London Spanish Film Festival 3rd Spring Weekend
A selection of recent Spanish cinema - a taste of what's to come at the Festival in autumn.
Acting Across Frontiers:
Acting on Both Sides of the Atlantic
A look at Juan Diego Botto's acting career in both Spain and his native Argentina through a selection of his films and an on-stage conversation.
Catherine Deneuve and Yves Saint Laurent
Explored the long-lasting partnership between French screen icon, Catherine Deneuve and fashion guru Yves Saint Laurent. It began when they met for Bunuel's film Belle de Jour, in which he dressed her stylishly for misspent afternoons. It lasted until Saint Laurent's death and included films such as La Sirène du Misissippi (1969) and The Hunger (1983). This event examined the careers of both actress and designer and the work that they created together on screen.
Acting Across Frontiers: Acting Almodóvar
A selection of films and an on-stage conversation with actresses Marisa Paredes and Antonia San Juan discussing their collaborations with Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar.
8th London Spanish Film Festival
A selection of the best Spanish cinema from the previous year.
Chanel and Film
A series of events, on-stage conversations, seminars and screenings exploring the relationship between fashion and cinema.
This event was dedicated to Chanel's collaboration with filmmakers and actresses.
London Spanish Film Festival Spring Weekend
A selection of recent Spanish cinema - a taste of what's to come at the Festival in autumn.
Carlos Saura: The Fascination of Flamenco
An exceptional event, including a Masterclass with filmmaker Carlos Saura, in which we'll have the opportunity to explore the role of music in his work and his fascination with flamenco.
A film season about the cinema produced in Spain from the arrival of democracy (1976) and up to the end of the 80s, including the "movida madrileña". This period in Spain produced many films that tried to break with the previous climate of repression and contributed to a new national identity mostly characterised by democratisation and social liberation. It gave a green light to an alternative, adventurous and eclectic culture or counter-culture and to innovating talents such as Pedro Almodóvar, Fernando Trueba and Iván Zulueta in the field of cinema.
An exhibition on the longstanding dialogue between the actress and photographer and sculptor Xavier Mascaró
In 1929 Buñuel and Dalí's collaboration on Un Chien Andalou introduced surrealism to film and changed the face of filmmaking in ways that still resonate in the twenty-first century. Lorca perceived the film as a personal insult and provided a reply to the heterosexual thrust of the film with Trip to the Moon.
With a superb and at times moving montage including still photos, archive footage, films, adverts and popular songs from the time, this is an incisive look at the war and, mostly, at post-war daily and public life..
Cinema and the Spanish Civil War
A film season offering different views of the period and its consequences. There are documentaries and films that look directly at the war itself, as well as films that use the period as a backdrop to other stories.
A film season dedicated to Federico Garcia Lorca's genius and it's influence over so many filmmakers and artists.