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El @_ESFF llega a su octava edición

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-events/scottish-film-events-october-2021 October brings a brand new cinema to Edinburgh (kinda), and more festivals than you can shake a stick at. The leaves are starting to turn, and that signals it’s about to get pretty fucking bleak outside. But never fear, there’ll be plenty of heat coming off our cinemas and laptop screens this autumn thanks … Read more

https://film.list.co.uk/article/129641-the-edinburgh-spanish-film-festival-is-back-in-hybrid-form/ In-person and online screenings are planned when the event returns in October A vibrant and varied programme promising something for everyone has been announced for the eighth edition of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, a popular event which returns in-person from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 October, with online access available from Thursday 14 … Read more

Seville is the setting for this light hearted comedy that has intergenerational sorority at its heart. Sara (Juana Acosta) is a beautiful woman in her late thirties and a high flyer in an insurance company, who casts a calculating eye over her work and her life. Her tightly pulled back hair is highly symbolic of … Read more

The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival welcomes film fans to its 8th Edition. The festival is delighted to be back in the cinema and offer audiences a new hybrid event of both in-person and online screenings and events featuring a total of 21 feature films and 8 short films in Spanish over the month of October. The 2021 festival has … Read more

Sobering storytelling with a lavish design and contemporary warning. “Drain the swamp”. “Taking back control”. Or, in the case of Alejandro Amenábar’s 2019 release While at War: “Long live death”. Amenábar searingly paints a sobering and sturdy (true) story of the tactics utilised at the onset of the Spanish Civil War to quash and forcefully remove rebellion opposition through propaganda … Read more

Drama about a teenage stroke survivor suffers due to its misplaced focus. When popular teenager Camila (Francisca Walker) suffers a stroke whilst swimming at a party, her whole life is put on hold. Once looking forward to attending university in the US and socialising with her friends, she now no longer wants to leave her … Read more

A meeting to determine an editor’s successor effectively covers a range of issues but stumbles during its third act. n the night before Christmas, newspaper editor Antonio (Ernesto Alterio) reveals to his assistant editor Macarena (Clara Lago) that he is planning to retire and tells her that he must interview her to decide between her … Read more

A thought-provoking drama on immigration that uses its outsider perspective to great effect. young engineer, Beto (Vito Sanz), is assigned to go to the North African city of Melilla in order to work on border fencing to keep African immigrants from illegally crossing over to mainland Europe. When Beto arrives, he becomes involved with Nagore … Read more

tención! The return of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival is nigh. In just over a week’s time, this hugely popular celebration of Hispanic cinema will return to Scottish shores – and to cyberspace – in a hybrid format of itself for its eighth incarnation. After the pandemic forced ESFF into an online-only edition last time around, the … Read more