Site: Cartuja Center CITE, C/ Leonardo Da Vinci, 7-9, 41092, Seville.
Date: Monday 10th November.
Time: 16:30 - 19:00 h.
Access: General admission €3.50, student admission €1. Information and group reservations at info@festivalcinesevilla.eu.
Language: Spanish.
The Seville European Film Festival is launching its Conference on Cinema and Geopolitics as a space for analysis and criticism, from a cinematographic perspective, of the major challenges facing the world in general and Europe in particular. Led by experts from various disciplines, especially from universities in Seville, this conference aims to contribute to the major geopolitical debates of today, with screenings of essential cinema classics and films from the program.
This first session will feature a screening of Costa-Gavras' film 'Z' (France-Algeria / 1968 / 125 min), based on the novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos and included in the program for this 22nd edition of the festival, in the European Essentials section.
After the screening, there will be a discussion on the struggle for freedom, democracy, and international order in the face of major threats such as authoritarianism and violence, based on the investigation of a political assassination. This debate will feature Casilda Rueda, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville; Jose Manuel Cortés, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at Pablo de Olavide University; Eric Tremolada, Jean Monnet Professor at the Externado University of Colombia, and Chema Peredo, Professor of Communication and International Politics at the European University of Madrid. The session will be moderated by Jorge Quindimil, Professor (accredited as Full Professor) of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of A Coruña.
Film synopsis
In a country ruled by a corrupt democracy, where the government uses the police and army to eradicate any leftist threat, an opposition deputy is murdered in the street after chairing a peaceful rally. A young magistrate is put in charge of investigating the case, aware that it is a political crime committed by two hired assassins. At the same time, an ambitious journalist will use unorthodox methods to gather evidence incriminating several members of a far-right party, who, in turn, attribute responsibility for the attack to senior police and army officials.
