La Mirada - Jewels of Spanish Cinema

Sat 3 Mar 5pm Australian Premiere

Mothers (Madres)

Julia is a painter. She works and lives with her little daughter in a coastal village of Galicia.  One day, a lady visits her with this strange and difficult order: to paint a portrait of her dead son, of whom she does not have any photographs.

Sat 3 Mar 5pm Australian Premiere

Party Wall (Medianeras)

Gustavo Taretto, 28 min, Argentina 2005, Romance, Winner Acca Jury Prize, Mar Del Plata Film Festival, 2006; Best Latin American Short Film, Ibero American Short Film Competition, 2006; Best FictionShort Film, Expression en Corto International Film Festival, 2005.

Mariana and Martin have similar lives: the same loneliness, the same neurosis, even the same apartment, but they can't meet. Their only link is also what separates them: the sidewall.

Cast:
Mariana Anghileri, Javier Drolas, Valentina Liernud

Sat 3 Mar 5pm Australian Premiere

The Last Polaroid

(La Ultima Polaroid)

Mar Coll, 20 min, Spain 2004, Fiction. Winner 2nd SGAE shorts festival.

Eli and Mariana are two teenagers, best friends. But Mariana’s family is moving to another city. The two girls decide to spend the last night together. During that last night they will have to learn to say goodbye and to assimilate their separation.

Cast:
Marta Cabanillas, Aida Quesada

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