Films
THE SILENCE OF OTHERS
Released 2018 / 96 minutes
Directed by Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar
Filmed over six years, THE SILENCE OF OTHERS reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, as they organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit and fight a “pact of forgetting” around the crimes they suffered. A cautionary tale about fascism and the dangers of forgetting the past.
Screening times: Thursday, September 24, 7:00 pm EST
and Friday, September 25, 2:30 pm EST Link
Live discussion with Almudena Carracedo
Friday, September 25, 4:30 pm EST Link
THE CHAMBERMAID
Released 2019 / 102 minutes
Directed by Lila Avilés
In her feature debut, theater director Lila Avilés turns the monotonous workday of Eve (Gabriela Cartol), a chambermaid at a high-end Mexico City hotel, into a beautifully observed film of rich detail. Set entirely in this alienating environment, with extended scenes taking place in the guest rooms, hallways, and cleaning facilities, this minimalist yet sumptuous movie brings to the fore Eve’s hopes, dreams, and desires. As with Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA, set in the same city, The Chambermaid salutes the invisible women caretakers who are the hard-working backbone of society.
Screening times: Thursday, Oct 1, 7:00pm EST
Friday, October 2, 7:00 pm EST Link
Live discussion with actress Gabriela Cartol:
Friday, October 2, 9:00 pm EST Link
CARMEN AND LOLA
Released 2018 / 105 minutes
Directed by Arantxa Echevarría
Carmen is a gypsy teenager living in the outskirts of Madrid. Like every other gypsy woman, she is destined to live a life that is repeated generation after generation: getting married and raising as many children as possible. But one day she meets Lola, an uncommon gypsy who dreams about going to university, draws bird graffiti and is very different. Carmen quickly develops a complicity with Lola and discovers a world that, inevitably, leads them to be rejected by their families.
Screening times: Thursday, Oct. 8 and Friday, October 9, 7:00 pm EST Link, PASSWORD: CANNESyLOLA_EN
Live Discussion with film scholar Maria del Mar López-Cabrales: Friday, October 9, 9:00 pm EST Link
SANDS OF SILENCE
Released 2016 / 86 minutes
Directed by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle
A 15-year quest to expose the underworld of sexual exploitation and trafficking from Asia to the Americas leads world-reporter Chelo Alvarez-Stehle to the windswept beach where her childhood ended and family secrets began. As she documents the transformation of sex-trafficking survivor Virginia Isaias—a Mexican American woman whose past is engulfed in a cycle of sexual exploitation—into an inspiring advocate committed to break that pattern, Chelo undertakes a parallel journey of healing and introspection and sets out to shatter the silence about sexual abuse in her own life.
Screening times: Thursday, October 15, 7:00 pm EST and Friday, October 16, 2:30 pm EST Link
Password: SOS_USL1
Live Discussion with director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle:
Friday, October 16, 4:30 pm EST Link
MIRIAM LIES
Released 2018 / 90 minutes
Directed by Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada
A quiet middle-class world of good intentions begins to crumble when fourteen-year-old Miriam meets her internet boyfriend. While her family and friends prepare for her a traditional fifteen birthday party, Miriam doesn’t know how to explain that her boyfriend is black.
Screening times: Thursday, Oct 22 and Friday, October 23, 7:00 pm EST Link, Password: m1Ri@mM Password: m1Ri@mM
Live Discussion with Director Natalia Cabral:
Friday, October 23, 9:00 pm EST Link
*Some of these films contain graphic images that may be disturbing to viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.
