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Zaniki, 2018 ¡Viva!, our annual celebration of Spanish finally we welcome two Mexican directors to and Latin American culture is back, for its Manchester, indigenous filmmaker Itandehui ¡Bienvenidos a 26th edition. Returning to the festival’s Jansen with family drama Tiempo de lluvia roots, this year ¡Viva! focuses on films, (p15), and David Romay with his fiction with a specially selected programme of feature debut Detrás de la montaña (p9). the most exciting work from across the Other ¡Viva! 2020 highlights include the Spanish-speaking world. latest films from well-known Chilean Our Opening Night on Fri 6 Mar kicks off directors Andrés Wood (Araña, p7) and ¡Viva! with the fantastic La Hija de un ladrón (p4), Patricio Guzmán (La Cordillera de los from Catalan filmmaker Belén Funes, who sueños, p16), the Argentinian filmmaker will be here to present this, her first feature Carlos Sorín (Joel, p15), and Spain’s Benito 2020! film, to a no-doubt packed Cinema 1 – book Zambrano (Intemperie, p7). your tickets early! The opening weekend We’re proud to present nine debut feature- continues with the return of some familiar length films, including Ana García Blaya’s names and faces: a big budget historical homage to her late father, Las Buenas drama from Spanish director Alejandro intenciones (p13) and the dreamlike, tragic Amenábar, Mientras dure la guerra (p4) and drama Canción sin nombre (p6) by Melina a feel-good comedy from the prodigious León. ¡Viva! 2020 also features a focus Argentinian actor Ricardo Darín, La Odisea on indigenous filmmakers, including the de los giles (p5). exquisitely heart-breaking Wiñaypacha, set In ¡Viva! 2020 we screen a whopping 31 high in the Peruvian Andes (p13). feature films from Spain and Latin America, Last but not least, don’t miss our range of including 13 UK cinema premieres, and an talks and workshops, including the return of additional 10 short films – five of the shorts the Café Cervantes and the Language Lab, screening before selected features, and five and the One Hour Intro to Latin American of them gathered in a special programme to Indigenous Filmmakers. celebrate International Women’s Day on Sun 8 Mar (p5). ¡Disfrutad el festival! In addition to the Opening Night guests, we also welcome five other filmmakers to Manchester in March. From Spain, Gabriel Velázquez returns, with his folkloric, musical documentary Zaniki (p14), and Oriol Puig All films will begin at the advertised time with no presents his Catalan coming-of-age story adverts or trailers. El Sitio de Otto (p17). From Costa Rica we All films are in Spanish with English subtitles unless welcome Antonella Sudasassi and her debut otherwise noted. filmEl Despertar de las hormigas (p14), All age certificates are local to Manchester City celebrating female empowerment. And Council.
The film programme is curated by Rachel Hayward, Head of Film, Jessie Gibbs, ¡Viva! Festival Coordinator, and Andy Willis, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and HOME’s Senior Visiting Curator: Film. Wiñaypacha, 2017 2 3 Suc de síndria CinemaAttic programme of shorts: Mujeres (15) Sun 8 Mar, 13:15 Mientras dure la guerra, 2019 Dirs various/ES 2017, 2018, 2019/85 mins/Spanish & Catalan wEngST Mientras dure la guerra Curated by the Edinburgh-based Spanish film experts (PG) CinemaAttic, five short films made by contemporary (While at War) Spanish female filmmakers. *en lugar de nada (*instead of nothing) Sat 7 Mar, 15:20 + introduction Brenda Boyer, 37 mins Tue 17 Mar, 13:00 In brutally honest conversations with her ageing punk Wed 25 Mar, 20:30 mother, Boyer reveals a toxic family history. Dir Alejandro Amenábar/ES 2019/107 mins Karra Elejalde, Eduard Fernández, Santi Prego, Sub terrae Nathalie Poza Nayra Fuentes, 7 mins With 17 Goya Award nominations, This award-winning sensorial piece creates a nightmarish Amenábar makes a triumphant return effect, shot from above, as birds and humans scavenge to directing in Spanish with an intense below. emotional drama set in 1936, at the La Odisea de los giles, 2019 beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Suc de síndria (Watermelon Juice) La Hija de un ladrón, 2019 Celebrated writer, philosopher and La Odisea de los giles (12A) Irene Moray, 22 mins neighbourhood, 22-year-old Sara La Hija de un ladrón rector of the University of Salamanca, (Heroic Losers) With her boyfriend Pol, between tears and laughter, (12A) valiantly battles to bring up her infant Miguel de Unamuno initially supports Bárbara heals old wounds and redefines her sexuality. son and look after her troubled little (A Thief’s Daughter) the military rebellion hoping it will Sat 7 Mar, 20:40 brother, with an extremely precarious rescue Spain from the excesses of the Sun 15 Mar, 15:15 Adalamadrina Fri 6 Mar, 19:30 + introduction home and job situation. Insecurity Second Republic. Meanwhile, General Dir Sebastián Borensztein/AR ES 