XIX Festival de cine español en linea
October 3 to 11, 2020
Instituto Cervantes de Manila
Tower One, Ground Floor, Ayala Triangle
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Online and in 3 countries –the Philippines, Thailand and Australia!
PELÍCULA is presented by Instituto Cervantes, the Embassies of Spain in the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia, AECID, with the collaboration of the ICAA, the Maala Film Festival, the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the UP Film Institute, and Intramuros Administration.
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Schedule
Feature Films
ARIMA
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Jaione Camborda
CAST: Melania Cruz, Nagore Arias, Rosa Puga Dávila, Iria Parada, Tito Asorey, Mabel Rivera
Arima is the story of four women and a girl whose existence is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of two strangers. One of them is fleeing from the other, sneaking around the town like an elusive, ghostly being of uncertain existence. The other character, an injured man carrying a gun, will disrupt the women’s way of life in different ways. The whole plot takes place on the fine line between reality and imagination, between dreams and nightmares, fear and desire, within a story shrouded in mystery.
ASAMBLEA
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Álex Montoya
CAST: Cristina Plazas, Francesc Garrido, Nacho Fresneda, Lorena López, Sergio Caballero, Maria Juan, Jordi Aguilar, Marta Belenguer, Greta Fernández, Pablo Sánchez, Juan Mandil, Jorge Silvestre, Irene Anula, Abdelatif Hwidar
It is the last assembly before summer and Josep wants to carry out the Definitive Text Proposal regarding the Agreement at all costs. All together, respecting both ideological plurality and speaking time … if that is possible. The key is in the nuances. A proposal that humorously questions the very concept of participation.
EL CUADRO
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Andrés Sanz
STORY TELLER: Eusebio Poncela
The Painting is a mystery documentary about Velázquez’s Las Meninas, the most widely interpreted work of art in history. A film that plays to turn the viewer into a detective and guide him through the maze of clues that lead to deciphering its secrets.
EL DESPERTAR DE LAS HORMIGAS
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Antonella Sudassasi Furnis
CAST: Daniella Valenciano, Leynar Gómez, Isabella Moscoso, Avril Alpízar, Adriana Álvarez, Carolina Fernández, Katia Arce
Isabel is a 28-year-old seamstress. She is a good mother, wife and daughter-in-law and she teaches that to her daughters. Her family insists she should have another child, a boy, and this pressure awakens in her a silent and progressive rebellion towards the inevitable.
EL INCREÍBLE FINDE MENGUANTE
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Jon Mikel Caballero
CAST: Iria del Río, Adam Quintero, Nadia de Santiago, Jimmy Castro, Irene Ruiz, Adrián Expósito y la colaboración especial de Luis Tosar
Alba has just turned thirty and is about to enjoy a weekend with her friends in a rural tourism house. Her party plans are soon thwarted when her boyfriend Pablo breaks off with her. Alba is then trapped in a time loop where the events of the weekend begin to repeat themselves and she is forced to relive it over and over again. But something is different, each repetition gets a bit shorter lasting an hour less than the previous one. What will happen when the time is up? What will happen when everything is finally over?
JAULAS (Cages)
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Nicolás Pacheco
CAST: María Cabrera, Manolo Caro, Manuel Cañadas, Estefanía de los Santos, Antonio Dechent, Antonio Estrada, Mila Fernández, Marta Gavilán, Stefan Mihai, Belén Ponce de León
Adela and her mother, Concha, live in a shantytown in the outskirts of the city. One day, fed up of the misery imposed by her husband, Concha decides to risk everything, stealing a large sum of money to run away with Adela. But they are discovered and, during the pursuit, Concha runs her husband over. A fable of crossing lives where the full power, harshness and hope of love, chance and death are always present.
LA FILLA D’ALGÚ
GENRE: Ficción/ Fiction
DIRECTOR: 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
CAST: Aina Clotet, Pep Ambròs, Marta Aguilar, Enric Auquer, Mercè Pons, Rosa Cadafalch, Quimet Pla
Eli is a lawyer from the upper class who is pregnant at her thirties. On the very same day that she is about to hold the oral hearing of a media trial that she has been preparing together with her father, a renowned lawyer from Barcelona, he disappears. Her search will lead Eli to discover a reality that will turn her family and emotional stability upside down.
