Book Reading and Signing: Jaima Chevalier and her Book "Fringe"
2019-11-08 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6:30 pm
Jaima Chevalier’s book Fringe is a tribute to flamenco legend María Benitez and includes almost 200 rare and exclusive images from locally famous to world-renowned photographers, all showcasing Benítez’s central role in dance history. Beníitez is an iconic figure in American flamenco. Her riveting story begins with the complexity of her mixed Native American and Puerto Rican heritage followed by her extraordinary journey as a young woman leaving her home on the outskirts of Taos Pueblo to study flamenco in Spain. From the inherent irony of her identity as a Native American woman striving to master the art of a culture that had colonized the Southwestern United States, she grew into an artist driven to forge her own way in the world, starting a business, , a non-profit institution, a school, and a professional touring company. Her illustrious career, from appearances in film and television to stages across the world, is an inspiration to artists, students of history, and seekers of core human truths. Her ability to overcome both racial and gender discrimination made her equally comfortable on the Metropolitan Opera stage as well as dancing around a gypsy campfire–all coalescing to make her story one that dances straight into the heart of what it means to be an American original.
Jaima Chevalier, a Santa Fe native, is the author of five books including La Conquistadora: Unveiling the History of Santa Fe’s Six Hundred Year Old Religious Icon and Nativo (with Oliver Galvan-De La Cruz). Her documentary films include Veiled Lightning/Native Voltage (director) and El Corazon de Santa Fe (Producer).
Join us in the Salon Ortega of the historic History and Literary Arts Building on the NHCC Campus.
This event is free and open to the public

Film: ¡COLORES! The Musical Adventures of John Donald Robb in New Mexico
2019-11-14 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
The late John Donald Robb loved and composed all kinds of music, but his passion for the songs of everyday folk is what he is remembered for most. Roaming the countryside of the Southwest during the 40s and 50s, Robb recorded and transcribed over 3,000 Hispano folk songs, the largest collection of its time. This documentary celebrates the life of this adventurous musician and the modern day ethnomusicologists who continue to record and archive New Mexico’s disappearing folk music traditions. Presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS and the John Donald Robb Musical Trust as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

2008; NMPBS; English; 27 minutes; not rated.
The screening will be followed by a live performance of selections from John D. Robb’s Joy Comes to Deadhorse, the precursor to The Fantasticks, narrated by V.B. Price and performed by the New Mexico Performing Arts Society under the direction of Franz Vote. There will be a dessert reception in the lobby after the performance.

Film: Where God Left His Shoes
2019-12-12 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
The film originally scheduled for December 12, Nosotros los Nobles/The Noble Family, will be rescheduled at a later date. There will be no film screenings on December 26 or January 9. The Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series will resume on January 23.
Jobless and living with his family in a homeless shelter, a one-time boxer takes his 10-year-old stepson with him as he hustles for work on Christmas Eve. Praised as John Leguizamo’s “truest performance on film,” Where God Left His Shoes is the story of a family who discover that they will survive as long as they have each other. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2007; Salvatore Stabile; English; 96 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Inside Opera Series: Il Postino
2020-01-21 18:00 - 19:30, 2020-01-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6-7:30 pm
Tuesdays, January 21, 28, and February 4
Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest. This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance (see below). Those who attend any one of the three workshops will receive a 15% discounted ticket to the show. Sign up for the workshops here: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/inside-opera-workshop-series-il-postino/

Inside Opera: The Three Versions of Il Postino
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On January 21, join poet Valerie Martinez for an in-depth discussion of the story of Il Postino and how it developed on its journey from the printed page to the big screen to the opera stage. Daniel Catán’s opera was inspired by the novel Ardiente Paciencia (Burning Patience), by Antonio Skarmeta, and the Academy Award-nominated film adaptation, Il Postino, directed by Michael Radford. Register here.
Valerie Martínez is the Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Valerie spent 23 years as a professor of literature at the college and university level, and was Santa Fe’s second Poet Laureate. As a core artist and Executive Director of Littleglobe, Valerie worked in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera to create two community-based operas: Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas (2008), and The Santa Fe Bus Opera (2010). Valerie joins the Inside Opera series as presenter for the second year.

