12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Richard Zubelzu’s Yo soy una niña documents the reality of transsexuality in childhood, while emphasizing the important role of grandparents and their unconditional love for their grandchildren. 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; not rated. Free community event Instituto Cervantes presents an annual […]
12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Vicky Calavia’s documentary Abriendo ventanas is a story told in seven voices, in which seven women share their affective, sexual, and gender diversity, as well as the discrimination and violence that they have suffered in their lives. 2021; Spanish with English subtitles; 30 minutes; […]
12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Leo, Juan, David, and Lucio meet in the gym locker room—four people with four different views on issues such as masculinity. Miguel Parra’s (A) Normal demonstrates, through the debates that ensue, that “normality” is as personal as each individual’s particular essence and prejudices. 2021; […]
12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Fran Herrero Ansoleaga’s Better Days presents the testimonies of five people who have fled harassment in their home countries because of their gender identities and have sought asylum in Spain. Before the director’s camera, they share their fears, doubts, and certainties, as well as […]
5:30 pm to 6:15 pm - Chilean folkloric music performed live 6:15 pm to 6:45 pm - “Violeta Parra in context” historical presentation by Dr. Carson Morris 7:00 pm - Film Screening Andrés Wood’s Violeta Went to Heaven tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child […]
7:00 pm Hotel Salvation (Mukti Bhawan) follows the story of a reluctant son who must take his father to the holy city of Varanasi, where his father believes he will breathe his last and attain salvation. When a 77-year-old man, Daya, wakes up from a strange nightmare, he knows his time is up and he […]
7:00 pm A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. Respected and contemporary art museum curator Christian, a devoted father of two who is divorced, drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next exhibit […]
5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.- Film Screening 6:45 p.m. Talk with journalist Fietta Jarque Dennis Hopper's second feature film after making his directorial debut with Easy Rider. The Last Movie (1971) was shot in Peru and edited at the artist's home in Taos (New Mexico). Consciously self-reflexive and co-written by Hopper and Rebel Without a […]
6:00 p.m. Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who […]
8:00 p.m. This is a story about the burden of family heritage. It begins when María José, in exile in Barcelona, realizes that - no matter how far she runs - she cannot escape the ghost of her father, Carlos Pizarro, an M-19 commander assassinated on April 26, 1990 after signing a successful peace treaty […]
