12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Patchwork, created as part of María Manero’s work toward a Master of Animation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the director tells the story of her mother’s courage while facing a liver transplant, as well as the interconnection among human beings and our celebration of life while facing our common destiny. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 8 minutes; not rated. Free community event Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Film Schedule * (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Yo, based on a story by Arthur Schnitzler, Begoña Arostegui confronts the perplexity we encounter when we realize how we encode the world through language. For the protagonist, all days seem monotonously alike, until a simple parking sign changes everything. 2020; Spanish with English subtitles; 13 minutes; rated G. Free community event Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Film Schedule * November 30: Amore d’inverno (Isabel Herguera, 2015) * December 3: Jane, Tarzán nez zen (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here María Trénor’s ¿Dónde estabas tú? challenges the viewer to reflect on the universal reality of violence against women, whether subtle or brutal. The interviews resulting in the three stories that make up this film were conducted in Mozambique and the Philippines. 2020; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event Creadores de animación para el siglo XXI: Film Schedule * November 30: Amore d’inverno (Isabel Herguera, 2015) * December (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here F.F.G. Un retrato is a short film dedicated to Fernán-Gómez by critic and filmmaker Jesús García de Dueñas. Through a montage of diverse images, the renowned actor and director reveals his motivations, his reflections on his work, and his philosophy of life. 1976; Spanish with English subtitles; 10 minutes; rated G. Free community event In January, Instituto Cervantes celebrates the centenary of the birth of actor, filmmaker, journalist, playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Fernando Fernán-Gómez (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Manicomio, Fernán-Gómez’ directorial debut, reworks several stories from different sources about the world of inmates in psychiatric institutions. When the protagonist, Carlos, visits his girlfriend at the hospital where she works, the director of the facility introduces him to his niece, who is obsessed with playing the harp continuously, and to a nurse who repeats word for word what Carlos says. 1954; Spanish with English subtitles; 80 minutes; rated PG-13. Free community event In (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here A timid young boy growing up in a small Spanish town starts school for the first time, and with the nurturing and guidance of a kind teacher, a world of possibilities begins to open up for him. As the school year comes to a close, however, civil war begins to sweep across the country, and as sides are drawn, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of (more...)

12 pm (available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Set in the 1920s, Pedro Olea’s Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño introduces one of the first homosexual characters in Spanish cinema, in an award-winning performance by José Sacristán. Lluís de Serracant is a young lawyer from a bourgeois Catalan family who leads a surprising double life: during the day, he practices his legal profession, and at night he transforms himself into Flor de Otoño, a well-known transvestite who performs in a small cabaret in Barcelona. (more...)