19th Spanish & Latin American Film Festival Fri 8 – Sun 24 March 2013 www.vivafilmfestival.com WELCOME For full film and event details and updates welcome visit www.vivafilmfestival.com

In partnership with Instituto Cervantes Manchester/Leeds Welcome to BOOKING Festival pass and in collaboration with the Office for Cultural and To create your own ¡Viva! festival pass, select Scientific Affairs, Embassy of . Book online 8 films (excluding events and special priced ¡Viva! Spanish www.vivafilmfestival.com (no booking fee) screenings) from the festival line-up for only: By phone £50 full / £36 concs. and Latin 0161 200 1500 Cornerhouse members: £42 full / £28 concs. Mon – Sun: 12:00 – 20:00 To book your festival pass, download the pdf American Film Book in person booking form from the festival website or collect a copy from Box Office and return with Festival. Cornerhouse Box Office is open for advance payment. booking Mon – Sun: 12:00 – 20:00 Please note, your festival pass can only be For the 19th edition of ¡Viva!, the festival team booked in person or over the telephone. Ticket prices Accommodation sponsor: have watched scores of features to select the Festival passes will not be sold during the 30 very best in new filmmaking from across Spain Matinées (Before 17:00) minutes before any Cornerhouse screening. and Spanish-speaking . With Full £5.50 / Concs £4 Please book in advance. dramas, comedies and documentaries chosen Members £4.50 / £3 from eight countries including Nicaragua, LiveWire Young People’s Membership tickets Uruguay, Colombia and Chile, there’s something (14 – 17 year olds) £3 Galleries Open for everyone to enjoy in Manchester this March. Evenings (from 17:00) Mon – Closed Funders: Highlights of the film programme include the Full £7.50 / Concs £5.50 Tue – Sat: 12:00 – 20:00 Sun: 12:00 – 18:00 lively Spanish comedy La Vida empieza hoy; Members £6.50 / £4.50 All films will be screened in Spanish with the internationally acclaimed Infancia Livewire Young People’s Membership tickets clandestina and Andrés Wood’s moving biopic (14 – 17 year olds) £3 English subtitles unless otherwise indicated. creative All festival films will begin at the advertised england Violeta se fue a los cielos. Violeta se fue a los cielos Buy 9 tickets Advance group booking: time without adverts or trailers. for a screening and get the 10th free. As part of our packed programme, we’re in Gallery 1, practise your Catalan or Spanish Enjoy the festival, The festival programme is subject pleased to present ten UK premieres and new language skills in of our informal Café we hope to see you there! For all ticket enquiries please contact to last minute changes, please see films from some of our favourite ¡Viva! directors discussions or try one of the Spanish specialities Box Office staff on 0161 200 1500 www.vivafilmfestival.com for all ¡Viva! including Benito Zambrano (Habana Blues), on offer in our café bar? updates including details of confirmed guests. Rodrigo Plá (La Zona) and the prolific Álex de la ¡Disfrutad el festival! Selected guests are already confirmed for Q&As Front cover image: Chocó All films are screened at Cornerhouse, Iglesia who returns with his ninth ¡Viva! film in and special events and more will be announced 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH thirteen years. Cornerhouse is a trading name of Greater Manchester All certificates are recommended local in the run up the festival, so be sure to check Arts Centre Ltd a company limited by guarantee, registered The festival continues throughout the building: out the festival website for the latest news in England and Wales No: 1681278. Registered office certificates. Please check website for updates 70 Oxford Street Manchester M1 5NH. Charity No: 514719. prior to screenings. why not visit Yoshua Okón’s exhibition Octopus alongside festival reviews and podcasts. 2 3

For full film and event details and updates EXHIBITION AND EVENTS visit www.vivafilmfestival.com Fri 8 Mar, 18:00 – 20:00 Preview/ Yoshua Okón: Octopus

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Join us on the launch night of ¡Viva! 2013 and enjoy a complimentary drink and first look at our new exhibition from Mexican artist Yoshua Okón in Gallery 1, before our opening night film.