2019/117 mins Carlota Oms, 9 mins reigns for Sara, and the arrival of her Sat 7 Mar, 17:50 + Q&A Francisco Franco adds his troops to Ricardo Darín, Chino Darín, Luis Brandoni, Verónica Llinás 24-year-old Ada is obsessed with her gym instructor, but deeply unreliable father Manuel only how can she get him to notice her burning desire? Tue 24 Mar, 15:50 the uprising, secretly aspiring to take Set during the 2001 financial crash in Argentina, this funny, further destabilises her world. This is Dir Belén Funes/ES 2019/102 mins/Spanish and command of the war. The conflict well-paced, sort of heist movie presents an appealing Patchwork Catalan wEngST an emotionally engaging story that turns bloody and Unamuno questions fantasy: ordinary folk taking revenge on the crooked Maria Manero Muro, 8 mins Greta Fernández, Eduard Fernández, Àlex draws comparisons with the stark his initial stance. Culminating establishment. The tale begins with a group of friends and Monner, Tomás Martín A charming animation about Loly, from a pueblo near realism of the Dardenne brothers in Unamuno’s famous public neighbours who pool their savings, hoping to reactivate Valencia, whose life is saved by an anonymous liver donor. Our Opening Night film sets the bar or Ken Loach, and lives up to all its denouncement of Franco’s revolt, an agricultural cooperative. The day after they deposit high with a powerful first feature accolades and awards. the film offers lavish historical sets the money in a local bank, Argentina’s financial system from Catalan writer/director Belén and great performances, particularly collapses and they lose it all. When they discover certain Funes, starring Greta Fernández Events/ We are pleased to welcome director Belén Funes and producer from Eduard Fernández as Unamuno’s people have used prior knowledge of the crash to scam as a painfully lonely young woman nemesis, the ruthless General Millán- them, the hodgepodge collective launch an audacious plan navigating a toxic family situation, Marçal Cebrián to introduce the Opening Night screening on Fri 6 Mar, Astray. to recoup the stolen funds. Enjoy the talented ensemble with her errant parent played by her cast, including the prolific Ricardo Darín and his son Chino, and for a Q&A following the screening Event/ Introduced by Dr Abigail real life father Eduard Fernández. and stay in your seats for the amusing bonus scene during on Sat 7 Mar. Loxham, University of Liverpool. In a working-class Barcelona the credits! 4 5 Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futura, 1982 Intemperie, 2019 Nuestra voz de tierra, La Botera, 2019 memoria y futura (12A) Intemperie (15) La Botera (12A) (Our Voice of Land, (Out in the Open) (Boat Rower Memory and Future) Tue 10 Mar, 18:15 + introduction Girl) Thu 12 Mar, 20:40 Mon 9 Mar, 18:15 + introduction Dir Benito Zambrano/ES 2019/103 mins Dirs Marta Rodríguez & Jorge Silva/CO Sun 8 Mar, 18:00 Luis Tosar, Luis Callejo, Jaime López, Vicente 1982/109 mins Intemperie, 2019 Dir Sabrina Blanco/AR BR Romero 2019/75 mins This 2k digital restoration of a 1982 Shot in the Altiplano de Granada, Nicole Rivadero, Alan Gómez, Sergio Prina, documentary is a collaborative effort Araña, 2019 a vast plateau famous for its cave Gabriela Saidon by the Colombian political filmmakers dwellings, the action takes place in Set in an industrialised river Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva and Araña (15) 1946, in a dictatorship-era, post- neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, this the indigenous farmers of Coconuco, (Spider) war Spain where the indentured first-time film follows a 14-year-old in the southwestern highlands. Mon 9 Mar, 20:40 rural poor are used and abused by struggling to navigate the mysterious Combining a Marxist cinematic the landowners, and the model of process of ‘becoming a woman’. visual language with an indigenous Thu 19 Mar, 13:00 oppression comes all the way from Tati’s single dad barely scrapes by cosmogony, the film depicts the Dir Andrés Wood/CL AR BR 2019/105 mins María Valverde, Mercedes Morán, Marcelo the top. Packed with classic Western with his ferry rowboat and battered centuries-long oppression and Alonso, Pedro Fontaine tropes, life is cheap and violence is old taxicab, but Tati still dreams of resistance of farmers and indigenous In the early 70s Inés and Justo are a constant threat; but there is one breaking gender stereotypes and peoples. In striking black-and-white, part of a violent, far-right, nationalist man obeying a moral code: loner becoming a ferrywoman herself. the content ranges from interviews, group that plots to destabilise and shepherd, El Moro. A cruel farm School assignments and student rallies and meetings, to mythologised President Allende’s Socialist foreman has groomed a boy from an Canción sin nombre, 2019 cliques are equally hard for Tati to scenes with the Devil. It is a powerful government. When young man-of- impoverished family, but