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Spanish & Latin American Festival . Thu 7 – Sun 24 Apr 2016
SPONSORED BY Bienvenidos a ¡Viva! Eat. Spanish and Latin Drink.
As well as a packed programme of films and shows, look out for some American Festival Latin American and Iberian twists to our menus throughout April, including montaditos and pinchos, For its 22nd edition, ¡Viva! returns with a specially served from our bars, as well as selected programme of the most exciting film, theatre some Spanish inspired cocktails. and visual art from across the Spanish-speaking world. There may even be a sneaky We have two weeks of great international performances, sangria to be had! with two brand new works commissioned from Catalan theatre makers and a showcase of work by Cuban Enjoy with some impromptu musical performances and surprises you award-winning playwright Abel González Melo. The can really soak up the festival packed film programme features an exciting line-up atmosphere right here at HOME. including UK premieres from new and established directors from across Spain and Latin America with a focus on the face of Argentinian cinema, Ricardo Darín. We’ll also present video work from leading contemporary Spanish artists and filmmakers and we will stage The Storming Reunion with a Latin American party for everyone. Shop. All films will be screened in Spanish with English subtitles unless otherwise indicated. All films will begin at the advertised time If our ¡Viva! festival has you inspired, with no adverts or trailers. pop into our bookshop for specially selected Spanish and Latin American The festival programme is subject to last minute changes, please titles on film, art and music. see homemcr.org/viva-2016 for all ¡Viva! updates including details Located on the ground floor next of confirmed guests. to Box Office, it is open daily 12:00 – 20:00. ¡Viva! is presented with Instituto Cervantes (Manchester) and the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Embassy of Spain in the You can browse our online United Kingdom with the support of the BFI Film Festival Fund, catalogue at awarding funds from The National Lottery. cornerhousepublications.org Spain.
Little Soldier and HOME present Mi Gran Noche (15) Carmina y amén. (15) Spanish & Derailed (My Big Night) (Carmina and Amen.)
¡VIVA! OPENING NIGHT ¡VIVA! OPENING FILM Sun 10 Apr, 18:15 PREVIEW Sat 9 Apr, 18:15 Sat 16 Apr, 17:50 Latin American Thu 7 – Sat 9 Apr, 20:00 Sat 23 Apr, 20:40 Dir Paco León/ES 2014/93 mins Performed in English. Dir Álex de la Iglesia/ES 2015 Carmina Barrios, Paco Casaus, /100 mins Maria Leon, Mari Paz Sayago Award-winning theatre company Raphael, Mario Casas, Blanca Festival Little Soldier Productions invite Suárez, Hugo Silva, Carmen After the sudden death of her you to join us in the live recording Machi, Carlos Areces, Santiago husband, a working-class family of a concept album about social Segura, Carolina Bang matriarch convinces her daughter change. Using elements of physical to conceal his passing for two days, . theatre, storytelling, intimate A fast-paced, high-energy farce to until she’s been paid the bonus confession and live music, tickle your funny bone with both he was due. This award-winning Derailed is about politics and black humour and slapstick comedy. black comedy will appeal to fans of rock & roll. (Or maybe it’s The all-star ensemble piece contains The Royle Family or Shameless, with just about rock & roll). some inspired casting decisions, its wickedly comic use of Spanish including iconic Spanish crooner class and region stereotypes, from Thu 7 – Sun 24 Little Soldier presents a show Raphael as a psychotic diva Alphonso, the ostentatious Catholic to the about how to change the world. and heartthrob Mario Casas as his wacky non-conformist Catalan. Hopefully. Maybe sexy-but-stupid rival Adanne. Taking Peppered with inspired wit and place on the set of a New Year’s Eve deliriously surreal moments, Apr 2016 Developed at Battersea TV show, the costumes, sets and a delight to watch! Arts Centre. impressively choreographed dance troupe sequences all combine to create a dazzling spectacle.
Premiere Film Theatre Event Visual Art Spain.
Manchester School of Theatre presents Caresses By Sergi Belbel
Thu 21 - Sat 23 Apr Performed in English.
