Past events in the Film category
A selection of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington, D.C.
June 10, 2013 – June 15, 2013
Turned years later into the Hollywood remake Vanilla Sky starring Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz, Alejandro Amenabar's original psychothriller became a blockbuster in Spain.
April 18, 2013
Disappearing Act V European Film Festival in New York hosts Carlos Vermut’s screening as part of CINEART Spain.
April 12, 2013
An evening of celebration in honor of Spanish Film Director Luis Buñuel.
April 10, 2013
A program that reflects the reality of Spanish youngsters looking for a brighter future in filmmaking away from home.
April 4, 2013 – April 6, 2013
Pacific Film Archive dedicates a series to filmmaker Luis García Berlanga, known for morbid irony and acid satires about social and political situations.
March 29, 2013 – April 17, 2013
D.C. Premiere of Keep on rolling: The dream of the Automobile by Óscar Clemente at the 21st Edition of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
March 19, 2013
Themed around the quest of a foreigner to express oneself in a new place, Screen Loud Film Festival showcases cinematography that breaks barriers.
March 15, 2013
Coinciding with the 21st annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, SPAIN arts & culture Cine-Club presents Iciar Bollain’s political drama set during the Bolivian Water Wars of 2000.
March 14, 2013
The festival features movies from France, Italy, England, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Romany, Czech Republic, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine and Spain.
March 14, 2013 – March 20, 2013
Director Roberto Pérez Toledo will present in person Six Points About Emma at Reelabilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival.
March 7, 2013 – March 15, 2013
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival presents Angel of Budapest, A drama about Spanish resistance ardor and conscience.
March 6, 2013
In a special collaboration with Pragda, the Gene Siskel Film Center is integrating Pragda’s Festival of New Spanish Cinema with this year’s European Union Film Festival.
March 6, 2013 – April 3, 2013
Refresh the 82nd Academy Awards with the Argentinean-Spanish co-production The Secret in Their Eyes, Oscar winner for best Foreign Language Film in 2009.
February 28, 2013
Come join Sergio Oksman in a screening of both Notes on the Other and A Story for the Modlins, with an extended conversation about the shorts, his work, and the long process of “finding” a film.
February 24, 2013
92Y Tribeca Center hosts the second screening of Pragda’s new curated film program.
February 20, 2013
ReelAbilities is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities.
February 10, 2013
SPAIN arts & culture CINE-CLUB is back with Black Bread, the Spanish Film Academy’s entry at the 84th Oscars Academy Awards and the absolute winner at the 2010 Goya Awards.
February 7, 2013
The 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema presents some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year as part of Portland International Film Festival.
February 7, 2013 – February 23, 2013
50th anniversary screening of this classic flamenco drama directed by by Francisco Rovira Beleta and inspired by Romeo and Juliet and possibly West Side Story.
February 3, 2013
The prestigious film program of the National Gallery of Art features a full series of the Catalan filmmaker Isaki Lacuesta.
February 3, 2013 – February 24, 2013
The 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema in Miami presents some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year.
January 24, 2013 – January 27, 2013
The 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema in Houston presents some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year.
January 18, 2013 – January 27, 2013
The Spanish documentary film by Sergio Oksman is part of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's official selection.
January 17, 2013 – January 27, 2013
Discover the best Spanish horror films every Wednesday at Instituto Cervantes New York.
January 16, 2013 – March 13, 2013
This new film program showcases one award-winning Spanish film presented in hallmark movie theaters in NYC's most dynamic boroughs.
January 5, 2013
The multi-award-winning thriller No Rest for the Wicked closes the 2012 season of Spain arts & culture CINE-CLUB.
December 13, 2012
The 21st edition of Spanish Cinema Now presents the latest, most exciting films from Spain, as well as a salute to surrealist master, Luis Buñuel.
December 7, 2012 – December 16, 2012
Paco León makes his feature film debut with Carmina or Blow Up, a project starring his real-life mother and sister.
November 29, 2012
Filmmaker Ignacio Ferreras brings Paco Roca’s award-winning graphic novel to the big screen in this exquisitely rendered animated film.
November 17, 2012 – November 18, 2012
A documentary based on interviews with people who knew Xavier Montsalvatge to commemorate the Centenary of his birth.
November 15, 2012
A four-day Spanish film extravaganza celebrating the diversity of contemporary Spanish Cinema that will premiere six of Spain’s most important films of the year.
November 8, 2012 – November 12, 2012
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.
