
Spain
Closing Night:
10,000 KM
Q&A with screenwriter Clara Roquet, plus post-screening reception sponsored by SPAIN arts & culture, Embassy of Spain
Alex (Natalie Tena, GAME OF THRONES, HARRY POTTER series) must leave Barcelona and her boyfriend, Sergi (David Verdaguer), for a year-long residency in Los Angeles. Brilliantly told through Skype chats, phone calls and texts, Carlos Marques-Marcet’s accomplished contemporary romance recounts how the two do their best to stay connected but struggle with the physical and emotional distance between them. Tena and Verdaguer won a Special Jury Award for Best Acting at this year’s SXSW Film Festival for their performances. Best Film, Best Actress, Best Director, 2014 Malaga Film Festival, Best New Director, 2014 Seattle Film Festival.
DIR/SCR Carlos Marques-Marcet; SCR Clara Roquet; PROD Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno. Spain, 2014, color, 99 min. In Spanish, Catalan and English with English subtitles. RATED R
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