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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)