ATRESBANDES, HOME Emma Frankland, Keir Cooper and Ultimo Amama (12A) and Festival TNT presents Comboio present Marsella (15) L’adopció (15) Directed by Richard Beecham (When a Tree Falls) (Marseille) (Awaiting) ALL IN Don Quijote Written by Sergei Belbel, one of the
Mon 11 Apr, 18:10 Fri 15 Apr, 18:20 Sun 17 Apr, 15:30 most popular Spanish playwrights Fri 15 & Sat 16 Apr, 19:30 Thu 14 Apr, 15:50 Thu 14 – Sat 16 Apr, 20:00 Sat 23 Apr, 13:30 Thu 21 Apr, 18:20 to have emerged in the 1990s Performed in English. Thu 21 Apr, 11:00 (Baby Friendly) Performed in English. Dir Belén Macías/ES 2014/93 mins Dir Daniela Féjerman/ES LT Caresses captures carefully
Dir Asier Altuna/ES 2015/ María León, Goya Toledo, Noa 2015/96 mins/English and interwoven encounters between A playful exploration of Cervantes’ 103 mins/Basque wEngST ATRESBANDES is a young theatre Fontanals, Eduard Fernández Catalan wEngST various complex personalities, novel, combining incredible visual Iraia Elias, Amparo Badiola, company from Barcelona that has Nora Navas, Francesc Garrido, each of whom is attempting to imagery, live music and dance, this Kandido Uranga, Klara Badiola established a reputation for sharp, Five years after Sara lost custody Larisa Kalpokaite, Sarunas deal with the contradictions and is an unmissable performance about perceptive work. ALL IN takes as a of her daughter, now with her life Puidokas fraught challenges of seemingly standing up for what you believe in After delighting ¡Viva! audiences starting point the idea of going ‘all apparently back on track, she normal relationships. The emotional – despite what society may say. in 2014 with his highly original in’ at the poker table and takes a takes Claire on a trip to Marseille When a Spanish couple travel to a fragility, passion and sheer danger An intimate production for a limited Basque music documentary wild ride through vastly different, in search of the father she has country in Eastern Europe to adopt of these encounters creates a audience, who will be seated on Bertsolari, Altuna returns with seemingly unconnected worlds. never met. But Sara is tailed by a young child, they find themselves compelling and often blackly our Theatre 1 stage (right next another beautiful and moving film, These worlds are all incarnations the concerned foster mother, mired in a system apparently humorous social satire. a poetic family drama played out in of the tyranny of the crowd that to the action), this version of Don Virginia. A sensitive portrayal of preying on their vulnerability. the picturesque Basque countryside. annihilates the individual, from Quijote also features a secret a delicate situation, with great As tension mounts, their own The rural and the urban, the past dictatorship to national anthems, guest performer in the title role. acting from the leading ladies as latent conflicts come to the fore and the present, parents and their education to self-help manuals and well as ¡Viva! favourite Fernández as the dream threatens to turn offspring: opposing ways of life love as a marketable commodity. in a supporting role. into a nightmare. Inspired by struggle against one another whilst, the Argentinian writer-director’s in eloquent silence, the grandmother personal experiences, this - ‘amama’ - watches her family’s poignant film offers some destiny unfold. surprising wry comic moments, and deals with an emotional topic without sentimentality. Café Cervantes
Sat 16 Apr, 16:00 ¡Bienvenido, siéntate!
The welcome return of the Café Cervantes, an informal gathering of Spanish speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions and recommendations for this year’s ¡Viva! programme.
We recommend language learners have intermediate level Spanish or above to participate fully in this event.
