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PREVIOUS FILM SERIES
                
          
Program Thursday, October 16 – 7:00 PM
 OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE. 6:00 PM Red carpet 7:00 PM Film & Discussion Following. Followed by a reception in the Egyptian courtyard for all ticket holders. Spain’s Official Oscar Submission! Los Angeles Premiere! LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED (VIVIR ES FÁCIL CON LOS OJOS CERRADOS) 2013, Outsider Pictures, 108 min. This charming road movie, inspired by actual incidents, earned six Goya Awards, including Best Film and two for writer-director David Trueba. In 1966, teacher and Beatles fan Antonio (a superb Javier Camara) learns that John Lennon is filming HOW I WON THE WAR in Almeria, Spain, and sets off to meet his hero, joined by a pair of young runaways. In Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion following with director David Trueba.  The 20 minutes shortfilm SEQUENCE, winner of The Newfilmmakers from Spain short Film contest will screen before the feature. SEQUENCE WINNER 2014 NEW FILMMAKERS FROM SPAIN. 2013, 20 minutes by Carles Torrens. A man wakes up one morning to realize the entire world has dreamed about him the night before. Friday, October 17 – 5:30 PM
RECENT SPANISH CINEMA ROUND TABLE, 90 min. Join us for a panel discussion with filmmakers and performers attending this year’s Recent Spanish Cinema series. Hear from the talent behind LIVING IS EASY WITH EYES CLOSED (director David Trueba), CARMINA AND AMEN (director Paco León), SPANISH AFFAIR (actress Clara Lago) and FAMILY UNITED (director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo). Moderated by: Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla (Associate Professor, University of Southern California). This is a free event - first come, first served. At Spielberg Theater inside Egyptian Theater. Friday, October 17 – 7:30 PM Double Feature
 CARMINA AND AMEN (CARMINA Y AMÉN) Los Angeles Premiere!. 2014, Telecinco, 98 min. Paco León follows up last year’s popular CARMINA OR BLOW UP with another hilarious (if fictionalized) portrait of his mother. When her husband dies, chain-smoking Carmina Barrios is determined to keep it a secret until she gets a check that he had been expecting. The absurd, sometimes vulgar, comic energy of Almodóvar’s early films lives on here!. In Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion between films with CARMINA AND AMEN director Paco León.  WITCHING AND BITCHING (LAS BRUJAS DE ZUGARRAMURDI) 2013, IFC Midnight, 112 min. Dir. Álex de la Iglesia. On the run after a botched robbery, three hapless crooks (Hugo Silva, Mario Casas and Jaime Ordóñez) take refuge in a Basque village run by a family of witches. Like de la Iglesia’s earlier THE DAY OF THE BEAST, this kinetic horror-comedy bursts with energy, wild imagery and a couple of jaw-dropping action sequences. In Spanish with English subtitles. Saturday, October 18 – 7:30 PM Double Feature
 SPANISH AFFAIR (OCHO APELLIDOS VASCOS). Los Angeles Premiere! 2014, Film Factory, 98 min. Dir. Emilio Martínez Lázaro. Love-struck Rafa (Dani Rovira, in his feature debut) pursues a Basque woman (Clara Lago), pretending to be Basque himself to gain her father’s approval. This screwball comedy take on regional stereotypes quickly became one of the biggest Spanish-made box office hits of all time. In Spanish and Basque with English subtitles Discussion between films with SPANISH AFFAIR actress Clara Lago.  THREE MANY WEDDINGS (TRES BODAS DE MÁS). Los Angeles Premiere! 2013, 94 min. Dir. Javier Ruiz Caldera What’s worse than getting invited to your ex’s wedding? Getting invited to three of them! Inma Cuesta stars as Ruth, a luckless-in-love biologist who gamely runs the gauntlet as boyfriends Pedro (Berto Romero), party-hearty surfer Mikel (Paco León) and transgender Álex (Laura Sanchez) get hitched. This brightly colored, gag-filled farce was Best Comedy winner at the Feroz Awards. In Spanish with English subtitles. Sunday, October 19 – 7:30 PM Double Feature
 FAMILY UNITED (LA GRAN FAMILIA ESPAÑOLA). Los Angeles Premiere! 2013, Film Factory, 101 min. Acclaimed director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo takes a comedic look at a Spanish family’s chaotic reunion for a wedding taking place during the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. With Patrick Criado and Arancha Marti. “Shot through with a distinctive wit and flair, the [film] cannily shows how it’s possible to straddle the mainstream/arthouse divide.” - Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter. In Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion between films with FAMILY UNITED director Daniel Sanchez Arevalo.  ISMAEL. U.S. Premiere!. 2013, 106 min. Dir. Marcelo Piñeyro. With a return address on an envelope his only guide, 8-year-old Ismael (Larsson do Amaral) runs away to Barcelona in search of his estranged father (Mario Casas) but finds instead a grandmother (Belén Rueda) who hadn’t known of Ismael’s existence. As in his earlier KAMCHATKA, Piñeyro displays a sure hand with young actors and serious subjects, and this tale of family reconciliation is both touching and frequently funny. In Spanish with English subtitles. Along with the new films, we salute a giant of Spanish cinema with a double feature of classics by José Luis Borau, POACHERS and LEO, October 22, at 7:30 at the Egyptian theater. Two more films by the writer-director, MY DEAREST SENORITA and B MUST DIE, will screen in a free program at USC followed by a panel discussion.
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