16 April 2021, 11:30 pm
SHORTS-TO-FEATURES
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions

A festival of Spanish films that showcases the work of four exceptional filmmakers organised in collaboration with Cervantes Institute, New Delhi and Alcalá de Henares Film Festival (ALCINE). Envisioned as a dialogue between two works (a short film and a feature film) of each filmmaker, the festival includes the films of directors Juanjo Giménez, Álex Montoya and Belén Macias and producer María del Puy Alvarado. Four filmmakers with different perspectives that showcases the diversity, vitality, robust presence and promising future of Spain’s younger directors. 

The online screenings will be held throughout April 2021 with a screening of two works each by the four filmmakers. All the films will be accessible for a period of 48 hours starting from 23:30 hours onwards on the dates indicated below. Vimeo links of the films will be sent by email and posted on the Centre’s website, www.iicdelhi.in

WEEK DEDICATED TO BELÉN MACÍAS

Marseille (Marsella) | (98 min; 2013; Spanish with English subtitles)
Director: Belén Macias 

Who has the better claim to a child: the struggling working-class biological mother unable to "properly" raise it — or the wealthy, middle-class adoptive mother who can? Does having money give you a greater claim on motherhood? These are some of the questions posed by Marseille.