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06-07-2014 10 AM
“El sueño de Iván” / “Ivan’s Dream”
2011/100 min. / Spanish/
English Subtitles
Direction: Rogelio Paris
Script: Roberto
Santiago y Pablo Fernandez
Cast: Oscar Casas, Carla Campra, Fergus Riordan,
Demián Bichir, Ana Claudia Talancón,
Antonio Resines, Fernando Tejero, Ernesto Alterio.
Photography: Joan Benet
Music: Alejandro Giacoman
Synopsis: Iván is an eleven years old child who is going to play against the football
world’s champions and live his first love story. For the first time in History, a world selection
of stars, a team followed by millions of people in TV, is going to play against a world selection
of children. The point is gathering
money and help the victims of a terrible
earthquake in Africa. Ivan is
chosen for the children selection, besides he will have to conquer Paula and compete with Morenilla, a child from his school that is after the same girl, taller than him, and much better
playing football. A tale of adventures and football for all the family.
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06-07-2014 11.45 AM
“Argentina
y
su
fábrica
de fútbol”/
“Argentina and its football factory”
Direction: Sergio Iglesias Guion
Script: Mariano Starosta Reparto/
Photography: Andrei
Durán
Music: Sergio iglesias
Year: 2007/Duration: 52 min.
Language: Spanish/Subtitles: English
Synopsis: How much is it to produce a football star? Looking for that answer,
this Argentinian documentary
goes inside the story of many children who begins the difficult
way towards a professional football team: The final match of the Argentinian championship in first division; the selection process
of children in Boca Juniors and Estudiantes de la Plata; a talent scout who
convince a father of leaving
his 11 years child in a pension with other children 600 km. away from home; etc. The documentary shows what is beyond
the play-field and reveals that watching is essential in a country with no many industries, but great exporter
of football stars to
the world market.
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06-07-2014 2 PM
“En fuera de juego” / “Offside”
Direction: David Marqués
Script: Rafael Calatayud Cano, Kiko Martínez
Reparto/Cast: Fernando Tejero, Diego Peretti,
Carolina Peleritti, Chino Darín, Laura Pamplona,
Hugo Silva, José Sancho, Patricia Montero, Carmen Ruiz,
Photography: Federico
Ribes
Music: Claudio Waisgluss, Nacho Mañó, Nico Cota
Year: 2011/Duration: 103 min.
Language: Spanish/Subtitles: English
Synopsis: Diego is Argentinian doctor traumatized by football since his chilhood who is not happy
with his life. Javi is a Spanish agent from 3rd division who dreams with a big chance for changing his luck. When destiny reaches
both of them in the form
of a
young Argentinian crack, circumstances will join Javi and Diego
in a way full of turns, surprises, lies and audacity,
Changing their
life forever
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06-07-2014 4 PM
“Rivales” / “Rivals”
Direction: Fernando
Colomo
Script: Joaquín
Oristrell y Inés París
Cast: Ernesto
Alterio, Goya Toledo, Kira Miró,
Santi Millán, Rosa María Sardà, María Pujalte, Gonzalo de Castro,
Jorge Sanz, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Javier Cifrián, Helena Carrión
Photography: José Luis Alcaine
Music: Juan Bardem
Year: 2008/Duration: 100 min.
Language: Spanish/Subtitles: English
Synopsis: The “Deportivo Madrileño” and the “Atlético Barcelonés” are two youth football
teams that are preparing themseleves for the great final game, wich takes place in Sevilla.
All of
them have great hopes for this
big match and dream with beating their eternal rivals.
During this trip to Sevilla we will meet not only the peculiar relationships
between parents and sons, or between
couples, but also their social relationships with the rest of the people. This is a choral
comedy about diverse conditions in daily life, in a world where adults are often worse than children.
