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Humans Bound by Technology in the Sculpture and Paintings of Ángel Calvente

The works of this Andorran-Spanish artist are full of classical reverence for the human body and potential, but the reminders of technological subjugation offer a fresh, ominous spin

December 1st, 2020|Country: Andorra, Spain|

The Diminishing Returns of Migration and Love—‘Juanita’, dir. Leticia Tonos Paniagua, 2018

An absorbing exploration of what it means to be a migrant woman or one of her loved ones told through a hybrid of a romantic comedy, Christmas film, and a homecoming narrative

April 9th, 2020|Country: Dominican Republic, Spain|

Queerness, Gender Discrimination, and Cults on the Margins of the Chinese Dream—‘A Dog Barking at the Moon’, dir. Lisa Zi Xiang, 2019

A taut, inventive drama dissects how preoccupation with gender fulfillment and marriage in the Chinese society can lead to alienation: an expectant mother rediscovers the misery in her childhood home

April 7th, 2020|Country: China, Spain|

A Dog’s Heart—‘Marona’s Fantastic Tale’, dir. Anca Damian, 2019

Abstract art meets unconditional love in an animated film about a dog's history living with humans: a dazzling all-age feature from Romanian auteur and an international team of visual artists

February 4th, 2020|Country: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Romania, Spain|

Exploring Alternate Realities Through Gay Romance—‘End of the Century’, dir. Lucio Castro, 2019

Two men hook up and recognize each other from a brief encounter twenty years ago. What could have been if they had acted differently back then? A highly imaginative Argentine feature debut

January 7th, 2020|Country: Argentina, Spain|

Feminism’s Quiet Battle in ‘The Awakening of the Ants’, dir. Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, 2019

A woman from a traditional Costa Rican family doesn't want to have another baby. A simple decision turns into an act of defiance in a smart, lyrical portrayal of Latina womanhood

December 16th, 2019|Country: Costa Rica, Spain|

Iceberg Nations, Stupid Borders, and Minimal Republics by Ruben Martín de Lucas and Fernando Martín Borlán

An artist and a film director join forces to imitate the notion of creating sovereign states in a project that shows just how absurd private and national claims on the Earth's territories are

November 12th, 2019|Country: Borderless Earth, Spain|

Film: The Silence of Others, dir. Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo, 2018

Almodóvar-produced documentary about the victims of Franco's regime who are trying to find justice in courts despite the resistance of Spain's government to own up to its past crimes

August 22nd, 2019|Country: Argentina, Spain, USA|

Book: Gaston Dorren, Babel, 2018

A book of wildly entertaining and illuminating essays on the world’s top 20 languages that celebrates the planet’s differences and similarities in a new way and makes you want to learn a new language

July 11th, 2019|Country: Brazil, Cameroon, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tamil Eelam, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam|

Book: Jose Manuel Robledo and Marcial Toledano, Ken Games Series, 2009-2017

A series of graphic novels from the Spanish powerduo about a group of friends who are hiding their real identities even from each other

June 5th, 2019|Country: Spain|

Music: Deben Bhattacharya, Zingari, 2011

Following the routes of Roma migration across Europe via music

April 25th, 2019|Country: Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Roma, Romania, Spain|

Book: Jose Manuel Robledo and Marcial Toledano, Tebori, 2016-2018

A tattoo artist finds himself amidst a Yakuza feud in this graphic novel

April 20th, 2019|Country: Japan, Spain|

Book: Raule and Philippe Berthet, The Art of Dying, 2018

A noir graphic novel set in Barcelona about a bone-weary detective trying to save his fake daughter’s murder

April 8th, 2019|Country: France, Spain|

Book: Max, Vapor, 2012

September 19th, 2018|Country: Spain|

Film: Niñato, dir. Adrián Orr 2017

July 11th, 2018|Country: Spain|