Sections Edition 2018

COMEDY, DRAMA
CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, SLOVAKIA • 2017
LANGUAGES: CZECH
COLOR • 111 MIN

Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city boy was used to.

ROMANTIC DRAMA, BIOPIC
UK • 2017
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 105 MIN. 

Based on Peter Turner's memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner and the eccentric Academy Award winning actress Gloria Grahame in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.

DOCUMENTARY
FRANCE • 2017
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALY
COLOR • 113 MIN

An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer, Maria Callas, as told in her own words. A very personal vision of the diva´s life that shows the conflict between her two personalities: the woman who wanted to live a simple life and the artist who pursued worldwide fame and was surrounded by some of the most important personalities of her time: Visconti, Pasolini, Onassis, Churchill, Marilyn, Grace Kelly, Prince Rainiero...

BIOPIC, DRAMA
USA, UK, LUXEMBOURG • 2017 
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 120 MIN.

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and 18 years old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, which resulted in Mary Shelley writing one of the most important works of the history of fantastic literature: Frankenstein. When Mary´s family find out the affair between them, they forbid her to see Shelley again. But the two lovers escape to Lord Byron´s manor, next to Leman Lake in Switzerland. In this refuge they start to make out stories. In a time when female writers had to fight against prejudices, Mary Shelley conceives the genial idea of Frankenstein´s monster. 

HISTORIC DRAMA
FRANCE, BELGIUM • 2017
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR • 100 MIN

In 1721 the Regent of France, wanting to seal the peace with Spain, offers to the Spanish King, a marriage between their respective heirs: Louis XV, age 11, and Maria Anna Victoria, the 4-year-old Spanish infant. The Regent of France also offers to marry his daughter, Mademoiselle de Montpensier, 12, to the Prince of Asturias, the 14-year-old heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Madrid responds enthusiastically to both proposals, and the ceremonies are promptly organized. The exchange of the princesses is to take place with great pomp on a small island, in the river bordering the two countries. Everything has been done to expect the best of the children, but nothing will proceed as planned.

THRILLER, HISTORIC DRAMA
USA, UK • 2018
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 107 MIN.

On 27th June, 1976 four hijackers seized an Air France flight. The plane was on its way from Tel Aviv to Paris, the hijackers were two members of the PFLP (The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) and two German members of the left-wing extremist group, Revolutionary Cells. They held over a hundred hostages – mainly Israelis – for a whole week. Among other demands, they sought the release of forty imprisoned Palestinian terrorists and combatants. This film reconstructs what happened after the aircraft landed in Entebbe where the hijackers were supported by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. 

BIOPIC, THRILLER, DRAMA
USA • 2017 
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 100 MIN.

This suspenseful historical drama examines the infamous 1969 incident when Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove off a bridge, resulting in the death of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne.

HISTORIC DRAMA
SOUTH KOREA • 2017
LANGUAGES: KOREAN, ENGLISH, GERMAN
COLOR • 137 MIN

A taxi driver from Seoul accidentally gets involved in a German journalist's reporting of the events of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, also called the Gwangju Uprising, in 1980.

BIOPIC, DRAMA
USA • 2017
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 106 MIN

Rebel in the Rye tells the story of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye. The film tells how his love story and his service at World Ward II were the main inspirations for this work and also shows how important his relationship with professor Whit Burnett was in order to find his own voice as a writer. 

HISTORIC DRAMA 
GERMANY• 2017 
LANGUAGES: GERMAN, RUSSIAN
COLOR • 100 MIN.

East Berlín, late 1989. Wilhelm Powileit is having his 90º birthday party, but he is totally indifferent about this event. An exile of the Nazi regime and a covinced communist, the birthday is supposed to be a reception in his honor with his family, friends and Party comrades. But despite the apparent joy of the guests, the collapse of the Sovietic Union is also present at the party. In addition to this, Willhelm´s grandon has fled to West Germany. 

BIOPIC, SPORT DRAMA 
SWEDEN, DENMARK, FINLAND· 2017 
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SWEDISH, FRENCH
COLOR · 100 min

Wimbledon, 1980. Imperturbable Swedish Björn Borg meets temperamental American John McEnroe in a legendary final for the history of tennis. Two figures of this sport completely opposite who are going to turn into legends. Fire and ice on the tennis court. The film that tells the story of one of the greatest sport rivalities of all times.  

BIOPIC, DRAMA
ITALY • 2017
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 113 MIN

Amos Bardi is a boy that despite his partial blindness developes an extraordinary musical talent. When he is 12 years old, an accident while he is playing football leaves him totally blind. But with the support of his family Amos will not abandon his passion for the music and will get singing lessons by a great master, a man that will be decisive in his artistic education. 

COMEDY
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR • 88 MIN

Carmen is a middle-aged catholic woman from Ronda, Málaga, who is about to fulfil her life dream: to be president of her cofradía, her religious brotherhood. This would be the first time a woman gets such a honor. But her fellows decide to choose finally their greatest rival, a man named Ignacio. Everything gets even more complicated for Carmen the day of the Holy Week procession, when she gets caught up in a mess that she can only solve with the help of her girlfriends. 

