ZONE OF INTEREST, BY JONATHAN GLAZER

Focusing on the everyday domesticity of the Auschwitz commandant's family might only reflect the horror indirectly, but the film pulls the banality of evil into pin-sharp focus.

PERFECT DAYS, BY WIM WENDERS

Bittersweet tale of an apparently contented toilet cleaner has an ambient urban charm, but feels a little too understated.

ANATOMY OF A FALL, BY JUSTINE TRIET

I have been agnostic about Justine Triet's work in the past, but her courtroom drama murder mystery in this year's Cannes competition, with its ambiguous title and ambiguous dénouement, is very intriguing.

THE OLD OAK, BY KEN LOACH

A northern pub landlord confronts locals' hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach's latest - and possibly last - piece of politically trenchant cinema.

THE RYE HORN BY JAIONE CAMBORDA. 2023 SAN SEBASTIÁN GOLDEN SEASHELL

Fleeing and motherhood are dual crosses to bear in this powerful TIFF Platform entry from Spain, Rye Horn (O Corno) by Jaione Camborda.

MONSTER, BY HIROKAZU KORE-EDA

Japanese director Kore-eda offers a deliberately dense but ultimately hopeful examination of how to negotiate family dysfunction with intelligence and humanity.

CREATURA, BY ELENA MARTÍN GIMENO

Cannes: Catalan filmmaker Elena Martín Gimeno probes the mysteries of childhood sexuality in this unsettling tale of one woman's relationship to her body.

EL CASO PADILLA. DIRECTOR: PAVEL GIROUD

Spring 1971, Havana: The poet Heberto Padilla is released from jail and appears at a meeting of the Cuban writers' guild where he spouts, in his own words, a "heartfelt self-criticism."

NO BEARS, BY JAFAR PANAHI

Jailed director Jafar Panahi plays a version of himself, forced to shoot his new film in a town near the border with Turkey.

WIM WENDERS AT THE BCN FILM FEST 2023

Exciting press conference with the German director. He is 77 years old, continues to be excited about making films, and shows signs of great clarity of thought.

THE PUNISHMENT

A missing child is the catalyst for unravelling motherhood in Matias Bize's taut single-take drama.

CLOSE

When two 13-year-olds are no longer close, the fallout is unbearably sad, in Lukas Dhont's anguished second feature.

AS BESTAS

Sorogoyen explores suffering and pain with The Besta subtle and delicate x-ray of the human being and his past.

ARGENTINA, 1985

Ricardo Darin anchors this courtroom drama as the chief prosecutor bringing military leaders to justice for human rights abuse.

Labordeta, un hombre sin más

On the 12th anniversary of his death, Paula Labordeta and Gaizka Urresti direct this documentary where we get to know the most intimate and personal side of José Antonio Labordeta.

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM, DIRECTED BY PAWO CHOYNING

In Pawo Choyning Dorji's film, a teacher is assigned to a school that's an eight-day walk from where he lives.

BERGMAN ISLAND BY MIA HANSEN-LØVE

BERGMAN ISLAND' Review: Love Among the Cinephiles. In Mia Hansen-Love's new film, Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth play filmmakers on the rocks in the Baltic Sea.

BALLAD OF A WHITE COW

Already devastated by her husband's execution, Mina (played by co-director Maryam Moghaddam) discovers that the man she loves was put to death for a crime he didn't commit in "Ballad of a White Cow."

THE STORMS OF JEREMY THOMAS

Film-maker Cousins joins the great independent film producer on his annual car trip down to Cannes in this rapturous if indulgent portrait.

THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania's provocative second fiction feature, 'The Man Who Sold His Skin,' is set in the art world.

WHAT LUCÍA SAW

A HERO

In the latest film from the two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, a good Samaritan comes under suspicion.

MOTHERING SUNDAY

There's a tasteful ennui and gorgeous torpor to this well-acted movie, set in Britain's Home Counties between the wars - in which the middle-aged ruling classes are quietly stricken with misery about almost all their sons being slaughtered on the French battlefields.

EVERYTHING WENT FINE (TOUT S'EST BIEN PASSE)

François Ozon has brought a tremendous understated confidence and artistry to this very affecting film about euthanasia and assisted dying.

THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES

As you will see in the film, based on the international best-seller by German forester Peter Wohlleben, trees communicate and respond in a manner that can only be called thinking.

