Highlights this month
My Life for Sharon
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 3 June
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
90 minutes * Producer: CNAC * Director: Carlos Azpúrua * 2006
Carlitos López tries to recover his stolen car, named Sharon, even if that risks his relationships with his ex-wife, girlfriend, and family.
Postcards from Leningrad
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 10 June
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
93 minutes * Producer: Sudaca Films * Director: Mariana Rondón * 2007
The young narrator is born during a socialist uprising in 1960s Venezuela. She and her cousin Teo go on the run, turning survival into a game.
Death in High Contrast
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 17 June
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
104 minutes * Producer: Villa del Cine * Director: César Bolívar * 2010
Gabriel was only a boy when he saw his parents being killed by an army comando during the Venezuelan guerrilla struggle of the 1970s. Twenty years later, Gabriel’s objective in life is to find the perpetrators of his parent’s death.
Diary of Bucaramanga
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 24 June
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
135 minutes * Producer: Produccion independiente * Director: Carlos Fung * 2013
Set in 1828, intrigue and betrayal as Simon Bolivar fights for the unity of Gran Colombia.
Concert: Leonard Jácome
Date: Thursday 26 June
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Entry: free
Leonard Jácome, a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer and producer, is one of Venezuela’s most prolific and accomplished harpists. He has won numerous awards representing Venezuela abroad and has toured and performed throughout Latin America, South Africa, Europe, Japan and the UK. Often sharing the stage with the acclaimed Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, he also founded and heads the Venezuelan Harp department within El Sistema and teaches at the Conservatorio Simon Bolivar.
A true innovator, Leonard designed the first prototype of an electric Venezuelan harp. Playing a range of Venezuelan sounds, accompanied by Jose Castañeda on the Cuatro, Leonard will offer a mix of both the traditional and the most innovative in harp music.
Salsa class
Date: Saturday 7 June and every Saturday
Event starts: 3.00pm
Event ends: 5.00pm
With the renowned Venezuelan dancer and choreographer Denny Rivero, from the
“Mambo Inn 2” dance group.
Bolivar Hall dance group
Every Monday
Event starts: 6.30pm
Free entry
Weekly dance class for all those interested in joining the Bolivar Dance Group.
Classes last approximately 90 minutes.
Info: noemmi17@hotmail.com
Cheila, A House for Mum
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 15 July
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
90 minutes * Producer: Villa del Cine * Director: Eduardo Barberena * 2010
Cheila comes back from Canada to spend the holidays at the house she bought for her mother ‘Maita’. She also brings big news: she has a date for her gender reassignment surgery, but she needs her family’s support. This film contains some sexual violence.
Bolivar, Eternal Citizen of Liberty
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 22 July
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
47 minutes * Producer: CNAC * Director: Efterpi Charalambidis * 2006
Tells the story of Bolivar’s last visit to Venezuela, once the country was separated from Gran Colombia.
Miranda Returns
Part of the Bolíwood Venezuelan Film Festival
Date: Tuesday 29 July
Doors open at: 7.00pm
Event begins at: 7.30pm
Free entry
145 minutes * Producer: CNAC * Director: Luis Alberto Lamata * 2007
The life story of the Venezuelan revolutionary exploring Miranda as a youth, soldier, politician and conspirator.
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