There's a moment, in mid-July, when the city becomes unbearable. This is not a metaphor: it's physical, it's concrete, it's the pavement burning under your feet at ten in the morning. And this is where cinema comes in — not as an escape, but as a refuge in the most literal sense.
CineCiutat Comunitats is the space where the cinema stops being a place where people sit in silence and becomes a meeting point. A space designed for films to bring us together, to talk about the world we live in, to build bridges with organisations and communities of all kinds. Because culture, when it's real, brings people together.
This summer, every Tuesday and Saturday at 11am, we've programmed a journey through Spanish cinema. The series is called Cinema as Climate Refuge, and we mean it: seven decades of Iberian filmmaking about memory, freedom, and the people who survived — or didn't — their own time. A programme that Chantal Akerman or Agnès Varda would have understood immediately: cinema as an act of everyday resistance.
The Programme
EL VERDUGO (Luis García Berlanga, 1963) Saturday 4 and Tuesday 7 July
EL JARDÍN DE LAS DELICIAS (Carlos Saura, 1970) Saturday 11 and Tuesday 14 July
MI HIJA HILDEGART (Fernando Fernán Gómez, 1977) Saturday 18 and Tuesday 21 July
EL AÑO DE LAS LUCES (Fernando Trueba, 1986) Saturday 1 and Tuesday 4 August
¡AY, CARMELA! (Carlos Saura, 1990) Saturday 8 and Tuesday 11 August
TRANVÍA A LA MALVARROSA (José Luis García Sánchez, 1996) Saturday 15 and Tuesday 18 August
LA LENGUA DE LAS MARIPOSAS (José Luis Cuerda, 1999) Saturday 22 and Tuesday 25 August
SON DE MAR (Bigas Luna, 2001) Saturday 29 August and Tuesday 1 September
Practical Information
Screenings take place every Tuesday and Saturday at 11am at CineCiutat (C/ Emperadriu Eugènia, 6, Palma).
For people over 65, Tuesday screenings cost 2€.
Each session also has 6 free tickets available through the Apropa Cultura platform.
More information: 971 205 453 · comunitats@cineciutat.org
This initiative is made possible with the support of Caixa Colonya, the Consell de Mallorca, the Spanish Ministry of Culture, and the collaboration of the Ajuntament de Palma, as well as Apropa Cultura and Imprenta Bahía.