PETITE MAMAN

Céline Sciamma's beautiful fairytale reverie is occasioned by the dual mysteries of memory and the future: simple, elegant and very moving.

ONE SECOND

More than two years after the world premiere of Zhang Yimou's "One Second" was canceled mere days before its scheduled gala screening at the Berlinale on account of a "technical problem" - the insultingly transparent wording of a censorship bureau grown smug about its power - the renowned Chinese filmmaker's most intimate movie since the days of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" is finally here.

ALICE GUY: A FORGOTTEN FILM PIONEER

Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; July 1, 1873 - March 24, 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker, active from the late 19th century, and one of the first to make a narrative fiction film.^[2] She was the first woman to direct a film.

THE SPECIALS (HORSE NORMES)

The Specials is a rare film that comes both from the heart and reality: it's a potent mix which allows access to a hidden subject yet welcomes the audience in with grace and humour.

THE TRUTH

Shooting for the first time outside his native Japan, Kore-eda makes himself comfortable in a plush Paris home and coaxes impeccable performances from his regal French stars.

YOUNG AHMED

This powerful film from the Dardenne brothers, about a Muslim boy living in a small Belgian town who is attracted to dangerous ideologies.

WHILE AT WAR

lejandro Amenábar reconstructs a difficult and decisive moment in Spanish history with his usual sense of precision, but he doesn't manage to inject the emotion and energy this conflict requires.

AD ASTRA

With echoes of Apocalypse Now and 2001, James Gray's spectacular epic dispatches Pitt on an interplanetary mission to find his missing father.

THE LAST RECIPE: KIRIN NO SHITA NO KIOKU

Sasaki-san is a superlative cook who is on auto-control and can make wondrous meals with nary a thought anymore.

ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD

1969. Rick Dalton was once the star of a highly popular TV series but a few bad choices have set his career back, leaving him wondering if he should quit showbiz altogether.

THE WILD PEAR TREE

The Wild Pear Tree is a gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie from the Turkish film-maker and former Palme winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: garrulous, humorous and lugubrious in his unmistakable and very engaging style.

SEARCHING FOR INGMAR BERGMAN

"Searching for Ingmar Bergman" isn't really a "search," ultimately. It's a pretty straightforward presentation of Bergman's career, his films, his obsessions, his themes.

UTØYA: JULY 22

The horrific events that saw 69 teenagers die at the hands of a rightwing terrorist has been turned into a brutal single-take drama from the victims' perspective.

MALEÏDA 1882

The film is an adaptation of the book by Bernat Gasull Maleïda, The Adventure of Jacint Verdaguer at The Aneto, who followed the poet's route based on the travel notebooks that Verdaguer himself brought with him.

MIKE LEIGH AT THE BCN FILM FESTIVAL

This week, at the BCN FILM FEST we have received the visit of director Mike Leigh, and we have also been able to attend the screening of his latest film Peterloo, based on the events that took place after the victory of the Anglo-Prussian forces commanded by Wellington over Napoleon in Waterloo in 1815.

DONBASS

Donbass review - freakish fake-news kaleidoscope of Ukrainian civil war. Filled with the violence and Orwellian unreality ruling eastern Ukraine, Sergei Loznitsa's feverish procession of scenes is handled with steely control.

BY THE GRACE OF GOD

François Ozon's By the Grace of God is an important, mature and precise fiction feature on the thorny subject of priests and paedophilia, in which all of Ozon's filmmaking talents come together to bring the shadows of the past to light.

THE MULE

Ninety-year-old Earl Stone (Eastwood, in his first lead role since Gran Torino) has spent a lifetime driving across America, and has not accrued so much as a single speeding ticket. He’s a safe pair of hands on the wheel. So safe that the Mexican cartel that employs him as a drugs mule is willing to overlook his age and his unscheduled detours.

WOMAN AT WAR

Halla is a secret guerrilla eco-activist who is campaigning against the energy corporations that are moving into Iceland.

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

In this shaggy, melancholic true story, the Oscar nominee delivers some of her best work yet as a struggling biographer who finds an unlikely new source of income.

CAPHARNAUM

Actor-director Nadine Labaki explores the poorest slums of Lebanon through the eyes of a child in this Cannes competition entry.

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

In 1980, three triplets, given up individually for adoption to different families 18 years before, were accidentally and ecstatically reunited by an extraordinary quirk of fate.

