Spanish Film of the Month

Sin Fin Cinema has developed a carefully selection of the most powerful, thought provoking, original
and enjoyable features films and documentaries to deliver a high quality Spanish Cinema to all corners of Amsterdam.

A monthly event, with a wide variety of films and locations, which will create the perfect hub to catch up with the most exciting Spanish Spoken Contemporary Cinema. The Spanish Film of the Month will enrich Amsterdam’s film culture with highly acclaimed films, which have been selected in the most important film festival worldwide, and give the chance to wide audiences and to experience them, since they have been never released in Amsterdam. It will strength Amsterdam’s network of film exhibition, together with Sin Fin Cinema proven track record in bringing the most demanding film programs to the most prestigious institutions. Every single screening will be follow by a Q&A and a complimentary Spanish wine afterwards ( Courtesy of Hacienda Zorita)

PROGRAMME

Relatos Salvajes / Wild Tales

Dir. Damian Szifron

Spain, Argentina | 2014 | 122 mins | Spanish with English Subtitles NETHERLANDS PREMIER! Sat 25th October | 20.30 | 10.50 €, concession 8,50 € | Pathé Tuchiski | – Vulnerable before a reality that can suddenly be modified and become unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization from brutality. A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in an everyday detail, appear themselves to push them towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control. Six hilarious short stories combine to form a macabre tango at the gates of madness in this outrageous comedy about the trials of modern life

The participation of the Almodóvar brothers as producers is no surprise. Wild Tales brings to mind such frantic early El Deseo productions as Labyrinth of Passions and Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

https://vimeo.com/137815867

Wakolda / The German Doctor

Dir: Lucía Puenzo

Argentina, Spain, Norway, France| 2013 | 93 mins | Spanish with English Subtitles NETHERLANDS PREMIER! Sat 1st November | 20.30 | 10 €, concession ? | De film Hallen | – When a strange doctor insinuates himself into the lives of a young girl and her Argentine family, they unwittingly begin a relationship with exiled Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ Joseph Mengele. As the doctor-patient bond intensifies, his obsessive quest for genetic purity is reawakened. Acclaimed writer-director Lucia Puenzo (XXY) studiously crafts this taut thriller based on real-life accounts of a deadly community surviving in secret, and the everyday proximity of evil.

https://vimeo.com/137817686

Hassan’s Way/ El Rayo

Dir: Fran Araujo & Ernesto de Nova

Spain, Portugal | 2013 | 86 mins | Spanish with English Subtitles AMSTERDAM PREMIER! Sat 19th December| 20:30 9 €, concession ? | Rialto | – The Straight Story in Spain. It is 2011, the crisis is at its height and there is no work. Time for illegal immigrant Hassan to buy a second- hand tractor with his savings and use it to drive back to Morocco. An exceptional road movie featuring an irrepressible optimist in the lead role.

https://vimeo.com/107494011

Long Distance/ 10,000Km

Dir: Carlos Marques- Marcet

Spain | 2014 | 99 mins | Spanish with English Subtitles NETHERLANDS PREMIER! Sat 17th January | 20.30 | 10 €, concession ? | The Movies | – A long distance relationship is pushed to the limits when 6,000 miles separate two lovers for a year. The film updates the classic long distance relationship motif with new technologies and storytelling methods. Technology becomes the only source of emotional communication when the protagonists living in Los Angeles and Barcelona.

https://vimeo.com/107494430

Dos Disparos / Two Shots Gun

Dir: Martin Rejtman

Argentina, The Netherlands | 2014 | 90 mins | Spanish with English Subtitles AMSTERDAM PREMIER! Sat 21th February | 09.45| 10.50 €, concession ? | The EYE | – Sixteen-year-old Mariano finds a gun at his home. In a thoughtless moment he shoots himself twice, but he survives.‘Two gun shots’ portrays the strained relations in the family and among friends because of the shooting.

https://vimeo.com/107509902