This event will be led by Francisco Oda, Kepa González and Amaia Santana (Instituto Cervantes Manchester & Leeds). FREE, booking required Focus on Cuba. Central America. Mexico and Guatemala
Juntos y revueltos Cuba Now: Abel González Melo Carmín tropical (15) Ixcanul (12A) The Mansion of (El Mejunje de (Volcano) Thu 21 - Sat 23 Apr Madness (18) Mon 18 Apr, 18:30 Silverio) (12A) We’re delighted to welcome leading contemporary Cuban playwright Tue 12 Apr, 20:30 Fri 22 Apr, 20:40 Fri 15 Apr, 20:30 (Side by Side, Eye to Eye) Abel González Melo to HOME, as part of the 2016 World Stages project. Dir Rigoberto Perezcano/MX Sat 16 Apr, 13:00 Dir Juan López Moctezuma/ MX 2014/82 mins Dir Jayro Bustamante/GT FR Born in Havana in 1980, Melo is one of the most internationally known 1973/82 mins/English Sun 17 Apr, 18:30 José Pecina, Luis Alberti, 2015/91 mins/Kaqchikel wEng ST playwrights of contemporary Cuba. He writes about the underbelly Claudio Brook, Arthur Hansel, Dir Nicolás Muñoz/CU 2015/66 mins Everardo Trejo, Juan Carlos María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, of Cuban society, about its harsh realities and relationships. He has Ellen Sherman, Martin LaSalle Medellin Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo ‘El Mejunje de Silverio’ is a cultural won multiple awards and his work has been translated into many Leonora Carrington, 1917-2011, born centre located in Santa Clara, languages, produced across the world, and made into a film. 17-year-old María lives and works This beautifully shot film takes place and raised in Lancashire, was an central Cuba, known for its rock with her family in a coffee plantation HOME presents HOME presents in a sultry southern Mexico coastal integral part of the international concerts, exhibitions, theatrical on the Guatemalan plateau. Her town, where ‘muxe’ – Zapotec surrealist movement of the 1930s. performances and children’s Chamaco Weathered culture’s loosely defined third days go by uneventfully until her (Kiddo) shows. But the venue is best gender – are fully accepted within parents arrange her marriage to STAGED READING In partnership with her son, Gaby known as a meeting place for the rural indigenous communities. When the estate foreman. But María SCRATCH PERFORMANCE Sat 23 Apr, 11:30 Weisz, Leonora Carrington art LGBTQ community, thus creating Mabel returns to her hometown to has a rebellious heart and ends up Thu 21 – Sat 23 Apr, 19:30 Performed in English. directed and supervised the sets, a fascinating melting pot of falling in love with another. Inspired Performed in English. investigate the murder of a friend, wardrobe and costumes for this transsexuals, children, artists by a real Kaqchikel woman, and Translated by William Gregory cross-dressing, homosexual surreal adaptation of an Edgar and rock ‘n’ rollers. The engaging drawing on the director’s childhood Translated by William Gregory Directed by Cat Robey. tolerance and an unusual criminal Allan Poe story. A mysterious documentary is divided into nine connections to this particular Mayan Directed by Walter Meierjohann. investigation are interwoven with figure investigating the unorthodox sections about different aspects community, this sensitive and Join us for a staged reading of nostalgia, love, disappearance and methods used by the doctors in an of love and the fundamental Christmas Eve in Havana. A knife moving film is an impressive debut. Abel González Melo’s latest play. death. An expertly crafted drama asylum discovers the inmates have acceptance of outsiders. fight over a few pesos leads to a Weathered illuminates the reality with a deliciously languid pace, taken over and locked the doctors young man’s death, as a worn-out of a broken Cuba, a country divided building towards a tense climax. in a dungeon. Considered one of sister waits for her brother to come between the past and the present; the weirdest films ever made! home for a Christmas dinner that the island and exile. Moving between he will never eat. The darkness Transnational Latin American Filmmaking two time periods, we look at lives With thanks to Professor Roger over the city shrouds a cocktail of dictated by the ideals following the (2004-2014): A New World Shannon at Edge Hill University, illicit passions, unspoken pain and collapse of the Soviet Union in the who will introduce the screening. a dog-eat-dog struggle for survival, 1990s when all subsidies were cut Sat 23 Apr, 16:30 - 17:30 whose consequences force its off, and the current conflicts participants to confront and question of a younger generation with A talk led by Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth. every aspect of their day-to-day different expectations. lives in contemporary Cuba. This event takes place at HOME, and is part of the one-day symposium Latin American Cinemas, Global Markets at On Thu 21 Apr, there will be a post Manchester Metropolitan University, in collaboration with show panel discussion with the writer, the University of Manchester. For further details about the director and guest Elyse Dodgson the symposium please contact [email protected].