Inside Opera: The Music of Il Postino
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC Center on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On January 28, conductor and educator Oliver Prezant will introduce you to the music of Il Postino. We’ll explore the way the composer uses melodic shape, harmony, and rhythm to define characters and situations, and we’ll take a detailed look at how music adds meaning and expression to the text. Register here.
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Opera Southwest, and Chamber Music Albuquerque, and has presented programs on art and music for museums including The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. Oliver was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design and The College of Santa Fe.

Inside Opera: Bringing Il Postino to Life
Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020
Salon Ortega
6 – 7:30 pm
Free
Opera newcomers and aficionados are invited to three, free, interactive presentations (January 21, 28 and February 4) about Il Postino, Daniel Catán’s beautiful opera about poetry, love, and the special friendship that develops between Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and Mario, the young man who brings him his mail on an island off the coast of Italy. Il Postino will be presented by Opera Southwest in the Journal Theater at the NHCC on February 2, 7 and 9, 2020.
On February 4, Oliver Prezant and special guests will lead you on a magical journey through the creative process of bringing the Opera Southwest production of Il Postino to life. We’ll see the set on stage as well as costumes and props, in the Journal Theater. We’ll also meet some of the people who have created the world of this enchanting opera experience. A very special opportunity to see what life is like on the other side of the footlights! Register here.
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Opera Southwest, and Chamber Music Albuquerque, and has presented programs on art and music for museums including The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. He is the Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. Oliver was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design and The College of Santa Fe.

ABOUT THE OPERA
From the Opera Southwest website: “When exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrives on a tiny Italian island, he receives so much fan mail that Mario is hired as his personal postman. Mario soon becomes Neruda’s student, learning the art of poetry to woo a local barmaid. Inspired by Neruda, Mario’s poetic voice continues to take wing as he expresses the struggles of his fellow working-class villagers. A firm friendship develops, and the postman is forever a changed man. The sounds of the Mediterranean come alive in Catán’s stunningly beautiful, Puccini-esque score – a story of love in its many forms, set against a backdrop of conflicting political and spiritual ideologies. Based on the novel “Ardiente Paciencia” by Antonio Skármeta and the film by Michael Radford. Sung in Spanish with English supertitles.”

Film: Neruda
2020-01-23 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
In post-World War II Chile, a police prefect pursues Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, now a fugitive in his own country for joining the Communist Party. In this story of a persecuted artist and his obsessive adversary, Neruda sees his chance to become a symbol for liberty as well as a literary legend.
Directed by Pablo Larraín; Spanish with English subtitles; 107 minutes; rated R.
Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

In February 2020, Opera Southwest and the NHCC will present the New Mexico premiere of Il Postino, an opera in three acts by Mexican composer Daniel Catán with a Spanish libretto by the composer. The work, based on the novel Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta and the film Il Postino by Michael Radford, adheres loosely to events in the life of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and integrates themes of love and friendship along with political and spiritual conflict.
Like Il Postino, Pablo Larraín’s film Neruda is based loosely on events in the life of its subject, at a time when Chile’s beloved poet has been forced into hiding and is being pursued by his would-be nemesis, the police inspector Peluchonneau. Larraín describes the film as “Nerudian”—not a biopic, despite its title, but rather, an “invention informed by biography.”
We hope that our audiences will enjoy both these explorations of the rich and complex cosmos created by the life and work of this extraordinary artist.

Inside Opera Series: Il Postino
2020-02-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102

