2020 Screenings
(All films will be screened in their original version with Spanish subtitles)
- Special Sessions
- Competitive Section
- Focus Poland Section
- Spanish Female Authors Panorama
- Inéditas from Bolivia and Costa Rica Section
- Contemporary Arab Women Directors II Section
- Section Contemporary German Directors
- Swedish Directors Section
- Featured Creators Section. A proposal by the National Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
- Alice Guy, A Film Pioneer: Short Films Selection Section
- Céline Sciamma Retrospective
- Óperas primas. Coming of Age Section
- Propuestas de La Morada de Malasaña Section
- Cine por mujeres on 8 Madrid TV
Special Sessions
Palacio de la Prensa (Plaza de Callao nº4)
Admission: invitation only
Festival Opening
The Professional Career Award will be given and the opening film will be screened.
Palacio de la Prensa
Plaza de Callao 4
Admission: invitation only
November 4th
8 pm
Opening ceremony and screening of Los tiburones, by Lucía Garibaldi. Uruguay. 80′
With the support of Casa de América and Wanda Films.
Festival Closing
The Best Film Award will be given by an international jury to one of the directors in the Competitive Section. In addition, the award for Best Spanish Film decided by members of the Blogos de Oro Awards Association will be presented, courtesy of RC Service with 3,000 euros in discounts for film equipment rental.
Palacio de la Prensa
Plaza de Callao 4
Presented by: Nerea Pérez de las Heras, journalist, comedian, and author of the book Feminismo para torpes (Feminism for the clumsy)
Admission: invitation only
November 13 th
8 – 10 pm
Closing ceremony and screening of Misbehaviour, by Philippa Lowthorpe. United Kingdom. 106′.
With the support of Movistar +.
Competitive Section
Eleven international feature films that have not been premiered yet in either Spain or Madrid, produced between 2018 and 2020, will be screened and compete for the Best Film Award. A selection of 7 of them will also be available on FILMIN.
Cine Estudio del Círculo de Bellas Artes
Calle del Marqués de Casa Riera nº4
Admission: 3€
Ticket sales
El agente Topo (The Mole Agent)
Maite Alberdi, Chile, Germany, Spain, Holland and United States
Documentary, 2020, 84’
La última primavera (Last Days of Spring)
Isabel Lamberti, Netherlands and Spain
Fiction/Documentary, 2020,77’
Focus Poland Section
Three feature films will be screened and premiered in Spain, all of them by renowned female directors from Poland, the guest country in the 3rd edition of Festival de Cine por Mujeres. Two of them will also be available on FILMIN
Sala de Cine de la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas
Calle de Zurbano nº 3
Admission: 3.15 €
Venta de entradas
Spanish Female Authors Panorama
Sixteen Spanish feature films shot between 2018 and 2019 will be screened, one of which will be premiered in Madrid. These films will compete for the Best Spanish Film Award, granted by the Blogos de Oro association and sponsored by RC Services. The prize will consist of 3.000 euros in discounts on film equipment for rental.
Sala Berlanga de la Fundación SGAE
Calle de Andrés Mellado 53
Admission: 3€
Ticket sales
Cartas mojadas
Paula Palacios, Spain
Documentary, 2020, 81’
Ara Malikian. Una vida entre las cuerdas (Ara Malikian. A Life Among Strings)
Nata Moreno, Spain
Documentary, 2019, 89’
Inéditas from Bolivia and Costa Rica Section
Two feature films, directed by Latin American women, produced in 2019, will be screened at www.filmin.es, thanks to Casa de América’s support.
Casa América
www.casamerica.es
Contemporary Arab Women Directors II Section
Three feature films directed by Arab women and produced in 2019 will be screened in Madrid. At least one of them will be premiered in Spain and three others will be screened at Casa Árabe in Córdoba. Four feature films will be available on FILMIN
Casa Árabe en Madrid / Córdoba
Calle de Alcalá 62 / Calle de Samuel de los Santos y Gener 9
Admission: 4€ online and 5€ at the box office (Madrid) / Admission: free (Córdoba)
Ticket sales
Section Contemporary German Directors
Three films from the 2019 Berlinale International Film Festival’s Retrospective: “Self-Determined. Perspective of Women Filmmakers”, will be screened.
Goethe-Institut Madrid
Calle de Zurbarán 21
Free admission upon registration
Wer fürchtet sich vorm schwarzen Mann (Who’s afraid of the Bogeyman?)
Helke Misselwitz, Germany
Documentary, 1989, 52’
Swedish Directors Section
Four feature films, produced between 2018 and 2019 will be screened, one of which will be premiered in Madrid. A key film by Mai Zetterling, a pioneer in the history of cinema, will also be screened. All films will be available on FILMIN
Cineteca Madrid. Sala Plató
Plaza de Legazpi 8
Admission: 3.50€
Ticket sales
Featured Creators Section. A proposal by the National Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The documentary film Beyond the visible – Hilda af Klint will be shown at FILMIN, thanks to the National Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s support.
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Salón de Actos
www.museothyssen.org
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
In collaboration with Films For Hope, a special screening will take place with the Spanish premiere of the film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, produced by Jodie Foster. The film will also be available on FILMIN
Cineteca Madrid. Sala Plató
Plaza de Legazpi 8
Admission: 3.50€
Ticket sales
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Pamela B. Green, United States
Documentary, 2018, 103’
Alice Guy, A Film Pioneer: Short Films Selection Section
Thirteen short films by pioneer French filmmaker Alice Guy will be screened.
November 13th 2020. 8 pm
Teatro del Instituto Francés de Madrid
Calle del Marqués de la Ensenada nº 12
Admission: 4€ ticket office. 5€ online
Ticket sales
Céline Sciamma Retrospective
An accurated selection of three feature films directed by Céline Sciamma will be screened.
Centro Comercial Palacio de Hielo
Calle de Silvano 77
Admission: 5,50€
Ticket sales
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Céline Sciamma, France
Fiction, 2019, 122’
Óperas primas. Coming of Age Section
A selection of four films from different countries with the theme of Coming of Age as the common thread will be screened.
Sala de Cine de Sala Equis
Calle Duque de Alba 4
Admission: 6,90€
Venta de entradas
Propuestas de La Morada de Malasaña Section
Two films directed by leading European directors will be screened.
Sala Reina Mora de La Morada
Calle de la Palma 11
Admission: 5€
www.la-morada.es/es
Cine por mujeres on 8 Madrid TV
8madrid TV will broadcast in prime time a selection of four Spanish films directed by Pilar Miró, Daniela Féjerman, Patricia Ferreira and Eva Lesmes.
8madrid TV
www.8madrid.tv
El alquimista impaciente (The Impatient Alchemist)
Patricia Ferreira, Spain and Argentina
Fiction, 2002, 110’
