5th Annual Festival of New Spanish Cinema in Washington, D.C.
Director Jaume Balagueró ([REC] and [REC] 2) will be making an exclusive appearance at the Festival of New Spanish Cinema's opening night to promote his newest film, Sleep Tight.
In its fifth consecutive year, the 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema consolidates itself as the most important itinerant festival of contemporary Spanish Cinema in North America.
The Festival, which will take place this year from September 2012 to March 2013, will screen some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year, while providing a space for the audience to discuss the pieces with the filmmakers.
Selected films include Paco Leon's Carmina or Blow Up (Carmina o Revienta, 2012), the popular phenomenon that has been winning over audiences since its release; Iceberg, an insightful study of adolescence directed by Gabriel Velázquez; Wilaya (2011), a window into the lives of a Sahrawi family living in a Saharan refugee camp directed by Pedro Perez Rosado; No Rest for the Wicked (No Habra Paz Para los Malvados, 2011), the film that swept the Goya Awards this year directed by Enrique Urbizu; and The Double Steps (Los Pasos Dobles, 2011), Isaki Lacuesta’s gorgeously shot award-winning film.
- Thursday, November 1
- at 7:00 pm: Sleep Tight
- Friday, November 2
- at 1:00 pm: Iceberg
- at 3:00 pm: The Double Steps
- Saturday, November 3
- at 11:00 am: Iceberg
- at 12:45 pm: The Double Steps
- at 2:30 pm: Madrid, 1987
- Sunday, November 4
- at 12:30 pm: Wilaya
- at 2:30 pm: Madrid, 1987
- Wednesday, November 7
- at 7:30 pm: Wilaya
- at 9:30 pm: Sleep Tight.
- Thursday, November 8
- at 7:00 pm: Carmina or Blowup.
- at 8:45 pm: No Rest for the Wicked.
- Part of AFI European Union Film Showcase. Buy tickets.
- Friday, November 9
- at 9:40 pm: No Rest for the Wicked
- Part of AFI European Union Film Showcase. Buy tickets.
- Saturday, November 10
- at 11:00 am: Carmina or Blowup
- Part of AFI European Union Film Showcase. Buy tickets.
The opening night film —Sleep Tight— will be followed by a Q&A with director Jaume Balagueró and an reception offered by the Embassy of Spain and the Spain-USA Foundation.
Watch Sleep Tight's trailer and don't miss the Special Halloween Cine-Club screening of [REC] on October 31st at the Embassy of Spain.
- Film
- Washington, D.C.
- Nov 1, 2012 – Nov 10, 2012
Venue
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3916
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Credits
Organized by Pragda and AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. Supported by SPAIN arts & culture, the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA) and American Airlines.