to his fury master, but at least she can hang out advocate for unity and organisation and the authorities seem indifferent action Gerardo is recruited to their the boy has dared to escape. On the Canción sin nombre (12A) with Kevin, her sweet, younger best in the face of exploitation by both to her plight, a shy young journalist cause, a dangerous love triangle run, hotly pursued across the arid (Song Without a Name) friend. Soon, however, 17-year-old colonial family landowners and takes on Geo’s case. Where Geo entangles the three with serious plains, the boy has the good fortune Maxi catches her eye and prompts international corporations, and of faces racial discrimination, journalist repercussions. Years later, Inés and to encounter El Moro, who might just Sun 8 Mar, 15:45 some achingly awkward attempts at oppression by the government, the Pedro risks homophobic persecution, Justo are now pillars of society be the hero he needs. Wed 11 Mar, 18:15 flirtation. Although her impoverished church and the military. Featuring a Dir Melina León/PE ES US CL 2019/97 mins/ and thus institutional corruption and in Chile’s neoliberal democracy, circumstances and desperate lack great use of montage and sound to Event/ Introduced by Dr Deborah Quechua & Spanish wEngST the persecution of minorities become but the sudden reappearance of of female role models may be quite convey meaning, from folk music to Madden, University of Manchester. Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Párraga, Lucio Rojas, a common thread. Beautifully shot, Gerardo threatens their position of Maykol Hernández extreme, Tati’s journey follows a the sharpening of machetes. the dreamlike atmosphere is dark touching universal theme of teenage power and privilege, and demands Peru, 1988. The communist insurgent and tragic throughout, and perfectly growing pains. Event/ Introduced by Prof. Andy further betrayal of their former group Shining Path continues to terrify complemented by a soundtrack that Willis, University of Salford. ally. Nominated for a Goya Award, the country with guerrilla warfare, includes both traditional Peruvian Programmed with thanks to HOME Chilean director Andrés Wood prompting a brutal state response. An music and original compositions from volunteers and Young Programmers. has created a tense and insightful impoverished Quechua woman named drama that peels back the veneer of Philip Glass’ Peruvian protégée Pauchi Plus/ This film will be preceded by Geo is expecting her first child, and respectability to reveal the dark side Sasaki. Inocencia (Dir Paco Sepúlveda/ES responds to an ad for free natal care. of a contemporary elite. When her newborn baby is stolen, 2020/11 mins) 6 7 Yo, imposible, 2018
Yo, imposible (15) El Cuento de las comadrejas, 2019 (Being Impossible) Tue 10 Mar, 20:40 Wed 25 Mar, 15:50 Dir Patricia Ortega/VE CO 2018/97 mins Detrás de la montaña, 2018 El Viaje extraordinario de Celeste García, 2018 Lucía Bedoya, Belkis Avilladares, María Elena Duque, Santiago Osuna Detrás de la El Viaje extraordinario A Venezuelan-Colombian co-production Los Miembros de la familia, 2019 montaña (15) de Celeste García (12A) with a Cuban director, this powerful (Beyond the (The Extraordinary film delivers a truly universal message: Los Miembros de Journey of Celeste the importance of self-determination la familia (15) Mountain) García) of our bodies and identities, and (Family Members) Thu 12 Mar, 18:10 + Q&A especially in the case of those born Mon 23 Mar, 16:00 Fri 13 Mar, 18:15 intersex. Ariel is a young dressmaker Wed 11 Mar, 15:45 El Cuento de las Dir David Romay/MX 2018/94 mins Thu 19 Mar, 15:30 whose first intimate encounter with a Fri 20 Mar, 20:30 Benny Emmanuel, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, comadrejas (12A) Dir Arturo Infante/CU DE man is an extremely painful experience; Dir Mateo Bendesky/AR 2019/85 mins Renée Sabina, Enrique Arreola Temblores, 2018 (The Weasel’s 2018/92 mins something about her body seems odd. Tomás Wicz, Laila Maltz, Alejandro Russek, Miguel, a shy and solitary 18-year-old, Temblores (15) María Isabel Díaz, Omar Tenaciously digging into her past, Javier Abril Rotger Tale) works as a letter writer for illiterate Franco, Néstor Jiménez, Yerlín Pérez Ariel discovers she was indeed born Two adolescent siblings travel home clients, including his secret crush (Tremors) Celeste García, a 60-year-old former to an out-of-season seaside town in Wed 11 Mar, 20:20 different and underwent surgery to Carmela. After a tragic incident Fri 13 Mar, 15:45 schoolteacher and current guide at be raised as a girl. Battling vehement Argentina to fulfil the last wishes of Sat 21 Mar, 20:20 at home, Miguel heads north from the Havana Planetarium, is looking Sat 21 Mar, 18:00 opposition from her mother, and their late mother: scatter her remains Dir Juan José Campanella/AR Mexico City to Ciudad Juárez, hell- for a life change. When a group of in the ocean. Unfortunately, the