{"id":887,"date":"2015-09-13T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artttnow.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:45:05","slug":"11th-london-spanish-film-festival-pronto-en-la-ciudad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/11th-london-spanish-film-festival-pronto-en-la-ciudad\/","title":{"rendered":"11TH LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL. Soon in Town."},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the final count down. London Spanish Film Festival<\/strong> (24-30 September 2015) is already here. This annual event \u2014 together with other events \u2014 opens a new cultural season in London.<\/p>\n

A wide programme of films, documentaries and short films, some of which are in competition, will be shown at Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re, Institut Fran\u00e7ais in South Kensington. As a novelty, this year the festival will also take place at the historic Regent Street Cinema. The cinema was first opened in 1896 and then closed 35 years ago. This year, after a major restoration, it re-opened its doors. It was the first place to show a film in the UK thanks to the Cin\u00e9matographe by the Lumi\u00e8re Brothers. As a matter of fact, one of their films was shown to the public for the first time at that small cinema in Central London. Is it a coincidence that the Lumi\u00e8re name coincides with that of the cinema, which since its beginnings has welcomed and supported the London Spanish Film Festival? It’s certainly magical. It’s a good sign.<\/p>\n

At Artttnow, we are excited about the entire programme of the 11th London Spanish Film Festival, but we would like to have a closer look at the Catalan Window<\/strong>, which this year celebrates its 7th edition and is once again an exemplar of talent and creative freshness. The Catalan Window is supported by the Institut Ramon Llull in London and Catalan Films & TV, which is the platform for the international promotion of the Catalan audio-visual industry.<\/p>\n

Among the films that will be screened at the Catalan Window, UK Premiers in competition, are \u2018<\/a>Marseille\u2019 by Bel\u00e9n Mac\u00edas (Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re – Thursday 24 Sep – 8:45 pm), \u2018Requirements to be a Normal Person’\u00a0by Leticia Dolera (Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re – Friday 25th Sep – 8.30 pm), and \u2018Death in La Alcarria\u2019 by Fernando Pomar\u00e9s Pi\u00f1ol (Regent Street Cinema – Saturday 26 Sep – 4:30 pm).<\/p>\n

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The festival’s program also includes the documentary \u2018Snacks: Bits\u00a0for a Revolution\u2019 by the Catalans directors Cristina Jolonch and Ver\u00f3nica Escuer (Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re – Tuesday 29 Sep – 6:30 pm), which shows and reflects on how Spanish cuisine has revolutionised its dining scene in terms of quality, creativity, and inspiration.<\/p>\n

However, the most anticipated part of the festival \u2014 at least by us \u2014 is a special session, which this year is dedicated to the Catalan director Isabel Coixet, who will present her film ‘Learning to Drive’ (Regent Street Cinema – Sunday 27 Sep – 8:00 pm) as UK premiere out of competition. The film will be preceded by an interview between the director Isabel Coixet and Maria Delgado, Professor of Theatre and Screen Arts at Queen Mary University of London. “Learning to drive” is a comedy that moves away from personal dramas that tend to be the leading subject in the latest movies of the director.<\/p>\n

As a great connoisseur of the broad human universe, in this movie, Isabel Coixet touches upon such interesting topics as friendship, love, relationships with immigrants, respect for family and traditions, as well as education. There is no time to lose. Learn to drive, pay attention to life and move forward. But also, don\u2019t forget to take part in the London Spanish Film Festival this year…<\/p>\n

M.A.<\/p>\n

THE LONDON SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

CIN\u00c9 LUMI\u00c8RE<\/span><\/p>\n

(Institut fran\u00e7ais)<\/p>\n

17 Queensberry Place<\/p>\n

South Kensington<\/p>\n

London SW7 2DT<\/p>\n

020 7871 3515<\/p>\n

www.institut-francais.org.uk<\/p>\n

REGENT STREET CINEMA<\/span><\/p>\n

309 Regent Street<\/p>\n

London W1B 2UW<\/p>\n

020 7911 5050<\/p>\n

www.regentstreetcinema.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 24 to 30 September 2015 in the Cin\u00e9 Lumi\u00e8re and the newly opened London Regent Street Cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-lifestyle","category-picks-del-mes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artttnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}