Mar Diestro-Dópido

Film critic, author, academic researcher, media translator, foodie… and uncaped super-heroine in my spare time

[Carlos MG @pastorpondero]

A los niños de los primeros 80 se les mandaba a la cama con Siniestro Total. Estuvo en pantalla del 81 al 85 en TVE.

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Today we’ve reached pure Alchemy! 🤩The Plant Messiah, waterlilies, Kew Gardens, Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente + an orchid! 🌺
In film!Adaptation & Indiana Jones 🎬
Get the witches’s cauldron ‘cos we are making some magic!🍯
#FridaySpanishFilm #ThePlantMessiah
#Thenewyorktimes

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

It’ June! 🤩 A month to recognise and advocate for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community.

In film, we celebrate filmmakers
Los Javis’s meteoric career + their historic Cannes award! 🎞️🎬

Happy Pride 

#FridaySpanishFilm

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Happy International Archives Day! 🏛️ ‘The future needs memory’ & today we honour professionals & institutions dedicated to the preservation of our collective memory. 
Including film restauration! 🎞️ Saura’s 4K re-release of his classic, “Los Golfos” 🎬
#FridaySpanishFilm

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

ENHORABUENA!! Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi “Los Javis” winners of BEST DIRECTION for La Bola Negra @festivaldecannes 🎬🤩

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

This week we celebrated International Museum Day! 🤩 & we did so in the company of Spanish creatives, historians, Zurbarán, the V&A, the Spanish Minister of Culture,
as well as cinema! + its mutually influential relation with the arts 🎬

#FridaySpanishFilm #SpanishCulture

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

Heaven. I spent most of my time examining the screenplay for Ken Russell's THE DEVILS

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

There’s a distinct Spanish flavour at La Croisette! 🎞️ With a record-breaking number of Spanish titles at this year’s @Festival_Cannes 🎬

Including a historic trinity, with Almodóvar, Sorogoyen & Los Javis competing for the Palm d’Or 🤩
¡Viva el cine español!

#FridaySpanishFilm

[Mar Diestro-Dópido @DopidoMar]

Ditto

[Variety @Variety]

Guillermo del Toro brought "Pan's Labyrinth" back to #Cannes and said "we are, unfortunately, in times that make this movie more pertinent than ever."

"They tell us that art can be done with a fucking app, and we are facing things so formidable... But I feel and I think, like the girl Ofelia in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth,’ if we can just leave a mark, if we can put our faith against our faith and our strength against our strength, there is hope. And the last thing we can have is to give to one of the two forces: we can give to love, or we can give to fear. Never, never, never give to fear.”

https://t.co/GyxocmOkbm

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Mexican king of horror Guillermo del Toro, has been honoured with the prestigious BFI Fellowship! 🎬
Celebrated with a retrospective, don’t miss the chance to watch his ‘sibling’ Spanish films,
‘The Devil’s Backbone’ & ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ on the big screen! 🎞️

#FridaySpanishFilm

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Today, Queen Sofía attended the opening of the 'Zurbarán' exhibition at the @NationalGallery in London. This is the first major solo exhibition dedicated to Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) to be held in the United Kingdom.

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

Opening 2 May: Zurbarán — the first major UK exhibition dedicated to the Spanish master.

Francisco de Zurbarán comes to London 🎨🌷

Don’t miss it.

[Pau Brunet @BrunetPau]

Adios a Adolfo Aristarain (1943-2026)

“Un lugar en el mundo” (1992), bellísima y sensible película sobre la vida rural con trasfondo político y un casting perfecto.

Concha de Oro y nominada al Oscar a la mejor película extranjera. Aunque la descalificación de la votación siempre será una nominada ❤️

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Food + Film! 👩🏻‍🍳🎬 Hands down one of the most sensuous combos.
With a lavish choice! Master of both, Isabel Coixet’s yummy TV Series, “Foodie Love” with Laia Costa & Guillermo Pfening.
¡Qué aproveche! 🤩🍿

#FridaySpanishFilm
#SpanishCulture
#TasteFilm

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

The London Spanish Film Festival’s Spring Weekend is here! 🌺🎬

With Intros + Q&As, a book on Bigas Luna
+ Films:
🍿My Name is Juani
🍿The Dinner
🍿Romería
🍿The Delights of the Garden

🗓️ 16-19 April @ Cinè Lumiére 🎞️

#FridaySpanishFilm
#VeronicaEchegui #BigasLuna

[Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch @Canada_Blanch]

El martes, tras una sesión de juegos deportivos alternativos, hemos conocido el París monumental (el de los Reyes y Napoleón) en un bonito día soleado.

[Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch @Canada_Blanch]

Este lunes alumnado de 1° ESO ha comenzado la aventura del intercambio escolar con el Liceo Luis Buñuel de Paris. A la llegada hicimos un juego de pistas para conocer el centro y encontrar a los correspondants, luego conocieron a las familias. @consejeriauk @AccEducativaExt

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Spring is here!  And we have many a blossoming event to celebrate Spanish culture this month.

#SpainCultureUKBulletin
#LondonSpanishFilmFestival #LaLineaFestival #PacoPeña #LaRuina
#CeliaRico #CarlaSimon #BigasLuna

[Spain Culture & Science UK @SpainCultureUK]

Almodóvar’s just released his new feature, ‘Bitter Christmas’, in Spain 🎬
FoMo? If you are staying in the UK this Easter, a treat! 
‘Volver’, a testament to resilience, female camaraderie & great comebacks has just turned 20 🎂

#FridaySpanishFilm
#Almodovar