WHITE BOY RICK

Matthew McConaughey stars in a father-and-son drama about the FBI’s youngest informant turned Detroit crack kingpin

THE FAVOURITE

Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper.

KURSK

It's a heartbreaking, troubling film about men whose lives were cruelly deprioritised and whose families remain ever altered as a result. Thomas Vinterberg's skillful recreation of the 2000 disaster that saw 118 men die is a film that bristles with rage and sadness.

WIDOWS

"Widows" is an elemental thriller, tapping into all the right spots to give us a high intensity caper filled with a couple unexpected twists along the way. What makes this story a little different is that we have women leading the way.

THE GUILTY (DEN SKYLDIGE)

Police officer Asger Holm begins his afternoon shift at the police station. He has been temporarily relegated to telephone duty, but he is happy that today will be the last day before he can resume his normal patrol duty again.

COLETTE

No, not another biopic about a writer! Ugh, Keira Knightley's in a corset again! Get all of that out of your system now because I'm here to tell you that Wash Westmoreland's Colette is exhilarating, funny, inspiring and (remember: corsets!) gorgeous, too.

SEARCHING

The challenge it has set for itself is to tell its story entirely from within computer screens - laptops, smart phones and CCTVs.

WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager

Under the Tree

Agnes throws Atli out and does not want him to see their daughter Ása anymore. Then he moves in with his parents, who are involved in a bitter dispute over their big and beautiful tree that casts a shadow on the neighbours' deck.

Happy End

Gradually succumbing to dementia, George Laurent, the octogenarian patriarch of the Laurents, an affluent upper-bourgeois family, is uncomfortably sharing his palatial manor in Calais.

Don't worry, he won't get far on foot

Based on a true story, this poignant, insightful, funny drama about redemption, forgiveness and the healing power of art is adapted from Callahan's autobiography and directed by two-time Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant.

Disobedience

The film follows a woman as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend.

The Sower

Inspired by a short story written by Violette Ailhaud entitled "L'homme semence," "The Sower" is the first feature of France's Marine Francen.

Inaugural press conference of the BCN Film Festival 2018

"THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY", will be the Opening Film of the BCN FILM FES2018, with the attendance of his director Mike Newell

The teacher (Les grands esprits)

Oliver Ayache-Vidal manages to hold a debate on the fault lines in the French education system. There is some sympathy for overworked teachers who lack the support of not only the education authorities but often the pupils' parents as well. 

The documentary Human Flow is released

Human Flow comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion and trust are needed more than ever.

Taviani Brothers Retrospective. Press Conference with Paolo Taviani

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, born on 8 November 1931 and 20 September 1929, respectively, are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters who always work together.

Only the brave

In 2007 Prescott, Arizona, Eric Marsh of the Prescott Fire Department is frustrated fighting forest fires when the Type 1 or "Hotshot" front line forest fire fighting crews from afar overrule his operational suggestions to his area's sorrow.

In the fade (or the light of revenge)

Katja's (Diane Kruger) had met Turkish-born Kurdish Nuri Sekerci (Numan Acar) when she bought hashish from him during her student days. They got married when he was still in prison, although their parents were against the marriage.

The Florida Project. an anti-Disney little princess

Halley lives with her six year old daughter Moonee in a budget motel along one of the commercial strips catering to the Walt Disney World tourist clientele outside Orlando, Florida. Halley has little respect for people, especially those who cross her, an attitude that she has passed down to Moonee.

KEN LOACH PRESS ROUND AT THE FILMOTECA DE CATALUNYA

Kenneth Charles Loach (Nuneaton, 17 June 1936), an English director of television and independent film known for his socially critical directing style and for his socialist ideals.

Loveless (Nelyubov)

We are before a film that hits the conscience, that speaks to us of a morally ill society, of characters who are more pending to satisfy their needs than thinking about those people around them.

Murder on the Orient Express, a film by Kenneth Branagh

With this new adaptation of the famous Christie's novel, Kenneth Branagh obtains a precious film with a magnificent display of visual effects.

Maudie. Premiere

Irish director Aisling Walsh has chosen to focus on the intimate life of Canadian painter Maud Lewis rather than theorizing about the style of her painting.

LUC AND JEAN PIERRE DARDENNE TALK ABOUT THEIR FILM: THE UNKNOWN GIRL

Luc and Jean Pierre Dardenne talk about their last film, The Unknown Girl, in the Barcelona film archive. These are some moments of the press conference they gave.

