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  • Film: Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas: Tódallas mulleres que coñezo

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the public streets still remain. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators, and high school students, Xiana do Teixeiro’s 2018 film Tódallas mulleres que coñezo seeks a discourse on fear that is not frightening, a discourse on violence that is not violent—a tale of universal sisterhood. 2018; Galician with English subtitles; 71 minutes; not rated. Free community event The film cycle Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas showcases the work of a (more...)

  • Film: Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas: Oscuro y Lucientes

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm Samuel Alarcón’s 2018 documentary traces the last days of the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, exiled, buried, and almost forgotten in Bordeaux, and the mystery surrounding his body. Years after his death, when Goya’s remains were exhumed to be returned to Spain, it was discovered that someone had stolen the head of the famous painter. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 82 minutes; not rated. Free community event The film cycle Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas showcases the work of a new generation of filmmakers whose films have (more...)

  • Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Arima

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Jaione Camborda’s debut feature film Arima is a story, steeped in mystery, of four women and a girl whose lives are altered when two strangers arrive unexpectedly in their village. The events in this “ghost film” move between real and imagined, nightmare and dream, fear and desire. 2019; Galician and Spanish with English subtitles; 77 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event In November, Instituto Cervantes collaborates with the Seville European (more...)

  • Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Violeta no coge el ascensor

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Mamen Díaz’ indie comedy Violeta no coge el ascensor, twenty-something Violeta is spending a stifling summer in Madrid as an intern in a publishing house. Dodging the heat between affairs that only multiply her self-doubts, she makes new friends and makes decisions—some good and some bad—as she comes to learn that “failure is more an art than a drama.” 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 87 minutes; not rated. Free community event In November, (more...)

  • Festival Oralidad

    Reception—6 pm, Cayetana Romero Lobby Introduction to Festival Oralidad—6:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Nacha Mendez Trio—7:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Reception and festival introduction free to the public; concert tickets $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Please note: Both the festival introduction and the concert will require either a proof of vaccination completed at least 14 days prior to the event or a negative COVID test administered by a health care professional within 72 hours of the event. Originals or photos of (more...)

  • Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: This Film Is About Me

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) Alexis Delgado’s This Film Is About Me is a singular portrait of Renata Felicitas Soskey, serving time in a Galician prison for the brutal murder of her neighbor. Renata sees it clearly: this film is about her—about her personality, her charisma, her poetry, and her unpredictability, and not about her crime or her punishment. The director also becomes a player as the film unfolds, caught up in his fascination with his subject. 2019; Spanish and German with English subtitles; 61 minutes; (more...)

  • Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: La reina de los lagartos

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In La reina de los lagartos, Burnin’ Percebes (Fernando Martínez and Juan González) introduce us to Berta and Javi, a couple who are saying goodbye after a summer romance. However, the spaceship that was supposed to pick up Javi, the prince of an alien race of lizards, never comes to take him away. 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 63 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event In November, Instituto Cervantes collaborates (more...)

  • Film: Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Amore d’inverno

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Isabel Herguera’s Amore d’inverno (Winter Love), a couple walks along the river while hunters hide behind a hill and friends in the forest remember the “Dancer of Clavesana,” a metaphor for free love who vanishes slowly into the winter landscape. The director was nominated for a Goya award in 2005 for La gallina ciega, and has received increasing national and international recognition for her short films. 2015; Spanish with English subtitles; 8 minutes; (more...)

  • Film: Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Jane, Tarzán nez zen horren gua

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Begoña Vicario’s Jane, Tarzán nez zen horren guay (Jane, Tarzan Wasn’t So Cool) was created by a collective of 20 young Basque artists, coordinated by the director. It reinterprets the famous scene from Cedric Gibbons’ 1934 film Tarzan and His Mate in which Tarzan and Jane swim together. 2016; no dialogue; 3 minutes; rated G. Free community event In collaboration with Mujeres y Cine (MYC), Instituto Cervantes presents six short animated films for adults, (more...)

  • Film: Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Lursaguak

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Basque artist Izibene Oñederra’s powerful, cutting-edge works have continued to delve deeply into uncomfortable themes. Her animated film Lursaguak (Scenes of Life) is a dark, grotesque commentary on the human condition, in which millions of voles of an unknown species are undermining the conceptual basis of a thousand-year-old culture. 2019; no dialogue; 12 minutes; not recommended for children under 16. Free community event In collaboration with Mujeres y Cine (In collaboration with Mujeres y (more...)