NEWS
L'Alternativa takes a trip to Perpignan
// February 2009
L’Alternativa has been invited by the Institut Jean Vigo in Perpignan to propose a evening of films for the cinema Marcel Oms. The programme will present Les hommes by Khristine Gillard and Painting Paradise by Barbara Hlali, both films were in competition at the 2008 edition of the festival.
10th February 2009, 7pm
Arsenal - 1 rue Jean Vielledent | 66000 Perpignan, Francia
Cinémathèque Institut Jean Vigo
L'Alternativa takes a trip to La Enana Marrón
// January 2009
Throughout the months of January and February 2009 l’Alternativa will present 24 films from the last edition of the Festival at the independent cinema La Enana Marrón, located in central Madrid. The 7 programmes include shorts, animation, feature and documentary films, including l’Alternativa prize winners The Mosquito Problem, Amatorul, Orgesticulanismus and L'évasion.
Minuit moins dix, minuit moins cinq (Sabine Massenet)
Amatorul (Marian Crisan)
Yours Truly (Osbert Parker)
Falsche Freunde (Sylvia Schedelbauer)
Si tu ignores le nom des choses (Jean-Claude Taki)
Painting Paradise (Barbara Hlali)
Orgesticulanismus (Mathieu Labaye)
Rif (Eric Steegstra)
Plot Point (Nicolas Provost)
Bildfenster | Fensterbilder (Bert Gottschalk)
Fêlures (Ducord Alexis & Pawloski Nicolas)
Kamel s'est suicidé six fois; son père est mort (Soufiane Adel)
La Svedese (Nicolas Liguori)
Entre chiens et loups (Jean-Gabriel Périot)
Eintritt zum Paradies um 3€20 (Edith Stauber)
La sombra de Don Roberto (Juan Diego Spoerer, Håkan Engström)
Uitverkocht (Marie José van der Linden, Gerrit van Dijk)
L'évasion (Demuynck Arnaud)
Valuri (Adrian Sitaru)
The Mosquito Problem (Andrey Paounov)
Año uña (Jonás Cuarón)
Decir adiós? (Víctor Iriarte)
Pas a nivell (Pere Vilà i Barceló)
We Went to Wonderland (Xiaolu Guo)
From 15th January 2009
Travesía de San Mateo 8, 28004 Madrid
La Enana Marrón
L'Alternativa in Chile
// October 2008
We're presenting 2 films (Raghs haye talai and Koraci) at the Cine Arica Nativa, a festival in northern Chile, dedicated to films exploring life in rural environments.
30th October-1st November 2008
Cine Arica Nativa
L'Alternativa returns to Cerbère
// October 2008
Les Rencontres Cinématographiques du Belvédère du Rayon-Vert is back and we've prepared a programme to celebrate the 4th edition. L'escale, Koraci and Raghs haye talai will screen and the filmmakers will be present to introduce their films.
5th - 8st October 2008
Belvedere du Rayon Vert, Cerbère, France
Les Rencontres Cinématographiques
L'Alternativa in Sant Petersburg
// August 2008
In August L'Alternativa will travel to research fresh new places: we're off to Russia! L'Alternativa presents a programme of short films at the Sant Petersburg Festival of Open Cinema, Shorts & Animation.
What am I doing here? (Daniel Cuberta Touzón)
Dad'da Zeydam Brahim (ocío Huertas)
I Am a Bomb (Elodie Pong)
Twist (Alexia Walther)
...Almost Like One of the Family (Astrid Göransson)
Weiss (Florian Grolig)
For a Better World (Barbara Hlali)
Thanks Anyway (Mischa Leinkauf)
George Grows (Martin Schmidt)
Little Heart Attacks (Daniel Cuberta Touzón)
Violeta, the Fisherwoman of the Black Sea (Marc Riba & Anna Solanas)
One Another. Three Hundred and Sixty Degrees of Separation (Michael Roseth)
Video 3000 (Marc Schleiss)
8-16th August
Open Cinema
L'Alternativa in La Palma
// July 2008
This summer the l'Alternativa Exchanges are working harder than ever! In July, l'Alternativa presents a programme of short films at Festivalito, the Canaries International Short Film Festival.
