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Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Festival of New Spanish Cinema Chicago 2014Mar 09–Apr 03

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with five 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!
This program is part of the EU Film Festival.

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FILMMAKER JUAN CAVESTANY (People in Places) IN ATTENDANCE! Q&A on MARCH 13 at 6.00PM show – Lovers of independent cinema, come and meet the coolest, creative and resourceful icon Juan Cavestany for a Q&A March 13 @ 18:00

Come and meet Juan Cavestany during his Q&A March 13 after the @ 18:00 show. He will be answering your questions about his intriguing and surrealist People in Places.

Films
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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...The Wishful ThinkersThe Wishful Thinkers(Los Ilusos)Jonás TruebaThis is the life of dreamy filmmaker Leon, in between shooting a film and his next project – a sort of limbo with an endless postponing of things, some low-key ...
Where

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL
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Admission

General Admission $11

Students $7

Film Center Members $6

Students and faculty of the School of the Art Institute, and staff of the Art Institute $5

Member Mondays: Non-members $6 | Members $5

To receive student and AIC/SAIC pricing, tickets MUST be purchased in person at the box office. A valid student ID or ARTICard is required as proof of discount.
Kids ages 6-17 are admitted at the student price.
There is no senior admission price for individual tickets. However, seniors do receive a $5 discount on Film Center membership.

Schedule

PEOPLE IN PLACES
Sunday, March 9, 7:15 pm
Thursday, March 13, 6:00 pm ONLY THURSDAY JUAN CAVESTANY IN PERSON!

MAP
Saturday, March 15, 5:15 pm
Tuesday, March 18, 6:00 pm

OPERATION E
Sunday, March 16, 7:15 pm
Thursday, March 20, 7:45 pm

UNIT 7
Saturday, March 22, 5:15 pm
Wednesday, March 26, 6:00 pm

A GUN IN EACH HAND
Thursday, March 27, 8:15 pm

THE WISHFUL THINKERS
Saturday, March 29, 9:15 pm
Thursday, April 3, 8:30 pm

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Jan 17–Jan 26 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Houston 2014: Rice CinemaFeb 09–Feb 18 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Portland 2014: Northwest Film CenterFeb 21–Feb 27 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Vancouver 2014: Vancity TheatreFeb 26–Mar 26 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Toronto 2014: The RoyalMar 09–Apr 03 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Chicago 2014: Gene Siskel Film CenterApr 03–Apr 06 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Washington 2014: AFI Silver Theater and Cultural CenterMay 15–Jun 08 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Seattle 2014: SIFF Film CenterOct 01–Oct 29 2014Festival of New Spanish Cinema Ottawa 2014: Bytowne Cinemas
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