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06-07-2014 6 PM
“Argentina Fútbol Club”
Direction: Juan Pablo Rubio
Cast: Pablo Alabarces, Victor Hugo Morales,
Alejandro Fabbri, Guillermo Coppola
Year: 2009/ 83 minutes
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Synopsis: Singing.
Shouting. Hysteria. Argentina lives for futbol. The battle between Boca Juniors
and River Plate is not just about sports; it is an ever-enduring struggle for
identity. In Buenos Aires, historic tensions swell not only between legendary
clubs Boca and River but among their intense followers. For these futbol
fanatics, the game symbolizes strength, unity, and power in a society beset by
stark social and economic divisions. Through a journalistic lens, this film
provides an intimate look into Argentina and its beloved sport to reveal an
unparalleled passion that reverberates far beyond the pitch.
April 23, 2014
Children of the Pyre
Rajesh S. Jala
India/ Hindi (Eng. Subs)/ 2008/ 74 min.
Directed
by Rajesh S. Jala, Children of the Pyre is a documentary about seven
remarkable children who have been brought up in Varanasi and have been
making a living by cremating the dead at Manikarnika, one of the busiest
cremation grounds of India. The film is a compelling real-life,
self-narrative of seven extraordinary children who make their living out
of the dead. They collect; snatch or steal used coffin shrouds and sell
them for petty amounts in order to ensure their own and their family';s
survival. Tempered by the heat of the pyre, strengthened in the face of
adversities and crafted by a volley of abuses, these imps weave through
the pyres and struggle through disdain in this land of the dead.
Laughing, smiling, weeping, fighting and shouting, these children run
the race for survival - winning it again and again - everyday. The film
is a terrible saga of exploitation that celebrates the victory of
innocence over the most harrowing realities of life. It';s a torturous
journey through seared bodies, callous minds and dead consciences that
constitute the human reality of the Ghats at Varanasi.
Festivals/ Awards:
Montréal World Film Festival, 2008 – Best Documentary
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, 2008 - Best Documentary
IFFLA, USA 2009 – Best Documentary
National Awards, India 2009 – Special Jury Award & Best Audiography
Asiatica Film Mediale, Rome 2009 – Best Documentary
IDPA-Indian Documentary Producers Association 2009 – Best Documentary & Best Cinematography
Jeevika: Asia Livelihood Documentary Festival, 2009 – Special Jury Award
Alms For a Blind Horse
(Anhey gorhey da daan)
India/ Punjabi (English Subtitles) / 2011/ 112 min
Dir by Gurvinder Singh
On
a foggy winter morning, a Dalit family in a village in Punjab wakes up
to the news of the demolition of a house of one of their community
members on the outskirts of the village. Father, a silent sympathiser,
joins his community in demand for justice for the affected family. The
same day, his son Melu, a cycle-rickshaw puller in the city, is
participating in a strike by his union. Injured and alienated, Melu
spends the day quietly resting and later joins his friends as they tease
him over his state of affairs. Hesitantly, he drinks with them in the
night as they debate the meaning of their existence. Cycling through the
city streets, Melu feels lost and wonders where to go and what to do.
Back in the village, his mother feels humiliated at the treatment meted
out by the landlords in whose fields she works. Gunshots are heard in
the night and the village is tense. It';s the night of the lunar
eclipse. A man wanders asking for the traditional alms while Father
decides to visit the city with a friend, even as his daughter Dayalo
walks through the village streets in the night.
Festivals/ Awards:
43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) - Golden Peacock Award
Abu Dhabi Film Festival:
Special jury Award & Black Pearl Trophy 2011 in
National Film Awards, India 2012:
Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Feature Film in Punjabi
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March 10, 2014
"സ്നേഹപൂർവ്വം ഗാബോയ്ക്ക് "
Love in the Time of Cholera (USA / 2007 / 139 min)
Love in the Time of Cholera (USA / 2007 / 139 min)
Dir: Mike Newell
Cast: Javier Bardem, Giovanna
Mezzogiorno and Benjamin Bratt.
