More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
FESTIVAL
The Secret Agent
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho. 1977 Brazil: a fugitive teacher returns to Recife seeking refuge but finds the city under military dictatorship, pursued by government forces and death threats. Oscar nominee for Best International Film, Cannes winner for Best Direction.
CINEMA
On Duty
Film by Petra Biondina Volpe. Floria is a dedicated surgical nurse in a Swiss hospital, but one hectic night shift tests her professionalism when the emergency ward is overwhelmed and understaffed.
FESTIVAL
The President's cake
Director Hicham Lasri. A nine-year-old girl in Saddam Hussein's Iraq must gather ingredients for the dictator's birthday cake or face imprisonment. Winner of the Marrakech Film Festival jury prize.
COMEDY
An Hour with Nora
Jaime Álvarez 'Almasy' directs this tragicomedy in which a man keeps vigil over his recently deceased cat while revisiting life's transcendental themes: love, family, work, and self-discipline. More comedy than tragedy. Recommended for ages 16+.
THEATRE
Microtheater: Off to the Vegetable Patch
Four microtheatre pieces by Peripatéticas Vallecanas lasting roughly 90 minutes. Works by Emilio Mahugo Serrano and Almudena Pérez Cruz explore unexpected connections between plants, emotion, and mystery. For adult audiences.
PAINTING
Diverse Women
Pastel paintings by Carmen Elorza at Centro Cultural Buero Vallejo celebrating the diversity and complexity of female experience. Self-taught artist captures women's beauty and strength across different facets of life.
KIDS
The Forgotten We Are
Colombian physician and human rights activist Héctor Abad Gómez fights for justice in 1970s Medellín while raising his family with values of tolerance and love amid urban violence and polarisation.
CINEMA
Stella Dallas
A textile factory worker from a small town marries Stephen Dallas, a refined gentleman fallen on hard times. Their conflicting personalities-his love of quiet, her appetite for social life-strain their marriage and threaten their daughter's future.
