The official traveling festival about the new trends in Spanish Cinema AS PART OF EU FILM FESTIVAL CHICAGO AT GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER BUY TICKETS 164 N. State Street (between Lake siskelfilmcenter.org/eufilmfest2015 March 6 — April 2 ⁄ 2015 and at the door and Randolph) Chicago, IL 60601 THE KID (EL NIÑO) IN A FOREIGN LAND BY DANIEL MONZÓN (EN TIERRA EXTRAÑA) BY ICÍAR BOLLAÍN 2014’s biggest opening weekend figures for a Spanish film, this thriller tells the story of two teenagers on Gloria is one of the 700,000 Spanish people who the one side, El Niño and El Compi, who want to enter have left our country since the crisis started. The film the world of drug trafficking, and two police officers portraits the experience of intra-European exile tackled on the other, Jesús and Eva, who have been trying to by Spain’s highest-profile female director, Icíar Bollaín eradicate the drug trafficking network for years. (Even the Rain, Take My Eyes). Sunday / March 8 — 4:30 p.m. Wednesday / March 11 — 7:30 p.m. Saturday / March 21 — 7:00 p.m. Tuesday / March 24 — 6:00 p.m. LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED MAGICAL GIRL BY DAVID TRUEBA North America’s leading BY CARLOS VERMUT showcase returns to It’s 1966 and Antonio is using Beatles’ songs to teach Being categorized as the best thriller of the year, Gene Siskel Film Center I English. When he learns that John Lennon is filming gathering 7 Goya award nominations, the film tells the in Almería he rushes to meet his idol, with two young with four premieres, story of Luis who is desperate to fulfill his terminally misfits along for the ride, in this captivatingly lyrical road ill daughter’s last wish: to own the prohibitively allowing you to discover movie. Best Film, Best Director, 2014 Goya Awards. expensive “Magical Girl Yukiko” dress from her favorite and share your love of Friday / March 13 — 6:00 p.m. Japanese cartoon. Sunday / March 15 — 3:00 p.m. Spanish Cinema. Saturday / March 28 — 3:00 p.m. Wednesday / April 1 — 7:30 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT: INTRO BY STEVEN MARSH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPANISH FILM AND CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO) ALL FILMS ARE CHICAGO PREMIERES CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY PRESENTED BY SUPPORTED BY IN COLLABORATION WITH www.pragda.com www.spainculture.us www.siskelfilmcenter.org.