Festival of New Spanish Cinema
Festival Of New Spanish Cinema Houston 2009Jan 22–Jan 25
For anyone who loves Spanish cinema, this selection of recent award-winning films offers a diverse, up to the minute look at the great talents at work today.
The selections include Jaime Rosales’ Solitary Fragments, winner of Goya Awards for Best Film and Best Director; this year’s Spanish Oscar submission, Gracia Querejeta’s Seven Billiard Tables; Rafa Cortés’ Me, winner of the Critic’s prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival; Icíar (Take My Eyes) Bollaín’s Mataharis, winner of numerous international screenplay awards; Albert Serra’s Cannes Film Festival celebrated Nativity extravaganza Birdsong; José Luis (En Construcción) Guerín Venice Film Festival hit iIn Sylvia’s city; Félix Viscarret’s Under the Stars, Goya winner for Best Screenplay; Carles (Balseros) Bosch’s moving documentary Septembers; and Shortmetraje— a collection of daring short films. All films with English subtitles.
Curated by Marta Sánchez. Support for the exhibition comes from Dirección General de Política e Industrias Culturales and Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) both of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Tourist Office of Spain, Embassy of Spain, Washington, DC., and Dirección General de Relaciones Culturales y Científicas, Filmoteca, AECI, of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Special support from Consulate of Spain, Houston, Rice University and Institut Ramon Llull. Reception courtesy of Freixenet and Tapeña.
Special Event – Opening night events & Q&A
Opening night with an appearance from September’s Carles Bosch, director of the Oscar®-nominated Balseros presented by Freixenet and Tapeña wine
SPECIAL EVENT:
Q&A WITH CARLES BOSCH
FRIDAY JANUARY 23 AT 19:00
Where
Rice Cinema
6100 Main MS-549, Houston
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Schedule
In Sylvia’s city, Thursday January 22 7:00
Seven Billiard, Tables, Thursday January 22 9:00
Septembers, Friday January 23 7:00
Me, Friday January 23 9:00
Mataharis, Saturday January 24 7:00
Solitary Fragments, Saturday January 24 9:00
Birdsong, Sunday January 25 7:00
Under the stars, Sunday January 25 9:00