Sat 9 Mar, 14:00 – 15:30 Sat 9 Mar – MON 1 APR The title, Octopus, makes reference to the Artist’s Talk/ nickname used in Guatemala for The United Fruit Yoshua Okón: Octopus Company (now known as Chiquita Banana), a US Yoshua Okón Gallery 1, FREE Company based in Guatemala and directly linked to the CIA-led coup and to the following civil war. FREE, Early booking recommended Inserted within the US tradition of civil war Yoshua Okón will be joined by Artistic Director Also presented is US (2005), a single channel re-enactments, Octopus (2011) by artist Yoshua Visual Art and Film, Sarah Perks, for a cinema- animation originally created for the Monuments Okón offers an alternative presentation of the based discussion interspersed with excerpts of the For The USA show, for which the artists were Guatemalan Civil War. Where usually such activities artist’s video work and installation views as we look asked for monument proposals. take place in historically significant locations into his evolving practice. by enthusiasts with no direct experience of the conflict in question, in this work the site is of Yoshua Okón was born in 1970 in cornerhouse.org/art/art-exhibitions/octopus symbolic significance. The battlefield is relocated to City, where he currently lives. His work is like US soil at a Home Depot parking lot in Los Angeles a series of near-sociological experiments and the conflict re-enacted by actual combatants executed for the camera blending staged who fought in the Guatemalan Civil War during situations, documentation and improvisation, the 1990s. Now members of the Los Angeles questioning habitual perceptions of reality and Mayan community and all recent undocumented truth, selfhood and morality. In 2002 he received immigrants, the participants gather to look for an MFA from UCLA with a Fulbright scholarship. In work as day labourers at the same parking lot 1994, Okón founded La Panadería, an Photo credits: Left: Octopus (2011), Above: US (2005) where the shoot takes place. artist-run space in Mexico City. All images courtesy and copyright the artist 4 5 For full film and event details and updates FILMS and events visit www.vivafilmfestival.com

UK UK PREMIERE PREMIERE FRI 8 MAR, 20:15 ¡Atraco! (12A) SAT 9 & WED 20 MAR SAT 9 MAR SUN 10 & SAT 23 MAR ¡VIVA! OPENING GALA (Hold Up!) Del lado A puerta fría (CBTA) Las Buenas (15) (Cold Call) hierbas (15) £10.50 full / £8.50 concs Dir Eduard Cortés / ES AR 2012 / 111 mins del verano Óscar Jaenada, Amaia Salamanca, (The Summer Side) (The Good Herbs) SUN 10 MAR, 16:00 Join us to celebrate the opening of the 19th edition , Nicolás Cabré, Daniel Fanego Dir Xavi Puebla / ES 2012 / 80 mins Antonio Dechent, María Valverde, Nick Nolte, of ¡Viva! with the UK premiere of Eduard Cortés’ Dir Antonia San Juan / ES 2012 / 100 mins Dir María Novaro / MX 2010 / 117 mins Café Cervantes Inspired by an actual jewellery shop robbery in Héctor Colomé, Jose Luis Garcia-Perez slick heist caper ¡Atraco! Antonia San Juan, Eduardo Casanova, Secun de la Úrsula Pruneda, Ofelia Medina, Ana Ofelia Murguía 1950s Madrid, this tragi-comic slice of cine noir FREE, book through Cornerhouse Box Office Rosa, Sara Guerra As the pivotal character appearing in nearly every Following the film we’ll celebrate the beginning pays homage to both classic Hollywood cinema scene, prolific sevillano actor Antonio Dechent is Las Buenas hierbas immerses the viewer in a lush of the festival back in the café bar with post- and Mario Monicelli’s acclaimed 1958 Italian crime Del lado del verano is an entertaining comedy from ¡Bienvenido, siéntate! the driving force of this perfectly pitched study of a and vibrant Mexico City, exploring the fascinating screening drinks. caper I soliti ignoti. A fiercely loyal Argentine the Canary Islands that centres on the trials and legacy of the Mexican herbalist tradition, used The return of the ever-popular Café tribulations of a wonderfully dysfunctional family, desperate salesman facing financial ruin. His rapid Why not arrive early and come along to the Peronist plans to fund his beloved leader’s life in to heal the body and soul. Celebrated for her Cervantes, an informal gathering of Spanish- as they navigate the choppy waters of family moral decline makes captivating viewing, and his preview of our accompanying ¡Viva! exhibition exile by pawning the late Evita’s jewels in Spain. powerful portrayals of female characters, María speaking film lovers. Come and practise your feuds, love, betrayal, friendship and burgeoning brilliant performance is well supported by María Octopus from Mexican artist Yoshua Okón which When they risk falling into the hands of the wife Novaro has created an exquisite portrait of a language skills while sharing your opinions sexuality. The film stars and is directed by well- Valverde (Ladrones) and Hollywood star Nick Nolte. takes place from 18:00 – 20:00 in Gallery 1. of General Franco a desperate rescue mission is mother and daughter confronting the tragedies of and recommendations for this year’s ¡Viva! launched, but are the rescuers up to the job? known Spanish actress Antonia San Juan, best A puerta fría won Best Actor and the Critics Award early onset Alzheimer’s, and a beautiful illustration programme. Gala tickets are limited, please book early to known for her role as Agrado in Pedro Almodóvar’s at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival 2012. of the ties that bind the living, the dead, and the avoid disappointment. ¡Atraco! will also screen on Sun 10 Mar. Todo sobre mi madre. We recommend language learners have ‘A fine Spanish addition to the screwed-up natural world to which we ultimately all belong. intermediate level Spanish or above to salesman tradition descending from Arthur participate fully in this event. Miller and Glengarry Glen Ross, Cold Call is an This event will be led by Iñaki Abad and engrossing, penetrating study of one man’s swift Kepa González (Instituto Cervantes). moral decline over the course of 36 hours.’ Jonathan Holland, Variety 6 7 For full film and event details and updates FILMS and events visit www.vivafilmfestival.com

