More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
CINEMA
Forgetting Vietnam
Lyrical essay film by Vietnamese-American filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam War's end, weaving mythology and water imagery through contemporary Vietnamese life.
INTERNATIONAL
The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
Romanian film set in 1954 following Niculae Moromete through a forbidden love affair and political doubts that push him to write the novel Morometii at Sala Azcona.
DOCUMENTARY
The Government of Children II
Documentary following 19 Romanian children aged 7 to 12 who imagine ideal societies, with their visions realised by artists and architects at Sala Azcona.
DOCUMENTARY
Who Saw the Temples Fall
Documentary following Chorrojumo, a street figure in Granada, and Anas, a Moroccan youth searching for his ancestors' home using only an old key, through the city's ruins.
CINEMA
La risa y la navaja
Sergio travels to West Africa as an environmental engineer building a desert-to-jungle highway, befriending locals while investigating a missing Italian engineer's disappearance. Portuguese director Pedro Pinho presents the film.
SHORT FILMS
Cuando el destino nos alcance
Screening of Soylent Green, the 1973 sci-fi thriller set in an overpopulated New York, preceded by the short film Fiat Homo at Sala Azcona.
FESTIVAL
Qui som
Documentary following circus artists Blaï and Camille of Baro d'evel as they create a new work commissioned by the Avignon Festival while questioning their roles as artists, partners, and parents.
FESTIVAL
A salto de mata
Independent and experimental film festival at Cineteca Madrid showcasing unconventional narratives and innovative techniques from emerging and established directors working outside mainstream distribution.
