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June 15
6:30 p.m.

Spain & Japan

Spain & Japan

In-person 

 

NOTE: After you RVSP, you will receive information or a reminder email, but you may or may not receive this right away. Please look out for it before the event! Each event may be different. 

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A discussion will follow each program to compare and contrast the films and the topics with special discussants. 

 
Risa Fujita, Second Secretary & Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Japan

Miguel Albero, Cultural Counselor, Embassy of Spain

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Including a reception at the end of the program! 

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All films are subtitled in English, unless otherwise noted.

Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain

2801 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Loop

Spain, 2021, 8 min.

Director: Pablo Polledri

In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again. In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again. In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again. In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again.

 

The Old Woman Skin

Japan, 2021, 19 min.

Director: Hiroki Inoue

"I don't like to be told I'm beautiful." Before going to Tokyo from her hometown in Fukushima, Kyoko stops by a hot spring. There, she's given magical skin that allows her to transform into an old woman, enabling her to find out what's truly in the heart of others.

 

The Treatment

Spain, 2019, 9 min.

Director: Álvaro Carmona

Miguel is bald and thinks it is a problem. When he is contacted by a clinic that promises a treatment with a 100% success rate, it sounds too good to be true—and that's the side effect.

 

Manga Girls

Japan, 2021, 9 min.

Directors: Yuki Kedoin, Takashi Okado

A middle school student loves drawing manga and expressing herself but can't find a peaceful place to focus. She searches all around her school but feels as if she is being followed, so she ends up hiding somewhere quite unexpected.

 

Mesa para 3 (Table for 3)

Spain, 2022, 13 min.

Directors: Álvaro García and Meka Ribera

Five friends book a table at an exclusive restaurant to discover upon arrival that the establishment can only offer them a table for three—two must go without dinner. This unforeseen event will test the friendship and ties between them.

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