Film: The Last Suit/El último traje
2020-02-13 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
At 88, Abraham Bursztein is seeing his place in the world rapidly disappear. His kids have sold his Buenos Aires residence, set him up to move to a retirement home, and disagree on how to handle his fading health. But Abraham survived the Holocaust, made a successful life in a foreign land, and isn’t about to quietly fade away. Instead, he plots a secret one-way trip to Poland, where he plans to find the Christian friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II, and to keep his promise to return one day.
Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2017; Pablo Solarz; Spanish/Yiddish/German/Polish with English subtitles; 91 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Film: La filla d’algú/La hija de alguien
2020-03-12 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
Tonight’s film screening has been postponed
7 pm
Eli, a 30-year-old lawyer, is pregnant with her first child. On the day of the oral hearing of a high-profile media trial that she has been preparing with her father, a renowned Barcelona lawyer, he suddenly disappears. From this point on, Eli must race to unravel family secrets that have been kept from her until now… or that she hasn’t wanted to see, and her search will lead her to a reality that will turn her world upside down. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2019; Marcel Alcantara Flores, Julia De Paz Solvas, Sara Fantova Barrena, Enric Vilageliu Arnella, Alejandro Marín, Carlos Villafina Peláez, Gerard Vidal Cortes, Celia Giraldo Lozano, Guillem Gallego Bertran, Valentín Moulias, Pol Vidal Rivas; Catalán with English subtitles; 71 minutes; not recommended for children under 7.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Film: Young and Beautiful
2020-03-26 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed.
Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information.
7 pm
Poti, Nais, Ione, and Das are young Spanish women who live on their own terms. But as they approach their thirties, a profound unease overcomes them: they are still far from being the independent, self-confident, and passionate adults they always dreamed of being. Each has to examine her identity through dialogue, in an intimate exchange with Marina, their friend and the director of this film. Young and Beautiful is a portrait of a generation accused of not wanting to grow up, while expected to accept a hopeless world and a country in crisis, where they are told that the one way to survive is to abandon their dreams. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2018; Marina Lameiro; Spanish with English subtitles; 72 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Film: Tódalas mulleres que coñezo
2020-04-09 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed.
Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information.
7 pm
From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the streets still remain. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators, and high school students, the director seeks a discourse on fear that is not frightening, a discourse on violence that is not violent—a tale of universal sisterhood. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2018; Xiana do Teixeiro; Galician with English subtitles; 71 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: La mano invisible/The Invisible Hand
2020-09-04 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In La mano invisible, set in a bare industrial warehouse, a group of workers, including a bricklayer, a butcher, a dressmaker, a telemarketer, a waiter, a warehouse worker, a mechanic, an IT worker, and a cleaner, meet daily, mechanically doing and undoing their work with apparent normality. In front of them, dozens of spectators watch the spectacle from the darkness, while an obscure demiurge pulls the strings behind the scenes. 2017; directed by David Macián; Spanish with English subtitles; 80 minutes; rated R.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
La mano invisible trailer:

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: El mar nos mira de lejos/The Sea Looks at Us from Afar
2020-09-11 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
El mar nos mira de lejos is based on the legend of an ancient and forgotten civilization, lying buried under vast dunes in southern Spain. For more than a century, archaeologists and adventurers have sought traces of its former inhabitants; today, only a few men, ignorant of the myths and romantic illusions surrounding the area and barely visible among the sands, live in this solitary place facing the sea. 2017; directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas; Spanish with English subtitles; 93 minutes; rated G.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
El mar nos mira de lejos Trailer:

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: Los demás días/All the Other Days
2020-09-18 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
The documentary Los demás días follows the work of Dr. Pablo Iglesias, a palliative care physician at the Madrid Health Service, who provides specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. We get to know him, the professionals who work closely with him, and his patients—sharing their doubts and convictions, their fears and illusions, as he tries to relieve their physical pain and accompany them on the delicate emotional journey that marks the end of their lives. 2017; directed by Carlos Agulló; Spanish with English subtitles; 95 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
Los demás días Trailer:

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: La reconquista/The Reconquest
2020-09-25 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In La reconquista, Manuela and Olmo find each other again in a future they promised each other 15 years earlier, when they were teenagers and first fell in love. Based on this romantic premise, La Reconquista is a film in search of time—about the consciousness of time, about lost time and recovered time, about what we remember and don’t remember about ourselves, and about the words, gestures, and feelings to which we remain faithful because they define and challenge us in the present, the past, and the future. 2016; directed by Jonás Trueba; Spanish with English subtitles; 103 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
La reconquista Trailer:

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Porque no/Why Not
2020-10-02 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
The first film in the series is Ruth Caudeli’s short feature film Porque no. As Victoria and Paula are on their way to a wedding outside Bogotá, an unfinished conversation unleashes feelings that they had thought were forgotten. 2016; Spanish with English subtitles; 13 minutes; not recommended for children under 12.
Free virtual community evert

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Eva menos Candela/Eva without Candela
2020-10-06 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Eva menos Candela, another short feature film by Ruth Caudeli, follows the filmmaker’s Porque no, shown as the opening film in this series. This film also deals with the lack of transparency in some lesbian relationships, as Eva and Candela come together two years after their relationship has ended. While it appears that they have moved on with their lives, there is still unfinished business between them. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 18 minutes; not recommended for children under 12.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Juan de las Brujas
2020-10-09 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Andrew Houchens’ short documentary Juan de las Brujas honors the fulfilling life and enduring legacy of Juan Medellín, a founding member of the renowned Ballet Folklórico de Amalia Hernández who remained with the company for nearly 40 years. The film uses colorful, hand-drawn animation to illustrate Medellín’s childhood memories, his start as a dancer, and his time with the ballet during its “golden age.” It has been described as a “humble love letter to Mexico.” 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 18 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Princesa de hielo
2020-10-13 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Pablo Guerrero’s short feature film Princesa de hielo, a young boy’s parents read the letter that he has written to Los Reyes Magos on the eve of Three Kings’ Day. A very special gift request on his list will test their convictions, as well as their love for their son. Spanish with English subtitles; 16 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Piscina
2020-10-16 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Carlos Ruano’s short feature film Piscina is a story of two boys from the barrio who have been friends for their entire lives. Like so many others, Santi and Jota are not in school and are not working; they spend their time drinking in the park and discussing the relative attractiveness of the girls they know. But it seems that something is preoccupying Jota…. 2017; Spanish with English subtitles; 9 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: El niño que quería volar
2020-10-20 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Madrid during the 1980s, five-year-old Ivan is confronted with the birth of a younger brother. His sister is his father’s favorite, and the new baby is his mother’s favorite. Jorge Muriel Mencia’s short feature film poses the questions of what Ivan’s place is in this new situation, and what if he could fly and escape? 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; not recommended for children under 12.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Visibles
2020-10-23 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Society has created a stereotype of the LGTBI community, in which its members, fashionable and wealthy, always have fun and never grow older than 40. Enrique Rey Monzón’s short documentary seeks to dispel this image, which leaves out older members of the community who need to find their own place in society and their own path to aging. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 19 minutes; rated G.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: En la azotea
2020-10-27 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Damià Serra Cauchetiez’ short feature film, it is summer, and Adrián and his friends, all 12 years old, ascend a partially constructed building every evening to see a girl sunbathing nude in the next block. What Adrián’s friends do not know is that he is not interested in the girl, but in a boy. 2016; Spanish with English subtitles; 11 minutes; not recommended for children under 7.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Film: ¡Cine Magnífico: Cortos/Short Subjects
2020-11-19 - 2020-11-21 | NM
12 pm (available through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22)
Free Event
Request password by Monday, November 16th HERE
¡Cine Magnífico!, the Albuquerque Latino Film Festival, is organized every year by Instituto Cervantes, an institution founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to promote the teaching, use and study of the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of Spanish, Hispanic and Latin American cultures throughout the world. Instituto Cervantes has more than 90 centers in over 43 different countries on five continents around the world; its Albuquerque office is located at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
The short subjects offered by the festival are as follows:

Divorcio/Divorce
It’s been a year since she last saw him. She had a feeling she was going to run into him, but she didn’t think it would happen that night.
(2018; Spain; Bárbara Santa Cruz; Spanish with English subtitles; 6 minutes)
La crisis/The Crisis
In Madrid in 2013, Alonso, an architect in his thirties, sees the world around him crumble. Overwhelmed by debt, he must get his electricity restored so he can rent his apartment to a tourist.(2019; Pedro Aguilera & Juan Sardà Frouchtmann; Spanish with English subtitles; 21 minutes)
9 pasos/9 Steps
Saul’s father is tired of his son’s waking him in the night to go to the bathroom; this time, he will teach him to be a man.
(2018; Spain; Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera; Spanish with English subtitles; 7 minutes)
Playa Gaviotas/Seagull Beach
Inés, a teenager escaping from a home abortion and a crisis with her mother, meets Nacho, a lonely man depressed by the death of his mother. Together, they travel in silence to Seagull Beach, carrying the ashes of Nacho’s mother, to complete their respective cycles and move on.
(2019; Mexico; Eduardo Esquivel; Spanish with English subtitles; 16 minutes)
La Llorona—Ser mujer
This hybrid animation film is a symbolic art piece designed to raise awareness for femicides in Mexico, communicating with beauty and dignity the fight of many families who have lost loved ones. It was made in collaboration with Snowapple, a musical ensemble from the Netherlands.
(2019; Mexico; Adriana Ronquillo; Spanish with English subtitles; 5 minutes)
Héctor
In a small fishing cove, surrounded by locals who murmur stories about the devil, Gabriel tries to understand the strong attraction he feels toward a mysterious, masculine young woman whose name is Héctor.
(2019; Chile; Victoria Giesen Carvajal; Spanish with English subtitles; 19 minutes)
The Awakeover
A sleepover movie night turns sinister, as the contents of the scary movies become not-so-imaginary.(2019; Albuquerque, NM; Stephen Burhoe; English; 12 minutes)
Get It
In this world premiere, an inexperienced thief is interrupted from carrying out his first heist by a stranger who wants to join him on a crime spree.
(2020; USA; Alejandro Montoya Marin; English; 5 minutes)
Flush
After one of them becomes a mother, long-time but now distant friends Nic and Sam attempt to reconnect during a stormy night fraught with drinking and dancing, secrets and lies.
(2019; Albuquerque, NM; Sheridan O’Donnell; English; 14 minutes)
¡Cine Magnífico! was created in 2013 to encourage cultural interaction and awareness through the lens of Latin American and Spanish cinema. The purpose of the festival, since its inception and especially in the current political and social climate, has been to cover the issues that exist in our own communities—to shine a light on our comunidades latinas in the United States and “endow them with visibility.” This is the magic of cinema: visibility as the essence of cinematic and visual arts. Our own lives—our shared joys and concerns—shine through the screen, along with true-to-life characters, well-told stories, stunning settings, gorgeous costumes, and elegant musical scores. The festival, with which the NHCC has collaborated since 2014, showcases a diverse set of films, from award-winning works to offerings by local and up-and-coming filmmakers. This year’s screenings will take place online.
To view the films screened during the festival, click on the following link, which will be available until Monday, November 16: https://cinemagnifico.com/yr20/tickets-venues/
On November 17-18, you will receive an e-mail with a password that will give you access to all festival films. Please note that access is restricted to viewers within the United States.
Beginning on Thursday, November 19, you may access the website, click on the button for any feature film or short subject that interests you, and enter the password to see the films that you want to view. The short subjects will be available for three days, from 12 pm on Thursday, November 19 through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22. The feature films will be available for 24 hours only, opening at various times on November 19, 20, and 21. You may also click on the following link: https://cinemagnifico.com/yr20/schedule/
The Cortos/Short Subjects films will be available for viewing HERE through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22.
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¡Cine Magnífico! Largometrajes/Feature film programming:
* Thursday, November 19, 5 pm: La virgen de agosto (Spain: Jonás Truebai, 2019)
* Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm: Take Out Girl (U.S., Hisonni Johnson, 2020)
* Friday, November 20, 4 pm: Camagroga (Spain, Alfonso Amador, 2019)
* Friday, November 20, 6 pm: Pólvora en el corazón (Guatemala/Spain, Camila Urrutia, 2019)
* Friday, November 20, 8:30 pm: Canción sin nombre (Peru/Spain/U.S., Melina León, 2019)
* Saturday, November 21, 5 pm: Zerø (Spain, Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta, 2020)
* Saturday, November 21, 7 pm: La fiera y la fiesta (Dominican Republic/Mexico, Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán, 2020)
The Largometrajes/Feature film programming titles will be available HERE for 24 hours after individual screenings open.