(International Director, Royal Court Book at homemcr.org Theatre). South America. Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Peru
El Abrazo de la Desde allá (15) Gabor (PG) El Clan (15) Matar a un hombre Magallanes (15) (From Afar) (The Clan) serpiente (15) Wed 13 Apr, 18:20 (15) (The Embrace of the Serpent) (To Kill a Man) Wed 20 Apr, 18:10 Mon 11 Apr, 20:40 Dir Sebastián Alfie /ES BO PREVIEW Sun 24 Apr, 16:00 Wed 20 Apr, 20:40 2013/69mins Wed 13 Apr, 20:20 PREVIEW Tue 19 Apr, 18:30 Dir Salvador del Solar/PE AR Dir Lorenzo Vigas/VE MX 2015/93 Dir Pablo Trapero/AR ES 2015/108 Sun 10 Apr, 15:30 Fri 22 Apr, 18:20 CO ES 2015/109 mins mins Commissioned to make a short mins Dir Ciro Guerra/CO AR VE 2015 Dir Alejandro Fernández Damián Alcázar, Magaly Solier, Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó film for an NGO dedicated to the Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, /125 mins/Spanish, Portuguese, Almendras/CL FR 2014/82 mins Bruno Odar, Federico Luppi Montilla, Catherina Cardozo prevention of blindness, a filmmaker Lili Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale German, Catalan & Latin wEngST Daniel Candia, Alejandra Yañez, took the daring decision to employ Universal themes of guilt, crime Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Daniel Antivilo, Ariel Mateluna Wealthy middle-aged Armando lures a talented but now blind director A gripping drama based on the true and punishment pervade this Bolivar, Brionne Davis young men to his home with money; of photography who hasn’t story of a man who led a criminal Based on real events, this tense and intelligent drama about he doesn’t want to touch, only worked in a number of years. gang in the 1980s, coercing his sons Shot in black-and-white, the film is psychological thriller is a portrait a man whose humdrum life is watch from a strict distance. When The tale develops with humour into the ‘family business’ and a visually stunning journey into the of an ordinary man driven to murder turned upside down the day Celina, he meets Elder, the 17-year-old and emotion as they embark on exploiting their sporting prowess to heart of the Amazon. Karamakate, a in defence of his family when a a woman he met in the violent years leader of a small band of thugs, an an apparently quixotic quest from gain access to the elite circles of powerful shaman and last survivor of neighbourhood is overrun with when he was a soldier with the uneasy bond develops between two Barcelona to El Alto, Bolivia. the Club Atlético de San Isidro Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi. his people, dwells deep in the jungle, men worlds apart. The masterful thugs. With masterfully restrained and the Argentina national rugby style, it makes excellent use of both This unexpected re-encounter in voluntary isolation. Decades of cinematography and acting in HOME has specially commissioned team, nicknamed Los Pumas. This music and silence to build tension with a dark past prompts Harvey solitude have left him empty, devoid this debut feature film is all the an audio description for blind or fascinating tale is told with a style as we follow the humiliation of Magallanes to embark on a daring of memories and emotion, until his more impressive from a young partially sighted customers to and energy that keeps you glued the protagonist step by step, plan to help Celina, and to find his hollow life is shaken by the arrival non-professional actor who only accompany this screening. With to the edge of your seat. confronted with our own fears own redemption. of a botanist in search of a powerful received his script one day at a time. thanks to Anne Hornsby at Mind’s sacred plant, capable of teaching in the process. A compelling Eye Description Services and For more Argentinian films, see how to dream. tale of vigilante revenge. translator Alicia Sánchez Requena. our focus on Ricardo Darín led by a preview of his new film, Truman. Focus on Ricardo Darín.
