Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Festival of New Spanish Cinema Washington 2014Apr 03–Apr 06

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with seven premieres, featuring the latest, most exciting films and allowing you to discover and share your love of Spanish cinema. The Festival of New Spanish Cinema is six years old and it remains as young and fresh as ever, with a bevy of new talents that, against considerable economic odds, still manages to produce sharply-observed engaging works that stretch across every cinematic genre. See your favorite actors in romantic comedies, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, thoughtful dramas as well as eye-catching documentary that flirts with fiction. Come and join us in celebrating Spanish film creativity!

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OPENING NIGHT! Reception and Filmmaker in attendance. – Alberto Rodríguez will be in attendance for a Q&A. A reception will be held courtesy of SPAIN Arts & Culture.

Films
UNIT 7UNIT 7(Grupo 7)Alberto RodríguezIn the gritty thriller UNIT 7 (Grupo 7 ), a group of renegade cops decides to take the law into their own hands. The drug problem in Seville, Spain is spiraling ...Operation EOperation E(Operación E)Miguel Courtois PaterninaA controversial film in Colombia due to the real event on which it is based (the kidnapping of Clara Rojas and Ingrid Betancourt), Operation E was at risk of ...A Gun in Each HandA Gun in Each Hand(Una Pistola en Cada Mano)Cesc GayEight men in their forties are caught up in everyday situations revealing their main conflict: a masculine identity crisis. They all share feelings of ...PERU SABE: Cuisine as an Agent of Social ChangePERU SABE: Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change(Peru Sabe, la cocina arma social)Jesús María SantosThere is an unprecedented phenomenon happening in Peru today. Cuisine, something so ordinary in any other countries, has turned into an engine for change. Ferran ...Fifteen Years and One DayFifteen Years and One Day(Quince Años y un Día)Gracia QuerejetaSpanish selection for the Oscars 2014. 15 Years + 1 Day is a moving drama that marks the triumphant return of director Gracia Querejeta to the big screen. Margo ...People in PlacesPeople in Places(Gente en Sitios)Juan Cavestany“Working with the tiniest of micro-budgets, playwright and independent filmmaker Juan Cavestany stages a series of bizarre, Buñuelian scenarios that offer a ...MapMap(Mapa)Elias León SiminianiA “romantic documentary,” as described by Siminiani, Map follow as young Spanish director as he gets fired from his job at a broadcasting company. Recovering ...
Where

AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road, Silver Springs, Washington DC
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Admission

– $11.50 General Admission
– $9 Seniors (65 and over), students with valid ID, and military personnel
– $8.50 AFI Members (2-star level & up)
– $7 Children (12 and under)
– $8.50 Matinee tickets, weekdays before 6:00 p.m. (holidays excluded)

Schedule

UNIT 7
Thu, Apr 3, 7:30; Alberto Rodríguez in attendance!
Sat, Apr 5, 9:45

OPERATION E
Fri, Apr 4, 7:30

A GUN IN EACH HAND
Fri, Apr 4, 9:45

PERU SABE
Sat, Apr 5, 6:10

15 DAYS AND ONE DAY
Sat, Apr 5, 7:45

PEOPLE IN PLACES
Sun, Apr 6, 7:45

MAP
Sun, Apr 6, 9:30

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