Tonny, Shelly and the magic flashlight
• Animation, fantasy. Stop Motion.
• Year 2023
• Hungary – Slovakia – Czech Republic, 76min
• Especially recommended for childhood
• Synopsis: Tony has a unique birth feature: shines! But, overprotected by his parents, spend the hidden days at home, in his “strong” blankets, dreaming of having someone to play with. Christmas eve, a peculiar girl named Shelly moves to her building and puts her world upside down. Together they will embark on a magical adventure and discover the fascinating mystery of the building where they live, a dark spirit that feeds on the negativity of the neighbors. Will Tony transform the spirit and illuminate the neighborhood?
Dragon Guard
• Animation, fantastic, adventures.
• Year 2024
• Spain, 90 min.
• Especially recommended for childhood
• Synopsis: Ping is a maid girl who works as a slave of the evil Lan feeding the dragons, who are considered enemies. However, after falling into the pit where they are locked up discovers that they are not bad and that it is also chosen to protect them. Ping will escape with an old dragon throughout China, transporting a mysterious stone that is the last egg of the species. An epic trip in which they will have to face not only the emperor, but an evil hunter who wants the stone at all costs. Will Ping achieve your mission as a dragon guardian?
Way to Bethlehem
• Musical, comedy, drama, biblical.
• Year 2022
• USA, 93 min.
• Suitable for all audiences
• Synopsis: Musical about the courtship of Mary and Joseph, his way to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus. The protagonists are María and José, the Magi and an evil, ambitious and jealous King Herod, played by Antonio Banderas, who fears that a child steals the crown. Faithful story to the biblical tradition, with a special touch, when presenting itself as a musical, with inspired and catchy songs. It is about showing what Maria and José’s life were like just before the commitment and how Maria feels when the family commits her to someone who does not know, as was customary at the time. However, the announcement of the angel will change things and Joseph will have to decide whether to welcome the young woman who loves and trust her, knowing that her honor is questioned. A timeless musical adventure for the whole family.
CHAMPION
• Drama, football, disability, adolescence. Based on real events.
• Year 2022
• Netherlands, 83 min.
• Not recommended under 7 years
• Synopsis: Dylan is twelve years old and his life revolves around football. Share this passion with Youssef, your best friend. When they discover that a competition will soon be held for children, the Tauzani Cup, they decide to prepare to participate with the rest of their team. A serious injury produced in a fortuitous accident seems to disrupt Dylan’s illusion. But he is convinced of his recovery and victory in the tournament. Based on the real history of Job Tichelman, co -manager of the film, champion is a song to friendship, perseverance, solidarity and an example of the educational value of football.
The old oak
• Social drama, racism, rural life.
• Year 2021
• United Kingdom, 110 min.
• Recommended age: +12 years
• Synopsis: Great film full of hope of Ken Loach, director who continues to bet on social cinema and marginalized. The arrival of Syrian refugees to a town in northern England, where they have closed the mines and poverty campaign to their wide, brings confrontations and feelings found in the neighborhood community. However, the owner of the only bar of the town “The Old Oak” and the young Syria Yara will collaborate to unite the communities in an act of solidarity to bring a hot dish to all. An act that some will try to sabotage, showing both the racism of a few and the solidarity and empathy of a community that is able to share despite having few resources.
The braid
• Drama, cross stories, woman, family.
• Year 2023.
• France, 111 min.
• Recommended age: +12 years
• Synopsis: shot in India, Italy and Canada, it tells us the story of three women in three different countries, but who present difficulties in their family life and fight to fulfill their dreams while bringing their families ahead. In India, Smita is untouchable that dreams of giving her daughter an education. In Sicily, Giulia dreams of carrying out her father’s wig workshop, even if he is changing the way of working and thinking of the people of his people. And, in Canada, Sarah is a successful lawyer, mother of three children, who has to reconcile at the same time dealing with a freshly diagnosed breast cancer. The plot is linked, but only in the end we will discover why. An entertaining, didactic and multicultural history with global connections that will make us reflect.
I captain
• Social drama, immigration, survival, youth.
• Year 2023
• Italy, 112 min.
• Recommended age: +12 years
• Synopsis: Based on real facts and stories. A raw story but full of hope whose protagonist, Seydou (an incredible Seydou Sarr), a young Muslim Senegalese lover of music, dreams, along with his cousin Mousa, with traveling to Italy to succeed as artists and provide a better life to His mother. A contemporary odyssey through the dangers of the Sahara desert, the horrors of the detention centers in Libya and the dangers of the sea. A geographical journey that is also an inner trip that will mark them forever. A dramatic story very close to us.
Sound of freedom
• Thriller, drama, sexual abuse. Based on real events.
• Year 2022.
• USA, 115 min.
• Recommended age: +16 years
• Synopsis: It is a thriller in which Jim Caviezel puts himself in the skin of Tim Ballard, an agent of the US National Security Department that fights against human trafficking. Tim discovers in an operation against a pedophile that there are two kidnapped and abused brothers in a children pedophiles in a small islet. A hard and heartbreaking film, without explicit scenes of that horror. It presents the entire plot, on the one hand, and all the pain, on the side of the families, behind the abduction and trafficking of innocent children.
The two faces of justice
• Prison and psychological drama.
• Year 2023
• France, 113 min.
• Recommended age: +16 years
• Synopsis: Since 2014, in France, the restorative justice offers the victims and crime perpetrators the opportunity for dialogue through safe systems, supervised by professionals and volunteers such as Judith, Fanny or Michel. Nassim, Issa and Thomas, sentenced for theft with violence, Gregoire, Nawelle and Sabine, victims of robbery and bag. Also Chloe, victim of an incestuous violation, is involved in restorative justice measures. On his trip, there is anger and hope, silence and words, alliances and heartbreak, conscience and recovered trust. And at the end of the road, sometimes, repair.
My other jon
• Drama, comedy, fantastic, disease, family.
• Year 2023
• Spain, 117 min.
• Recommended age: +7 years
• Synopsis: Merche (Carmen Maura) receives the bad news that he has very little life. That is why he decides to fulfill the impossible dreams of his three best friends and, finally, also his: see the sea for the last time, visiting the island of La Palma. His delicate health situation prevents him from traveling, but a brilliant scientist offers him one, at least, risky solution: introduce, for three days, Merche’s soul into the body of a newly deceased, so he can fulfill his dream. That body will be that of Jon, a Basque truck. Thus, Merche will be able to “enjoy” a last trip with his daughter on the Canary Island. A deeply familiar story, whose protagonists, by age or volume, leave the usual canons.
