{"id":18652,"date":"2018-09-17T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T01:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=18652"},"modified":"2018-10-01T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T02:06:48","slug":"pelicula-2018-the-best-of-spanish-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2018\/09\/17\/pelicula-2018-the-best-of-spanish-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"PEL\u00cdCULA 2018: The Best of Spanish Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated October 1, 2018: Greenbelt 3 screening schedule from Oct. 4 to Oct. 14 is added.<\/p>\n

Instituto Cervantes is rolling out the 17th<\/sup> edition of PEL\u00cdCULA<\/strong> from October 4 to 20, 2018<\/strong> at Greenbelt 3, UP Diliman, and Instituto Cervantes Intramuros<\/strong>. This year, the Spanish Film Festival will screen more than 20 films featuring the best of contemporary Spanish cinema.<\/p>\n

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The films cover a wide range of genres such as romance (Los amores cobardes<\/em>), comedy (Mi querida cofrad\u00eda<\/em>), documentary (Dancing Beethoven<\/em>), adventure (Oro<\/em>), children animation (Atrapa la bandera<\/em>), adult animation (Memorias de un hombre en pijama<\/em>), and drama (La novia<\/em>). PEL\u00cdCULA will also show Latin American films from Argentina (Summit<\/em>) and Cuba (\u00daltimos d\u00edas en La Habana<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Oro<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Mi querida cofrad\u00eda<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Non-native Filipino speakers may not be aware that the Filipino term for film “pelikula”<\/em> came from the Spanish “pel\u00edcula”<\/em> of the same meaning. Ever since PEL\u00cdCULA\u2019s inception in 2002, it aimed to show the cultural ties between Spain and the Philippines by putting up joint Filipino-Spanish programs. This time, PEL\u00cdCULA 2018 collaborated with Cut Print Productions for the program Encuentros en el cine: Shorts from the Philippines and Spain. The program will feature ten recent Spanish shorts and premier two Filipino shorts: Alvin Belarmino\u2019s The Gathering<\/em> and Xian Lim\u2019s Our Love Story.<\/em><\/p>\n

A Tribute to Bergman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In honor of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), through the Embassy of Sweden and the UP Film Institute, PEL\u00cdCULA 2018 will present the special section \u201cBergman in Spain\u201d which will feature two of Bergman\u2019s films (Strawberry Fields<\/em> and Persona<\/em>) as well as two Spanish films influenced by Bergman\u2019s notion of cinema: Carlos Saura\u2019s Cria Cuervos<\/em> and Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s Tacones lejanos<\/em> (High Heels<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Los Amores Cobardes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Audience Choice Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Atrapa la\u00a0bandera<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, audiences should not pass up PEL\u00cdCULA\u2019s Audience Choice Award which is a staple of every PEL\u00cdCULA. \u00a0For the duration of the festival, the audience will be given stubs where they can rate the films they\u2019ve seen. The audience is qualified to join the raffle for every five films they\u2019ve watched. Up for grabs is a round-trip ticket to Spain<\/strong>. Meanwhile, the winning entry will be re-shown on October 14, 2018, at Greenbelt 3 then at Instituto Cervantes Intramuros on October 20, 2018, for PEL\u00cdCULA Fin de Fiesta.<\/p>\n

\"\"Campeones<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

October 4, Thursday<\/p>\n