only ES 2019/124 mins Dir Jayro Bustamante/GT FR LU 2018/107 mins discrimination at work, Ariel embarks Graciela Borges, Oscar Martínez, Luis Brandoni, bent on revenge against his father, Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio aliens land in Cuba offering earthlings on a traumatic but liberating journey ‘remains’ they have is her prosthetic Marcos Mundstock who abandoned him at birth and Armas Zebadúa, Sabrina de la Hoz a chance to visit their planet, Celeste to find understanding, forgiveness and hand. Thus this quirky drama mines In this wickedly fun comedy from left his mother forever heartbroken. Pablo, a wealthy resident of signs up for the journey hoping for freedom. Peppered with flashbacks, surrealist, deadpan comedy from Argentina an eccentric group of film His revenge plan is complicated contemporary Guatemala City, is a a better and more fulfilling life. But artfully overlapping sound and image, death and the absurdity of life. For industry professionals are growing by the arrival of Carmela in search ‘good man’; a married father of two she’s also on an inner journey, which and group therapy testimonies, this is 17-year-old Lucas, the nearly deserted old disgracefully in a secluded manor of her long-absent boyfriend. As a and a practising Evangelical Christian. digs up a dark secret that has long a sensitive and beautifully crafted film. town is fertile ground for exploring house that radiates faded glory. tender but excruciatingly awkward But when he falls passionately in love tormented her. In the director’s own his sexuality. Meanwhile 20-year-old Sparks fly amid the rapid-fire dialogue relationship develops between Miguel with Francisco, Pablo’s family and words, thanks to his vociferous female Plus/ This film will be preceded Gilda, preoccupied with her ‘bad between the aged screen goddess, and Carmela, tension builds as the family members and his love for 80s by Carne (Dir Camila Kater/BR ES church vehemently resolve to help him energy’, searches for meaning through the actor in his twilight years, the planned retribution day approaches, fantasy films, Celeste embodies 2019/12 mins). ‘heal’. In the director’s own words, the therapies and divination methods. frustrated scriptwriter and the old but is his father really such a Guatemalan male identity is defined two elements closest to his heart: Bickering and trapped in limbo, they director, but the delicate balance monster? Shunning tropes of violence as “not being a woman, not being a “women’s empowerment and Sci-Fi.“ confront the empty space left by their isn’t truly upset until the arrival of a and drug trafficking, Ciudad Juárez is child, and not being a homosexual.” With a generous dose of Cuban mother’s suicide and take important young couple with an eye for property a place of solitude, melancholy and Based on 22 real life testimonies, this political allegory, and a magical steps into adulthood, ultimately valuation. The Oscar-winning writer/ neglect. A masterful fiction feature is “a film that speaks about conditional realist approach to alien landings, a supporting each other through the director (The Secret in their Eyes, debut, with fantastic performances love, shameful love, love that hurts, new cult comedy has been born! challenging combination of mourning 2009) knows how to make a cinematic and beautiful cinematography. about the divine and celestial love that and adolescence. spectacle, and this is packed with is needed in a context where the earth Event/ We are pleased to welcome witty sarcasm, clever in-jokes and trembles and destroys everything. Plus/ This film will be preceded by David Romay for a Q&A following the darkly amusing twists from start to The love that gives us an excuse for Cientouno (Dir Sebastián Alfie/ES screening on Thu 12 Mar. 2019/11 mins) finish – and look out for the surprise our extraordinary mastery of double post-credits scene! standards.” 8 9 Tue 17-Mar 13:00 Mientras dure la guerra
15:30 El Despertar de las hormigas UK Premiere ¡Viva! 2020 Wed 18-Mar 17:30 One Hour Intro: Latin American Indigenous Filmmakers 18:50 Tote abuelo UK Premiere Festival calendar 20:40 Joel UK Premiere
Fri 06-Mar 19:30 La Hija de un ladrón + introduction Thu 19-Mar 13:00 Araña Sat 07-Mar 15:20 Mientras dure la guerra + introduction 15:30 El Viaje extraordinario de Celeste García UK Premiere 17:50 La Hija de un ladrón + Q&A 18:00 Tiempo de lluvia + Q&A 20:40 La Odisea de los giles Fri 20-Mar 16:00 Zaniki UK Premiere
Sun 08-Mar 13:15 CinemaAttic Shorts: Mujeres 18:15 Las Buenas intenciones + short film 15:45 Canción sin nombre 20:30 Los Miembros de la familia + short film UK Premiere 18:00 La Botera + short film UK Premiere Sat 21-Mar 13:15 Los Sonámbulos Mon 09-Mar 18:15 Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro + introduction 15:50 La Cordillera de los sueños + introduction 20:40 Araña Tue 10-Mar 18:15 Intemperie + introduction 18:00 Temblores 20:40 Yo, imposible + short film 20:20 El Cuento de las comadrejas UK Premiere Wed 11-Mar 15:45 Los Miembros de la familia + short film UK Premiere Sun 22-Mar 11:00 Ferdinand + workshop