November 1, 2012 – November 10, 2012
Preview the Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2012 with a special Halloween Cine-Club screening with filmmaker Jaume Balagueró in attendance.
October 31, 2012
800 Balas will be screened in the photographic set of Once Upon A Time In Almería by Mark Parascandola.
October 18, 2012
The 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema in San Juan presents some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year.
October 18, 2012 – October 23, 2012
Join us for our 18th annual showcase of the wildest, sexiest new films from Spain —on the big screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
October 11, 2012 – October 14, 2012
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Durango and Gernika, the Etxepare Basque Institute will present a selection of films that reflect the traces the war has left on Basque cinema.
October 6, 2012 – October 10, 2012
Imanol Uribe’s latest film, Miel de Naranjas will be screened together with the documentary Haika Mutil, in which he undertakes a portrait of the Basque singer-songwriter Mikel Laboa.
October 5, 2012
Director Antonio Méndez Esparza will present his latest film at the AFI Latin American Film Festival.
October 4, 2012
The 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema in Seattle presents some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year.
September 27, 2012 – September 30, 2012
Spain and Israel team up their forces in this medieval dark comedy short-film by award winning director Yair Shvartz.
September 27, 2012
ZonaZine presents: Dark blue almost black (Azul oscuro casi negro).
September 20, 2012
Now in its 23rd year, the AFI Latin American Film Festival showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and, with the inclusion of films from Spain and Portugal, celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections.
September 20, 2012 – October 10, 2012
Nilita Vientos Gastón Cultural Center presents its First French and Spanish Cinema Season: Clouzot, Berlanga, Chabrol, Renoir and Buñuel.
September 16, 2012 – December 19, 2012
Film screening of The Legendary Ones. Made to Make an Impression followed by a Q&A with director Yuri Morejón.
September 10, 2012
September 6, 2012
Two Spanish productions are featured in the largest short film event on the East Coast.
September 6, 2012 – September 16, 2012
The Ecuadorian Film Festival of New York screens some of the most avant-garde films produced in Ecuador in recent years.
July 16, 2012 – July 20, 2012
SF Silent Festival presents The Spanish Dancer, based on a story by Vicente Blasco-Ibañez.
July 14, 2012
Oscar-nominee for Best Animated Film Chico & Rita will be screened in the garden of the Former Residence of the Ambassador of Spain.
July 12, 2012
Screening of the 3D documentary film from TV3 on the world of human towers. Els Castellers de Vilafranca, one of the most important groups in Catalonia, will participate with a human tower.
June 23, 2012
The Others is a psychological horror film by the Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar starring Nicole Kidman.
June 21, 2012
Short films from nine countries showcase multiculturalism / diversity.
June 4, 2012 – June 8, 2012
A haunting, visually mesmerizing journey into the strange world of human behavior by the author of Sex and Lucía and Lovers of the Arctic Circle.
May 31, 2012
Laida Lertxundi (Bilbao, 1981) shows her complete works at the Crossroads Film Festival. The Spanish filmmaker explores how filmic moments can be imbued with emotional resonance.
May 20, 2012
Cine-Club strikes back with a Spanish thriller and the first feature film of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks After and Intruders).
May 17, 2012
A documentary about Liniers' simple lines.
April 26, 2012
Spanish Filmaker Daniel Sánchez Arévalo will present his last feature Primos and host a Q&A at the 26th Annual Washington, D.C. International Film Festival.
April 20, 2012 – April 21, 2012
Screening of DarkBlueAlmostBlack with director Daniel Sánchez Arévalo in attendance.
April 19, 2012
Voice Over, the latest short movie from New York-based Spanish director Martín Rosete is part of the official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival.
April 18, 2012 – April 29, 2012
The 26th Annual Washington, D.C. International Film Festival… for people who love movies!
April 15, 2012 – April 16, 2012
This film series surveys the era in Spanish cinema directly following the death of Francisco Franco after almost four decades of dictatorial rule.
April 6, 2012 – April 13, 2012
Screenings of movies based on novels by Spanish writers.
April 4, 2012 – June 10, 2012
Chico & Rita, a gifted songwriter and beautiful singer chase their dreams —and each other— from Havana to New York and Las Vegas.
March 23, 2012 – April 5, 2012
Chico & Rita, La voz dormida, También la lluvia and Primos will premiere in Puerto Rico at the Hecho en Europa European Film Festival.
March 21, 2012 – March 28, 2012
U.S. Premiere of this documentary film by Isabel Coixet about the drying up of the Aral Sea.
