Cinema
(S) Movies: Contemporary Spanish Cinema
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From 12th to 17th December
The (S) Movies: Contemporary Spanish Cinema International Conference is to be held from 12th to 17th December 2011 in New York City. The main objective of this international conference is to analyze Spanish along with Catalan cinema over the past two decades. The four filmmakers chosen to present the theoretic background underpinning the conference come from four different generations: they are the Catalans Isaki Lacuesta and Pere Portabella, as well as Víctor Erice and José Luis Guerín.
(S) Movies is part of the programme of events for the dissemination of Spanish culture being held by the Consulate General of Spain in New York, and with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull for the dissemination of Catalan cinema.
The programme includes conferences, papers, round tables, dialogues with directors and screenings of feature films and short film cycles. These events are designed to analyze the keys features defining the evolution of Spanish cinema over the past 20 years, and to spot new trends within the international panorama of contemporary cinema.
The complete programme for the sessions can be found at:
The following activities are related to Catalan films:
Papers:
“Melodramatic thought: new types of contemporary Spanish documentaries”. Paper by Josep M. Català, professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
“The cinema exposed”. Paper by Jordi Balló, Exhibitions director at the CCCB.
“How to make an art film, now!” Paper by Lluís Miñarro, film producer and director.
“The films of Isaki Lacuesta: fluid spaces, persistent songs”. Paper by Linda C. Ehrlich, associate professor at the Case Western Reserve University (USA).
“Film in Catalonia, proposals for alterity”. Paper by Àngel Quintana, associate professor at the University of Girona.
Round tables:
- “Hallmarks of the New Catalan Cinema”.
- “Pa negre and the Devastation that War Causes in Society”
- “A Contemporary Diptych: The Paso Doble and El Cuaderno de Barro”
Screenings:
The following feature films will be screened:
El sol del codony (Erice, 1992), Tren d'ombres (Guerín, 1997), El silenci abans de Bach (Portabella, 2007), Familystrip (Miñarro, 2009) and El quadern de fang (Lacuesta, 2011).
Short film cycle:
“The Best Short Films of the ESCAC”
Commissioner: Sergi Casamitjana (Co-director of the ESCAC)
Sample of the best short films made by students at the ESCAC (Cinematography and Audiovisual School of Catalonia)
Dialogues with filmmakers:
Following the screenings of one of their most representative films, you are invited to attend dialogues with Pere Portabella, José Luis Guerín, Isaki Lacuesta and Lluís Miñarro.
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