Eyes on Spain. Screening the Civil War Memories
Film Screening Series
Film series accompanying the “Mexican Suitcase” exhibition in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Budapest and the Cervantes Institute.
PROGRAMS
Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
The Mexican Suitcase (La maleta mexicana, 2011) 86’
Documentary, directed by: Trisha Ziff, Music by: Michael Nyman
English, Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles
Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
The Great Flight (El gran vuelo, 2015) 61’
Experimental film, written and directed by Carolina Astudillo
English, Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles
Introduction by Sonia Garcia Lopez (film historian, University Carlos III, Madrid)
Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
GUERNICA ON THE SCREEN
Guernika (directed by Nemesio M. Sobrevila, 1937), 23’
Spanish, with English subtitles
Guernica (directed by Robert J. Flaherty, 1949), 12’
English (intertitles)
Guernica (directed by Alain Resnais and Robert Hessens, 1950), 13’
French, with English subtitles
The Guernica Variations (La variaciones Guernica, directed by Guillermo G. Peydró, 2012), 26’
Spanish, with English subtitles
Introduction by Sonia Garcia Lopez (film historian, University Carlos III, Madrid)
Wednesday, February 3, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Butterfly (La lengua de las mariposas, 1999), 96’
Drama, directed by José Luis Cuerda
Spanish with English subtitles
Wednesday, February 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005), 84’
Documentary, directed by Péter Forgács
Introduction and follow up Q&A with Film Director Péter Forgács
Saturday, February 13, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
The Songs of the Spanish Civil War, ca. 15’
music performance by the Choir Soharóza
¡Ay Carmela! (1990), 102’
Comedy-drama, directed by Carlos Saura, 102’
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
DANCE Performance by Góbi Rita Dance Company
With Dániel Szabó, Mátyás Regyep, and Gellért Zsédey (trumpet), Lőrinc Kéringer (drums)
Music: Benjamin Britten: Ballad of Heroes (1939), ca. 18’
Spanish Earth (1937), 52’
Documentary directed by Joris Ivens, commentary: Ernest Hemingway, camera: John Fernhout (John Ferno), editing: Helen van Dongen; music: Marc Blitzstein, Virgil Thomson; English
Additional events:
Tuesday January 26, 5:30 p.m. – public talk by Sonia Gárcia López (at the Research Room)
“The politics of the gesture. Visual representations of the civilian victims during the Spanish Civil War.”