The Salesman. A journey to anxiety

Director Asghar Farhadi is known by such suggestive titles as The Past and A Separation. He has now won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Hedi, a craving after freedom. Premiere

Its story is linear and flows smoothly, but the way of telling it shows a high sensitivity.

INTERVIEW WITH MARIA RIPOLL, A FILM DIRECTOR

New movie directed by María Ripoll, and based on a novel by Laura Norton.

Snowden, or how defenseless we are before power

Oliver Stone, a director who likes showing the darkest side of politics, found the perfect material for his film in this young man, a person who believed in the system but suffered a deep disappointment in front of the harsh reality.

Coming Home, a second conviction

Lu is an intellectual who is in prison for ideological reasons. When he regains freedom, his homecoming will mean a second conviction, since his cherished wife has had an accident, and does not recognize him.

Miles Ahead, Miles Davis life

Don Cheadle has taken the title for this film from Miles Davis second album and has made his directorial debut in this accurate biopic about this musician, where he is also its protagonist, writer, and producer.

Les Cowboys. A tough but magnificent film

Without proposing solutions or politicizing the situation, the director talks about this society where we live, in a complex and globalized world sometimes difficult to understand.

My skinny sister, a healthy rivalry

Award winner at several festivals, the film manages to talk about eating disorders in an honest, warm and touching way, without relinquishing the rigor the subject requires.

A Royal Night Out ... or a real night out?

With a fast pace and non-transcendent, intelligent dialogues, the director builds a sincere, cheerful and very entertaining film, where we also have to highlight its gorgeous costumes, sets, and music.

Queen Kristina, The Girl King

Filmed entirely in South Finland and produced by five countries, Kaurismäki's movie focuses on the ten years when Cristina exercised power in Sweden and gave priority to culture and peace.

Tokyo Fiancée. A Way to Maturity

Based on Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam, a novel by Amélie Nothomb, the film tells the story of Amélie, a 20-year-old Belgian girl, who wants to be a writer and returns to Tokyo, the city where she was born.

Mustang. A Gallop Toward Freedom

With a simple story and a cast of nonprofessional actresses, Deniz Gamze (a Turkish female director based in France) has managed to reflect on the grave contradictions that her country of origin lives nowadays, straddling the East and West.

The Walk. A brave and intimidating proposal

Robert Zemeckis brings us a movie about Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker who crossed between the Twin Towers of New York in 1974, defying the law of gravity.

Grandma. A comedy that talks about key subjects

The film raises such interesting topics as the relationship between mothers and daughters, granddaughters and grandmothers, abortion, acceptance of lesbianism...

He named me Malala. Premiere

A biopic speaking about the life of Malala before and after the attack she suffered at age 15 by the Taliban. It happened when she was coming back from her village school in the Swat Valley (Pakistan).

The Martian. A Chant Dedicated to Science

Based on scientific facts according to NASA, the film explains mainly the struggle for survival of the protagonist (Matt Damon) and his fantastic talent to overcome adversity.

Boychoir. A Real Pleasure for the Senses

The screenplay is rich in nuances. Its primary purpose is to move us through the various classical pieces that are played in many scenes.

Ricki and the Flash. Meryl Streep is a Hard-Rock Singer

Director Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, The Silence of the Lambs, and a pioneer in filming concerts) has fully been right to choose Meryl Streep to star his last movie.

Love & Mercy. An accurate portrayal of a great musician

Bill Pohlad (producer of 12 Years a Slave) has directed an intimate and respectful portrait of Brian Wilson, founder, musician and composer of The Beach Boys.

What We Did on Our Holiday. Premiere

The film belongs to this type of comedy where there is fun, but also raises questions about some aspects of the adult world in contrast to the children world.

Once in a Lifetime (Les Héritiers), a simple and touching story

Thanks to the collective work, a group that was intolerant and hostile in the beginning will become creative, and motivated people united on a common project.

Words and Pictures. A Controversial Relationship Between Two Teachers

Jack Marcus (Clive Owen), a professor of language will be in a healthy competition with Dina Delsanto (Juliette Binoche), an art teacher, that will gradually attract students and teachers attention.

National Gallery, by Frederick Wiseman

Frederick Wiseman captivates us with his unique and intimate look into the heart of the National Gallery, one of the largest museums in the world.