March 18, 2012
This French and Spanish film series precedes the Hecho en Europa European Film Festival.
March 12, 2012 – March 20, 2012
A documentary and two short films from Spain announced as official selections at the 2012 DCIFF Festival.
February 29, 2012 – March 4, 2012
Cell 211, Shame, The Condemned, and Woman without Piano participate at the Film Showcase organized by the Ibero-American Cultural Attachés Association.
February 17, 2012 – February 18, 2012
Screening of the documentary Rock de los Gitanos (Gipsy Rock) and encounter with Raimundo and Diego Amador.
February 14, 2012
February 10, 2012 – February 24, 2012
Screening of El Bullo: Cooking in Progress, introduced by Cleverley Stone, Talk 650 CBS Radio. Houston Premiere.
February 3, 2012 – February 11, 2012
A series of films selected by the film historian Román Gubern that show the influence of Spanish filmmakers in the mecca of cinema.
February 1, 2012 – March 7, 2012
Film screening followed by a panel discussion in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Association Houston & Southeast Texas Chapter.
January 27, 2012
Screening of the documentary España 1936 (script by Luis Buñuel) followed by a lecture and a demonstration with Buñuel’s favorite cocktails.
January 25, 2012
Screening of the documentary In Search of the First European, with science writer and director Luis Quevedo.
January 24, 2012
This 4th edition of the festival will take place from January 20th through January 29th at Rice Cinema. The festival will present six feature films that reflect the best of new cinema in Spain.
January 20, 2012 – January 29, 2012
Film screenings and roundtable with filmmaker Agustí Villaronga, director of Black Bread (Pà negre), selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
January 11, 2012 – January 12, 2012
Film screeening of the documentary By the Grace of Luis and panel discussion on Spanish maestro filmmaker Luis García Berlanga.
December 16, 2011
Window to Spain is a free 6-month 'summer cinema' experience at the forthcoming Big Screen Plaza in Chelsea, New York.
December 10, 2011
Spanish Cinema Now! is one of the Walter Reade Theater’s longest-running series, first presented in October 1992.
December 9, 2011 – December 22, 2011
Spanning four decades of Spanish non-fiction cinema, this series highlights the connections between generations, but also the abyss that exists because of the political history of this land.
December 8, 2011 – December 14, 2011
Portrayal of Spanish identity in three classic Hollywood narrative films is contrasted with El Amor Brujo, by Carlos Saura.
November 26, 2011 – November 27, 2011
November 19, 2011
The Allies called him "Garbo." The Nazis dubbed him "Alaric." This is the story of Juan Pujol García, the Spanish double agent who helped change the course of history.
November 18, 2011 – November 24, 2011
Enjoy the best of European short films gathered in one screening of transatlantic creative short stories.
November 15, 2011
The energy of Almodóvar. The risk-taking of Amenábar. The unadulterated exhilaration of Buñuel. The fourth annual 2011 Festival of New Spanish Cinema unveils the next generation of Spanish film legends.
November 4, 2011 – December 1, 2011
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product? The untold story of planned obsolescence presented by director Cosima Dannoritzer at the United Nations Association Film Festival.
October 29, 2011
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product? The untold story of planned obsolescence presented by director Cosima Dannoritzer at the Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque.
October 27, 2011
October 27, 2011 – November 23, 2011
Spanish women filmmakers Judith Colell, Mar Coll, Inés París and Margarita Alexandre focus on gynocine at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
October 27, 2011 – October 29, 2011
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product? The untold story of planned obsolescence presented by director Cosima Dannoritzer at the Instituto Cervantes New York.
October 25, 2011
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product? The untold story of planned obsolescence presented by director Cosima Dannoritzer at the Instituto Cervantes Chicago.
October 24, 2011
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product? The untold story of planned obsolescence presented by director Cosima Dannoritzer at the Miami & the Beaches Environmental Film Festival.
October 22, 2011
Window to Spain is a free 6-month "summer cinema" experience at the forthcoming Big Screen Plaza in Chelsea, New York.
October 20, 2011 – October 23, 2011
Showcasing since 1994 the most current Spanish films and top personalities who have contributed to putting "Made in Spain" productions in the vanguard of international filmmaking.
October 13, 2011 – October 16, 2011
SWGLFF will screen over 80 features, shorts and documentaries in 35 programs, and represent over 15 countries.