Film: ¡Cine Magnífico: Largometrajes/Feature Films
2020-11-19 - 2020-11-21 | NM
Various times; see individual titles below for screening times (all titles are available for 24 hours after individual screenings open)
Free Event
Request password by Monday, November 16 HERE
¡Cine Magnífico!, the Albuquerque Latino Film Festival, is organized every year by Instituto Cervantes, an institution founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to promote the teaching, use and study of the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of Spanish, Hispanic and Latin American cultures throughout the world. Instituto Cervantes has more than 90 centers in over 43 different countries on five continents around the world; its Albuquerque office is located at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
The Largometrajes/Feature Films offered by the festival are as follows:

La virgen de agosto
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 5 pm
Eva, the protagonist of Jonás Trueba’s feature film La virgen de agosto, is about to turn 33, and has decided to stay in Madrid in the sweltering month of August, when most of the city’s inhabitants flee, in search of herself and her own life. During this month of revelations, regrets, and discoveries, she encounters a series of old friends and lovers and meets some new ones. Her journey is a dreamy, sensual summer story of delayed coming of age, dancing in the streets, and good conversation, with music from, and an appearance by, well-known Spanish singer Soleá Morente.
(2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 129 minutes; not rated.)
Take Out Girl
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7:30 pm
In Hisonni Johnson’s Take Out Girl, Tera Wong, who delivers food for her mother’s Chinese restaurant in an infamous Los Angeles project, takes a job from the local drug kingpin, delivering his “product” in her takeout food boxes. She dreams of moving the restaurant to the suburbs and going clean, but sees her dream crumbling after a series of tragic events.
(2020; English; 100 minutes; not rated.)
Camagroga
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 4 pm
Alfonso Amador’s documentary Camagroga is the story of one of the few remaining farmers in La Huerta de Valencia, an agricultural and cultural landscape with centuries of history, now dying as the fertile plains of Valencia disappear. Antonio Ramón Camagroga and his daughter, Inma, grow tiger nuts for sale to a few exclusive clients, fighting the forces of capitalism and globalization in this depiction of a year’s farming cycle in La Huerta Valenciana, described as “an elegy to work, land, heritage, and resistance.”
(2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 111 minutes; not rated.)
Pólvora en el corazón
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 6 pm
In Camila Urrutia’s Pólvora en el Corazón (Gunpowder Heart), Claudia, who works at a call center and lives with her activist grandfather, and Maria, who lives with her mother on the outskirts of the city, roam the chaotic streets of Guatemala City. Everything changes for them one night when they are attacked by three men, and Claudia is faced with the dilemma of choosing revenge or listening to her grandfather’s advice.
(2019; Guatemala/Spain; Spanish with English subtitles; 87 minutes; not rated.)
Canción sin nombre
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 8:30 pm
Melina León’s Canción sin nombre (Song Without a Name) is based on a true story, set in Peru at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. When the newborn daughter of a young woman from the Andes is stolen at a fake health clinic, her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where a lonely journalist takes on the investigation.
(2019; Peru/Spain; Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles; 97 minutes; not rated.)
Zerø
Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 5 pm
In Iñaki Sánchez Arrieta’s thriller Zerø, a man and a woman wake up in a strange, deserted place not knowing who they are or why they are there. As the days go by and they try to get out, they begin to remember things that they might prefer not to know. Perhaps the answers to everything are held by another man who controls them from a distance, without being seen.
(2020; Spain; Spanish with English subtitles; 93 minutes; not rated.)
La fiera y la fiesta
Saturday, November 21, 2020 at 7 pm
Aging punk diva Vera arrives in Santo Domingo to direct a musical film in La fiera y la fiesta (Holy Beasts), by Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán. There to welcome her are the producer and cinematographer, two old friends with whom she formed an artistic ensemble in her youth. The Caribbean production is sumptuous, the musical numbers grand, but mysterious forces threaten the shoot, and death begins to creep up on the set.
(2019; Dominican Republic/Mexico/Argentina; Spanish with English subtitles; 90 minutes; not rated.)
¡Cine Magnífico! was created in 2013 to encourage cultural interaction and awareness through the lens of Latin American and Spanish cinema. The purpose of the festival, since its inception and especially in the current political and social climate, has been to cover the issues that exist in our own communities—to shine a light on our comunidades latinas in the United States and “endow them with visibility.” This is the magic of cinema: visibility as the essence of cinematic and visual arts. Our own lives—our shared joys and concerns—shine through the screen, along with true-to-life characters, well-told stories, stunning settings, gorgeous costumes, and elegant musical scores. The festival, with which the NHCC has collaborated since 2014, showcases a diverse set of films, from award-winning works to offerings by local and up-and-coming filmmakers. This year’s screenings will take place online.
To view the films screened during the festival, click on the following link, which will be available until Monday, November 16: https://cinemagnifico.com/yr20/tickets-venues/
On November 17-18, you will receive an e-mail with a password that will give you access to all festival films. Please note that access is restricted to viewers within the United States.
Beginning on Thursday, November 19, you may access the website, click on the button for any feature film or short subject that interests you, and enter the password to see the films that you want to view. The short subjects will be available for three days, from 12 pm on Thursday, November 19 through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22. The feature films will be available for 24 hours only, opening at various times on November 19, 20, and 21. You may also click on the following link: https://cinemagnifico.com/yr20/schedule/
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The Cortos/Short Subjects offered by the festival are as follows:
* Divorcio/Divorce (2018; Spain; Bárbara Santa Cruz; Spanish with English subtitles; 6 minutes)
* La crisis/The Crisis (2019; Pedro Aguilera & Juan Sardà Frouchtmann; Spanish with English subtitles; 21 minutes)
* 9 pasos/9 Steps (2018; Spain; Marisa Crespo & Moisés Romera; Spanish with English subtitles; 7 minutes)
* Playa Gaviotas/Seagull Beach (2019; Mexico; Eduardo Esquivel; Spanish with English subtitles; 16 minutes)
* La Llorona—Ser mujer (2019; Mexico; Adriana Ronquillo; Spanish with English subtitles; 5 minutes)
* Héctor (2019; Chile; Victoria Giesen Carvajal; Spanish with English subtitles; 19 minutes)
* The Awakeover (2019; Albuquerque, NM; Stephen Burhoe; English; 12 minutes)
* Get It (2020; USA; Alejandro Montoya Marin; English; 5 minutes)
* Flush (2019; Albuquerque, NM; Sheridan O’Donnell; English; 14 minutes)
These Cortos/Short Subjects films will be available for viewing HERE through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22.

