The fabulous La Mirada Film Festival returns in November 2012, in a new date slot (November 15th-26th) and on more screens than ever before. Screening at two great venues – the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Cinema Nova, La Mirada presents the best and most exciting new Spanish and Latin American films of the last twelve months plus a breathtaking selection of Spanish film classics selected by some of the world’s finest filmmakers.
With legendary Spanish cinema auteur Pedro Almodóvar as its patron, La Mirada is unlike any other film festival. Each year its unique approach to programming includes ‘Almodóvar Presents’, a classics section curated by Almodóvar himself, plus a program of classics selected by three international cinema luminaries.
La Mirada is delighted to announce the 2012 guest curators: Academy Award nominated director Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom), Mexican director and actor Gael García Bernal (Amores Perros, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries) and lead singer of Swedish rock band The Hives, Pelle Almqvist. The guest curators will each share their favourite films from Spanish and Latin American filmmakers, allowing audiences to see Spanish language cinema through the eyes of great artists. These selected films will be surprise screenings for the audience, not revealed until the credits start to roll. Previous La Mirada guest curators have included Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Penelope Cruz, Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro.
La Mirada’s eclectic 2012 program will include new releases, classics and documentaries.
La Mirada is in a unique position to present the finest new films in the Spanish language thanks to official support from the Spanish, Argentinean, and Australian governments and their respective consulates and embassies, City of Melbourne, Film Victoria, as well as the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts in Spain and Argentina (ICAA and INCAA), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Cinema Nova, Victorian Multicultural Commission and the Agency for External International Cooperation for Development (AECID).
For full program details, visit www.lamirada.org.au.