18:15 Canción sin nombre UK Premiere 14:00 Café Cervantes
20:20 El Cuento de las comadrejas 15:50 Cholitas UK Premiere Thu 12-Mar 18:10 Detrás de la montaña + Q&A UK Premiere 18:15 El Sitio de Otto + Q&A UK Premiere 20:40 Intemperie Mon 23-Mar 16:00 Detrás de la montaña UK Premiere Fri 13-Mar 15:45 Temblores 18:15 El Árbol negro 18:15 El Viaje extraordinario de Celeste García UK Premiere 20:30 Esto no es Berlín 20:30 El Proyeccionista UK Premiere Sat 14-Mar 13:00 Language Lab: Joel Tue 24-Mar 15:50 La Hija de un ladrón 16:10 El Árbol negro + introduction 18:10 El Despertar de las hormigas + Q&A UK Premiere 18:15 El Proyeccionista UK Premiere Wed 25-Mar 15:50 Yo, imposible + short film
20:40 Las Buenas intenciones + short film 18:15 Mirador + short film UK Premiere Sun 15-Mar 13:00 Wiñaypacha + introduction 20:30 Mientras dure la guerra 15:15 La Odisea de los giles Thu 26-Mar 16:00 El Sitio de Otto UK Premiere 18:00 Zaniki + Q&A UK Premiere 18:15 Nuestras madres Mon 16-Mar 18:10 Los Sonámbulos + introduction 20:30 Esto no es Berlín
10 11 El Proyeccionista, 2019 El Proyeccionista (15) (The Projectionist) Sat 14 Mar, 18:15 Wiñaypacha, 2019 Mon 23 Mar, 20:30 Wiñaypacha (PG) Dir José Maria Cabral/DR 2019/98 mins (Eternity) Felix Germán, Cindy Galán, El Árbol negro, 2018 Lia Briones Las Buenas intenciones, 2019 Sun 15 Mar, 13:00 + introduction Eliseo cuts a solitary Dir Óscar Catacora/PE 2017/86 mins/Aymara Las Buenas intenciones wEngST El Árbol negro (U) figure, surrounded by ageing 35mm (PG) Rosa Nina, Vicente Catacora Esto no es Berlín, 2019 (The Black Tree) celluloid film, which he watches and In a stone hut, over 5000m high in re-watches obsessively. His particular (The Good Intentions) Sat 14 Mar, 16:10 + introduction the snow-capped Peruvian Andes, the Esto no es Berlín (18) infatuation is with an enticing and with BSL interpreter Sat 14 Mar, 20:40 elderly Phaxsi and her husband Willka (This Is Not Berlin) mysterious woman in a series of home eke out a living far from the modern Mon 23 Mar, 18:15 movies. But when fire damages the Fri 20 Mar, 18:15 Fri 13 Mar, 20:30 Dirs Máximo Ciambella & Damián Coluccio/AR Dir Ana García Blaya/AR 2019/86 mins world. The 96 perfectly framed scenes 2018/80 mins/Qom & Spanish wEngST precious reels, Eliseo plunges into a flow gently like still life paintings, Mon 16 Mar, 20:30 Javier Drolas, Jazmín Stuart, Amanda Minujín, desperate search for the object of his Sebastian Arzeno Dir Hari Sama/MX 2019/110 mins A superbly shot and poetic depicting the couple, their animals, documentary about Martín, an desire, travelling to the poorest and Set in early 90s Buenos Aires, this is and their magnificent mountain Xabiani Ponce de León, José Antonio Toledano, most remote corners of the Dominican Mauro Sanchez Navarro, Klaudia Garcia indigenous goat farmer from the Qom an intimate autobiographical portrait homeland. In traditional Aymara Republic, and peering into the darker Mexico City, 1986, amidst World (or Toba) community, in a province of childish adults and mature children rituals they beseech Pachamama, Joel, 2018 sides of love, life and relationships. El Cup fever and the aftermath of a of Argentina bordering Paraguay. muddling through an amicable Mother Earth, to provide them with Proyeccionista simultaneously pays deadly earthquake. In a wealthy Language Lab: Joel His struggle for land rights and post-divorce scenario. Intercut with sustenance, and to return the long- homage to the golden era of cinema neighbourhood 17-year-old Carlos Sat 14 Mar, 13:00 – 16:00 environmental security sets him in actual home video footage, the lost son who has abandoned them for and celebrates human connection, director lovingly pays homage to the city, but the struggle to survive doesn’t fit in: not with his family nor Ana Valbuena from the Instituto direct opposition to the agribusiness through twin lenses of nostalgia her late father. Gustavo is a joyfully eventually prompts a dangerous with his school friends. But everything Cervantes Manchester presents our behemoths; the urgency of his fight and obsession. As the filmmaker’s irresponsible and music-obsessed mission for help. In this stunning changes when he discovers Azteca, bespoke study session for adult underlined by the fatal condition second film selected to represent the slacker, idolised by his children but and heart-breaking story about the legendary nightclub with an Spanish language learners and tragically picking off his beloved goats Dominican Republic at the Oscars, struggling to make child support abandonment of the elderly and of underground scene of androgynous film fans. Following an introduction one animal at a time. Impassioned this is a clever combination of drama, payments. As the eldest child, 10-year- traditions, Willka is played by