Wilson is 29 and has just arrived in Los Angeles to try and forget what has been probably the worst year in his life. Finally, his best friend, Jacob, persuades him to post a personal ad on Craig's List. That is how Wilson meets Vivian, and how, together, they spend the last hours in the year and the first in a story that is just beginning.

A chaotic, sometimes hilarious, often touching journey through love and sex in a refreshing comedy that bears the hallmark of true independent American film.

22.00 Y todo va bien, Guillermo Zapata, Prosopopeya, 16 min

Fausta suffers from a rare disease called the Milk of Sorrow, which is transmitted through the breast milk of pregnant women who were abused or raped during the period of terrorism in Peru. Carriers of this disease are born without a soul, but Fausta also has something else to hide: a secret she will not tell, until her mother’s sudden death unleashes events that change her life.

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and nominated for the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year.

22.00 El futuro está en el porno, Vicente Villanueva, 14 min

José Luis, the local undertaker, is in love with Carmen, daughter of Amadeu. Caught in flagrante, the couple are obliged to marry. However, Amadeu is short of funds, and he persuades José Luis to apply for the post of executioner, which he is about to vacate, effectively inheriting his new father-in-law’s profession. Convinced that he will never have to actually execute anyone, José Luis agrees. One day, the dreaded telegram arrives: he José Luis is summoned to execute a condemned prisoner in Majorca.

In El Verdugo, an ironic tragicomedy that many consider to be the finest film in Spanish cinema history, Berlanga shows up all the contradictions inherent in Franquist Spain whilst making an impassioned appeal against the death penalty.

 22.00 Alumbramiento, Eduardo Chapero Jackson, Prosopopeya, 16 min

When a wealthy Russian property dealer organises an illegal deal, there are millions at stake, and the whole of London’s underworld wants a cut: from a dangerous crime boss to a sexy account, a corrupt politician and a gang of thieves down on their luck. Trying to get rich quick, they all alternately form alliances and double-cross each other.

A helter-skelter ride through the London underworld, an adrenalin-filled, surreal, hilarious gangster story.

Great Britain, the foreseeable future. Alex is a hyper-aggressive young man with two passions: ultra-violence and Beethoven. He leads his gang of droogs on the rampage, beating and raping helpless victims and generally terrorising the population. Finally, they go too far, and Alex is arrested. In prison, he volunteers to take part in an experimental re-education programme aimed at drastically eradicating the very thought of anti-social behaviour...

In A Clockwork Orange, banned in Britain for 30 years and considered one of the best films of all time, Stanley Kubrick presents a futurist satire on a society consumed by savagery, a shocking yet magnetic vision of violence.

A Japanese family moves to a house in the country. The two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, meet a magical creature called Totoro in the nearby forest, befriending him. Whilst their mother is in hospital, their father encourages their imagination with his stories about magic, fairies, ghosts and the spirits that protect the home. One day, a telegram arrives for Satsuki...

A wonderful, hypnotic tale from the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki, the creator of such popular and successful films as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

22.00 Pigeon Impossible, Lucas Martell, Premium Films, 6 min

One night, at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War during the early eighties. Ari can't remember a thing about that period of his life, but as he delves into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images...

A unique work, somewhere between comedy and documentary, which brings home to us all the horror of war. Nominated for the 2008 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.

22.00 El buen aviador, Sergi Pérez, ESCAC, 10 min

Twelve-year-old Oskar is constantly bullied at school by his classmates. His dream of having a friend comes true when he meets his new neighbour, Eli. But Eli is a mystery: pale, solemn, she only leaves home at night and her arrival in the neighbourhood is followed by a series of unexplained disappearances and murders...

A prize-winning film in which beauty and horror go hand-in-hand, a love story between two unusual beings.

22.00 Los perros de Pavlov, Kike Maíllo, ESCAC 14 min

At a seaside resort on the Atlantic coast, vacationers placidly continue with their lives, just as they do at home. That is, until Monsieur Hulot drives up in his old banger to destroy the summer peace. To the joy of the children, Hulot will give the hotel guests a holiday to remember.

In his genius, Jacques Tati, an all-time comedy great, takes us into a pure, sunny world where we meet Monsieur Hulot, a big-hearted bachelor, clumsy, absent-minded, who inadvertently wreaks havoc wherever he goes.

22.00 Pablo, Nely Reguera, ESCAC, 13 min

Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist who ends up jobless and homeless. He decides to move back to his old hometown, where he finds a job as an encoffineer, preparing deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and neighbours despise the job, Daigo finds in the death ritual the vital spark that was missing from his own life.

In this gentle, humorous film, awarded the 2008 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Yojiro Takita suggests a different take on death.

François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighbourhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves so that discouragement will not them from trying to give the best education to their students. But cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, and François’ strict ethics are put to the test when his students begin to challenge his methods.

This thought-provoking film, winner of the 2008 Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, takes a realistic look at a school classroom as a microcosm of a changing society.

22.00 Voces vitales, Julia Zabaleta, CECC, 12 min

In the early-20th century, a Lone Prospector arrives in Alaska, seeking to make his fortune. A blizzard forces him to take refuge in the cabin of a desperate character. Without food, the situation in the cabin gets worse and worse as the days pass....

SPECIAL FILM CONCERT
At this showing at the Sala Montjuïc, Chaplin’s masterpiece will be accompanied by an ensemble conducted by Guerassim Voronkov in a live performance of his soundtrack. 

The 1950s. Frank and April are a young couple living in the Connecticut suburbs. They are faced by the choice of fighting for what they really want or accepting their present lot, a life in which they both feel like failures.

A raw, painful look at marriage and human contradiction, featuring magnificent performances from Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

22.00 Pulsiones, José Manuel Carrasco, 11 min

Power, money and blood: these are the “values” that residents in the provinces of Naples and Caserta have to live with every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "System” –  the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.

A portrait of the Naples mafia through five stories woven together to depict a cruel, violent world in the film adaption of Roberto Saviano’s book.

This year's winning movie is Smoking Room with 42% of the votes
(original version in Spanish, no subtitles).

22.00 Padre modelo, Alejandro Marzoa, Jet Films, 14 min