Wednesday 06/07/05
21h: Concert, SALA MONTJUÏC’s 1st jazz contest
22h: Short film, La Lupe i en Bruno, by Marc Riba and Anna Solanas
22:15h: Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry), USA, 2004, 108 minutes
Joel is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine has had their tumultuous relationship erased
from her mind. Out of desperation, he contacts the inventor of the process to get the same treatment.
But as his memories of Clementine begin to fade, Joel realises how much he still loves her.
Best reviewed and most original film of the year 2005, by acclaimed writer Charlie Kaufman,
Winner of the 2005 academy award for best screenplay.
Friday 08/07/05
21h: Concert by a cappella jazz band CODA
22h: Short film, Cops, by Buster Keaton
22:15h: Steamboat Bill Junior (Buster Keaton), USA, 1928, 69 minutes
Willie is the effete son of riverboat captain "Steamboat Bill" coming to see his dad after years of
separation. Bill tries to turn his son into a man. When his father is arrested, Willie decides to get him out
of jail.
Crazy, hilarious epopee directed and interpreted by Buster Keaton, probably one of the best
silent films ever.
THE FILM WILL BE SCREENED WITH LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT
Wednesday 13/07/05
21h: Concert, SALA MONTJUÏC’s 1st jazz contest
22h: Short film, Siempre quise trabajar en una fábrica, by Esteban Crespo
22:15h: Mondays in the Sun (Fernando León de Aranoa), Spain, 2002, 113 minutes
A northern Spanish coastal town suffers from its own isolationism as shipyards close down, leaving the
labor force scouring the streets for temp jobs with only their stubborn pride to show for it.
A critical and convincing screenplay, with true characters, splendid actors for a film that won
the main Goya awards in 2002.
Friday 15/07/05
21h: Concert by WESAK, a Mediterranean music band
22h: Short film, As Muxicas, by Carlos Alberto Alonso (CECC)
22:15h: Maria full of grace (Joshua Marston), Columbia- USA, 2004, 101 minutes
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her
family.
Impeccably crafted, powerful and painfully honest look at the flip side of the American dream.
Here is a tragic, uncompromising and simply magnificent film. The main character got an
academy award nomination for Best Actress in 2005.
Wednesday 20/07/05
21h: Concert, SALA MONTJUÏC’s 1st jazz contest
22h: Short film Al Final, by José Luís Montesinos
22:15h: Tuvalu (Veit Helmer), Germany, 1999, 92 minutes
Tuvalu is the name of an island which the protagonists dream of escaping to - a dream which seems to
be unlikely to come true, given that they are marooned in a dilapidated and largely deserted swimming
pool.
There is comedy, emotion, romance and, above all else, a genuinely distinctive visual style,
employed to brilliant effect. This is a film Sala Montjuïc 2005 wants its public to discover.
Friday 22/07/05
21h: Concert by BAETURIA, Catalan folk
22h: Short film La ruta natural, by Àlex Pastor
22:15h: Lost in translation (Sofia Coppola), USA -Japan, 2003, 105 minutes
A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo and
form an unlikely bond.
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson give performances that will be talked about for years.
Sofia Coppola’s second film, academy award for best screenplay in 2004, one of the most
fascinating love-stories in recent years.
Wednesday 27/07/05
21h: Concert, SALA MONTJUÏC’s 1st jazz contest
22h: Short film Cara Sucia, by Santiago Zannou (CECC)
22:15h: Fucking Amal (Lukas Moodysson), Denmark-Sweden, 1998, 89 minutes
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is
friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Feature debut of Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson, this film is not bound by any
constraints. It's a powerful, deeply affecting depiction of the tribulations of two teenage girls
who are struggling with their sexuality and identities. Shot according to the defining lines of
the Dogma 95 movement.
Friday 29/07/05
21h: Concert by Mushka, ethno fusion music band
22h: Short film, Bitter Kas, by Eduard Grau
22:15h: The apartment (Billy Wilder), USA, 1960, 125 minutes
Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to
climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their
mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with a major
problem to solve.
One of the greatest comedies of all times, directed by Billy Wilder. It won 5 academy awards,
among which the award for best film and for best director.
Wednesday 03/08/05
21h: Concert by the winner of SALA MONTJUÏC’s first jazz contest
22h: Short film, Viernes by Xavi Puebla (CECC)
22:15h: The dreamlife of angels (Erick Zonca), France, 1998, 113 minutes
Isa is twenty. All her possessions fit in a backpack and she lives through hard times with a smiling
philosophy. She arrives in Lille after wandering from city to city, looking for small jobs. Never the same
ones and never for long. She meets Marie who is also twenty and has always lived in the north...
This film reveals the soulful, moving vision of our shared responsibility of one another’s lives.
A beautifully acted drama as raw and immediate as it is heartfelt.
Friday 05/08/05
21h: Concert by LISBOA ZENTRAL CAFÉ, soundtracks
22h: Short film Gua! Pa! by Miquel Galofré Llorens
22:15h: Seducing Dr. Lewis (Jean-François Pouliot), Canada, 2003, 108 minutes
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing
village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the
island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme to make Dr. Christopher Lewis a local.
Jean-Francois Pouliot's Sundance Film Festival award-winning film is an intelligent, scriptdriven,
well
acted,
well
directed
comedy
totally
devoid
of
special
effects.
24h Surprise film