David Pantaleón Film Sessions: Screening of Rendir los machos

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David Pantaleón, the filmmaker who turned his homeland into a cinematic universe. "That experience laid foundations that are still present in the films I make today." The director announces his return to his homeland to continue creating from his own land and his own people. After moving the audience with the opening address of the Valleseco patron saint festivities, David Pantaleón returns to the center of the cultural program with a series of film days dedicated to his work, transforming the Municipal Auditorium into a meeting space between cinema, territory, and collective memory. Considered one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Spanish cinema, he has developed a career recognized at festivals such as Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Seville, Málaga, and Visions du Réel, with a filmography marked by humor, formal experimentation, and a deeply human gaze on territory. Special prominence will be given to the *Cuentos de cartón* trilogy, created together with the Valleseco Occupational Center: *Fondo o forma*, *A lo oscuro más seguro*, and *La pasión de Judas*. Three works that brought the cultural and social reality of the municipality to the international short film circuit. "We had the opportunity to grow together and to experiment for several years. That experience laid foundations that are still present in the films I make today." Regarding *La pasión de Judas*, inspired by Valleseco’s traditional burning of Judas, the director highlights: "Seeing how something so local became something universal was very moving." The days will also include the screening of *Rendir los machos* (2022), his first feature film and winner of the Best Director Award at the Seville European Film Festival. Wednesday, May 20 | 7:30 p.m. *Fondo o forma*, *A lo oscuro más seguro*, *La pasión de Judas*, and *El becerro pintado*. Thursday, May 21 | 7:30 p.m. *Rendir los machos*. Both sessions will conclude with an open discussion with the director and participants in the audiovisual pieces.