500m2 4m high flexible gallery space, five cinema screens, digital production and broadcast facilities, a bar, café bar and cinema bar plus a bookshop.

The HOME Bar & Restaurant are currently recruiting an experienced Duty Manager to help support our fast-paced food & beverage offer.

Cornerhouse is Manchester’s international centre for contemporary visual arts and independent film.