Screening of 'Black Bread' ('Pa Negre') at the 2012 Festival Of New Spanish Cinema.

In its fifth consecutive year, the 2012 Festival of New Spanish Cinema consolidates itself as the most important itinerant festival of contemporary Spanish Cinema in North America. Pragda and the Embassy of Spain in Canada celebrate its return, which will bring some of the riskiest and most innovative Spanish films of the year to ByTowne Cinema, featuring the strongest program yet. All the films are premieres in Ottawa.

The Spanish selection for the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film, Black Bread is set in the war-ravaged Catalan countryside of the early 1940s where a local man is accused of murder and his son sets out to find the truth. Eleven-year-old Andreu stumbles upon a crushed wagon in the underbrush at the foot of a high cliff and witnesses the dying moments of the man and boy inside. When police suspect Andreu's father of foul play he goes into hiding and Andreu is sent to live with relatives. There, the frightened boy creates a fantasy life, but is forced to confront a world of adult deception, festering hatreds and the war's monstrous consequences.

Adored by audience and critics alike, Black Bread won an unheard-of number of prizes, including 9 Goya Awards and 13 Gaudí Awards highlighting not only the quality of the film, but also the mastery of its director, the poignancy of its script, and power of its performances.

Black Bread (Pa Negre)

Spain, 2010, 108 minutes. Directed by Agustí Villaronga. In Catalan and Spanish with English subtitles. Rated 14A; Mature Theme.

With Francesc Colomer, Marina Comas, Nora Navas, Roger Casamajor, Laia Marull, Eduard Fernández, Sergi López, Lluïsa Castell, Mercè Arànega, Marina Gatell, Elisa Crehuet.

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325 Rideau Street, Ottawa

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ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street, Ottawa, ON

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613-789-3456

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