El olivo [The Olive Tree]

Alma is a 20-year-old who adores her grandfather, a man who has been silent for years. When the elderly man also refuses to eat, the girl decides to recover the thousand-year-old olive tree that the family sold against their will. However, she needs the help of her uncle, a victim of the economic crisis, her friend Rafa, and the entire town to accomplish this. The problem is knowing where in Europe the olive tree is located.

After the screening you have the opportunity to meet Icíar Bolla´ín in a dialogue with Professor Santiago Fouz.

Icíar Bollaín, a film director, actress, and screenwriter, made her acting debut at the age of 15. In 1992, she was chosen as the Best Spanish Actress by Cartelera Turia and received the Ojo Crítico II Milenio Award from Radio Nacional de España in 1993. Her filmography as an actress includes emblematic titles of recent Spanish cinema. She is also the author of the essay Ken Loach, un observador solitario (Madrid, El País-Aguilar, 1996). As a director, she has made eleven feature films, and in 2003, she won the Goya Award for Best Director for the film Te doy mis ojos [Take My Eyes]. Since its inception, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers).

Santiago Fouz Hernández is philologist and holds a Master's and Ph.D. in Film Studies from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1997 and 2002). He is a professor at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He is the author or editor of 7 books and has published numerous articles and contributions to books on gender, sexuality, and film, primarily in the Spanish context but not exclusively. Since 2015, he has been coordinating, in collaboration with Betty Bigas, the Bigas Luna Tribute, a series of retrospectives that have visited over 20 cities in 8 countries.