Spanish

  • Fin de Sigle/End of the Century  :  Poem, painting or dream? 

    Fin de Sigle/End of the Century  : Poem, painting or dream? 

      For anyone who has traveled alone the first 12 wordless minutes of Fin de Sigle are so recognizably real that you don’t realize you are being set up for a love story that is not quite a poem, a painting or a dream. Gustavo, or Ocho (Juan Barberini) as he is known by his childhood…

  • Be Happy The Musical : will probably make you miserable

    Be Happy The Musical : will probably make you miserable

    If you manage to sit through this whole movie, then the very thing you will certainly not be is Happy. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Ventura Pons has gathered together a very impressive European cast that include the likes of  Sian Phillips, Vicky Peña, Gary Wilmot, Billy Cullum and the entire Mallorca Gay Men Chorus who all…

  • Second Star on the Right : a story of friendships

    Second Star on the Right : a story of friendships

      This is one of two lesbian dramas that Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli has playing on the film festival circuit and they both share the two of the leading ladies Alejandra Lara,  and Silvia Varón. Second Star on the Right is the story of four 30-something-year-old women who have been friends since schooldays.  Now grown…

  • Versatile

    Versatile

      Should what role you play in bed be enough to make or break your relationship even if you are versatile?  This excellent =short movie from queer Spanish filmmaker Carlos Ocho takes a very definite stance on this, which you may or may not agree with, but will intrigue you anyway.   https://www.carlosocho.com/