UK UK UK PREVIEW PREMIERE PREMIERE PREMIERE SUN 10 MAR MON 11 & THU 21 MAR TUE 12 & SAT 23 MAR TUE 12 MAR, 17:15-18:15 TUE 12 & FRI 22 MAR WED 13 & MON 18 MAR De jueves Chocó (18) 30 años de ONE HOUR INTRO Lobos de Arga (15) El Mundo (12a) There’s still something hairy (Game of Werewolves) (15) a domingo (pg) Dir Jhonny Hendrix / CO 2012 / 80 mins oscuridad es nuestro (Thursday ‘til ) Esteban Copete, Karent Hinestroza, (30 Years of Darkness) in the woods (The World Is Ours) Sebastián Mosqueira Dir Juan Martinez Moreno / ES 2011 / 102 mins Gorka Otxoa, Carlos Areces, Secun de la Rosa Dir Dominga Sotomayor Castillo / CL NL 2012 / 94 mins Dir Manuel H. Martín / ES 2011 / 85 mins £4 full / £3 concs Dir Alfonso Sánchez / ES 2012 / 87 mins This hard-hitting but heart-warming drama from Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Paola Giannini, Spanish werewolf comedy Lobos de Arga is a retro Alfonso Sánchez, Alberto López, Pepe Rodriguez, Francisco Pérez-Bannen producer-turned-director Jhonny Hendrix focuses From ‘El Hombre Lobo’ Waldemar Daninsky, the Antonia Gómez, María Cabrera, Alfonso Valenzuela 30 años de oscuridad is a fascinating documentary parody of the horror genre, complete with splatter on Chocó, a poor Colombian mother struggling which uses animation and personal accounts to legendary character created by Spanish horror icon gore, monsters and a cute canine sidekick. Topical heist comedy El Mundo es nuestro makes Told through the eyes of ten-year-old Lucia, De to cope with her abusive husband. She spends her present the story of Spain’s so-called ‘moles’, Paul Naschy, to the cinematic adaptations of the a farce with bite out of Spain’s current financial jueves a domingo is the story of a broken family’s days panning for gold and taking in laundry to people who spent decades hidden within walls, folk tales of Galicia, werewolves have played a vital Tomas is a naïve and unsuccessful writer who woes. Dressed as holy week penitents, two final journey set over the course of a long weekend. support her family, and when her young daughter attics and secret rooms of private houses to escape part in Spain’s take on the horror genre. Inspired returns to his family’s historic homestead in the working class Sevillanos decide that the only way Ana and Fernando have promised to take their asks for a birthday cake, Chocó goes to great repression, torture and often death during the first by the appearance of Lobos de Arga (Game of Galician village of Arga after a 15-year absence. to escape their crisis-hit city is to rob a bank. When two children, Lucia and seven-year-old Manuel, to lengths to fulfil her daughter’s wish. 30 years of Franco’s dictatorship. Werewolves) at this year’s ¡Viva!, this one hour Lured by the promise of an award for his literary the beaches of northern Chile. While the children intro will use a range of blood drenched clips, and achievements, Tomas instead finds himself centre things don’t go to plan, the pair end up with an playfully enjoy the journey, the adults’ relationship maybe a little barking at the moon, to consider the stage in a battle against a deadly hundred-year-old oddball group of hostages and an even bigger becomes ever more tense. The forced intimacy of contribution werewolf films have made to Spanish curse. crisis on their hands. the car’s interior set against vast Chilean landscapes horror cinema, asking the question, why has the EVENT We are pleased to welcome Alfonso magnifies the claustrophobic isolation within this character of the wolf man proved so enduring Sánchez and Alberto López for a Q&A following poignant tale of innocence and loss. within Iberian tales of terror? the screening on Mon 18 Mar. With thanks to Day For Night. Led by Andy Willis, Reader in Film Studies at the University of Salford.