Film: Cortos en Femenino Film Series: Dúctiles
2020-12-07 | NM
12 pm
Online screening will be available through the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 12 pm on Monday, December 7, 2020.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Free
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “[ED+C] El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors working in this format with screenings of four very different short films—two dramatic works, one documentary, and one montage.
Marisa Benito’s Dúctiles examines images of women that have been used and shaped by social norms and historical events of different eras, generating visual coding and stereotypes that have been filtered, in one way or another, through male hierarchies that have used them to attribute norms of ethical and moral conduct to women, as well as specific functions and spaces in society.

2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 3 minutes; not recommended for children under 13.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here.
Cortos en Femenino Film Series:
* Dúctiles (2018; Spain; Marisa Benito; Spanish; 3 minutes)
* Centrifugado (2018; Spain; Mireia Noguera; Spanish; 11 minutes)
* No me despertéis (2018; Sara Fantova; Euskera & Spanish; 21 minuets)
* Quand j’étais petit (2015; Elena Molina; French; 12 minutes)

Film: Cortos en Femenino Film Series: Centrifugado
2020-12-14 | NM
12 pm
Online screening will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 12 pm on Monday, December 14, 2020.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Free
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “[ED+C] El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors working in this format with screenings of four very different short films—two dramatic works, one documentary, and one montage.
A young man helps an old lady carry her laundry up to her house. Once inside, she seems reluctant to let him go. The environment in which everyday life goes on always has its lights and shadows, and appearances are often deceiving. Centrifugado, Mireia Noguera’s first film, is a dazzling demonstration of ellipsis and humanity.