October 7, 2011 – October 13, 2011
October 5, 2011 – October 12, 2011
The energy of Almodóvar. The risk-taking of Amenábar. The unadulterated exhilaration of Buñuel. The fourth annual 2011 Festival of New Spanish Cinema —our biggest and riskiest yet— unveils the next generation of Spanish film legends.
September 30, 2011 – October 4, 2011
September 30, 2011 – October 23, 2011
Showcasing the young urban experience of today in four feature films, shorts selections, and music videos.
September 22, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Now in its 22nd year, the AFI Latin American Film Festival showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and, with the inclusion of films from Spain and Portugal, celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections.
September 22, 2011 – October 12, 2011
Emilio Aragón takes part of the Indie Film Festival with his first feature film Paper Birds.
September 21, 2011 – September 25, 2011
The energy of Almodóvar. The risk-taking of Amenábar. The unadulterated exhilaration of Buñuel. The fourth annual Festival of New Spanish Cinema, our biggest and riskiest yet, unveils the next generation of Spanish film legends.
Director, screenwriter and novelist David Trueba presents his latest film productions in Miami.
September 16, 2011 – September 17, 2011
The Spanish Film Series presents a provocative tour of Spanish cinema’s history through a series of movies that weave together the country’s cinematography.
September 15, 2011 – November 3, 2011
A film series about the cinema produced in Spain from the arrival of democracy (1976) to the end of the 80s.
September 9, 2011 – September 22, 2011
Come celebrate the launch of our monthly open-air film series. Enjoy a selection of the best Spanish contemporary art and immerse yourself in stories of life, music, dancing, food, and of course, film!
June 24, 2011 – June 25, 2011
During seven days, the 9th edition of Silverdocs will present the best documentaries from every corner of the globe including fourteen Academy Award nominated films.
June 20, 2011 – June 26, 2011
A selection of short films from Europe, Asia, and the United States screened at embassies and cultural centers throughout Washington, D.C. The theme of EuroAsia Shorts 2011 is men, women, and the challenges of relating to one another.
June 6, 2011 – June 10, 2011
37th Edition of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF). A great representation of Spanish films at one of the most important and the largest North American Film Festivals.
May 19, 2011 – June 12, 2011
Following the huge international success of Marcelino pan y vino (1955), child-star vehicles became all the rage in Spanish cinema.
May 4, 2011 – May 21, 2011
Public screening of the documentary Bicycle, Spoon, Apple followed by a panel discussion.
April 27, 2011
Fourteen documentaries will serve as accompaniment to the 2011 edition of the PEN World Voices Festival.
April 25, 2011 – April 30, 2011
Once again Spanish films will be featured in the annual DC International Film Festival, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
April 7, 2011 – April 17, 2011
Benjamín, a middle-aged, retired federal agent, has decided to write a novel about an unsolved murder case he was assigned to decades ago, in the early 1970s.
March 30, 2011
Spanish films series as part of the 'Tournées Festival' which will take place in the University of Puerto Rico from March 28th to April 5th.
March 28, 2011 – April 5, 2011
Madrid en Corto is a program promoting short films produced in the Community of Madrid. The eight 2010 short films winners will be screened.
March 26, 2011
Lucía Puenzo, the daughter of Academy-award winner Luís Puenzo (The Official Story), won the prestigious Critic's Week Grand Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with this touching film, her first feature.
Does the ever-lasting light bulb really exist? How can a tiny electronic chip ‘kill' a product?
March 18, 2011
U.S. Premiere of LIRA, reserva de Vida en la costa da Morte as part of the 19th Annual Environmental Film Festival.
March 16, 2011
A war in Hollywood is an original approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our times: the relationship between film and politics.
March 3, 2011
February 28, 2011
También la lluvia ('Even the Rain'), directed by Icíar Bollaín and written by Paul Laverty, tells the story of a film crew who finds themselves in the middle of Bolivia’s Cochabamba Water Wars.
February 25, 2011 – April 30, 2011
The Spanish Civil War, perhaps Hollywood’s first cause célèbre, saw famous actors, directors, and screenwriters joining together to denounce Fascism in Spain.
February 23, 2011 – February 25, 2011
A war in Hollywood is an original approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our times: the relationship between film and politics. The documentary includes scenes from movies such as Casablanca, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and The Way We Were, among others. It also features comments by actress Susan Sarandon, screenwriters Arthur Laurents and Walter Bernstein and cinema historians Román Gubern and Patrick McGilligan.
February 22, 2011
Emilio Estévez directs Martin Sheen in this film about a search through the Way of Saint James in Galicia, Spain.
February 18, 2011
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