Instituto Cervantes
Film: FIVER, La mirada de ellas, 10 años de cinedanza en España
12 pm on Monday, October 25 until 12 pm on Sunday, October 31 Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In October, Instituto Cervantes is collaborating for a third year with FIVER (Festival de Cine, Danza y Nuevos Medios) to present a cycle of short films: La mirada de ellas: 10 años de cinedanza en España, curated by FIVER director Samuel Retortillo. The screenings are among the activities celebrating the tenth anniversary of Baila España, held annually in the city of Bremen, Germany. FIVER, an international platform for the support, production, and exhibition of film and dance, promotes choreographic-audiovisual creation through the professionalization of the “cinedance” genre. The 2021 (more...)
Film: Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas: Tódallas mulleres que coñezo
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 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-2-307 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...)
Nacha Mendez Trio
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307:30 pm Nacha Mendez combines storytelling, music, and song in a journey through her personal experience that speaks to her Latin blood, Native American history, and experience as an artist throughout Europe. Mendez grew up in the small border town of La Union in southern New Mexico, where she began singing and playing guitar at an early age. She learned traditional ranchera singing from her grandmother and performed in border towns near El Paso. $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members COVID PROTOCOLS: She studied classical voice (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...)
Festival Oralidad
Interactive Recital Workshop for Children, Michelle Adam—12 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Workshop, Emmy Tither—1:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Round Table Discussion, Nicolasa Chávez & Orlando Romero—4 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Shkeme and Native Roots—7 pm, Bank of America Theatre All events free to the public; previous registration for the workshops required by e-mail at ext-priscila.lopez@cervantes.es Instituto Cervantes and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, with the collaboration of AMP Concerts and the support of the New Mexico Humanities Council, present the first Festival Oralidad on November 18, (more...)
Festival Oralidad
Workshop, Matilde Machiavello—1 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Presentation, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez—4 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Perla Batalla—6:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Workshop and presentation free to the public; concert tickets $17, $27, $37 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Instituto Cervantes and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, with the collaboration of AMP Concerts and the support of the New Mexico Humanities Council, present the first Festival Oralidad on November 18, 20, and 22, 2021. The festival combines workshops, lectures, panel discussions, storytelling performances, and (more...)