12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In his experimental video art piece _oito, Galician audiovisual artist Berio Molina explores and plays with different sounds, including the human voice, in a unique venue. The sloping structure of Clifton Rocks, an underground railroad station located inside Avon Gorge, a hill in England, creates small amphitheatres, accentuating the resonance of sounds both inside and outside the space. 2019; Gallego; 7 minutes; not rated. Free community event In September, thanks to a collaboration with Intersección: Festival (more...)

6 pm Two aging prostitutes, burdened by marital and financial problems, drug and rob twin midgets—doubles for professional luchadores—in an effort to make ends meet. But the eyedrops with which they dose their victims prove fatal, and they murder them unintentionally. Based on a true story, La calle de la amargura takes an unflinching look at the mean streets of Mexico City. 2015; Spanish with English subtitles; 100 minutes; rated PG-13. Free community event The film cycle Parejas creativas showcases the cinematography of director Arturo Ripstein and (more...)

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE El viaje a ninguna parte won the first Goya Awards (Spain’s main national annual film awards) ever given, for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, in 1987. 1986; Spanish with English subtitles; 134 minutes; not rated. Free community event October 6 will mark the establishment of the Day of Spanish Cinema, recognizing the important role of filmmakers in the country’s cultural and social life, as well as the value of this artistic (more...)

7 pm Marina Lameiro’s 2018 documentary offers a portrait of a disenchanted generation, as four young people ponder their current situations, their futures, and a social system in which they do not seem to fit. Young and Beautiful was filmed over the course of two years, at several locations in the Basque Country, Navarre, Catalonia, and Valencia, with the director accompanying her friends through the events of their daily lives. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 72 minutes; not rated. Free community event The film cycle Contemporáneos, Nuevas (more...)

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...)

7 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...)