the post-punk, sexual liberation and in accessible Spanish, and a full assemblies and illegal roadblocks road movie and noir, with universal old Amanda seems wise far beyond director’s real life grandfather, and heavy drug use. As a countercultural screening of Joel with English form part of the Qom’s methods, but appeal. her years as they hang out in her Phaxsi by a non-professional who had space for pansexual experimentation, subtitles, attendees can practise Martín also turns to an ancient and dad’s record shop or chaotic flat, but never seen a film before. tolerance and community, its raw their Spanish language skills using magical solution: a pilgrimage to the energy is deeply attractive to the elusive Black Tree, with its mythical now she will face a difficult decision a specially designed Study Pack, Event/ Introduced by Dr Rebecca young rebel searching for his identity power to break a curse. In following that truly tests her maturity. With an discussing topics such as: family life, Jarman, University of Leeds. energetic soundtrack – by Paraguayan as an artist and a man. Drawing on social relationships, community values, his journey, the filmmakers hoped Ska punk band Ripe Banana Skins – director Hari Sama’s experiences inclusiveness in educational settings, to find in this magical world view and a genuine outburst of love, this is growing up in Mexico and New York, and cultural and social issues brought perhaps some alternative way to a heart-warming celebration of family. the film takes inspiration from real up by the film’s main topics. restore our damaged planet. life, but adds the cool uncle – played Event/ Introduced by Dr Ignacio Plus/ This film will be preceded by by Sama himself – as the male role Conversational Spanish recommended. Aguiló, University of Manchester, with Beef Dir Ingride Santos/ES 2019/13 model he never had. For full film details see p15. BSL interpretation. mins. 12 13 Tiempo de lluvia, 2018 One Hour Intro: Latin American Indigenous Filmmakers Wed 18 Mar, 17:30 Tickets: £4 full/£3 concessions Visiting Mexican filmmakers Itandehui Zaniki, 2018 Jansen and Armando Bautista, both Zaniki (12A) with Mixtec heritage, present an informal introduction to Latin American Sun 15 Mar, 18:00 + indigenous filmmakers. Itandehui Q&A studied documentary filmmaking at Fri 20 Mar, 16:00 university in the Netherlands. She has Dir Gabriel Velázquez/ES been a film festival jury member and her 2018/75 mins own films have screened internationally. This delightful film, a sort of magical She is Programme Director for the realist or mythical documentary set Bachelor in Film & TV at Edinburgh in the rural Salamanca region of El Despertar de las hormigas, 2019 University. Armando studied an MA in north western Spain, follows Eusebio Los Sonámbulos, 2019 Comparative Literature and Philosophy Joel, 2018 Tiempo de lluvia (12A) El Despertar de las Mayalde, a shaman who howls like Los Sonámbulos (15) in Barcelona. He is a film producer and (In Times of Rain) a wolf at the full moon. He’s also hormigas (15) award-winning writer of screenplays Thu 19 Mar, 18:00 + Q&A a folklorist and percussionist who (The Sleepwalkers) (The Awakening and short stories. Dir Itandehui Jansen/MX CH 2018/89 mins/ makes music with spoons, pans and Mon 16 Mar, 18:10 + introduction of the Ants) Spanish, Mixtec & Nahuatl wEng ST even his own hands. Riding across Sat 21 Mar, 13:15 Alejandra Herrera, Ángeles Cruz, Harold Torres, Tote abuelo, 2019 Nu Kahnu the wintry landscape on his old Dir Paula Hernández/AR UR 2019/107 mins Tue 17 Mar, 15:30 motorcycle, Eusebio cuts a striking Érica Rivas, Ornella D’Elía, Rafael Federman, Tue 24 Mar, 18:10 + Q&A Joel (12A) In the southern Mexican state of figure; an image that complements Daniel Hendler Dir Antonella Sudasassi/CR ES 2019/94 mins Oaxaca, a traditional healer and Wed 18 Mar, 20:40 his energy, passion and prodigious When three generations of a family Daniela Valenciano, Leynar Gomez, Isabella village elder called Soledad lives Moscoso, Adriana Alvarez Dir Carlos Sorín/AR musical talent. The time has come to gather at their country house to 2018/100 mins with her young grandson, José, and transmit his knowledge to Zaniki, his celebrate New Year’s Eve one hot In the Costa Rican countryside where Victoria Almeida, Diego tends to the emotional and physical eight-year-old grandson. On a journey Argentinian summer, numerous 28-year-old Isa lives, life choices are Gentile, Joel Noguera, well-being of the residents of the of initiation, the two venture into the tensions simmer under the surface, limited, and the traditional family Tote abuelo (12A) Ana Katz Mixtec pueblo of Nochixtlán. Several mountains, to share the most primal pushing the women in particular to model demands a wife’s subservience (Tote) An expertly crafted drama from years previously, her daughter, Adela, rites of their land, and to make Zaniki their limits. Luisa worries about her to her husband and