South Korea & Spain
In-person
Please NOTE: Once you RVSP, you will receive information or a reminder email about attending the in-person event. You may or may not receive this right away, but please look out for it! Each event may be different.
A discussion will follow each program to compare and contrast the films and the topics with special discussants:
Miguel Albero, Cultural Counselor, Embassy of Spain
Discussant TBD
Including a reception at the end of the program!
All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.
Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain
2801 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Votamos (Time to Vote)
Spain, 2021, 14 min.
Director: Santiago Requejo Lopez-Mateos
What begins as an ordinary board meeting in a traditional apartment building to vote on the renewal of the elevator, turns into an unexpected debate about the limits of pacific coexistence.
No me da la vida
Spain, 15 min.
Director: Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
A group of old friends share experiences as fathers and men, free to speak frankly in private. Suddenly, inevitably, life interrupts the gathering.
엄마 (Umma) (Mom)
South Korea, 2019, 9 min.
Director: Su-hyeong Lee
A mother's love is universal. Not every family relationship is as it seems, however, nor how it was meant to be.
낙화 (Lost in Beijing)
South Korea, 2020, 24 min.
Director: Hyun-il Kim
Hee-jin follows her boyfriend Sun-il to Beijing for a job interview. There she finds herself not only lost in Beijing, but in life. A stranger steps in to help her find her way.
