Responding first in violent poetic resistance to a Franco-occupied Spain, Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella continues to understand the cinematic medium as intervention; as a forum for political debate and participation.
With exclusive participation from Albert Serra, Ben Rivers, Colm Tóibín, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Irene Solà, and many more.
Curated and produced by the Liberated Film Club in collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull with the support of Low Company, XXX, Catalan Films & tv, Filmoteca Española, ICAA and Films 59. Presented in partnership with eight UK venues: Close-Up Film Centre (HQ), Institute of Contemporary Arts, Whitechapel Gallery, Brixton Prison, Cafe Oto, BFI Southbank, Low Company, University of Cambridge.
For full programme, venues and bookings please visit Close Up Film Centre and Purge
DATES AND EVENTS
LAUNCH EVENT at Institute of Contemporary Arts
26 November
with Albert Serra + Ben Rivers
screening Vampir-Cuadecuc + Acció Santos
Whitechapel Gallery
28 November
with Erika Balsom + Gareth Evans
screening Umbracle + Premios Nacionales + Play Back
Insitute of Contemporary Arts
30 November
with Ona Balló Pedragosa + Lucia Bosé
screening Nocturno 29
Brixton Prison
5 December
with Pere Portabella
screening El Sopar
Close-Up Film Centre
7 December
with Pere Portabella
screening Don't Count On Your Fingers + Pere Portabella presentation
Whitechapel Gallery
12 December
with Colm Tóibín + Marcelo Expósito
screening four films with Joan Miró + Mudanza (on Gabriel Garcia Lorca)
Close-Up Film Centre
14 December
with Irene Solà
screening Pont de Varsòvia + Poetes Catalans + Silence Before Bach
Close-Up Film Centre
15 December
Informe General with Mark Nash + General Report II with Ingrid Guardiola
Cafe Oto
17 December
Pisca el piano + La Tempesta with 'Acció Santos' Carles Santos tribute act featuring Barcelona ’92 Olympian Derek Redmond, Daniel Blumberg, Winstanley Schtinter, Billy Steiger, Tom Wheatley + more TBC
2020
Close-Up Film Centre
24 January
Three films by Carles Santos with Tom Wheatley
Close-Up Film Centre
25 January
screening The Delinquents (Carlos Saura) + El Cochecito (Marco Ferreri)
Close-Up Film Centre
26 January
screening Tren de Sombras (Jose Luis Guerin) + Viridiana (Luis Bunuel)
Close-Up Film Centre
27 January
screening In The Same Boat (Rudy Gnutti)
BFI Southbank
28 January
with William Fowler + Tanoa Sasraku-Ansah
screening Vampir-Cuadecuc
University of Cambridge
13 February
with Pere Portabella, Brad Epps, Rosalind Galt, Steven Marsh, Esteve Riambau, Jonathan Rosenbaum and more T.B.C.
Close-Up Film Centre
15 February
screening Pont de Varsòvia + Hortensia (José Antonio Maenza)
with masterclass by Jonathan Rosenbaum on Pere Portabella
The programme is also listed in full with booking links for all events via Close-Up Film Centre: https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film_programmes/2019/pere-portabella