dedication to established director Carlos Sorín, this moved to Mexico City in search of the new troubadour of tradition. teenage daughter Ana’s sleepwalking childrearing. Isa already has two Wed 18 Mar, 18:50 is an engaging tale of adoption and opportunity, and now, to Soledad’s habit, as well as Ana’s vulnerability daughters – with great natural Dir María Sojob/MX 2019/80 mins discrimination, and an interesting dismay, would like José to live with Event/ We are pleased to welcome as she enters puberty. Meanwhile performances from the five- and María Sojob is a Tsotsil take on the old adage that it takes her. José’s contentious move to the Gabriel Velázquez for a Q&A following Luisa struggles to relate to her nine-year-olds – but her husband filmmaker from Chiapas, in southern a village to raise a child. Cecilia and capital links the film’s themes of rural the screening on Sun 15 Mar. husband or the rest of his family, Alcides is pushing for a third child. Mexico, who grew up in the city but Diego have recently moved to a remote versus urban living, family, language, not least his mother; Memé is an His domineering personality combined whose origins are in the village of village in Tierra del Fuego. Unable to race, class and a crisis of identity. imposing matriarch presiding over the with the relentless heat and humidity Chenalhó. In this gently paced, personal conceive children, they have been on Both writer Armando Bautista and ancestral home and family publishing create a mentally and physically documentary she returns to her a lengthy adoption waiting list until director Itandehui Jansen are of business, and also the numerous toxic oppressive atmosphere that induces ancestral home to spend time with her the sudden arrival of 9-year-old Joel. Mixtec origin, and the storyline relationships. Thanks to lengthy script Isa’s hallucinatory episodes, reflecting elderly grandfather, Tote, to reconnect The middle-class couple are eager to weaves in personal experiences of work and extensive backstories, often her feelings of guilt and desire, and with her roots and examine changing do the right thing, but the reality of dislocation and identity politics from only hinted at, this is a wonderfully her complex relationship with her attitudes to love as the generations parenting proves more difficult than an indigenous person’s perspective. immersive experience that skilfully body and sexuality. Watching her have moved through space and time. predicted when some members of the We are pleased to welcome builds towards a shocking climax, slowly but defiantly take back control As a mother now herself, she notes the local community turn against them. Event/ director Itandehui Jansen and writer/ with an exceptionally sensitive is a powerful and moving experience; progress made in terms of parenting, The accelerated parental learning producer Armando Bautista for a Q&A approach to violence against women. this is a beautifully shot and expertly especially in relation to women; affection process, and a conflict raised at the acted domestic drama about female is now openly shown, and domestic only local public school, will force following the screening on Thu 19 Mar. Event/ Introduced by Dr Ignacio empowerment. violence and corporal punishment are them to re-examine their decisions and Aguiló, University of Manchester, with no longer the norm. There are wider motivations. BSL interpretation. Event/ We are pleased to welcome societal changes too, including more Antonella Sudasassi for a Q&A opportunities for young women and Also screening as part of the Language following the screening on Tue 24 Mar. greater respect for the Tsotsil language. Lab on Sat 14 Mar (see p12). 14 15 La Cordillera de los sueños, 2019 Preview/ La Cordillera de los sueños (12A) Cholitas, 2019 (The Cordillera of Cholitas (U) dreams) Ferdinand, 2017 El Sitio de Otto, 2019 Sat 21 Mar, 15:50 + introduction Bring the Family/ Sun 22 Mar, 15:50 El Sitio de Mirador, 2019 Dirs Jaime Murcielago & Dir Patricio Guzmán/CL FR 2019/84 mins Ferdinand (U) Pablo Iraburu/ES 2019/80 Otto (12A) Mirador (PG) After covering the North in Nostalgia mins/Aymara & Spanish (Otto’s Place) for the Light and the South in The Sun 22 Mar, 11:00 + workshop wEngST (Lookout) Pearl Button, Patricio Guzmán turns Dir Carlos Saldanha/ES US 2017/108 mins/ In Bolivia the indigenous people English Sun 22 Mar, 18:15 Wed 25 Mar, 18:15 who blend Aymara and European to the Andes, what he calls “the vast John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale + Q&A Dir Antón Terni/UR 2019/72 revealing backbone of Chile’s past cultures are known as cholos, or the mins Ferdinand is a giant bull with a big Thu 26 Mar, 16:00 and recent history.” Having left Chile affectionate feminine diminutive Pablo, a 34-year- heart. After being mistaken for a Dir Oriol Puig/ES 2019/80 mins more than 40 years ago when the cholitas. After generations of Iñaki Mur, Nora Navas, Joana Vilapuig, Oriol