JOIN THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO Cinema and Television Arts, and Communication Departments in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes and the Fulbright Association for a special screening of the short films “Sub Terrae”, “Un día cualquiera” (“Yet another day”) & “Selfie.”
The screening will be followed by a Q & A with award-winning film director Nayra Sanz Fuentes, Cinema and Television Arts Assistant Professor Carolina Posse, and Journalism Associate Professor Elio Leturia.
DATE Monday March 2, 2020
TIME 6:30pm – 9:00 pm
LOCATION Columbia College Chicago, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., third floor, Room 310, Chicago, IL 60605
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COST FREE
SUB TERRAE
Spain, 2017 | Runtime: 7 min
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editing: Nayra Sanz Fuentes
Producer: José Luis Sanz de Garnica, Javier Sanz Fuentes
Language: without dialogues
Synopsis: Shadows are not always under the earth…
UN DÍA CUALQUIERA (“Yet Another Day”)
Spain, 2014 | Runtime: 29 min
Director, Writer, Editing: Nayra Sanz Fuentes
Cinematography: Carlos Vásquez
Producer: Víctor Moreno
Cast: Teresa Soria, Ricardo Reguera, Puchi Lagarde, Sara Martín, Diego Villena, Gala García Cuerva, Vicent Andrés
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Synopsis: Another day in the life of Ana, but her boyfriend, family and friends don’t know her actual reality, even being part of it.
SELFIE
Spain, 2019 | Runtime: 9 min
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editing: Nayra Sanz Fuentes
Producers: Nayra Sanz Fuentes, Javier Sanz Fuentes
Language: English with Spanish subtitles
Synopsis: This conceptual and sensory miniature rethinks the concept of the social (self) portrait by playing with the distortions of a Big Brother impassively watching over us. A technological state of permanent control, of mechanization of a daily life ruled by a human-made inventiveness that has ended up taking control of our lives.
Spanish filmmaker Nayra Sanz Fuentes
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Nayra Sanz Fuentes, a Hispanic Philology major with specialization in contemporary literature, she did part of her doctoral thesis at Humboldt University in Berlin thanks to a grant from the DAAD, during which time she analyzed the National Socialist body through the work of Leni Riefenstahl. She then did a Master’s in Film Management in New York, where she began working on film productions.
Upon returning to Spain, she created the production company Rinoceronte Films, which focuses on film production and developing cultural projects. Her filmography features eight short films which have participated in more than 200 festivals (Anniversary, Encounter, Things in Common, Un día cualquiera, Sub Terrae, En esas tierras, Selfie and Drifts), and have won numerous awards. Her first feature film, Tan Antiguo como el Mundo, won the Precolombino de Oro Award at the Bogotá Film Festival. She was production director and editor on Edificio España, nominated to the Goya Awards, and co-producer and co-screenwriter on La ciudad oculta (The hidden city,) winner of the Feroz, the Spanish Cinema Critics Award.
FULBRIGHT CHICAGO 