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The Power of Imagination: New Proposals for Life in Contemporary Cinema

Stephanie Rincón and Guillermo Iglesias Díaz, in collaboration with the Cineclub Universitari (UIB), coordinate the film series “The Power of Imagination: New Proposals for Life in Contemporary Cinema”…

From May 2 to May 30, 2025, Fridays at 6.30 p.m.

Edifici Sa Riera
C/ de Miquel dels Sants Oliver 2, 07012 Palma

Stephanie Rincón and Guillermo Iglesias Díaz, in collaboration with the Cineclub Universitari (UIB), coordinate the film series “The Power of Imagination: New Proposals for Life in Contemporary Cinema”, an event with free attendance. Each session will include an introduction to contextualize the screened films. This series is a result of the funded projects “Cinema and Environment 2: Ways of seeing beyond the Anthropocene” and “Communitas/Immunitas: Relational Ontologies in Atlantic Anglophone Cultures of the 21st Century”.

PROGRAM

  • May 2
  • The Quiet Girl (dir. Colm Bairéad, 2022, Ireland)
  • Introduced by: Guillermo Iglesias   
  • May 9
  • The Human Hibernation (dir. Anna Cornudella, 2024, Spain)
  • Introduced by: Laura Del Vecchio
  • May 16
  • Weathering with You (天気の子) (dir. Makoto Shinkai, 2019, Japan)
  • Introduced by: Stephanie Rincón   
  • May 23
  • We are Lady Parts (dir. Nida Manzoor, 2021, United Kingdom)
  • Introduced by: Sara Tabuyo  
  • May 30
  • Slash/Back (dir. Nyla Innuksuk, 2022, Canada)  
  • Introduced by: Katarzyna Paszkiewicz and Andrea Ruthven

Coordination

Stephanie Rincón, Guillermo Iglesias Díaz, Cineclub Universitari (UIB)

Participant(s)

Laura Del Vecchio, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, Andrea Ruthven, Sara Tabuyo

Organization

PROJECT Cinema and Environment 2: Ways of seeing beyond the Anthropocene (PID2023-152989NB-I00);

PROJECT Communitas/Immunitas: Relational Ontologies in Atlantic Anglophone Cultures of the 21st Century (PID2022-136904NB-I00);

Servei d’Activitats Culturals, Vicerectorat de Projecció Cultural i Universitat Oberta, Universitat de les Illes Balears;

British and Comparative Cultural Studies: Identities and Representation (BRICCS);

LITANGLO – Contemporary Anglophone Literatures;

ADHUC-Centre de Recerca Teoria, Gènere, Sexualitat / Càtedra UNESCO Dones, Desenvolupament i Cultures