Upcoming activities

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Macgregor Primary School - ACT.

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms

Workshop with teachers of the Victorian Association of Teachers of Spanish (VATS) where they discuss the role of storytelling as motivation in language teaching or activities in which the can apply in Spanish classes.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Berwick Primary School - VIC.

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Regency Park Primary School - VIC.

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Ascot Vale West Primary School - VIC.

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms.

Workshop taught by Eva Mejuto, from OQO Editor, around two tales from BURNING SOUP, by Pablo Albo and André Letria and NOTHING SOUP,by Gonzalo Darabuc and Rashin Kheiriyeh, for students of Point Lonsdale Primary School - VIC.

There are many ways to travel and see different countries and cultures. In this workshop, tour the world through stories and gastronomy. We will visit Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina through its dishes and invent new recipes with ingredients typical of the cuisine of each country. Each attendee will receive a recipe book for the whole family, the places visited on this trip gastronomic and literary, which will also include puzzles, literary recommendations and a glossary of cooking terms

The Embassy of Paraguay and Instituto Cervantes in Sydney would like to present “José Gaspar (The solitude of Power)". It is a one-man show that reflects the philosophy of ruling of the man who is regarded as the father of the independence of Paraguay: Doctor José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia who was later proclaimed “Perpetual Dictator” (1813-1840). Also, it tells us about his confrontation with the great foreign powers of the time: Spain, England, Portugal, and Argentina as well as his discrepancies with the church and with his former mates of the independence. Most of them were deemed as traitors by the Dictator and had them executed. As the author states, “José Gaspar is the prototype of every being with an excessive longing for absolute power; an excessive ambition of power."

The sub-title “The solitude of power” refers to a moment during the play when the dictator finds himself in total decadence, alone, forsaken by those who in the proper moment took advantage of his power. It is in that moment when the dictator feels the loneliness that the proper “power” generates in his own surrounding. Likewise, this play tells us how every authoritarian government has certain characteristics that keep on repeating throughout history, no matter the moment in history or where in the world.

Finally, we can say that José Gaspar brings up that “conducting thread” that unites all the Latin American countries and make them alike in their history.

“José Gaspar” (The Solitude of Power)" was staged in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, United States of America, France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain and India.

IN SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Gabi is a young marginal, a small petty thief who remains in a gang, always dodging the police. In his world, Gabi manages to take the lead, playing a strange control over their cronies. But Gabi finds Carmina, an unemployed alcoholic, and decides to make the woman of her dreams, someone to fill the gaps in their senseless existence and provide warmth, shelter and a sense of belonging to this life. Gabi makes her herlover, accomplice, and sometimes her mother.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Guerriller @ s is a reflection on gender identity, a general approach to gender development and its "control strategies" from a rather heterogeneous group of militants fighting for transsexual and transgender causes. This thinking is heavily influenced by the theoretical contributions made during many years by leading lesbian theorists, for example, Judith Halberstam, Judith Butler, Eve K. Sedwig, Angela Davis, Monique Wittig.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Three people looking for a better life become stranded in the desert with little hope of survival in this drama from Spain. Buba (Adoum Moussa) is an auto repairman living in Niger with his brother Mukela (Illiassou Mahamadou Alzouma); their village is mired in poverty, and given Buba's talent as a football player, they decide to travel to Spain, where they believe Buba might have a shot at playing as a professional. Unable to travel legally into Europe, Buba and Mukela pay a smuggler $1,000 each for passage in the back of a panel truck into Algeria, where the can easily pass into Spain. En route, Buba and Mukela meet Violeta (Aminata Kanta), a teenage girl from Mali who is escaping an arranged marriage with a man she hates. During the trip into Algeria, the three begin to have doubts about the smugglers, and their fears become reality when they're dumped in the desert fourteen kilometers from their destination. Buba, Mukela and Violeta are told that they're only a four hour walk away from their destination, but without navigation tools they finds themselves lost in the sandy plains with no idea of how to make their way to civilization.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

The life experience of a female couple, Julia and Aida, who after eight years together decide to have a child by one of them. The process began four years ago when Julia uses a specialized clinic to be subjected to artificial insemination, with negative results, and ends with the birth of Kenya and his presentation to the family. Not an easy process, since the first insemination other three would follow with the same result. After two years, Julia and Aida, decide to seek a biological father among their circle of friends, whose personal qualities would satisfy both. Julia talks to a friend and coworker, Francesc. He thinks it over and generously agrees to the proposal of the girls. But it is not so simple: Francesc is gay and has a partner, Luis, with whom he has a relationship of nearly 20 years.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

TIERRA MADRE is based on Aidee Gonzalez’s true life, a woman living on the Mexican border town of Tecate, determined to raise her children with her female partner. This narrative feature makes the strong case of the strength, the independence and the solidarity that exits among women of all ages, and a mother's determination to provide a better future for her daughter.