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UK UK EVENT PREMIERE PREMIERE WED 13 & SAT 16 MAR WED 13 & TUE 19 MAR THU 14 & SUN 17 MAR THU 14 MAR THU 14 & SAT 16 MAR FRI 15 & TUE 19 MAR Violeta se fue Pescador (15) Els Nens Una Vida sin La Voz dormida (18) La Demora (12a) a los cielos (15) (Fisherman) salvatges (15) palabras (u) (The Sleeping Voice) (The Delay)

(Violeta Went to Heaven) Dir Sebastián Cordero / EC CO 2011 / 95 mins (The Wild Ones) (A Life Without Words) Dir Benito Zambrano / ES 2011 / 128 mins Dir Rodrigo Plá / UR MX FR 2012 / 84 mins Andrés Crespo, Alejandro Fajardo, Inma Cuesta, María León, Marc Clotet, Daniel Holguín Roxana Blanco, Carlos Vallarino, Oscar Pernas Dir Andrés Wood / CL AR BR 2011 / 110 mins María Cecilia Sánchez Dir Patricia Ferreira / ES 2012 / 100 mins / FREE, book through Cornerhouse Box Office Francisca Gavilán, Thomas Durand, Christian Quevedo Catalan wEng ST Dir Adam Isenberg / NI TR 2011 / 71 mins Following the fate of two sisters in the aftermath After the success of La Zona at ¡Viva! 2008, we Marina Comas, Àlex Monner, Albert Baró Blanquito is a 30-year-old fisherman who lives a of the Spanish Civil War, Benito Zambrano’s return to the work of Mexican director Rodrigo Plá Violeta se fue a los cielos recounts the fascinating humdrum life with his mother in a tiny village on Una Vida sin palabras is a moving documentary In this tale of teenage rebellion, Alex, Gabi and (Habana Blues) latest film is based on the novel with the heart-breaking family drama La Demora, life of Violeta Parra (1917-67), Chilean composer, the coast of Ecuador. When a shipment of cocaine about young deaf adults in rural Nicaragua who Oki do their best to deal with the pressures of by the late author Dulce Chacón, which won the this year’s Oscar contender from Uruguay. Maria songwriter, folklorist, visual artist, and mother of the packages washes up with the tide one morning gain their first experience of communication school and home life, with parents and teachers 2003 Spanish Book of the Year. As a politically is a harassed single mother struggling to hold New Chilean Song Movement. Andrés Wood traces he’s thrilled with the bounty, which he sees as through sign language thanks to the determination who struggle to understand or control their active Republican, pregnant Hortensia has been down a job while caring for her children and aging Parra’s story from her humble beginnings in rural a ticket to another life. Together with Lorna, of their teacher Tomasa. behaviour. Like any other teenagers, they like imprisoned in the brutal Ventas jail near Madrid. father, Augustin. When Maria reaches breaking Chile to her life as a cultural icon passionate about a beautiful Colombian woman with her own to spend their time pushing the limits that their Don’t miss the interview with director Adam Her naïve younger sister Pepita is slowly drawn into point, something’s got to give… preserving traditional culture. The film features a reasons to get on the road, Blanquito sets off on a parents and society enforce on them; drinking, Isenberg in Cornerhouse’s January to March ever-greater danger as she does her best to save rich soundtrack of Parra’s influential songs. precarious and life changing adventure. fighting and creating graffiti art. Director Patricia Quarterly Guide. her from the firing squad. Violeta se fue a los cielos won the World Cinema Offbeat comedy Pescador won Best Director and Ferreira’s portrait of teenage life asks why certain EVENT Una Vida sin palabras will be followed by Jury Prize at Sundance in 2012. Best Actor at the Guadalajara International Film kids are feared and labelled ‘wild’, and suggests post-screening discussion. BSL interpretation will Festival. that ultimately this attitude causes more problems be provided throughout the discussion. than it solves.