Timbuktu Premiere

The first Mauritanian movie selected in the Oscar for the best foreign film.

Wild. A Spiritual Journey

Beauty, loneliness, memories and risk are the features the protagonist (Reese Witherspoon) chooses for her spiritual journey. It should allow her to conjure up the ghosts of the past.

Men, Women & Children. Premiere

An uncommon theme: the impact that the use of new technologies has on the humans' behaviour.

Anna Soler, Producer and Scriptwriter of Traces of Sandalwood

When Traces of Sandalwood was first published as a novel in 2007, Anna Soler had already begun the experiment to write the script.

Jimmy's Hall, a New Film by Ken Loach

The movie is a humble story and highly topical issue at this time of crisis. In Jimmy's Hall, Ken Loach deals with historical and political subject again. And he does it with a light and playful tone.

Someone You Love. Excellent cast, measured dialogues and a solid script

We are facing a director, Pernille Fischer endowed with high sensitivity and style to deal with issues concerning human feelings. Therefore, the result cannot be indifferent to the audience.

Boyhood. A beautiful and moving story about the passage of time

Twelve years ago Director Richard Linklater wanted to be involved in a unique film project when he planned to combine fiction time with the protagonists' real time.

Exit Marrakech: a story of reconciliation between a father and his teenage son

Caroline Link, also director of the film Nowhere in Africa, returns to this continent to tell a story of reconciliation between a father and his teenage son. Throughout all the film, the landscape is another protagonist. It enchants the viewer with its colours, shapes, sensuality and exotic places.

The Kid. Action, Intrigue and Drama at the Strait of Gibraltar

Director Daniel Monzón has set the bar high with his new movie, and the end result is one of the best thrillers in present Spanish cinema.

Khumba, a diferent zebra

Khumba is a zebra who had the misfortune to be born different from other zebras: his beautiful stripes only cover half of his body. This characteristic has earned him the scorn and marginalization by the group to which he belongs.

INTERVIEW WITH RAMA BURSHTEIN, DIRECTOR OF FILL THE VOID

For the first time in the history of cinema, she has made ​​a film where she shows, from the inside and simply but effectively, the rites and customs of the Orthodox Jewish community settled in Tel Aviv,

The love for science: The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Based on the novel by Reif Larsen, this moving story tells us about the love for science of a 10-year-old boy, family relationships and the efforts to make dreams come true.

The Other Son, un film to keep in mind

The protagonists, Joseph and Yacine embody hope and idealism. Although the story is hard to believe, it serves as a wake-up call.

INTERVIEW WITH JAIME ROSALES, DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER OF BEAUTIFUL YOUTH

The film arises out of Jaime Rosales' desire to get closer to young people in today's Spain. They face a future with limited opportunities, no matter how well-prepared they are.

Premiere of Cycling with Molière

At the height of his career as an actor, Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini) decides to retire from the limelight and goes to live in solitude on the Île de Ré. Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson), a fellow actor whose TV career is flying high, is planning a production of Molière's play The Misanthrope. So, he visits Serge to offer him a main role at the play.

Frances Ha Premiere

This indie comedy that manages to capture emotions and feelings has been very well received.

INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS IGLESIAS, DIRECTOR OF THE FILM 2 FRANCS 40 PESETAS

After having been nominated as the best new director for the Spanish Goya Awards in 2006 and having reached a blockbuster with his film 1 franc, 14 pesetas, the director Carlos Iglesias has had the good sense to shoot 2 francs, 40 pesetas that is a sequel of the other one.

Female Teachers of the Spanish Republic Premier.

Through archival footage, interviews with relatives and the re-creation of that time by using the performance of an actress in the role of a teacher, this documentary by Pilar Perez was the winner of the 2014 Spanish Goya Award for best documentary film.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Premiere

Based on cartoon characters created by Ted Kelly in the late 50s, this comedy adventure gets successful combination of science fiction, a journey through History, witty dialogues and educational values.

Venus in Furs, a new film by Roman Polanski

This is a film that mesmerizes from its magnificent and beautiful first scene which is recovered again in the final shot, like a book that opens and does not close until the story is not over.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Premiere

The film presents three different faces of the character. First, we see the young man who fought against apartheid;  there is also the husband and father who always put his social and political project before those of his family; and the statesman who believed in dialogue above all other ways to achieve a fair South Africa.