Based on the novel of the same name, director Mike Newell's
Love in the Time of Cholera details a passionate love triangle between
Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza and Dr. Juvenal Urbino that unfolds in
turn-of-the-century South America. Young
Florentino Ariza (Unax Ugalde) is a poor dreamer working as a telegraph
operator and sees and falls in love with young Fermina Daza (Giovanna
Mezzogiorno), daughter of a wealthy mule trader Lorenzo Daza (John Leguizamo)
who upon hearing of the infatuation whisks Fermina away as Florentino pledges
undying love and fidelity to Fermina. Florentino's mother Tránsito (Fernanda
Montenegro), his uncle Leo (Hector Elizondo), and his friend Lotario Thugut
(Liev Schreiber) comfort him and try to encourage his mating with another
woman, but as Florentino matures (now Javier Bardem) even the long list of
sexual encounters cannot turn his mind away from Fermina. Fermina marries Dr.
Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt), travels widely, has his child and ultimately
discovers her husband's infidelity. Florentino inherits his Uncle's shipping
wealth, becoming one of the wealthy class that would have made him an eligible
suitor for Fermina when he originally met her. But time changes everything
except Florentino's commitment to Fermina and after the death of Dr. Urbino, he
has the chance to realize his long awaited dream of being with the now 70+ year
old lover.
García Márquez: A Witch Writing
(France / 1998 / 53
min)
Dir: Mauricio Martinez-Cavard, Yves
Billon
This is an
excellent documentary of the life, times, thoughts and writings of
Colombian-born Gabriel García Márquez, one of the twentieth century's most
notable authors who is most well known for his Nobel prize winning novel, One
Hundred Years of Solitude. García Márquez tells us in his own words, without
interruption from an interviewer, about his early life in civil-war torn
Colombia; his fascinating forays into other creative endeavors, including his
law school student days, employment as a journalist (he later founded a
journalism school/movement in Cuba); his work in the political arena; and his
less well-known work as a screenwriter and filmmaker. He is at his best when
ruminating about the unique and important roles and functions of writers in
society, particularly in Latin American dictatorships.
Of Love and Other Demons (Del amor y
otros demonios)
(Colombia / 2009 / 95 min)
Dir:
Hilda Hidalgo
Love, faith and superstition cross paths in this drama adapted
from a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Sierva (Eliza Triana) is a
twelve-year-old girl who is the daughter of socially and politically prominent
parents; however, their lives are hectic enough that they rarely see their own
child, and Sierva has largely been brought up by the African servants who look
after the house. Sierva is bitten by a dog and develops symptoms of rabies;
unfortunately, it's a common local superstition that rabies is a symptom of
demonic possession, and instead of taking her to a doctor, Sierva's minders put
her in the care of a priest, Cayetano (Pablo Derqui). The bishop who oversees
Cayetano insists he perform an exorcism, but the thirty-something priest
believes in gentler, more forgiving form of worship, and as he tries to invoke
the power of the Lord to help Sierva, he becomes convinced that she's ill, not
possessed. But he also has issues of his own to confront when he finds himself
drawn to the lovely but feral young woman.
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No One Writes to the Colonel (El
coronel no tiene quien le escriba)
(Mexico / 1999 / 119 min)
Dir: Arturo Ripstein
In a small coastal town in Mexico in the late 1940's, an obstinate colonel
of the anticlerical Cristeros War keeps waiting for the pension that has been
promised to him but never delivered. Every Friday, he goes down to the docks,
dressed in his best suit in anticipation of the arrival of the letter
announcing his pension. Everyone knows that he is waiting in vain, but he
refuses to face reality, even though, deep in his heart, he knows that the
letter will never arrive. His wife is suffering from asthma; their son Agustin was
killed by the fascists; and the roof over their head will soon be taken away
because of the unpaid mortgage. Yet the Colonel stands by his dream, refusing
to give up despite poverty and hunger
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