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¡Viva! on Tour 2008
Every year, a selection of ¡Viva! films hits the road, bringing tasty tapas of Latino dramas, comedies and documentaries to cinemas in the UK. Enjoy! ¡Disfruted!
Please note: not all films screen at all venues, Déficit and El baño del Papa only screen until May. Films participating in the tour this year are azuloscurocasinegro, El baño del Papa, Buenos Aires 1977, Déficit, Ladrones, La léon , Summer Rain & La zona.
The ¡Viva! tour is managed by the Independent Cinema Office. Full details of tour venues and dates can be found on www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
¡Viva! in Dublin
Twenty films from the festival will be showing at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin from 20 – 30 March. For more details visit www.irishfilm.ie
¡Viva! DVD's
As many of you asked where you can find the films you have seen during the festival, we are happy to announce the birth of the Soda ¡Viva! Collection, a new initiative between ¡Viva! and independent film distributor Soda Pictures. The collection will release the best of Spanish language feature films showcased at ¡Viva! on DVD.
Current releases include BLESSED BY FIRE and HAVANA BLUES. EL VIOLÍN and HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS will be released on the 24th of March and this year?s EL BAÑO DEL PAPA, LA ZONA and LA LEÓN will be released later this year. Discover more and buy them online at www.sodapictures.com
Film details
BLESSED BY FIRE is the first film to present the conflict from the Argentinean perspective and is based on the real life memoirs of writer Edgardo Esteban.
HAVANA BLUES is a feel-good music film with a heart, set to a soundtrack of original Cuban music, which also offers an insight into life on this absorbing and colourful island. The film was selected for the Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
EL VIOLÍN is the stunning feature début from Francisco Vargas set in rural 1970's Mexico. Don Plutarco (Angel Tavira), his son and grandson are farmers and traditional musicians who also support the campesina peasant guerrilla movement?s armed efforts. Beautifully shot in black and white, EL VIOLÍN is anchored on the amazing performance of Tavira, who won a Best Actor award at Cannes
Following its premiere in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes 2006, HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS has gone on to garner critical acclaim across the globe for its Beckett-tinged, pure cinematic distillation of Don Quixote. Reducing and re-working the plot of Cervantes? novel to its fundamentals, it follows Quixote and Sancho as they set off in search of adventures.
The ¡Viva! tour is managed by the Independent Cinema Office. Full details of tour venues and dates coming soon www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk
- Insituto Cervantes Manchester
- Metro
- University of Salford
- Journey Latin America