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Film series in June 2013

TOQUE DE QUEDA (Iñaki Nuñez, Spain 1978)
Iñaki Nuñez' feature TOQUE DE QUEDA deals with the deadly repression of the Franco dictatorship. Starting with the execution of members of the FRAP (Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota) in the summer of 1975, the film tells the story of Marta, mother and freedom fighter.

LA DIADA DE CATALUNYA (Series: Noticiari de Barcelona, part 7, Albert Abril, Jordi Cadena, Spain 1977)
The film shows footage of and commentaries on the demonstration which took place on Katalon National Holiday, September 11, 1977. The demonstration is know as "one of the largest manifestations in post-war Europe."

LA VIEJA MEMORIA (Jaime Camino, Spain 1978)
Jaime Camino conducted a number of interviews with historically siginificant people and combined them with contemporary documentary material. The result is an unbelievably vibrant and reliable picture of the political developement of Spain since 1931. How Camino crafted these interviews into open dialogues is stagering, fascinating and exemplary.

CINCUENTA Y DOS DOMINGOS (Llorenç Soler, Spain 1970)
A multi-layered and accusational milieu study about young workers from the south, who live in poor circumstances in the suburbs of Barcelona and spend their freetime learning th trade of matador.

OCAÑA, RETRAT INTERMITTENT (Ocaña, an intermittent portrait, Ventura Pons, Spain 1978)
The 'Ramblas' in Barcelona are homosexuals, transvestites, prostitutes, pimps and other marginalized people. Their hidden live is the sujet of this portrait of the painter José Pérez Ocaña.

A UN DIOS DESCONOCIDO (Jaime Chávarri, Spain 1978) is a film from the Spanish transition period (1975–1979) about a professional magician in Madrid. The protagonist is a lonely gay man who ponders his homosexuality and existence, as well as the memory of his childhood in Granada and of the mythic writer Federico Garciá Lorca. The film won the awards for best director and best actor at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE STORY (Antoni Padros, Spain 1976)
An almost four hour long underground marathon. A cheeky, musical fairytale about Spain’s recent history.

LIBERTAT D' ESPRESSIÓ (From the series: Noticiari de Barcelona, part 15, Antoni Ribas, Spain 1978)
The film shows the big wave of protests against the ban of LA TORNA, the arrest of, a.o., Albert Boadella and the strike of the Union of Film- and Theater Workers, the „Asamblea Permanente de los trabajadores del espectaculo" in Barcelona.

LA TORNA (Albert Boadella, Francesco Bellmunt, Spain 1978)
In September 1977 the renowned Catalan Theatertroupe 'Els Joglar' presented their new play, 'La Torna', an aggressive satire on the Spanish legal system. The play was banned in December of the same year, the members of the troupe were sentenced to two years in prison by a military court. Shortly before the actors went to jail, Catalan filmmakers were able to film the play in one single night.

CARNET DE IDENTIDAD (Llorenç Soler, Spain 1970)
A dissident experimental film edited in the style of the classical Avant-garde and Pop Art.

NO COMPTEU AMB ELS DITS (Don't count on the fingers, Pere Portabella, Spain 1967)
The first film directed by Avant-garde artist and filmproducer Pere Portabella. A man in front of the bathroom mirror, a blond woman with the word "Brrr!" written on her forehead, a suit on the run in the hallways of an industrial filling station.

Biography of Sabine Schöbel