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REEL INSPIRACIÓN 2018 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME spanishfilmfestival.com #spanishfilmfest 1 2 PRESENTED BY THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS SUPPORTING PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS CULTURAL PARTNER CATERERING PARTNERS 3 LUNES DE LOCOS! ENJOY DISCOUNTED TICKETS ON MONDAYS DURING THE FESTIVAL See pages 33 – 47 for details *Offer not valid public holidays. Offer not available in Hobart and Perth. Check Ticketing for details. 4 SPONSORS ....................................3 REEL DIRECTORAS OPENING NIGHT Júlia Is .........................................28 The Tribe ....................................6-7 Singled [Out] ...............................29 Summer 1993 .............................30 SPECIAL EVENT The Bastards’ Fig Tree .................31 No Filter .................................... 8-9 The Open Door ............................32 CLOSING NIGHT SESSIONS AND TICKETING Pan’s Labyrinth.......................10-11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE CONTENTS Ticketing & booking ....................33 REEL RETROSPECTIVE SYDNEY Session times .......... 34-36 Bigas Luna Tribute ......................12 MELBOURNE Session times ... 37-40 Jamón, Jamón .............................13 Bigas x Bigas, Golden Balls, BRISBANE Ticketing & booking ...41 The Tit & the Moon ......................14 BRISBANE Session times ....... 42-43 REEL ESPAÑOL CANBERRA Ticketing & booking ..44 Abracadabra ...............................15 CANBERRA Session times ...........45 Dying ...........................................16 Gold ............................................17 ADELAIDE Ticketing & booking ....46 It’s For Your Own Good ................18 ADELAIDE Session times ....... 46-47 Lord, Give Me Patience ...............19 Loving Pablo ................................20 PERTH Ticketing & booking .........48 Mist & the Maiden .......................21 PERTH Session times ...................49 Operation Goldenshell .................22 Re-evolution ................................23 HOBART Ticketing, booking The Chess Player .........................24 & session times ...........................50 The Solar System ........................25 REEL INFANTIL: FILMS FOR KIDS Coco In Spanish ...........................26 Tad The Lost Explorer and The Secret of King Midas ............27 SYD CAN MEL ADEL BRIS PER HOB APRIL 17 APRIL 18 APRIL 19 APRIL 26 APRIL 26 APRIL 26 MAY 3 ~ TO~ ~ TO~ ~ TO~ ~ TO~ ~ TO~ ~ TO~ ~ TO~ MAY 6 MAY 6 MAY 6 MAY 13 MAY 13 MAY 16 MAY 9 5 OPENING NIGHT THE TRIBE LA TRIBU In the spirit of The Full Monty, this female-driven “Paco León is sublime... He story of family reconciliation is a sure-fire crowd- continues to nail comedy.” pleaser packed with music and laughs. It doesn’t ELPALOMITRON.COM matter if you are out of shape, over the hill or underqualified, come join ‘The Tribe’ and dance your troubles away! Virginia (the fabulous Carmen Machi, Spanish DIRECTOR: Fernando Colomo Affair, SFF15) – who works as a cleaning lady CAST: Carmen Machi, Paco León, but whose true calling is “street dance” – reunites Maite Sandoval, Luis Bermejo with the son she gave up for adoption: Fidel (Paco León, Kiki, Love to Love SFF17), an executive 2018 • 90 MINS • SPAIN • MUSICAL COMEDY who has lost it all, including his memory after a Spanish with English subtitles freak accident. Together with “The Mommies”, the outlandish dance group Virginia’s classmates have > AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE formed, mother and son will discover that they may come from very different worlds, but the same rhythm runs in their veins. Inspired by the self-styled Las Mamis dance troupe who swept ‘Spain’s Got Talent’ in 2016, this joyous film from one of Spain’s most respected filmmakers WINNER: Best Film, Best Actress, and actors, Fernando Colomo (Isla Bonita SFF16), Monte Carlo International Film is sure to get you into the groove! Festival 6 OPENING NIGHT FIESTA Get ready to shake your groove thing with the dance-floor comedyThe Tribe. The Gala event includes Freixenet Cava on arrival and premiere screening, followed by an afterparty with Torres Wines, tapas and live entertainment. TICKETS General Admission $57 | Palace Movie Club Members $52 SYDNEY ADELAIDE Palace Norton Street Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Tuesday 17 April Thursday 26 April Catering by Ola Lola Catering by Ayers House Entertainment by 6.30pm Arrivals OPENING NIGHT Tropicante Sound Systema with 7pm Film & fiesta Aluminus Dance & Entertainment 7pm Arrivals BRISBANE 7.30pm Film & fiesta Palace Barracks Thursday 26 April CANBERRA Catering by Moda Restaurant Palace Electric Cinema 6.30pm Arrivals Wednesday 18 April 7pm Film & fiesta Catering by Monster Kitchen & Bar 6.30pm Arrivals PERTH 7pm Film & fiesta Cinema Paradiso Thursday 26 April MELBOURNE Catering by Pinchos The Astor Theatre 6pm Arrivals Thursday 19 April 6.30pm Film & fiesta at Catering by Bouzy Rouge Connections Night Club 6.30pm