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UK UK PREMIERE PREMIERE FRI 15 & SUN 17 MAR FRI 15 MAR SAT 16 MAR, 10:30-13:30 SAT 16 & SUN 24 MAR SUN 17 & WED 20 MAR La Vida La Chispa ADULT STUDY MORNING Ali (12a) ¡Viva! Matinee Classic SUN 17 MAR, 16:45 (15) de la vida (15) (12a) Las Largas empieza hoy Medianeras Dir Paco R. Baños / ES 2012 / 84 mins (Life Begins Today) (As Luck Would Have It) Verónica Forqué, Nadia de Santiago, Julián Villagrán Vacaciones del 36 (12a) Cafè ‘Els £7.50 full / £5.50 concs Recommended for intermediate level Spanish. (Long Holidays of 1936) Quatre Gats’ Dir Laura Mañá / ES 2010 / 90 mins Dir Álex de la Iglesia / ES 2011 / 98 mins Shot with a sun-drenched palette of bold primary José Mota, Salma Hayek, Blanca Portillo colours, Paco R. Baños’ feature directorial debut is Pilar Bardem, María Barranco, Sonsoles Benedicto, Carmen Herrero and Ana Valbuena present an Dir Jaime Camino / ES 1976 / 106 mins FREE, book through Cornerhouse Box Office Eduardo Blanco, Mariana Cordero an engaging coming-of-age story of a rebellious interactive study session designed for adult Spanish Concha Velasco, José Sacristán, Francisco Rabal, Roberto is a down-on-his-luck publicist looking for Spanish teenager coping with her mother’s delicate Ángela Molina Veniu! Passeu! Que casa nostra és casa language learners. Following a contextualising Spanish comedy La Vida empieza hoy takes a light- work. When a freak accident leaves him impaled mental health. Damaged by past experiences, the vostra… Our popular Catalan Café session introduction and a screening of the Argentinian hearted approach to sex lives in the third age, when at a local monument, he seizes the opportunity eponymous Ali builds a wall around her heart that Long Holidays of 1936 is a compelling classic from returns to ¡Viva! to accompany a screening drama Medianeras, attendees will practise their a Barcelona community centre provides classes to save his family from financial ruin by agreeing risks repelling those who love her most. late Franco era Spain. Set in a rural summer retreat of Patricia Ferreira’s tense drama Els Nens Spanish language skills through discussing aimed at reawakening the dormant libidos of its to an exclusive primetime interview while doctors for middle-class Barcelonans, the action develops salvatges. Catalan speakers and learners of topics such as: contemporary urban life in Latin EVENT We hope to welcome Paco R. Baños for a very mature students. attempt to save his life. over the course of the Spanish Civil War. From its all levels are welcome to join us in discussing America; the city of ; interpersonal Q&A following the screening on Sat 16 Mar. outbreak in the summer of 1936 to the conquest of This delightful film ranges from comic but earnest Álex de la Iglesia’s satirical drama features excellent this feature and the festival’s wider film and relationships; new technologies and their impact Barcelona by Franco’s Nationalists in January 1939, explorations of what a sex shop might offer an performances from Spanish film and TV star José events programme. on our lives; isolation and individualism. the experiences of the bourgeois families caught ageing married couple, to poignant reflections on Mota and Salma Hayek. up in the drama of the conflict form an engrossing This informal session will be led by the sometimes liberating experience of growing old. For full Medianeras synopsis, see page 15. microcosm of the developing political situation. Jordi Garrell (Instituto Cervantes). EVENT The screening on Wed 20 Mar will be For full Els Nens salvatges synopsis, see followed by a free, informal discussion led by page 10. Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University. 12 13 For full film and event details and updates FILMS and events visit www.vivafilmfestival.com

