Por Redaccion This Friday, at 7:30 p.m. at the Campoamor Theater, the XI edition of the Contemporary Audiovisual Week of Oviedo, SACO, kicks off with the film concert «A True Story» by Joana Serrat. Free tickets for this first event are now available at entradas.oviedo.es and at the Campoamor Theater box office. These same channels will be available to pick up the remaining tickets for SACO 2025 film concerts two days before each session, starting at 11:00 a.m. Attendance for the rest of the activities is free until full capacity is reached.
SACO XI 2025 Activities Calendar
Friday, March 7
7:30 p.m. Film concert at the Campoamor Theater
«A True Story» by Joana Serrat
Joana Serrat has become one of the Catalan artists with the greatest international projection. Her music sounds warm, intimate, universal, and captivating. With musical coordinates marked by Americana, but also by British folk tradition, Serrat delicately immerses us in a world of open landscapes and hopeful horizons, with nostalgia but without sadness. Following her own path and turning small details into a sign of identity, her proposal grows step by step with calm and the certainty that wonders of life are found along the way.
Joana Serrat will perform live, over the film projection, her music for «A True Story» by the recently deceased David Lynch. A heartfelt tribute to the great filmmaker.
Saturday, March 8
7:00 p.m. Film concert at the Campoamor Theater
The musical duo Ombligo, formed by Ana Sobrino (Anika) and Ángel Cáceres, imagine and reinvent a new live soundtrack for «What Have I Done to Deserve This!» (1984), the great classic by Pedro Almodóvar.
Sunday, March 9
7:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
European Film Stories Cycle
«The Wonders» by Alice Rohrwacher. Italy, 2023
Monday, March 10
European Film Stories Cycle
8:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«Viridiana» by Luis Buñuel. Spain, 1961
Tuesday, March 11
European Film Stories Cycle
5:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence» by Roy Andersson. Sweden, 2014
8:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«Wings of Desire» by Wim Wenders. Germany, 1987
Wednesday, March 12
European Film Stories Cycle
5:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«Umberto D.» by Vittorio de Sica. Italy, 1952
8:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«The Gleaners and I» by Agnès Varda. France, 2000
Thursday, March 13
European Film Stories Cycle
5:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«A Man Escaped» by Robert Bresson. France, 1956
8:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater
«Phoenix» by Christian Petzold. Germany, 2014
Friday, March 14
12:00 p.m. Guided tour (media presentation) of the sound installation «The Sound of Art Vol.07» by its author, Ainara LeGardon.
5:00 p.m. Aula Magna of the historic building of the University of Oviedo. Recording of the RADIO3 «Tres en la Carretera» program.
7:00 p.m. Historic building of the University of Oviedo. Conference on the history of European cinema in the 20th-21st century. By the critic and writer Carlos Losilla.
Saturday, March 15
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Film screening at the Filarmónica Theater. Presented by the director
Javier Rebollo «In the Sultan’s Bed». Spain, 2024
7:00 p.m. Film concert at the Campoamor Theater. Own production, world premiere.
«Rumble Fish» by Mario Cobo. A classic by Francis Ford Coppola, one of his most intense and romantic works thanks to its intelligent and transgressive composition that has an uncommon fascination in the cinema of the time. Musician Mario Cobo has composed an original soundtrack that he will perform live as a duo. Mario has spent his whole life studying the sounds of American guitar roots, a lot of road and thousands of concerts with his solo project, Nu Niles, Los Mambo Jambo, or Los Locos del Oeste, as well as being a guitarist with Kim Lenz, touring the United States for two years, or Loquillo until a couple of years ago. He has also recorded with international artists like Joe Clay, Rocky Burnette, or Little Rachel, among others, and has accompanied artists of the caliber of Sonny Burgess, Billy Lee Riley, The Cadillacs, Janis Martin, DJ Fontana, and many more.
Sunday, March 16
12:00 p.m. Guided tour of the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias by Javier Rebollo, filmmaker.
7:00 p.m. Film concert at the Campoamor Theater
«Starting Over» by José Luis Garci (1982). Leticia Baselgas and Rubén Bada are the heart and soul of the Asturian project L-R. They combine the rhythms of traditional music with the electric guitar and tambourine. Their «post-folk Asturian» is based on the folklore of their homeland, adding rock and blues to the color palette. Past, present, and future intertwined in the same staff where Asturias is the protagonist, just like in José Luis Garci’s Oscar-winning film, whose frames traverse emblematic places in the Principality. Looking back and starting over, recovering lost time and rediscovering love truncated by exile, in short, starting over. L-R will perform live, over the film projection, their music for «Starting Over.»
All film and film concert sessions will be preceded by a presentation to contextualize the chosen film for the audience. We will have, among others, critics Carlos Losilla and Martin Pawley.
Activities during SACO
*LaSema. This activity is carried out in collaboration with the education department through its complementary activities department. It also has the support of the Alliance Française of Oviedo and the French Institute. Over 15 days, more than 10,600 students from different educational centers throughout the Oviedo council will come to the Filarmónica Theater to enjoy a specially designed program of short films for four specific age groups: 3/5 years, 6/8 years, 9/12 years, and 12/16 years. A selection of films that show different ways of storytelling, illustrating the richness of audiovisual languages far from the commercial standard. A way to pave the way for new viewers who will be the audience and filmmakers of the future. The dates for this activity are: March 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 31, April 4, 8, 10, 11, May 5, and 8.
*Immersive and VR Cinema. At the La Lila cyber center from March 7 to 16, in the morning and afternoon. In collaboration with the French Institute and the Alliance Française.
A selection of titles for all ages and tastes.
«Hypno» by Marie Amachoukeli. 2023, 22 minutes
«Claude Monet» by Nicolas Thépot 2018, 8 minutes
«Eternal Notre Dame» by Emissive. 2022, variable duration
«A Bar at the Folies Bergère» by Gabrielle Lissot and Marianne Le Morvan. 2018, 6 minutes
*The Sound of Art Vol. 07. By Ainara LeGardon, at the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias. From March 7 to May 4.
Ainara LeGardon (Bilbao, 1976) has been a musician and artist since 1991. She has a prolific work in the fields of rock, improvisation, and experimental music, both solo and as part of various artistic collectives and scenic projects. She has presented her music and developed sound pieces and performative actions on stages in Europe and the United States, self-managing her career since 2003. Her works represent a reinterpretation and embodiment of her listening, creation, twisting, and destruction processes, whether in the form of music, poems, sound installations, or scenic interventions. Her artistic activity can be followed at www.ainaralegardon.com and her teaching-related activity at www.legardon.net.
Works THE SOUND OF ART 2025:
«Penitent Magdalene,» JUAN CARREÑO DE MIRANDA
«Woman Undressing,» RAMÓN CASAS
«To the Friend,» JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES
«Pilot,» JOSÉ MARÍA NAVASCUÉS
«Blonde,» CHECHU ÁLAVA
«Self-portrait,» BREZA CECCHINI.
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