Le Weekend: Nick and Meg, two teachers in their sixties, come back to Paris

Skepticism, subtle irony and a sharp humor go hand in hand in this story that speaks of life and of marks and dependencies that time leaves in relationships.

The Great Beauty, a beautiful but perfectly controlled chaos

Few films accomplish to connect all their elements in the perfect way it does. From the actors to photography, dialogues and music, everything is elegant and poetically assembled.

Captain Phillips, a fast-paced and appealing drama

Tom Hanks' brilliant performance. He manages to convey all the stress people experienced on the ship.

The German Doctor (Wakolda), a historical drama by Lucia Puenzo

Based on her own novel of the same name and played by a very good cast of actors, Lucia Puenzo directs an excellent and chilling historical drama about the years of Josef Mengele in Argentina.

Kon-Tiki, A Contemporary Odyssey

The many obstacles the crew had to overcome remind us the protagonist of The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.

The Spirit of 45. The New Film By Ken Loach

Interesting Ken Loach's documentary about Great Britain. It shows a broad overview of the country from the misery in post-war Britain to the beginning of liberalism led by Margaret Thatcher.

Paradise Premiere, by Ulrich Seidl

Paradise: Love, Paradise: Faith and Paradise: Hope, a trilogy that deserves attention.

Miles From Anywhere (Au cul du loup): finding happiness in everyday simplicity

This is a story that breathes sincerity, simplicity and emotion, a film that shows that there is no need for special effects, sophisticated characters or complex scripts to make a good movie.

Kanimambo. Three different stories with a common denominator.

Three different stories that correspond to the glances of three different directors with a common denominator: simplicity, keen eye for detail and authenticity.

INTERVIEW WITH SANTIAGO SEGURA, THREE-60 PRODUCER

On the occasion of the Three-60 film premiere, we have interviewed Santiago Segura, one of the film producers. This Spanish film has been directed by Alejandro Ezcurdia.

Premiere: Me and You (Io e Te) by Bernardo Bertolucci

After an absence of ten years, due to health problems, the renowned film director Bernardo Bertolucci is back with "Me and You" (Io e Te) and shows us once again that he knows how to make good cinema, although it has been in a wheelchair.

CARLOS CAÑEQUE, AN UNUSUAL CHARACTER

Premiere of the film The Camera Lucida. We have interviewed Carlos Cañeque, its director. As, among other activities, he is a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, we thought that his opinion on youth could be interesting

The East Premiere

The title of the movie comes from the name of a young anti system group whose goal is an eye for an eye fight against large corporations that seriously damage the environment and public health.

INTERVIEW WITH ANDY MUSCHIETTI (AUDIO IN SPANISH).

"Mama" has been released on DVD and BLUE RAY on July 4th. For this reason, we have interviewed the director and co-writer Andy Muschietti to ask him about some details of the shooting and work with the two young actresses.

Before Midnight: Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke nine years later.

Here again, we have Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke nine years later. They are closing the trilogy that we were expecting so much. This time, the backdrop for the meeting of this unforgettable couple will be a beautiful Greek landscape.

Après mai (Something In The Air)

After the premiere of On the road that spoke of the Beat Generation, a French production, which shows us how our neighbouring country was three years after May 68, arrives to our screens.

Inch'Allah (If Allah wills)

Without trying to trifle with our affections and to move us to tears, the film shows how a woman doctor, who lives in Israel and works at a hospital in the West Bank, cannot remain as a mere witness in a war that is devouring her.

SON OF CAIN, AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD HOME-MADE CINEMA

David Solans makes his debut in cinema with the film Son of Cain, a Spanish production that premieres now. Despite his youth, he makes credible a difficult character that has to convey a lot of feelings only with very few words.

In Another Country. Three Different Characters In One Only Actress

A girl and her mother arrive in Mohang port (South Korea). To fill the tedious hours they have to spend, the daughter decides to write a screenplay.

War Witch, a Heartbreaking Tale Mixture of Poverty, Coltan and Kalashnikovs

War Witch, by Canadian Kim Nguyen, comes as a blow to our consciences. He sets the action somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa where Komona, a 12 year old girl, is forced her to fight as a soldier.

The Imposter. Unusual and Outrageous Biographical Semidocumentary

When the French-Algerian Frédéric Bourdin was only 23 years old, he had already had many false identities. Then he decides to steal a personality and be reincarnated as a new person.