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UK PREMIERE MON 18 MAR, 17:15-18:15 TUE 19, THU 21 & Wed 20 & Fri 22 Mar FRI 22 MAR SAT 23 MAR FROM 20:00 SAT 23 MAR ONE HOUR INTRO Después de Lucía (18) Medianeras (12a) Closing Party! Indignados, crisis and film: New directions in Spanish cinema Infancia (After Lucía) (Sidewalls) ¡Fiesta clausura! clandestina (12a) £4 full / £3 concs Dir Michel Franco / MX FR 2012 / 98 mins Dir Gustavo Taretto / AR ES DE 2011 / 95 mins FREE, Book at Cornerhouse Box Office (Clandestine Childhood) Tessa Ia, Gonzalo Vega Jr., Tamara Yazbek, Javier Drolas, Pilar López de Ayala, Inés Efron The ongoing economic crisis has brought about significant changes in politics, culture, society and the Hernán Mendoza Our ¡Viva! partners at the Instituto Cervantes invite arts in Spain. This talk seeks to consider the recent representation of this crisis in Spanish documentary Dir Benjamin Ávila / AR ES BR 2011 / 110 mins In Buenos Aires, a city of three million people, you to celebrate the final weekend of the festival and fictional cinema since 2008. It will highlight the relationship between Spain’s economic and , Ernesto Alterio, César Troncoso, Six months after the death of Lucía in a car Martin and Mariana both suffer from the modern at our Fiesta de clausura, held at the Institute’s Teo Gutiérrez Romero political situation and its film industry. The financial crisis has been the object of noteworthy attempts accident, her husband Roberto and daughter malaise of urban loneliness, each struggling with Deansgate premises. Music, drinks and dancing to give narrative and visual form to its underlying causes and effects: Mercados de futuros (Mercedes A gripping story, based on real events, told from Alejandra move to Mexico City to make a fresh their own inner demons. In their faltering attempts will ensure we end the festival in style! Álvarez 2011), El Mundo es nuestro (Alfonso Sánchez 2012). Other filmmakers look for alternative start as they struggle to come to terms with their to reach out and make human connections, will the perspective of the 12-year-old son of Argentine Venue models of production and distribution (crowdfunding): Interferències (Pablo Zareceansky 2011). Finally, loss. The beautiful and intelligent Alejandra soon their paths ever cross? Gustavo Taretto’s debut political activists who return to their homeland Instituto Cervantes other documentaries reflect the recent popular protests by the indignant: 15 M: Excelente, Revulsivo, finds herself the target of her new classmates’ feature is a charming urban fable that argues ‘you using false identities to continue the struggle 326/330 Deansgate Importante (Stéphane M. Grueso 2012) and Libre te quiero (Basilio Martín Patino 2012). jealousy, but feels unable to share her troubles can always open a little window in your side wall against the vicious Military Junta. After four years Manchester with her grieving father. When the schoolyard pack to let a ray of sunshine into your life’. Led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University in , Juan must convince his new teachers and M3 4FN mentality identifies her as a weak prey, the bullying classmates he is Ernesto, an ordinary boy from If you’re learning Spanish and looking to practise behaviour escalates towards a shocking finale. www.manchester.cervantes.es the interior, whilst managing the complexities of your language skills, see page 12 for information 0161 661 4200 childhood relationships and the blossoming of first about our Spanish Language Study Morning. love.

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¡Viva! and the Cornerhouse Engagement team present a specially selected series of events for GCSE, AS and A2 Spanish language learners. During each session students will enjoy a contextualising introduction, a full screening of a ¡Viva! film and post-screening language exercises and discussion. Sessions are led by Carmen Herrero, FRI 15 mar, 10:00-13:00 TUE 19 MAR, 10:00-13:00 Head of Spanish at Manchester GCSE STUDY SESSION AS/A2 STUDY SESSION Metropolitan University and Ana Pájaros de papel (PG) Infancia clandestinA (12a) Valbuena, Spanish Language Tutor Recommended for GCSE or equivalent level Spanish Recommended for AS and A2 or equivalent level Spanish at the Instituto Cervantes. £5 per student with the accompanying teacher free £5 per student with the accompanying teacher free