It was shot in ten days with a cast of non-professional-actors with a budget of $2,000, and a crew of one. Best International Feature at the Out in the Desert Film Festival, Best Picture Chicago Reeling Film Festival, Special Jury Award Morelia Film Festival, Best Picture Barcelona Film Festival, Best Picture Cinesul Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement Williamsburg Film Festival, Honorable Mention New Jersey Film Festival, Golden Palm Mexico Film Festival and Silver Lei Award Honolulu Film Festival.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

The film tells the story of Ruth, a woman who for a long time maintained a relationship with a politician (candidate for Congress). However, to his mother, Estela, they always have been "friends." Until one day the mother discovers that her daughter, already passed the age of 40, is a lesbian. After the initial shock, she makes a huge effort to understand the situation and learns what is homosexuality. The problem is that Estela, in her attempt to "accept" Ruth being a lesbian - begins to interfere in her life, at home and even in the emotional relationship with her partner.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Axun and Maite met at secondary school during a repressive era that never allowed their relationship to go beyond friendship. Later on, their paths led them apart: Axun got married and moved out to the country to live on a farm, while Maite traveled the world, clarified her sexual orientation in her own mind, and now, having had a successful career as a piano teacher, she has returned to San Sebastian to take up her retirement. Fifty years on, Axun and Maite, now both seventy, meet up by chance while visiting patients in hospital. At first, they don't recognize one another, but soon long- suppressed feelings begin to emerge once more with the same intensity, and Axun is aware for the first time of her chance to start something entirely new. Feelings once illicit which, fifty years ago, she was unable and forbidden to identify, force her to reassess her marriage and to embark on a journey of self-knowledge. When Maite invites her to the island of Santa Clara, Axun has to decide whether to obey her heart, or her reason.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

A girl, a Barcelona tourist guide and a earthquake engineer, raised in Boston, seeking happiness together. This love story is the remarkable debut of Martha Balletbo Coll, author of the multi-awarded 'Sevigné'. Winner of the Audience Award at festivals in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

This section is devoted to short films, where we will find 4 different stories: the daily contact between neighbours and lovers (The Courtyard of My House, 2007, The Sky of Mice, 2009), critical situations in which love is put into question (Doble-parked, 2011) or even a re-reading the myth of the lesbian vampire (Luz/Light, 2010).

Recommended contribution for this session consisting of 4 short films:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

The Pilgrims’ Way to Santiago, the First European Cultural Itinerary, is one of the greatest treasures shared by all Europeans. Part of the cultural and moral heritage not only of the West but of the whole of mankind, this ancient route has been followed by millions of people from the Middle Ages until the present day.  

The audiovisual exhibition Memories of a Pilgrimage reflects the recent journey made by photographer Manuel Valcárcel and musician Alejandro González, both native Galicians, along a pilgrimage route that boasts a long-standing history buried deep in the roots of tradition. A contemporary journey that aims to discover - through all five senses - the most intimate spaces of historic sites that have the capacity to unlock much of mankind's cultural memory. 

This exhibition portrays an intense journey filled with experiences that take us through Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Italy, Northern Spain and along the Pilgrims’ Way in Galicia. A unique pilgrimage in which both artists show their sensitivity to towns, villages and routes that are steeped in cultural and religious tradition, bringing to the fore realities that often go unnoticed or unheard, drawing attention to situations and circumstances that impact directly on the lives of those that live along the pilgrimage ways, and the simple lifestyle of the towns and cities on the route. 

In 2010 and 2011 this exhibition completed its own pilgrimage to several European cities – Sofia, Bucharest, Zagreb, Santiago de Compostela-, before continuing in 2012 to visit France and now Australia.  Memories of a Pilgrimage is in essence an exhibition that reflects the cultural wealth of a Europe that has grown up around the Pilgrims’ Way to Santiago de Compostela and which is guaranteed to inspire a host of emotions and feelings in everyone that visits it.

Based on the novel by Miguel Delibes. Rafael Corral, a young socialist deputy, is told about the sudden death of his friend Victor Velasco. Despite being advised not to attend the funeral for political reasons, he decides to go...

Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.

Emilio Martinez-Lazaro's historical drama Las 13 Rosas (AKA 13 Roses) commences in 1939 Madrid. As the forces of nationalist general Francisco Franco sweep down into the city and bombs cascade onto Spanish buildings, two Republicans - Red Cross employee Virtudes (Marta Etura) and streetcar attendant Julia (Veronica Sanchez) - sit in a club watching a live set by two musicians: the Communist Canepa (Enrico Lo Verso), and Enrique (Asier Etxeandia), the husband of Blanca (Pilar Lopez de Ayala).


Recommended contribution:
- Adults: 15 $
- Seniors (65+): 12 $
- Students: 10 $
To help cover the costs of the activities of the Instituto Cervantes in Sydney, we ask that you please pay the full recommended amount.