Instituto Cervantes

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Una dedicatoria a lo bestia, a 2019 documentary by Nucbeade (the collective formed by artists QuielaNuc and Andrea Beade), focuses on a variety of objects found at the headquarters in San Fernando de Henares of the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer. This internment center for young women ages 13 to 21 was in operation from 1944 to 1985. The filmmakers’ use of documentary as an archaeological exercise, uncovering evidence of the daily reality experienced (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Carla Simón’s 2019 short subject Después también takes a realistic and sensitive look at the impact of AIDS on the lives of young people, as Edu is told by his ex, Alex, that the latter has tested positive for HIV. 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 25 minutes; not recommended for children under 7 Free community event During the month of July, in a collaboration with film distributor Marvin & Wayne, the Vimeo channel of Instituto (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Laia Foguet’s 2019 film Su, despite its brevity, paints a complex and complete story of love and life with carefully chosen brushstrokes. When Su returns home after many years away, she confronts a past she had attempted to leave behind. 2019; Catalán with English subtitles; 12 minutes; rated PG. Free community event During the month of July, in a collaboration with film distributor Marvin & Wayne, the Vimeo channel of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque hosts Te (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Ian de la Rosa’s 2015 film Victor XX, set in a small fishing village on the coast of Almería, explores the conflicts and difficulties of a search for sexual identity. Victor, unsure if he feels more male or more female, enjoys the ambiguity, but must deal with the expectations of his mother and girlfriend, the lack of understanding in his community, and the anxiety involved in a final decision. 2015; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Director Enric Ribes’ 2017 documentary Cantando desde las azoteas is an emotional and tender tribute to its protagonist, Gilda Love, who was baptized Eduardo Enrique Gustavo Francisco, but never felt that he was any of these men. As the last drag queen in Barcelona’s former “barrio chino” (the historical neighborhood of El Raval), he still takes the stage every night, at the age of 90, under the name he adopted as homage to Rita Hayworth’s signature (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Snap, a 2018 documentary by Chilean filmmakers Felipe Elgueta and Ananké Pereira, is the most experimental film in this series—composed through fragments of the audiovisual content of social media, and offering a mosaic of individual reflections on sexual and gender identity. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; not rated. Free community event During the month of July, in a collaboration with film distributor Marvin & Wayne, the Vimeo channel of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque hosts Te (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Alma, the protagonist of Santiago León Cuéllar’s 2018 film of the same name, has just entered a new high school, and her classmate Victor invites her to a party. The ongoing changes in her body, and her hidden desires, lead her to face her inner fears and begin the process of self-acceptance—loving herself as she is. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 17 minutes; not rated. Free community event During the month of July, in a collaboration (more...)

8 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In her 2021 documentary El cuerpo de la mujer sin sombra, Tamara García Iglesias traces the life and work of Alicia D’Amico, following her artistic trajectory through Buenos Aires, Paris, and Geneva in search of “shadows” of her presence. One of the best-known photographers of her time, D’Amico worked from the late 1950s until her death in Buenos Aires in 2001. She was recognized as a feminist and lesbian pioneer, and in her later, less (more...)

12 pm MST Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Ignacio Pardo is one of the pioneers of video art in Galicia and in Spain, utilizing digital animation in work revolving around the classic themes of Eros and Thanatos. Frequently recurring motifs include decay, suffering, and pain, as well as sexuality as a natural element in an ongoing life cycle, and his films display a humor that reflects an acceptance of this cycle and an ability to find joy in living. The short works screened include (more...)