Please note these study sessions will be SCREENING Pájaros de papel (Paper Birds) SCREENING Infancia clandestina (Clandestine Childhood) open to students aged 14-19 years old Dir Emilio Aragón / ES 2010 / 117 mins Dir Benjamin Ávila / AR ES BR 2011 / 110 mins and their personal tutors only. Imanol Arias, Lluís Homar, Roger Príncep, Carmen Machi Natalia Oreiro, Ernesto Alterio, César Troncoso, Teo Gutiérrez Romero We’re pleased to present Pájaros de papel following its tremendous success at the 2012 edition of the A gripping story, based on real events, told from the perspective of the 12-year-old son of To book your group onto a study festival. Argentine political activists who return to their homeland using false identities to continue the struggle against the vicious Military Junta. session please contact Simon Fisher Set during the Spanish Civil War, Pájaros de papel is an emotional and tender story of friendship and or Sarah Buckley at Box Office on survival in desperate times. Musician Jorge del Pino, ventriloquist Enrique Corgo, singer Rocío Moliner See page 14 for full synopsis. and an orphan named Miguel are united by fate and kept together by their daily struggles to get by and TOPICS TO BE COVERED in the 1970s (society, politics); political militancy; 0161 200 1500 escape the suffering that surrounds them. With a combination of joyful moments and deeply emotional family relationships; school life; child identity; love. (Mon – Fri: 12:00 – 18:00). performances from an excellent cast, Pájaros de papel is an inspiring film that will melt the hardest of hearts. TOPICS TO BE COVERED Spanish society during and after the Spanish civil war; the world of entertainment and comedy; interpersonal relationships and family; the workplace; the role of women; music. 16 17 For full film and event details and updates CALENDAR visit www.vivafilmfestival.com

Page Page Fri 8 18:00 EVENT Exhibition Preview/ Yoshua Okón: Octopus 5 Sat 16 18:15 EVENT Ali with post-screening Q&A 13 Fri 8 20:15 Opening Gala/ ¡Atraco! 6 Sat 16 20:40 Violeta se fue a los cielos 10 Sat 9 14:00 EVENT Artist’s Talk/ Yoshua Okón: Octopus 5 Sun 17 12:00 Matinee Classic/ Las Largas vacaciones del 36 13 Sat 9 16:00 A puerta fría 7 Sun 17 14:20 Els Nens salvatges 10 Sat 9 18:00 Del lado del verano 6 Sun 17 16:45 EVENT Cafè ‘Els Quatre Gats’ 13 Sun 10 13:40 Las Buenas hierbas 7 Sun 17 18:10 La Vida empieza hoy 12 Sun 10 16:00 EVENT Café Cervantes 7 Mon 18 17:15 EVENT One Hour Intro/ Indignados, crisis and film: New directions in Spanish cinema 14 Sun 10 18:30 De jueves a domingo 8 Mon 18 18:25 EVENT El Mundo es nuestro with post-screening Q&A 9 Sun 10 20:40 ¡Atraco! 6 Tue 19 10:00 EVENT Schools and Colleges / AS/A2 Study Session: Infancia clandestina 17 Mon 11 20:40 Chocó 8 Tue 19 16:00 Pescador 10 Tue 12 13:40 30 años de oscuridad 8 Tue 19 18:10 Infancia clandestina 14 Tue 12 17:15 EVENT One Hour Intro/ There’s still something hairy in the woods 9 Tue 19 20:40 La Demora 11 Tue 12 18:30 Lobos de Arga 9 Wed 20 13:30 EVENT Matinee Classic/ Las Largas vacaciones del 36 with post-screening discussion 13 Wed 13 13:40 El Mundo es nuestro 9 Wed 20 18:00 Después de Lucía 15 Wed 13 18:30 Violeta se fue a los cielos 10 Wed 20 20:20 Del lado del verano 6 Wed 13 20:40 Pescador 10 Thu 21 13:40 Infancia clandestina 14 Thu 14 16:00 Els Nens salvatges 10 Thu 21 16:00 Chocó 8 Thu 14 18:30 Una Vida sin palabras 11 Fri 22 16:00 Después de Lucía 15 Thu 14 20:30 La Voz dormida 11 Fri 22 18:30 Medianeras 15 Fri 15 10:00 EVENT Schools and Colleges / GCSE Study Session: Pájaros de papel 16 Fri 22 20:40 Lobos de Arga 9 Fri 15 16:00 La Demora 11 Sat 23 13:30 Las Buenas hierbas 7 Fri 15 18:00 La Vida empieza hoy 12 Sat 23 16:00 30 años de oscuridad 8 Fri 15 20:20 La Chispa de la vida 12 Sat 23 18:10 Infancia clandestina 14 Sat 16 10:30 EVENT Adult Study Morning/ Medianeras 12 Sat 23 20:00 EVENT Closing Party/ ¡Fiesta clausura! at Instituto Cervantes 15 Sat 16 15:40 La Voz dormida 11 Sun 24 16:30 Ali 13 18 19