COMEDY
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR • 88 MIN.

Curro is a kitchen-robot salesman who finds himself in a professional and marital crisis. He has also promised his 9-year-old son Nico a wonderful summer trip if he gets good marks at the school. Against all odds, the boy gets everything A+ and Curro, without any money, is obligated to keep his promise, without telling his boy the real situation. Both father and son will live together a road trip that will change them forever. 

COMEDY
FRANCE • 2018
LANGUAGES: FRENCH, ENGLISH 
COLOR • 107 MIN.

Valentin D is a hot designer architect who claims to be an orphan because he is too ashamed to admit he is the son of working-class scrap metal merchants from the north of France. 

COMEDY
ARGENTINA • 2017
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR • 100 MIN.

A sports fan loses everything for being addicted to his team and soccer. He then starts a quest to find a cure and recover his wife's love.

COMEDY
FRANCE • 2017
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR • 102 MIN

Nathalie is a divorced teacher that, suffering of a middle-age crisis, suddenly feels jealous of  people of her enviroment, specially of her daughter Mathilde, an eighteen-years old ballet dancer. The new Nathalie´s personality will bring unexpected consequences to the people of her enviroment. 

BIOGRAPHY
USA • 2018
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
RUN TIME • 70 MIN

The first episode of the second season of Genius, dedicated to the artistic and personal life of Picasso. A National Geographic TV series that explores the life history of great geniuses in history. The first season, about Enstein, won 10 Emmy nominations.

HISTORICAL DRAMA 
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR • 70 MIN

The new TV series of RTVE tells a story about the major social changes and advances for women's rights in Spain in the 20th century. The story of four teachers in an academy for young Ladies, a place where they teach both basic knowledge of letters and science, basically, how to behave as good wives. The arrival of Teresa, an independent and advanced woman in her time, will revolutionize the lives of students and teachers alike.

ANIMATION
UK, USA • 2018
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH
COLOR • 86 MIN

When Gnomeo and Juliet first arrive in the city with their friends and family, their biggest concern is getting their new garden ready for spring. However, they soon discover that someone is kidnapping garden gnomes all over London. When Gnomeo and Juliet return home to find that everyone in their garden is missing there's only one gnome to call Sherlock Gnomes. The famous detective and sworn protector of London's garden gnomes arrives with his sidekick Watson to investigate the case. 

COMEDY
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGES: CATALAN
COLOR • 93 MIN

Vincent is about to become a father. At a meeting with family and childhood friends he announces the name of his future son, but the scandalous moniker ignites a discussion that brings the group's past bubbling to the surface - with hilarious, dramatic, and altogether unbelievable results.

THRILLER
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGES: SPANISH
COLOR 

1921. Spain lives a very chaothic historic moment. Years of lead and violent fights on the streets between gunmen and anarchists. In the middle of this danger, police officer Anibal Uriarte is sent to Barcelona to investigate a militar train theft.  

ANIMATION
FRENCH, BELGIUM • 2017
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR • 83 MIN

Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it's a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas. If you want to take a vacation, keep driving past this place.

DRAMA
SPAIN • 2018
LANGUAGES: CATALAN AND SPANISH 
COLOR • 100 MIN

Olivia, Eloi, Guille i Anna travel to Berlin to give a surprise to an old friend who is turning 35. But the plan does not go as well as they thought. The reunion feels unnatural and the friendship that bonded them is not the same any more. During the weekend they spend together, the passing of time evidences the distance between all of them.

DOCUMENTARY
FRANCE• 2017
LANGUAGES: FRENCH
COLOR • 89 MIN

Veteran filmmaker Agnès Varda and young artist JR travel around the French countryside in a minibus turned into a very special photo booth. A very simple goal: meet people, exchange ideas and stories, take pictures of these people and show them in big format in public places to see how the public react to them. The film shows the final result of this whole process and what this will mean for Varda and JR from a professional, but also from a personal and emotive perspective. 

COMEDY, SPAIN• 2018
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
COLOR • 88 MIN.

Paloma is a beautiful woman and mother of four children who lives unhappy with her husband, without any future ahead, in a neighborhood of Madrid. One day, in the square in front of his house, the filming crew of a movie about the Civil War is installed. From your balcony she can follow the adventures of filming. In addition, the protagonist is a fashionable beau whom Paloma admires. When he gets to know him in person, the life of the woman takes on new incentives and perspectives. Fobbed by the actor, Paloma begins to imagine how to escape from her mediocre life.

