Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Festival of New Spanish Cinema Houston 2014Jan 17–Jan 26

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary Spanish film returns with six 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 remains as young and as fresh as ever, with a bevy of new talents who, despite considerable economic odds, are still producing sharply-observed, engaging work across every cinematic genre. See your favorite actors in romantic comedies, edge-of-your-seat thrillers and thoughtful dramas, as well as eye-catching documentaries that flirt with fiction. Come and join us in celebrating Spanish film creativity!

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RECEPTION! SATURDAY 18 AT 6 P.M. BEFORE THE SCREENING – Presented by Casa de España

Films
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 ...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 ...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 ...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

Rice Cinema
6100 Main Street Houston
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Admission
– Rice University students, faculty members and staff: Free
– General admission: $6
– Students (from other universities), Seniors, and members of “La Casa de España”: $5
Schedule

Friday, January 17
7:00pm Operation E

Saturday, January 18
RECEPTION: 6:00 pm FREE
7:00pm A Gun in Each Hand

Sunday, January 19
7:00pm The Wishful Thinkers

Friday, January 24
7:00pm Unit 7

Saturday, January 25
7:00pm People in Places

Sunday, January 26
7:00pm Mapa

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