Events starting in April 2017

Winner of the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Oliver Laxe’s new film, “Mimosas,” is a “Eastern western” that follows a mysterious caravan carrying a dying sheikh into the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.

The artists perform their greatest hits together with 8 more artists at the Beacon Theatre as part of their “Tal como somos” US tour.

The Spanish non-governmental organization receives this major human rights award for their migrant rescue operation.

Sebastià Alzamora’s “Blood Crime” is the winner of the 2011 Sant Jordi Prize for Catalan Literature.

José de Cora presents his historical novel about the Spanish spy Juan Pujol “Garbo” and his wife, in conversation with EFE correspondent Agustín de Gracia.

Spanish writer Andrés Barba presents the English version of “Las manos pequeñas” in conversation with Idra Novey.

Presentation of the English version of “Zama,” now universally recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern Argentinean and Spanish-language literature.

The Festival celebrates Spain’s “Golden Age” presenting some theatre productions inspired by the heritage of classic drama left by luminaries such as Lope de Vega, Miguel de Cervantes and Calderón de la Barca.

Spanish writer Andrés Barba presents the English version of “Las manos pequeñas” in conversation with Matthew Davis, Director of The Alan Cheuse International Writers Center of George Mason University.

This experimental work brings a particular perspective to New York flamenco created by New Yorkers.

The Annual Washington DC International Film Festival returns for its 31st year of international cinema and cultural discovery.

On the occasion of Spanish Language Day at the United Nations and the International Book and Copyright Day, Instituto Cervantes New York presents four of the most outstanding Spanish playwrights in New York as microtheater text pieces.

The short movie, by the Spanish audiovisual production company 7 Cuerdas Films, has been selected to be screened at the Festival.

Spanish painter Cristina Prieto Crespi participates in “Portal to Enigma,” a new group exhibition exploring the possibilities of extreme abstraction and non-representational art.

Spanish novelist Andrés Barba presents the English version of “Las manos pequeñas” in conversation with the Chinese American writer Yiyun Li.

Founder and President of Dovetail Design Strategists Susanna Sirefman, Spanish architect Juan Herreros (Columbia University), and urban designer Daniel Lobo (Urban Land Institute) discuss the challenges faced by institutions and architects in new museum design.