Rodrigo Diaz McVeigh
12 Sep 2010 - 8:00pm, 12 Sep 2010 - 10:00pm, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Cuba, Spain, USA, 55min, Spanish with English subtitles
The story of six young Cuban surfers and legendary Australian surfer, Bob Samin, who has made his home in Baracoa, Cuba.
Director Andrés Waissbluth will introduce the film.
Andrés Waissbluth, 2008, 2010, Feature, Chile, Spain, 99min, Spanish, Catalan with English subtitles
A Chilean couple, Tomás and Helena, living in Barcelona in the grip of a heat wave receive an unexpected visitor: Sandra, the girlfriend of Helena’s recently deceased younger brother. Nymph-like Sandra is in no hurry to leave and slowly manages to wind both Tomas and Helena around her little finger. Tomas is trying to finish his self-help book in spite of his writers’ block and Helena can’t get her dead brother out of her mind.
Paz Fabrega, 2010, 2010, Feature, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, 83min, Spanish/English with English subtitles
Beautiful first feature by Costa Rican filmmaker Paz Fabrega.
A black comedy about white lies.
Diego Sabanés, 2008, 2009, Feature, Argentina, Spain, 100min, Spanish with English subtitles
Based on a short story by well-known Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, this is a story about a web of white lies spun by two siblings to avoid telling their ailing mother that her favourite son has vanished after a trip to Paris. This evocative film set in 1950’s Argentina, keeps the audience wondering about Pablo’s disappearance, while the family tries to preserve the past at the expense of their personal desires.