In addition to being a meeting point and forum for debate, the Tres Festival includes in its programme ARTR3S, a programme of parallel cultural activities based on the arts: music, exhibitions and cinema, all of them related to the world of Mediterranean literature.
FILM CYCLE
From words to images: narrating realities'.
The Fundación Tres Culturas, in the context of the Tres Festival and with the collaboration of the Euro-Arab Foundation, proposes an extra approach to the world of literature through a film programme dedicated to literature, specifically three films based on books whose authors, in two cases, participate in our literary event.
A way of bringing literature closer to the public thanks to stories that were born on paper and that take on a new dimension when transferred to the screen.
SpaceEuro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies.
Calle San Jerónimo, 27, Granada.
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
Monday 23 April, 18h30
Greece in the air
Pedro Olalla. Spain | Uruguay, 2017. Running time. 120 min.
This work is an audiovisual version of the book Greece in the air. In its new form as a docufiction film, the work aims to offer, in an even more vivid way, a thought-provoking journey through ancient and modern Athens, evoking, in the company of its author, the valuable legacies and the pressing challenges of ancient Athenian democracy in our times.
Language: Spanish.
Tuesday 24 April, 18h30
Ali and Nino
Asif Kapadia. Azerbaijan | Great Britain, 2016, 100 min.
Based on the novel of the same name by Kurban Said.
Young Ali Khan and Nino Kipiani live in Baku, a cosmopolitan, oil-rich capital of Azerbaijan in the early 20th century. Ali is a Muslim with a passion for his warrior ancestors, while Nino is a Christian girl from Georgia, with sophisticated European ways. Ali is convinced that he is going to marry Nina, despite their cultural differences and the knowledge that they have to overcome obstacles such as parental consent. The unexpected outbreak of World War I in 1914 makes the city of Baku the focus of Russia's efforts to conquer it, given its oil wealth.
Language: English. Subtitled in Spanish.
Wednesday 25 April, 18h30
L'armee du salut (The Salvation Army)
Abdelá Taia. France | Morocco, 2013, 84 min.
Based on the novel of the same name by Abdelá Taia.
In a working-class neighbourhood of Casablanca, young gay teenager Abdellah tries to build a life for himself within his large family, caught between an overbearing mother and an older brother he reveres.
Language: Arabic/French. Subtitled in English.
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