The Year of the Discovery (El Año del Descubrimiento)
Director: Luis López Carrasco
Year: 2020
Duration: 200 min Language: Spanish
Online:
27-29 November (UK Only). Get your tickets here
In Cinemas:
Glasgow GFT – Sunday 29 Nov. Tickets TBC
In 1992, when the Olympics and the Expo at last presented Spain as an emerging new democracy, Spanish liberal government pushed for an accelerated process of de-industrialisation in the name of a supposed economical progress, leaving the working class in distraught and the trade unions left behind. Sounds familiar?
El Año del Descubrimiento provocatively blends past and present, portraying Spain after the deindustrialization of the 1980s and after the 2008 global financial crisis through the eyes of working-class people in bars and cafes in the southern city of Cartagena.
The Year of the Discovery Recovers a Piece of Spanish History with a Formally Audacious
Perspective (The Film Stage)
A film that sponge up some of the anxieties of the day – from Brexit to the rise of the alt-right, from the
fate of trade unions to that of the EU (Senses of Cinema)
Festivals: Cinéma du Réel Paris – Best Film, Grand Prix Winner, NYFF- New York Film Festival, IFFR – Rotterdam Film Festival, IndieLisboa Independent Film Festival, Thessaloniki Documentary Film, Jeonju Film Festival – Special Jury Prize, Winner
DON’T MISS | LIVE TALK WITH STUC AND WORKERS ASSOCIATIONS
Off the Hook. A conversation with the film co-writer Raul Liarte on the relationship between cinema, workers rights and the (mis)representation of workers in films. Speakers: Raul Liarte (Co-writer of the film), Tommy Breslin (Scottish Trades Union Congress) David Archibald (University of Glasgow), Bechaela Walker (Workers’ Educational Association)
Monday 30 November, 6pm – Live on CinemaAttic and STUC Facebook and Youtube channels
We’re proud to offer this Live Talk in collaboration with Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC)
CinemaAttic wants to thank all the institutions, partners and friends who made the Catalan Film Festival in this challenging year:
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