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Screening of Chimera (Haris Epaminonda, 2019) and Four Roads (Alice Rohrwacher, 2021) proposed by Lide Mikele Billelabeitia Uriarte and Maria Muriedas Diez, followed by a discussion. “Is there still, on the edges of hypervisibility, of virtuality, room for an image? Room for an enigma? Room for a power of illusion, a veritable strategy of forms…(Read More)

Screening proposed by Javier R. Pérez-Curiel followed by a discussion. Since a few years ago, when I feel like watching some movie that’s on at the cinema, and I don’t have time, don’t feel like going all the way to the cinema, or don’t have the money, I visit…(Read More)

Screening of The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973), proposed by Itziar Bilbao Urrutia, followed by a discussion. 2023 is the 50th anniversary of the release of The Wicker Man, a British B movie that has left a deep mark in the culture of the English-speaking world. During the 1970s, Britain turned its gaze towards…(Read More)

Screening of 開高健の モンゴル大紀行, proposed by Ander Amuriza, followed by a discussion. I don’t want to provide a synopsis of the film here, as I want it to be something found, without any instruction manual. My initial reason for screening this film was because when it’s shown, it allows life itself to come in, not…(Read More)

Screening of La telenovela errante (The Itinerant Soap Opera) (Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento, 2017), proposed by Pablo Gubbins Correa. One of Raúl Ruiz’s lost tapes, completed by his widow, the filmmaker Valeria Sarmiento. Shot in six days with soap opera actors, it’s a play on the idea that all of…(Read More)

Dys4ia (Anna Anthropy, 2012) + Behind Every Great One (Deconstructeam, 2018)

Session Interactive (Trans)feminisms proposed by Koldo Gutiérrez. A double session in which we will be playing two very special videogames about feminism, care and anxiety. This is because videogames can also transmit sensations and ideas through their stories and, especially, through their mechanics. They are perfect tools for generating empathy and for putting…(Read More)

Pacaman (Dalissa Montes de Oca, 2021)

Screening of Pienso mucho en la foto que no tomé (I think a lot about the photo I didn’t take) (2022) and Pacaman (2021) proposed by Gabriel Quiñones. Santo Domingo is a city that is difficult to express. Full of nuances, contradictory. Sometimes suffocating, it’s a city that is lit up by…(Read More)

Three screenings proposed by Bob Curwen, followed by discussion. Monday, November 21, 7:00 pm Screamers (Christian Duguay, 1998). Based on Philip Dick’s short story Second Variety (1953). Tuesday, November 22, 7:00 pm Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg, 1991). Based on William Burroughs’ 1959 novel. Wednesday, November 23, 7:00 pm Zombi (George Romero…(Read More)

Screening proposed by Enrike Hurtado, followed by discussion. This session will consist in a screening of selected VHS recordings from TV music programmes made by Enrike and his brothers and sisters from about 1988 to 1996. Home recordings of TV broadcasts on VHS was a normal practice at the time. Although audiovisual material was becoming…(Read More)