Película Spanish Film Festival 2011

Year in and year out, several foreign-film festivals are held in Manila and sometimes, in the provinces.

One big hit with the masses is the Película Spanish Film Festival, now on its 10th year. Instituto Cervantes’ Película Spanish Film Festival is turning 10 this October. And it promises to be the biggest and best showcase yet of Spanish movies in the Philippines.

 With events tied in with the celebration of Jose Rizal’s 150th anniversary (the unveiling of a new Spanish translation of Noli Me Tangere in November at the Instituto) as well as a decade of Spanish-Filipino cultural exchange, the Instituto Cervantes proudly introduced its lineup of Spanish films.

Multi-awarded films like Primos (Cousins), Yo, Tambien (Me, Too), and the Javier Bardem starrer Biutiful make their Philippine premier at the festival.

Didi Hollywood (Director: Bigas Luna)

Other films include the period drama Lope, a story chronicling the life of Spanish playwright Lope de Vega; Bigas Luna’s Didi Hollywood about an aspiring actress who decides to move to Miami to try her luck in the Latino world; and the 2010 Spanish thriller film directed by Rodrigo Cortés, Buried, which follows the story of a US contractor (Ryan Reynolds) who wakes up finding himself buried alive inside a coffin. 

La Vergüenza (The Shame) (Director: David Planell)

\Another highlight of the festival is “Diez años de Película (10 Years of Película),” a special cycle of audience choice winners of previous Película instalments from 2004 to 2010, featuring films like Alejandro Amenábar’s Mar Adentro, Isabel Coixet’s La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words), and Nacho Vellila’s comedy Fuera de carta.

Running at the Greenbelt 3 ground floor is a photo exhibition also titled Diez años de Película (10 Years of Película), which documents the history of Película from its inauguration in 2002 to becoming one of the biggest showcases of Spanish and Latin American films in Asia.

Biutiful (Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Javier Bardem)

The annual festival presents work by some of the most innovative and engaging artists from the Hispanic community for the local audience of film lovers, journalists and film industry representatives to enjoy.there is  a sense of familiarity Filipinos feel when watching Spanish films and television shows. The films bring to the Philippines a very accurate picture of what Spanish people go through nowadays

 Regular run of all films, with English subtitles, will take place from Oct. 5 until 16 at the Greenbelt 3 Cinemas. Specific times and ticketing information are available on the Festival website, www.pelicula.ph.

DATE	TIME	PARTICULARS
October 5 (Wednesday)	4:30pm	Fuera de carta
	7:00pm	La Verguenza
	9:30pm	Primos
October 6 (Thursday)	4:30pm	La zona
	7:00pm	Biutiful
	9:30pm	Morirse esta en hebreo
October 7 (Friday)	4:30pm	La verguenza
	7:00pm	Yo, tambien
	9:30pm	Tambien la lluvia
	12:00am	Didi Hollywood
October 8 (Saturday)	2:00pm	El secreto de sus ojos
	4:30pm	Mal dia para pescar
	7:00pm	Elsa y Fred
	9:30pm	Lope
	12:00am	Habitacion en Roma
October 9 (Sunday)	2:00pm	Mar adentro
	4:30pm	Buried
	7:00pm	Tambien la lluvia
	9:30pm	El gran Vazquez
October 10 (Monday)	4:30pm	Mil cretinos
	7:00pm	Todas las canciones hablan de mi
	9:30pm	Buenas noches, España
October 11 (Tuesday)	4:30pm	La vida secreta de las palabras
	7:00pm	Gordos
	9:30pm	Primos
October 12 (Wednesday)	4:30pm	En la ciudad sin limites
	7:00pm	Amador
	9:30pm	Buried
October 13 (Thursday)	4:30pm	El gran Vazquez
	7:00pm	Viridiana
	9:30pm	Yo, tambien
October 14 (Friday)	4:30pm	El secreto de sus ojos
	7:00pm	Chico y Rita
	9:30pm	Primos
	12:00am	Habitacion en Roma
October 15 (Saturday)	2:00pm	Fuera de carta
	4:30pm	Gordos
	7:00pm	Biutiful
	9:30pm	Mar adentro
	12:00am	Didi Hollywood
October 16 (Sunday)	2:00pm	Lope
	4:30pm	Todas las canciones hablan de mi
	7:00pm	Chico y Rita
	9:30pm	Audience Choice