MUDAR LA PIEL
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Ana Schulz, Cristóbal Fernández
CAST: Juan Gutiérrez, Frauke SchulzUtermöh, Mingo Ràfols
Synopsis: Juan is a mediator that struggled for peace between the ETA and the Spanish government. Roberto is a secret service agent who infiltrated in his life for years. The Spy Within follows the story of the director’s father Juan and the man, Roberto, who spied on him — their friendship remained despite the betrayal. It also chronicles the filmmakers’ relationship with Roberto and his struggle to understand who he really is.
Short Films
Dossier of the Dossier
COUNTRY: Tailandia
GENRE: Ficción / Fiction
DIRECTOR: Sorayos Prapapan
CAST: Pisuth Penkul, Nattapong Pipattanasub
A filmmaker’s life isn’t an easy one. Write a screenplay, develop a project, wrap it all in a shiny package, pitch it to producers… And in the meantime try to survive and not forget how to actually shoot a film. With great humour, Dossier of the Dossier portrays the struggle of a young arthouse filmmaker and his producer and is a kind of a continuation of filmmaker-sound technician Sorayos Prapapan’s previous festival hit Death of the Sound Man (2017).
Suc de Síndria (Watermelon Juice)
COUNTRY: España
GENRE: Fiction
DIRECTOR: Irene Moray
CAST: Elena Martin, Max Grosse, Irene Contreras, Bárbara Mestanza, Pol Nubiala, Sergi Vilà
Barbara and Pol go on vacation for a few days. Surrounded by nature and friends, they intend to have fun and at the same time find a quiet space to enjoy their privacy. With Pol’s support, in the midst of nature, between tears and laughter, Barbara learns to let go, heal old wounds and redefine her sexuality.
Lost and Found
COUNTRY: Australia
GENRE: Animation
DIRECTOR: Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe
A clumsy crochet dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.
Tokwifi
COUNTRY: Philippines
GENRE: Ficción (Fantasy/Magic-Realism)
DIRECTOR: Carla Pulido Ocampo
CAST: Kurt ‘Ayeo-eo’ Alalag, Adrienne Vergara, Julia Bete
A 1950s showbiz star, trapped inside a television set, crashes down to earth. A frightened but probing indigenous farmer saves her. Deep into the night, the two try their best to engage each other. But glitches, language differences, and the offensive political incorrectness of 1950s TV all get in the way.
Online Discussions
Round Table Discussion
Marketing Our Cinema.
Marketing Spanish Cinema in Asia. Marketing Asian Cinema in Europe.
What can be done to increase the exchange between our cinematographies? Experts from the Philippines and Spain address the issue in this online discussion.
Liza Diño, Chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines.
Joan Álvarez, Codirector of the Creativity Lab, Fundación Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón (Spain).
Moderador: Tito Rodríguez, Director of Marketing Strategies, ICAA (Spain).
Date:
Monday, 5 October, 2020
Time:
11 am (Spain)
4 pm (Thailand)
5 pm (Filipinas)
7 pm (Australia)
The event will be in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation.
Round Table Discussion
Any Future for Film Festivals?
Any future for film festivals? In this round table, three programmers and directors of film festivals will discuss their vision on the role of film festivals in the immediate future.
Ed Lejano, Director of the QCinema International Film Festival, Quezon City (Philippines)
Sanchai Chotirosseranee, Programmer for the Thai Short Film & Video Festival (Thailand)
Juan Antonio Vigar, Director of the Festival de Málaga. Cine en español (Spain) D
Moderator: Javier Galván, Director of Instituto Cervantes de Manila
Date:
Friday, 9 October, 2020
Time:
11 am (Spain)
4 pm (Thailand)
5 pm (Filipinas)
7 pm (Australia)
The event will be in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation.
En corto: Short Films from the Philippines, Thailand, Australia & Spain
Online round table with four filmmakers, one from each country (Thailand, the Philippines, Australia and Spain). During the event, they will present their short films and hold a discussion, in which they will also answer questions from the audience.
Carla Pulido Ocampo. Director of the short film Tokwifi (2019).
Andrew Goldsmith. Director of the short film Lost & Found (2018).
Irene Moray. Director of the short film Suc de síndria (2019).
Sorayos Praparan (Yossi). Director of the short film Dossier of the Dossier (2019).
Moderator: Simón Palomares
Date:
Friday, 9 October, 2020
Time:
11 am (Spain)
4 pm (Thailand)
5 pm (Filipinas)
7 pm (Australia)
The event will be in English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation.