Vila old blind man, lives in a remote dangerous beast and torn from his military dictatorship took over the discrimination, the cholitas have location near the Uruguayan coast, home, he rallies a misfit team of In addition to the recent loss of his democratically-elected government, proudly reclaimed their name; their brewing his craft spirits, recording his friends for the ultimate adventure father, growing pains have cast the this personal piece expresses the distinctive layers of colourful skirts thoughts on an old cassette player, to return to his family. Based on the teenage Otto somewhat adrift as sadness of exile and mourns the and bowler hats are now seen playing back old tapes, and hanging Nuestras madres 2019 classic children’s book, Ferdinand he treads the familiar territory of more joyous and egalitarian national everywhere from fashion shows out with his blind friends Valeria and proves you can’t judge a bull by its village life in rural Catalonia. His Preview/ Nuestras identity that Chile lost in the coup. to universities, and government Óscar. Together they transport us cover! best friend César ropes him into The film’s second half pays tribute ministries to wrestling matches. In a plan to deal with a pack of wild to a sensory world that transcends madres (15) to cameraman Pablo Salas, who Designed for the whole family, this inspirational documentary they dogs harassing the local residents, the image; cinema becomes a (Our Mothers) remained there after the Pinochet including babies, this screening will are also found climbing the highest meditative experience as we relish and his girlfriend Érica accompanies Thu 26 Mar, 18:15 coup to film protest and oppression. have the volume lowered and the peak outside of Asia, the 6962m high the soundscape, our vision impaired him to local parties, but over the Dir César Díaz/GT BE FR 2019/78 mins/Spanish Salas’ archive represents the lights will remain dimmed throughout Aconcagua in the Argentinian Andes. course of the summer he outgrows by the shallow depth of field and our & Mayan wEngST necessity for documentation and the screening. Travelling from El Alto, high up on his old friends and relationships, and viewer’s omniscience thwarted by Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio memory, Guzmán’s guiding principles the Altiplano bordering La Paz, five makes new connections with those the narrative jumps. There is gentle Serrano Echeverría Event/ Following the film screening, ever since he made The Battle of determined and heroic women make considered outsiders by the socially humour to be found too, in the trio’s Sparked by corrupt military governance young fans and parents are invited to Chile some four decades ago. their ascent with modern equipment conservative rural community. Filmed everyday experiences and casual in the 1960s, the Guatemalan Civil a lively storytelling and craft event and in traditional dress, and with a in the picturesque Ebro Valley, this is conversations. A film about friendship, War lasted over 30 years and claimed Event/ Introduced by Dr Carlos van from Manchester Literature Festival. very particular respect for the majesty a subtle and well-crafted coming-of- connection and loss; an opportunity more than 200,000 lives, mostly from Tongeren, University of Manchester. The workshop is free but booking of Pachamama, Mother Earth. age story that celebrates having the to perceive the world differently; and the indigenous Mayan population. is required. All children must be confidence to strike an alternative a must-see for fans of alternative Set in 2018, this powerful fiction accompanied by an adult. path on the journey into adult cinema! feature debut sees a trial grip the nation as a string of female survivors identity. Plus/ This film will be preceded byYa denounce the military’s atrocities. está (Dir Aizpea Goenaga/ES 2019/ Event/ We are pleased to welcome Meanwhile, young anthropologist 11 mins). writer/director Oriol Puig and Ernesto strives to identify the bodies Café Cervantes producer Xavier Toll for a Q&A of some of the 40,000 disappeared. Sun 22 Mar, 14:00-15:30 following the screening on Sun 22 Mar. When the witness statement of an old Free, booking required. woman suggests a link to his father, a guerrillero who went missing during the ¡Bienvenido, siéntate! war, Ernesto flings himself body and Grab a drink from the bar for this informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your soul into the case, looking for truth language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme. and reconciliation in the testimonies of We recommend language learners have intermediate level Spanish or above to participate fully in this event. the heroic women whose knowledge and memories hold together the social This event will be led by staff from the Instituto Cervantes. fabric of the nation. 16 17 GETTING HERE TICKETS AND BOOKING
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