2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 11 minutes; not recommended for children under 7.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here.
Cortos en Femenino Film Series:
* Dúctiles (2018; Spain; Marisa Benito; Spanish; 3 minutes)
* Centrifugado (2018; Spain; Mireia Noguera; Spanish; 11 minutes)
* No me despertéis (2018; Sara Fantova; Euskera & Spanish; 21 minuets)
* Quand j’étais petit (2015; Elena Molina; French; 12 minutes)

Film: Cortos en Femenino Film Series: No me despertéis
2020-12-21 | NM
12 pm
Online screening will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 12 pm on Monday, December 21, 2020.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Free
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “[ED+C] El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors working in this format with screenings of four very different short films—two dramatic works, one documentary, and one montage.
In Sara Fantova’s autobiographical film No me despertéis, teenage Jone is a student at a secondary school in Bilbao where the tense atmosphere reflects the social reality of the political division of the Basque Country in 2009. When her father assumes a position with the Basque Government requiring the services of a bodyguard, he will leave his former life behind, and Jone will have to learn to live between two worlds as well, and to understand that not everything is black or white.

2018; Euskera & Spanish with English subtitles; 21 minutes; not rated.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here.
Cortos en Femenino Film Series:
* Dúctiles (2018; Spain; Marisa Benito; Spanish; 3 minutes)
* Centrifugado (2018; Spain; Mireia Noguera; Spanish; 11 minutes)
* No me despertéis (2018; Sara Fantova; Euskera & Spanish; 21 minuets)
* Quand j’étais petit (2015; Elena Molina; French; 12 minutes)

Film: Cortos en Femenino Film Series: Quand j'étais petit
2020-12-28 | NM
12 pm
Online screening will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 1 pm on Monday, December 28, 2020.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Free
Instituto Cervantes-Albuquerque and the NHCC present the Cortos en femenino film series during the month of December, a month dedicated to cortometraje (short subjects) with “[ED+C] El día más corto”—the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. Designed by Trama, coordinator of women’s festivals in Spain, the series celebrates the talented female directors working in this format with screenings of four very different short films—two dramatic works, one documentary, and one montage.
Elena Molina‘s documentary Quand j’étais petit is the story of N’Sele Malone, as well as the story of childhood in many African countries, where violence and helplessness are often unavoidable. Now one of the most renowned puppeteers in West Africa, Malone uses the marionettes that he constructs in his Burkina Faso workshop to free and transform his early memories. The film is a fable illuminating the future, through the magic of the story and the timeless ability of stories to teach us how to live and grow.

2015; French with English subtitles; 12 minutes; not rated.
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here.
Cortos en Femenino Film Series:
* Dúctiles (2018; Spain; Marisa Benito; Spanish; 3 minutes)
* Centrifugado (2018; Spain; Mireia Noguera; Spanish; 11 minutes)
* No me despertéis (2018; Sara Fantova; Euskera & Spanish; 21 minuets)
* Quand j’étais petit (2015; Elena Molina; French; 12 minutes)

Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, La Sabina
2021-02-12 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
In José Luis Borau’s La Sabina, an English writer visits a small town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another Englishman long ago. He plunges into a strange world, where he learns of the legend of La Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who destroyed men with her lovemaking, and whose cries can still be heard emanating from a cave. La Sabina becomes his obsession, as he immerses himself in the legend and investigates the cave. A young Ángela Molina appears with an international cast in this film, a co-production with Sweden that established her place in European and international cinema following her earlier work with Luis Buñuel.
Free event

1979; Spanish with English subtitles; 105 minutes; rated PG-13.
Ángela Molina’s distinguished career began in the midst of Spain’s transition to democracy, and continues to this day. She has also appeared in numerous international films, beginning with her appearance in Luis Buñuel’s last film, That Obscure Object of Desire. In recognition of her brilliant career, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the 2021 Goya Prize of Honor. Instituto Cervantes is pleased to present “Ciclo Ángela Molina” in homage to this extraordinary artist, beloved for her authenticity, her undeniable talent and her special sensibility, and in gratitude for her outstanding contributions to Spanish cinema.
