On Tuesday 23 May on the roof of the Instituto Cervantes (31 Skoufa str., Athens) at 21.00 we will enjoy open-air cinema with the surreal Colombian animation film “THE OTHER SHAPE/LA OTRA FORMA” by Diego Felipe Guzman, with free entry. The screening is in collaboration with Animasyros International Animation Festival as a preview of their…
During the 7th FeCHA Film Festival, short films from Spain and Latin American will be presented in a programme titled “cortoFeCHA” with free entry at the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias str., Athens) on Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May. Programme follows: Monday 22 May 20.15 With subtitles in greekTotal duration 62’ ANABLANCA (Adi…
The acclaimed Spanish director and scriptwriter Félix Viscarret returns to Athens’ FeCHA Festival to present his film “STARING AT STRANGERS (No Mires a Los Ojos)”, based on the novel by “Desde la sombra” by Juan José Millás. On Friday the 26th May at 19.00 at the Hellenic Open University (4-6 Gravias str. Athens) Félix Viscarret…
Since the end of the 20th century, film production in the Basque Country and in the Basque language has had a unique development that has resulted in a highly varied range of themes. A film programme in collaboration with Filmoteca Vasca, Instituto Etxepare and Instituto Cervantes. The film programme: Monday 22 May 2023 – With…
On occasion of th eInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November, the Embassy of Argentina in Greece in collaboration with FeCHA – Festival de Cine Hispanófono de Atenas, will present a free online screening of the argentinean film “Algo Incorrecto/Something Wrong” by Susana Nieri available to Greece. A few words…
Festival de Cine Hispanófono de Atenas – FeCHA presents for the 3rd year, “Days of Hispanic Cinema” on 12-14 October 2022, which coincides with the “Día de la Hispanidad/ Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural”During the event, 2 award-winning films from Mexico and Peru via online viewing for free to all of Greece.The films…
Athens’ Hispanic Film Festival – FeCHA is back for its 6th edition to kick off the summer season with spanish speaking cinema. 11 feature films, a tribute to the 2022 Goya Awards with 6 short films, two documentaries with a focus on the environment and a tribute to Mexican director Arturo Ripstein is the core…
The director of the Spanish film “ The Substitute / El Sustituto“, Óscar Aibar, will be in Athens to present the premiere of his film, during the 6th Athens’ Hispanic Film Festival, on Friday 3rd June at the open air cinema Ellinis Cinemax. The Goya-nominated director has directed the films: El sustituto (2020), El bosque…
Flora and Victor are winners, capable of taking their competitiveness to the extreme, even in their marriage. So much is their hatred of losing that they have no problem arguing to the bitter end in order to win a fight, or to simply prove who’s right or wrong, no matter how absurd. So when…
Blanco, the charismatic owner of a family-run factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of the perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with a vengeful fired worker, a depressed supervisor, and an infatuated ambitious intern. To win the competition,…
When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not…
1982. A young cop who grew up around Madrid’s toughest neighbourhoods takes an assignment in a coastal town in the hopes of not only curing his daughter’s illness but also finding some peace and quiet. However, once there, he finds himself embroiled in the enquiry into the strange circumstances of his predecessor’s murder. The…
Based on Hector Abad Faciolince’s cult novel, FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE portrays the life of Héctor Abad Gómez, a prominent doctor and human rights activist in the polarized, violent Medellin of the 70s. A family man worried not only for his own children but those of the underprivileged classes as well, his home was imbued with…
Manuel is preparing his next show, a musical about making a musical show. He seeks the help of Sara his ex-wife and renowned choreographer to direct. In the casting, the young Ines will appear as a rising star while dealing with her father and local mob. During the rehearsals, the passion and tension will grow…
During a night of 1989, in the middle of the Salvadoran civil war, six Jesuit priests were murdered at the UCA University. The news has an immediate international repercussion since their contribution was key in the foreseeable peace agreement after a decade of bloody war. Who killed them? The government immediately blamed the guerrillas but…
Uruguay (1972) unavoidably falls into a terrible dictatorship. Diego and Leonardo, two writers of a well-known TV comedy show, struggle to maintain their integrity under the pressure they receive to tone down their political satires against the military. On the side of the oppressors, Rojas, the lieutenant in charge of torturing subversive youth, finds emotional…
Luzmila and Peta are two sisters who come from a modest environment and work as housemaids for Alicia and Carmen, two aristocratic ladies of Peru. They are almost considered a part of the families or, at least, that’s what it seems… But one day, as the city is taken over by violent protests, a birthday…
Two brothers have been in a juvenile prison for a year, dreaming. The arrival of a rebellious young man offers a possible escape: the only door to make those dreams come true. My brothers dream awake / Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos Claudia Huaiquimilla, Chile, 2021, 85’
After risking his life crossing the Florida Straits on a raft, a young Cuban searches Miami for his long-absent father. When a political shift makes him America’s first Cuban undocumented immigrant, he must battle the new and bigger fear of deportation, while trying to find where he really belongs. The last rafter / El último…
On Thursday 9th June, the 6th Athens’ Hispanic Film Festival – FeCHA will present the nominated and awarded short fiction films from the Goya 2022 Spanish film awards with free entry at the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias str. – Metro station: Panepistimio). Thursday 9th June 2022 19.30 YALLA Carlo D’Ursi, Spain, 2020, 10’ Four…
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