Arrivals General admission $55 7pm Film & fiesta Luna Privilege Members $50 *For all Hobart details see page 50 7 SPECIAL EVENT NO FILTER SIN RODEOS In the real world we can rarely express exactly “Segura is one Spain’s masters how we feel. Generally we have to consider things of the art of humour and his like other people’s emotions before we go off characteristic comedic touch running our mouths. But sometimes being overly is imprinted on this film.” considerate can take an unwanted emotional toll on LOS INTERROGANTES our own psyches, especially when it involves letting other people walk all over you. DIRECTOR: Santiago Segura Santiago Segura, the Spanish superstar comic, CAST: Maribel Verdú, Candela Peña, tackles this conundrum in the witty and wonderful Diego Martín, Rafael Spregelburd, No Filter. His new film’s premise is pretty Cristina Pedroche, Santiago Segura straightforward: a nice, excessively passive woman beaten down by the world suddenly loses all of her 2018 • 87 MINS • SPAIN • COMEDY filters and unleashes her fury on everyone. Spanish with English subtitles It stars Spanish A-lister Maribel Verdú (Y Tu Mamá > AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE También 2001) as Paz, a woman dealing dutifully with a boss who humiliates her, a husband who ignores her, a stepson who doesn’t respect her, and a best friend who doesn’t listen to her. She seeks help from a spiritual healer, but when his herb remedy turns her into an unstoppable truth machine she must learn to strike that delicate balance between pleasing others and taking care of herself. 8 SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT – Presented by Freixenet Be refreshed by sparkling Freixenet Cava, live entertainment, and the cathartic comedy No Filter starring Maribel Verdú, about a woman who can’t help but to speak her mind (heaven forbid!). TICKETS General Admission $28 | Palace Movie Club Members $24 SYDNEY ADELAIDE Palace Verona Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Thursday 26 April Wednesday 2 May 6.30pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 6.00pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 7.15pm Screening 6.45pm Screening CANBERRA BRISBANE Palace Electric Cinema Palace Centro Thursday 26 April Wednesday 2 May 6.30pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 6.30pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 7.15pm Screening 7.15pm Screening MELBOURNE PERTH Palace Westgarth Cinema Paradiso Thursday 26 April Wednesday 2 May 6.30pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 6.00pm Freixenet Cava on arrival 7.15pm Screening 6.45pm Screening 9 CLOSING NIGHT PAN'S LABYRINTH EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO The visionary Mexican director Guillermo del Toro ★★★★ recently took home four Academy Awards including “Pan's Labyrinth is one of the Best Film and Best Director with a further nine greatest of all fantasy films.” nominations for his whimsical and spellbinding ROGER EBERT underwater romance The Shape of Water. To celebrate this incredible achievement, we’re bringing his beloved dark fairy-tale (and fantasy DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro classic) Pan’s Labyrinth back to the big screen to close our 21st Festival. CAST: Ivana Baquero, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Sergi In 1944 Spain, following a bloody Civil War, young López, Manolo Solo Ofelia travels to the north with her pregnant mother to live at the command post of her new stepfather, 2006 • 118 MINS • SPAIN/MEXICO/USA Captain Vidal, a sadistic man hell-bent on ridding FANTASY/DRAMA the countryside of rebel forces. When Ofelia Spanish with English subtitles discovers a magical labyrinth under the ground, she flees into it, seeking refuge from the terrors MA15+ of the conflict. But the subterranean world turns out to harbour its own kind of threats. Here she encounters all manner of creatures, benevolent and otherwise, including a grotesque faun who gives her WINNER: Best Cinematography, Best three dangerous tasks to complete. And so Ofelia Art Direction, Best Makeup, Academy undertakes a quest to claim her crown as princess Awards 2007 of this realm. WINNER: Best Original Screenplay, Best New Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Makeup and Hairstyles, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, Spanish Academy Awards (Goya) 2007 10 CLOSING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT EVENT Guillermo del Toro’s modern classic Pan’s Labyrinth closes our Festival, as we celebrate his remarkable cinematic achievements with Torres Wines in hand. TICKETS General Admission $25 | Palace Movie Club Members $20 SYDNEY ADELAIDE Palace Norton Street Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Sunday 6 May Sunday 13 May 6.45pm Drink on arrival 6.45pm Drink on arrival 7pm Screening 7pm Screening CANBERRA BRISBANE Palace Electric Cinema Palace Barracks Sunday 6 May Sunday 13 May 6.45pm Drink on arrival 6.45pm Drink on arrival 7pm Screening 7pm Screening MELBOURNE PERTH The Astor Theatre Cinema Paradiso