6 PELICULA, Spanish Film Festival

From October 8 to 18, 2015, all roads lead to Greenbelt 3 cinemas for the annual Spanish Film Festival. I always look forward to this festival as my kids are half Spanish and I remind them that this is a good time to embrace their roots.

I always try to watch at least five films from the lineup of 18 because of the raffle stub which qualifies me to join the raffle where the grand prize is a trip to Spain. One can always hope.

Last Friday, I watched Felices 140 which was kind of special because the lead actor Maribel Verdu was in town for the Q and A after the film's screening. It was nice to see in person the star of Y Tu Mama Tambien and Pan's Labryrinth.

Last Sunday, back to back movies, La Isla Minima and Tres Bodas de Mas were my movies of choice. The first, a contemporary crime thriller projected a moody dark tale of a serial killer on the loose. In contrast, the second movie was a light romantic comedy set in Barcelona. Although I love detective novels, I was more in the mood for a happy ending and enjoyed watching Tres Bodas de Mas.

Today I am going to watch Relatos Salvajes, an Argentinian movie that is the country's entry to Best Foreign Language film to the Oscars. In other words, it will compete against Philippine bet, Heneral Luna. I am looking forward to this movie. My movie companion is Jaffy who I watched Heneral Luna with just last week.

The fifth film which will entitle me to that raffle stub is Milagro en Praga, a comedy romance from the Czech Republic.

One of the pluses for me of the Spanish Film Festival as opposed to the French Film Festival or the Japanese Film Festival, is I don't have to read the subtitles.

See you at the movies!