One Hour Intro: Truman (12A) XXY (15) El Secreto de sus Carancho (15) Elefante blanco (15) Ricardo Darín and ojos (18) (The Vulture) (White Elephant) PREVIEW Thu 14 Apr, 19:50 (The Secret in their Eyes) the resurgence of Sat 23 Apr, 15:45 Sun 17 Apr, 20:15 Mon 18 Apr, 20:30 Tue 19 Apr, 20:35 Dir Cesc Gay/ES AR 2015/110 mins Argentinian cinema Dir Lucía Puenzo/AR FR ES Sat 16 Apr, 20:15 Thu 21 Apr, 15:50 Sun 24 Apr, 13:40 Ricardo Darín, Javier Cámara, 2007/86 mins Wed 20 Apr, 15:25 Dir Pablo Trapero/AR AR CL Dir Pablo Trapero/AR FR ES Dolores Fonzi, Eduard Fernández Thu 14 Apr, 18:30 Ricardo Darín, Inés Efron Martín Dir Juan José Campanella/ FR KR 2010/107 mins 2012/110 mins Once described as the love child Piroyanski, Valeria Bertuccelli AR ES 2009/129 mins Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman, Cesc Gay’s latest collaboration that Robert De Niro and Peter Ricardo Darín, Pablo Rago, Carlos Webber, Jose Luis Arias, Jérémie Renier with Darín and Cámara, joint Riegert never had, Ricardo Darín Puenzo’s multi-award-winning feature Javier Godino, Soledad Villamil Fabio Ronzano has grown to become the face of winners of Best Actor at San debut is a thought-provoking story of A powerful and gripping story of Sebastian in 2015, is a poignant Argentinian cinema internationally. identity centred upon incredibly Winner of the Best Foreign A knife-edge film noir thriller set social activism. Julián and Nicolas elegy to friendship and love. This talk will provide an introduction powerful performances by its young Language Film Oscar in 2010, this in the murky legal quagmire of are two maverick priests and Julián and his faithful dog Truman to Darín’s work and trace his role leads. For 15-year-old Alex, the stylish drama is an intense thriller accident insurance scams, which long-standing friends, who along receive an unexpected visit from in the resurgence of Argentinian usual confusion of puberty is blending romance, crime drama and follows a disgraced lawyer who with devoted social worker their old friend Tomás. The two cinema in the last two decades. compounded by her secret – Alex history, centring on an unsolved chases down road accident victims, Luciana, work tirelessly to help friends now live on different is a hermaphrodite. When a family murder in 1970s Argentina. In 1999 representing them against insurance the poverty-stricken inhabitants continents, but they meet again Led by Dr Ignacio Aguiló, from Buenos Aires visit their isolated a retired legal counsellor writes a companies whilst knowing that his of Buenos Aires’ Villa Virgin slum for a few unforgettable days University of Manchester. home on the Uruguayan coast, the novel hoping to find closure for a clients will receive only a fraction of community. The priests’ dedication together – laughing, reminiscing, parents argue over Alex’s sexuality past unresolved homicide case and the financial reward. When he meets to their cause is tested when and crying... because their reunion whilst she and their teenage son for his unreciprocated feelings for paramedic Luján he sees in her hope tension and violence between is also their last goodbye. Alvaro explore their own options. his superior - both of which still of a new life. But to escape, he must the slum’s warring drug-dealing haunt him decades later. cross his ruthless boss. cartels escalates.
Closing Fiesta The Storming Reunion
Sat 23 Apr, 17:15
A year ago we made a performance out of leaving Cornerhouse for HOME. Originally from Panama but now based in Manchester, artist Humberto Vélez enlisted a mega team of musicians, performers and community groups to literally storm the building, aided and abetted by music programmer and DJ Greg Thorpe. So it’s only right that we show Humberto’s film of the event, get everyone together for an informal reunion and have a little Latin beat-tinged party for everyone in the bar until late.
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FREE, booking required ¡Viva! Calendar.
