An international actress will chair the jury of the next Cinespaña festival in Toulouse

Faithful to the great Portuguese filmmakers Manoel de Oliveira and Teresa Villaverde with whom she received the Coppa Volpi for best actress in Venice for “Two Brothers, One Sister”, Maria de Medeiros studied theater in Paris and enjoyed international success in “Two Brothers, One Sister”. Pulp Fiction” by Quentin Tarantino. This year, she is the president of the jury for the 29th edition of Cinespaña, the Spanish and Portuguese film festival, which begins on Friday. Also a director, Maria de Medeiros will take advantage of her visit to Toulouse to present at the ABC cinema, her film “Captains of April” on the Carnation Revolution, the 50th of which is being celebrated.^e birthday.

Cinespaña, which has chosen to give pride of place to Spanish actresses and directors, will also welcome filmmaker Isabel Coixet whose film “Un amor” will be presented in preview, at the ABC, to open the festival. The next day, Saturday October 5, a meeting is planned at the Ombres Blanches bookstore with the director who will receive an Honorary Violet.

Film buffs will also enjoy meeting and seeing again on the big screen the actress Ana Torrent who has marked the history of Spanish cinema since the beginning of the 1970s. From her first role at seven years old in “The Spirit of the Beehive “, directed by Victor Erice, then three years later in “Cria Cuervos”, the masterpiece by Carlos Saura, punctuated by Jeanette’s unforgettable song “Por qué te vas?”, she has never stopped to turn. Ana Torrent will present three screenings of the films she has chosen for the Toulouse public: “L’Esprit de la ruche” and “Close” les yeux, Friday October 11, at Pathé Wilson and “Dos madres”, Sunday October 13, at the Crater.

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No aperitif concerts but a musical evening

With the closure of the Cinematheque for work, Cinespaña cannot take over the courtyard of the institution on rue du Taur for its traditional village and the usual entertainment such as the early evening aperitif-concerts. “It was too expensive to develop and secure the Crous and Ensav courtyard to set up our village there,” regrets Alba Paz Roig, co-director of Cinespaña with Loïc Diaz Ronda. “So there won’t be any this year. Next year, for the thirty years, we will try to do better.”

However, a musical and festive evening is planned for Saturday October 5, from 6 p.m. to midnight, in the Ensav-Crous courtyard. On the program, gypsy jazz, folk, swing in Spanish and French songs with the group Rue des Tamaris, followed by the Afro and Latin DJ set “Bamako-Bogota”.

In addition, “Before” will be organized from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in partner bars: Boca (rue Peyrolières), Deseo (rue des Lois) and Tchin (rue Saint-Bernard) in order to meet the guests. On the same principle, “After” events will take place after 9 p.m. at Boca and Dada (rue Honoré-Serres).

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Spell and witchcraft

In addition to the official selection, previews and film reruns, a cycle “Embrujos” (“Spells”) will address the world of witches and the animated worlds of Spanish cinema. “We wanted to talk about tales and legends, mysteries and death, which are very anchored in certain Spanish regions such as Galicia and the Basque Country,” explains Alba Paz Roig. “Twelve feature and short films were selected with very different aesthetics.” A photographic exhibition by Judith Prat is also visible at the Instituto Cervantes, meetings will be organized on this theme at the Electric Forest and a round table will take place at the Cabanis media library, Wednesday October 8, at 6 p.m., with filmmaker Yolanda Pividal .