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Thursday May 26, 2022 at 07:15

The FlixOlé-URJC Chair of Spanish Cinema screens 'Navajeros'

The new academic initiative of the Rey Juan Carlos University launches a monthly film forum cycle with this flagship film of the quinqui genre with the participation of professionals from the audiovisual industry.

Albert Rose

Quinqui cinema and the film 'Navajeros' by director Eloy de la Iglesia star in the first monthly cineforum of the recently created FlixOlé-URJC Chair of Spanish Cinema. It will be on Tuesday, May 31 at 17:00 p.m. in the Hall of Degrees of the Departmental Building of the Madrid-Vicálvaro Campus with free access with prior notice. registration.

The film 'Navajeros', one of the most paradigmatic films of quinqui cinema, will be screened at the event, and other authors and equally essential films will be discussed in order to get to know this characteristic film phenomenon of the transition from dictatorship to democracy.

As the director of the chair, Mario Rajas, says, "there is a lot of ignorance about the cinema of the transition and the quinqui genre." Hence the intention of disseminating and bringing this artistic expression closer to the university community, especially the students.

 And it is that the quinqui is a film style capable of portraying certain socio-political situations in an attractive and interesting way, using police thriller codes.

“It is a very current genre because it connects with certain cultural currents that are very present, such as the music of artists such as C. Tangana or Rosalía”, adds Rajas. In addition, in the professor's opinion, quinqui cinema has "a very incisive and open way of approaching the social reality of the moment, thanks to that connection with commercial cinema."

Colloquium with audiovisual professionals

After the screening of the film, several professionals related to the film industry will offer a discussion on this peculiar genre and its contributions to the Spanish audiovisual industry. Among the guests are the screenwriter, producer and director, Juan Vicente Córdoba, also author of the film 'Quinqui Stars'; Eduardo Fuembuena, author of 'Far from here'; Professor Váleri Codesido, author of the doctoral thesis 'The discourse of Spanish cinema in the 70s'; and the director of the FlixOlé-URJC Chair of Spanish Cinema, Mario Rajas.

More information and registration in this link.