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Homage to Catalonia - a film festival which aims to explore the relationship between Scotland and the Catalan region of Spain - runs from September 27 to October 6 at venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The programme comprises a mixture of features and shorts, including Hacking Justice, Uncertain Glory and Oscar-nominated short Timecode.
The festival will open in Edinburgh with the UK premiere of Hacking Justice, a Catalan-German documentary following the defence of Wikileaks Julian Assange by Judge Baltasar Garzon, a prominent judge who after investigating human rights abuses in countries including Chile, Chad and Argentina decided to take him as a client.
Augsti Villaronga's Uncertain Glory offers the Catalan point of view on Spanish Civil War. Based on the novel by Joan Sales - the first Catalan novel to depict the conflict from the defeated, republican side. Other highlights include documentary Dead Slow Ahead, an essay film set aboard a freight ship.
Alberto Valverde, from co-ordinators Cinemaattic, said: “This is a fantastic selection to find out what's going on both rural landscapes of Catalonia and its ever-inspirational capital Barcelona.”
The festival will also host a number of events, including a Mario Torrecillas Animation masterclass.
Valverde added: “When we heard about the work that the Barcelona-based studio PDA Films is doing with kids in deprived and war-torn areas around the world we wanted to have their story heard in Scotland.”
Venues include Summerhall in Edinburgh and CCA Glasgow.
The film line-up:
- Hacking Justice (El Juez Y El Rebelde), Clara López Rubio and Juan Pancorbo
- Uncertain Glory (Incerta Gloria, Augusti Villaronga
- Timecode, Juanjo Gimenez (short)
- Graffiti, Lluis Quillez (short)
- Luis And I, Roger Gomes and Dani Ressines (short)
- Dead Horses, Ana Solannas and Mark Riba (short)
- Ringo, Adria Pages (short)
- If I Am Not I Cannot Be, Mario Torrecillas (short)
- Dead Slow Ahead, Mauro Herce
- Cucli, Xavier Marrades (short)
- General Report II: The New Abduction Of Europe (Informe General II: El Nuevo Rapto De Europa, Pere Portabella
- General Report On Certain Matters Of Interest For A Public Screening (Informe General Sobre Algunos Cuestiones De Interes Para Una Proyeccion Publica), Pere Portabella
For more information about films, related events, times and venues, visit the official site