Thu 7 Apr 20:00 Derailed THEATRE Fri 22 Apr 14:30 Caresses THEATRE Fri 8 Apr 20:00 Derailed THEATRE 18:20 Matar a un hombre (15) FILM Sat 9 Apr 18:15 UK Premiere Mi Gran Noche (15) FILM 19:30 Chamaco THEATRE 20:00 Derailed THEATRE 19:45 Caresses THEATRE Sun 10 Apr 15:30 Preview El Abrazo de la serpiente (15) FILM 20:40 Carmín tropical (15) FILM 18:15 Carmina y amén. (15) FILM Sat 23 Apr 11:30 World Premiere Weathered THEATRE Mon 11 Apr 18:10 UK Premiere Amama (12A) FILM 13:30 Marsella (15) FILM 20:40 Desde allá (15) FILM 15:45 Preview Truman (12A) FILM Tue 12 Apr 20:30 Ixcanul (12A) FILM 16:30 Transnational Latin American Filmmaking EVENT Wed 13 Apr 18:20 Audio Described Gabor (PG) FILM 17:15 The Storming Reunion VISUAL ART 20:20 Preview El Clan (15) + Intro FILM 19:30 Chamaco THEATRE Thu 14 Apr 15:50 Amama (12A) FILM 19:45 Caresses THEATRE 18:30 One Hour Intro: Ricardo Darín EVENT 20:40 Mi Gran Noche (15) FILM 19:50 XXY (15) FILM Sun 24 Apr 13:40 Elefante blanco (15) FILM 20:00 World Premiere ALL IN THEATRE 16:00 Magallanes (15) FILM Fri 15 Apr 18:00 Apología /Antología VISUAL ART See website for details 18:20 Marsella (15) FILM 19:30 Don Quijote THEATRE The festival programme is subject to last minute changes as well as new additions, please see 20:00 ALL IN THEATRE homemcr.org/viva-2016 for all ¡Viva! updates including details of all confirmed guests. 20:30 The Mansion of Madness (18) + Intro FILM *Baby Friendly screenings are only open to parents, grandparents and carers so they can watch films in a relaxed environment Sat 16 Apr 13:00 Ixcanul (12A) FILM with their babies. 16:00 Café Cervantes EVENT 17:50 Carmina y amén. (15) FILM 19:30 Don Quijote THEATRE 20:00 ALL IN THEATRE 20:15 El Secreto de sus ojos (18) FILM Sun 17 Apr 13:30 Tres instantes de un Grito VISUAL ART See website for details 15:30 UK Premiere L'adopció (15) FILM 18:30 UK Premiere Juntos y revueltos (12A) FILM 20:15 XXY (15) FILM Mon 18 Apr 18:30 Carmín tropical (15) FILM 20:30 Carancho (15) FILM Tue 19 Apr 18:30 Matar a un hombre (15) FILM 20:35 Elefante blanco (15) FILM Wed 20 Apr 15:25 El Secreto de sus ojos (18) FILM 18:10 Magallanes (15) + Intro FILM 20:40 Desde allá (15) FILM Thu 21 Apr 11:00 Baby Friendly* Amama (12A) FILM 15:50 Carancho (15) FILM 18:20 L'adopció (15) FILM 19:30 UK Premiere Chamaco + Post Show Talk THEATRE 19:45 Caresses THEATRE FINDING HOME Visit HOME 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN
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INDIVIDUAL SHOWS SEE MORE, SAVE MONEY! Derailed / ALL IN / Don Quijote Make the most of ¡Viva! with these great ticket offers: - £12 (concs available) each Chamaco £10 ¡Viva! Cuba Weathered £3 See all our Cuban offerings (including film Juntos y revueltos, and plays Caresses £10 (concs available) Chamaco and Weathered) for only £14, saving up to £6. Concessions available, not valid in conjunction with any other offers. Café Cervantes / The Storming Reunion – FREE, booking required Cuba Now See both Abel González Melo’s plays Chamaco and Weathered for One Hour Intro / Transnational only £11. Not valid in conjunction with any other offers. Latin American Filmmaking Full £4 / Concs £3 each Multi-film deal If you want to see quite a few ¡Viva! films, just book them at the INDIVIDUAL FILMS same time to take advantage of these great ticket deals. Off Peak (before 17:00) Full £7 / Concs £5 / Number of ¡Viva! films* Discount off each ticket Member Full £5.50 4 - 7 £1 Peak (from 17:00) 8 - 15 £1.50 Full £9 / Concs £7 / 16 or more £2 Member Full £5.50
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