The 24th annual Recent Spanish Cinema returns to Los Angeles

The 24th annual Recent Spanish Cinema returns to Los Angeles from Thursday, October 11th to 14th at the Egyptian Theater.

Champions, from director Javier Fesser, is Spain’s official submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film at the next Academy Awards ceremony and will be this year’s opening night film.

This year’s program showcases six Los Angeles premieres and among those invited it includes directors Javier Fesser, Ramón Salazar and Gustavo Salmerón, among others.

The lineup includes Salazar’s drama Sunday´s Illness; a moving drama, The Giant; the box office hit Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle from Gustavo Salmeron; Fernando Colomo’s crowd-pleasing comedy The Tribe; as well as the delightful hit musical Holy Camp! which mixes Catholicism and reggaetón as it accompanies aspiring teen singers on a mandatory religious retreat, and lastly, Arantxa Echevarria’s feature film debut, Carmen y Lola.

The program includes special screenings and events which include the opening night reception at the Egyptian Theater, a panel discussion with actors and directors in attendance and the screenings of a series of shorts including the Goya Award-winning Mother, and a special screening for kids of Tad the Lost Explorer and The Secret of King Midas in partnership with the attaché of education of Spain in Los Angeles.