Metro Cinema Society: Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Festival of New Spanish Cinema

Now in its second year at Metro, the 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema consolidates itself as the most important itinerant festival of contemporary Spanish Cinema in North America. The Festival, presented by Pragda and The Spanish Embassy of Canada, will screen some of the most popular, innovative and risky Spanish films of the year.

All films in Spanish with English sub-titles.

Spanish: No Rest for the Wicked

Director: Enrique Ubizu

Spain 2011, 104 min, Digital

Nov 2 & 4 (2012) @ 7pm

Inspector Santos Trinidad, a veteran policeman, drinks too much and works too little. Events turn sour one night and Santos finds himself implicated in a triple homicide. As he runs from the accusations, he starts the hunt for the one... view more

Spanish: Madrid, 1987

Director: David Trueba

Spain 2011, 104 min, Digital

Nov 3 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 4 (2012) @ 2pm

José Sacristán and María Valverde shine in David Trueba’s intelligent, witty, and sensual new film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim. On a hot summer day in a vacant Madrid during a period of social and... view more

Spanish: Carmina or Blow Up

Director: Paco León

Spain 2012, 71 min, Digital

Nov 7 (2012) @ 9pm
Nov 12 (2012) @ 7pm

Famous comedian Paco León drags us to the surreal and wild world of Carmina, a 58 year old woman who manages a bar with Iberian products in Sevilla. Due to the lack of support from the insurance company following a... view more

Spanish: Sleep Tight

Director: James Balaguero

Spain 2011, 101 min, Digital

Nov 9 & 11 (2012) @ 9pm

Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara, one of his building’s cheeriest residents,... view more

Spanish: The Double Steps

Director: Isaki Lacuesta

Spain 2011, 86 min, Digital

Nov 10 (2012) @ 7pm
Nov 11 (2012) @ 2pm

The best way to escape from your pursuers without leaving any traces behind you is to walk backwards over your own footprints. This is what French artist and author François Augiéras believed as he painted every inch of the walls... view more