¡Viva! Festival is a venue-wide celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture in Manchester. It brings a specially selected programme of film, theatre and visual art from across the Spanish-speaking world. The film programme features the best in new Spanish and Latin American filmmaking, presenting an exciting line-up including UK premieres and filmmaker Q&As, with works from new and established directors in Spain, and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
This edition commemorated the 40th anniversary of the abolition of censorship in Spain with a special focus on the transition to democracy era, La Transición. It included films from and about the period, a theatre piece reflecting the theme and a major contemporary visual art group exhibition reacting to the hedonistic counterculture movement La Movida.
The film programme featured the best in new Spanish and Latin American filmmaking, an exciting line-up of around 25 films including multiple UK premieres and a number of filmmaker post-screening Q&As, with works from both new and established directors in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America. It included 10-15 Spanish films, with at least 1 in the Basque language and at least 1 in Catalan. There was also the long-standing free Spanish-language event led by the Instituto Cervantes, in which language learners could engage in debate and discuss a wide variety of issues raised in the film programme.
AC/E supported the participation of director Marina Seresesky and producer Álvaro Lavín, who hosted a post-screening Q&A session after their films were shown.
This edition commemorated the 40th anniversary of the abolition of censorship in Spain with a special focus on the transition to democracy era, La Transición. It included films from and about the period, a theatre piece reflecting the theme and a major contemporary visual art group exhibition reacting to the hedonistic counterculture movement La Movida.
The film programme featured the best in new Spanish and Latin American filmmaking, an exciting line-up of around 25 films including multiple UK premieres and a number of filmmaker post-screening Q&As, with works from both new and established directors in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America. It included 10-15 Spanish films, with at least 1 in the Basque language and at least 1 in Catalan. There was also the long-standing free Spanish-language event led by the Instituto Cervantes, in which language learners could engage in debate and discuss a wide variety of issues raised in the film programme.
AC/E supported the participation of director Marina Seresesky and producer Álvaro Lavín, who hosted a post-screening Q&A session after their films were shown.