ROMANTIC COMEDY, DRAMA
ITALY, FRANCE, BELGIUM • 1995
LANGUAGES: ITALIAN
COLOR • 115 MIN

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

DOCUMENTAL
ITALY • 2015
IDIOMAS: ITALIAN
COLOR • 90 MIN

A journey in documentary format for the life, works and conflicts of Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio. His existence and his art are characterized by lights and shadows, contrasts and contradictions, genius and sobriety. He was a revolutionary artist who was not always loved by his contemporaries. He traveled throughout Italy in search of luck or perhaps in search of himself, therefore in his masterpieces we find the echo of his existence.

DOCUMENTARY
UK· 2015
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
COLOR · 91 min

Vincent Van Gogh, maximum exponent of postimpresionism, is considered one of the greatest genius of the history of modern painting. The Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum offers exclusive access to the great treasures of this tormented artist through one of the best documentaries of the project Exhibition on Screen. Van Gogh´s master pieces are shown in their whole splendor and are commented by experts who go deep into the personal life of this essential painter. 

DOCUMENTARY
UK· 2015
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
COLOR · 90 min

Goya - Visions of Flesh and Blood will look in depth at Goya’s eventful life spanning more than 80 years, exploring his artistic oeuvre and the latest in biographical research. Extensive location footage, from the beautiful countryside of Seville to the grand chapels and royal palaces of Madrid, traces the inspiration behind, and settings for, some of Goya’s best-loved works. The film also allows the audience to step inside the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, presenting a number of significant Goya holdings including ‘The Family of Carlos IV’, which further illuminate his relationship to Spanish high society. Rare access to Goya’s ‘Italian Notebook’, a sketchbook made in Italy between 1769-71, will connect viewers to Goya’s most intimate moments of reflection. 

MUSICAL, FANTASY
SWEDEN • 1975
LANGUAGE: SWEDISH
RUN TIME • 135 MIN

Adaptation of the famous Mozart opera that Ingmar Bergman directed for Swedish TV. Prince Tamino falls in love with Princess Pamina, kidnapped by Sarastro. The mother of the girl, the Queen of the Night, promises Tamino that, if he rescues her, he will be able to marry his daughter. Tamino enters the territory of Sarastro with a magic flute given to him by the Queen of the Night. To free Pamina, Tamino must pass three tests.

DRAMA
SWEDEN, FRANCE, WEST GERMANY • 1982
LANGUAGES: SWEDISH 
COLOR • 188 MIN. (THEATRICAL VERSION)

Sweden, beginning of the XXth century. Fanny and Alexander are brother and sister of a liberal family dedicated to the theater business. Suddenly, their father dies and the mother marries again with a luteran bishop. They move to his austere place, without knowing they are leaving the quiet life full of affection they had before. The bishop is a severe and strict man that, supported by his mother, his sister and a maid, imposes an evil and sinister discipline. Alexander, an imaginatve dreamer boy, suffers above all the consequences. 

FRANCE, WEST GERMANY, SWEDEN, UK • 1978 
LANGUAGES: SWEDISH, ENGLISH
COLOR • 99 MIN.

Charlotte is a concert pianist worldwide praised, so focused on her career she has not seen her two daughters, Eva and Helena, in seven years. Married to a protestant pastor, Eva has to look after her sister, who is disabled and lives with her. After the decease of her husband and such a long time separated, Charlotte goes back to their daughters. The family reunion wakes up old memories and feelings and it turns into a tense confrontation between mother and daughter. 

DRAMA
SWEDEN• 1960  
LANGUAGES: SWEDISH
BLACK AND WHITE • 89 MIN.

Young and innocent Karin, daughter of a prosperous Christian marriage, has to fulfil the tradition of bringing a candle basket to the Maria´s altar in a church. The tradition tells just a virgin can make this offer. In her way through the forest, Karin meets two men and a boy that she believes to be shepherds. But actually, the adults are hearthless thieves and taking advance of the girl´s innocence, they rape and kill her. The criminals arrive at Karin´s family farm and without knowing who they are talking to, try to sell the girl´s clothes to his own father, who realizes they have murdered his daughter. Vengeance will be brutal and merciless. 

DRAMA
SWEDEN • 1957
LANGUAGES: SWEDISH
BLACK AND WHITE • 91 MIN.

Elderly professor Isak Borg has to travel to Lund University to attend a reception in his honor. Terrified by a nightmare in which he sees his own corpse, he decides to travel by car instead of taking a plane, as it was planned. He is accompanied by his daughter-in-law, who decides to leave her home after an argument with is husband. During the travel, Isak stops by the house where he spent the summer when he was a child, a place where wild strawberries grew and he lived his first love. The memories of these years make him think about the choices he has made in his life. 

HISTORIC DRAMA
SWEDEN• 1957
LANGUAGES: SWEDISH
BLACK AND WHITE • 96 MIN.

The Black Death plague devastates Europe. Knight Antonius Block comes back home to his Swedish village, accompanied by his squire. After ten years of war at the Crusades, Antonius is a man tormented by his doubts about God and the meaning of existence. When The Death appears to claim for his life, Antonius challengues her to a chess match. In this way, he pretends to gain some time to find something that gives meaning to his life.