2 or 3 Things I Knew About Her (Eli Cortiñas Hidalgo)
Yo y mi terraza (Ana Rodriguez Rosell)
Georg wächst (Martin Schmidt)
...nästan som en i familjen (Astrid Göransson)
For a Better World (Barbara Hlali)
Pequeños ataques al corazón (Daniel Cuberta Touzón)
¿Qué hago yo aquí? (Daniel Cuberta Touzón)
Violeta, la pescadora del mar negro (Marc Riba & Anna Solanas)
Weiß (Florian Grolig)
One Another. Three hundred degrees of separation (Michael Roseth)
Video 3000 (Marc Schleiss)
12-19 July 2008
Festivalito
L'Alternativa in Poland
// July 2008
This July, l'Alternativa presents a programme of short films as part of the Exchanges project in Tofifest, Torún International Film Festival.
2 or 3 Things I Knew About Her (Eli Cortiñas Hidalgo)
Yo y mi terraza (Ana Rodriguez Rosell)
Georg wächst (Martin Schmidt)
...nästan som en i familjen (Astrid Göransson)
For a Better World (Barbara Hlali)
Trotzdem Danke (Mischa Leinkauf)
Pequeños ataques al corazón (Daniel Cuberta Touzón)
5-11 July 2008
Tofifest
A project on the move
// June 2008
L'Alternativa's Itinerant and Exchange programmes are now fully consultable online.
If you have a project dedicated to giving visibility to independent film and are interested in screening our curated programmes, composed of films from the last edition of the Festival, please check.
If you are interested in proposing and hosting programmes please check.
Documentary winner at l'Alternativa released in Madrid and Barcelona
// May 2008
La Osa Mayor Menos Dos (The Great Bear Minus Two) by David Reznak will be released in cinemas in Madrid and Barcelona on Friday 9 May. The film won best Documentary Award at l'Alternativa 2006, and was shot over the course of a year, portraying the natural cycle of events in a mental hospital in Madrid.
L'Alternativa takes a trip to Dresden
// Abril 2008
L'Alternativa presents a programme of short films at FilmFest Dresden.
Lo que trae la lluvia (Alejandro Fernández Almendras)
Under Construction (Zhenchen Liu)
Birdcalls (Malcolm Sutherland)
L'escale (Shalimar Preuss)
Le printemps de Sant Ponç (David Epiney / Eugenia Mumemthaler)
Nijuman no borei (Jean Gabriel Periot)
15-20th April 2008
Filmtheater Metropolis & Club Dagmar (Waldschlösschenareal - Am Brauhaus 8)
FilmFest Dresden
L'Alternativa takes a trip to the UOC
// March 2008
L'Alternativa presents Vladimir Perovic's film Koraci (The Steps) at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC, Barcelona), the screening is an activity programmed in collaboration with the Media department.
March 8th 2008
Auditorium Campus Bellaterra
L'Alternativa takes a trip to Madrid
// February 2008
Screenings of films from the last edition of l'Alternativa continue throughout the month of February and March at La Enana Marrón in Madrid. The programme includes the films Le cahier froid, Under Construction y Raghs haye talai, all awarded prizes at l'Alternativa in November.
A Map With Gaps
Birdcalls
Under Construction
Benidorm
Le cahier froid
Immortal Stories
Raghs Haye Talai
Help is Coming
Energie!
L'escale
The Last Song of my Neighbour Before They Burn All Her Dreams
Puertas adentro
Un dimanche a Pripyat
From 7th February to 2nd March 2008
Travesía de San Mateo 8, 28004 Madrid
La Enana Marrón
L'Alternativa takes a trip to Madrid
// January 2008
Missed l'Alternativa? Here's your opportunity. Throughout the month of January the independent cinema La Enana Marrón, located in central Madrid, will screen an international selection of films from the official sections. The programme includes shorts, animation, feature films and the documentary prize winner at l'Alternativa 2007 Nijuman No Borei.
Escalator (Björn Kämmerer)
Primera nieve (Pablo Agüero)
Je suis une voix (Rousset & Paturie)
La piscine de maman (Yann Chayia)
Le remords (Yann Sinic)
Uku Ukai (Audrius Stonys)
Startle Pattern (Eric Patrick)
Dad (Daniel Mulloy)
Minutite sled tova (Nikolay Todorov)
Nijuman No Borei (Jean-Gabriel Périot)
La parabólica (Xavi Sala)
Benidorm (Carolin Schmitz)
¿Dónde están sus historias? (Nicolás Pereda)
Pic-nic (Eloy Enciso)
From 10th January to 3rd February 2008
Travesía de San Mateo 8, 28004 Madrid
La Enana Marrón