Los otros formatos del cine en Galicia llegan a la cárcel

Hoy jueves a mediodía se presentó, en convocatoria abierta al público y a la prensa, la sección del (S8) “Otros formatos del cine en Galicia”. A la presentación acudieron Xurxo Taxes y Anxela Caramés, comisarios de la muestra “Acciones y delirios en 8mm. Galicia 1975-85″, protagonista del apartado de “Cine recuperado”, Ignacio Pardo, artista representado en esta muestra, y José Manuel Sande, del CGAI, quien se encargó de presentar el ciclo de artistas gallegas que compone el apartado “Hoxe” de la sección.

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Ready, steady… go!

On this Wednesday evening took place at the Colon Theatre, the opening of the (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico second edition with the showing of the complete and restored version of Metropolis that retrieves all the magnificence of this essential pillar of avant-garde film, directed by Fritz Lang. Philharmonic Orchestra of Pontevedra, directed by Javier Viceiro, offered a touching interpretation of the original score, and it was a wonderful accompaniment to those amazing frames. This powerful combination won the soul of the audience. And it also was a perfect opening for these four upcoming days when the Old Provincial Prison of La Coruña will be taken by the most stimulating of experimental and peripheral cinema.

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Heaven on Earth: manifestations of ineffable

To deal with sensuality and all the sensorial fragments on Earth, to reach another world. To shape the light, through a camera, to give a glimpse at the afterlife. To use rhythms and sound to reach a new phase of consciousness that let us touch the ethereal universe and to give a glimpse at the soul. Heaven in Earth is a film season that gathers four american innovative creators who work on that ground: Zoe Beloff, Nathaniel Dorsky, Robert Beavers y Phil Solomon. Cinema, which is light, sound and cadence, means to them the most convenient way to outline all that is beyond our understanding. To materialize the intangible.To recreate heaven in Earth.

New official (S8) second edition video

(S8) Mostra second edition, which will take place from June 2nd to 5th, already has an officialvideo. This videoclip created by Abuse is linked with the Mostra´s central idea which isthe appropiation and the recycling, the second life of the images, and uses a pig as the symbol. Aprimitive sign of the national culture that is used as a joke for the spanish expression “from cinema,as well as from pig, everything is fully exploited”. info

Dúo Cobra, Contemporary Super 8 and Primavera Sound

Duo Cobra, an unclassifiable and flamboyant Spanish pop band, will be at the Contemporary Super 8 (S8) hand in hand with the artist who made their hyptotic video clips, La Follable.

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