On The Road, A film about the Beat Generation

The film is based on Jack Kerouac's novel of the same name, a book that was a symbol of the "Beat Generation". The protagonists speak to us about life, a word that they understand as a continuous journey in search of freedom and intense emotional experiences.

Haute Cuisine, the gastronomic film of the year

The film bases on the story of Delpeuch Danièle, who was the cook of President François Mitterrand. As the scriptwriters say, it focuses on "the power of the kitchen and the kitchen of power" although it deals with other topics.

LITTLE WORLD. INTERVIEW WITH THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE DOCUMENTARY

- "At school, we should be also taught practical things: how to mix with people, how to control your rage, how to solve situations ... Instead of things you would like learning, you are taught things that you do not want to know". Albert Casals

Here And There, a film between documentary and fiction

Here and There is a low-budget production between documentary and fiction. Despite being actors making their debut in cinema, we are so moved by the naturalness of the performance that there is no need of music to convey emotion.

No, a Chilean film, is nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film

The action is set in Chile during Augusto Pinochet's government when, under the international pressure, the dictator calls a referendum to support his presidency.

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

"I want to fill my life and films with adventurers, courageous and good-hearted people. It does not matter whether it is a chaos and everything gets out of control. I invent a reality and fill it with people" (Benh Zeitin, director of the film). The result is a story in an alternative universe and an unusual community that lives in this strange place.

Coriolanus

Once again an acclaimed actor decides to work behind the camera. Ralph Fiennes does not hesitate to deal with difficulty and accepts the challenge of adapting a Shakespeare play at the present Rome.

Zero Dark Thirty

Interesting film that shows the whole process that CIA followed to locate and capture Osama Bin Laden. A physical and emotional journey where the director does not intend to perform a political analysis of the facts but only stating how they happened in reality.

The Mill And The Cross, a marvellous non-commercial film, full of magic and magnetism.

Beautiful film inspired by "Christ Carrying the Cross" (1564), a Pieter Brueghel's painting, and the book "The Mill and the Cross: Peter Brueghel's Way to Calvary". The movie is a marvellous non-commercial film, full of magic and magnetism.

Premiere of: The Chef

Essential for students of Culinary Arts, Gastronomy and Catering.

French comedy about the confrontation between two types of gastronomy: traditional cuisine against modern molecular gastronomy.

In The House (Dans la maison)

Winner of the Golden Shell best film award of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, "In the House" is the latest film from French director François Ozon, based on the play by Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga.

Detachment, scathing and caustic portrait of the current education system

The film is a scathing and caustic portrait of the current education system, especially of the public one, where the professionals too often have to deal with disrespect, threats and aggression rather than with transmitting knowledge, awakening sensibilities or educating critical and reflective minds.

Arbitrage

The financial crisis focused on the social and personal sinking of one of its protagonists; a film that could be appropriate to work in the area of Economy with students at Sixth Form.

Premiere of: What's In A Name (Le prénom)

The film, a dramatic comedy, starts from a simple everyday story and culminates in a chain of misleading, absurd events and successive catharses where the fragility of friendship, family relationships, trust and betrayal are analysed.

Premiere of the film Just A Beginning

The film follows a nursery school class for a period of one year. But this is a very unusual class as the children, aged three to five study philosophy.

The New Faces of Snow White

In 1937 Walt Disney made the best known film adaptation for the legend of Snow White. Now, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of Disney's film, new versions of this traditional tale collected by the Brothers Grimm have come to the big screen.

The Wild Children: reflection on adolescence

Alex, Gabi and Oki are three different teenagers who live in a big city. They are really unknown for both their parents and teachers and even for themselves.

Premiere of Kiseki, a children's odyssey

Kiseki, which means "miracle" in Japanese, is a very versatile film which guides us to the way children see the world, their capacity for fantasy and its power to change things.

Screening of the film The Social Network

If you are interested in attending the screenings of the film The Social Network (v.o. in English with subtitles in Spanish), scheduled for February 2012, please consult our section Film Season in Catalonia. Current Academic Year.

The King's Speech. Activities in the classroom

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Trouble at Timpetill. Activities in the classroom.

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Estrena de El árbol

La història que amb molta sensibilitat explica Julie Bertuccelli a El árbol és una barreja de narració màgica hereva de la literatura sud-americana i de western actual.