Tots volem el millor per a ella (We all want what's best for her)
A film by Mar Coll.
Thursday, 21th May 2015, 2.30pm
One year after suffering a horrible traffic accident, Geni is ready to resume her life… or at least that's what her family wants to see. The truth is that despite trying to please everyone, Geni feels unable to live up to expectations: her life before the accident no longer interests her. Why resume it then? The confusion that this creates causes her behaviour to become increasingly more erratic and leads to a single idea that begins to grow within her: escape.
A follow-up to her award-winning debut from one-to-watch Catalan director Mar Coll, one of a lengthening list of successes to emerge from the Catalan Film School. “Happiness is in the small things” states a billboard ad for pain killers in We All Want the Best for Her, and much the same is true of the film itself. A well-observed, fastidiously-made take on a middle class woman’s struggle to find her place in the world. (The Hollywood Reporter)
The film received eight nominations and three awards.
For more info on the film and to watch the trailer visit:
La plaga (The Plague)
A film by Neus Ballús.
Thursday, 15th May 2014, 6 pm
Raul, a farmer that tries to grow organic
food, hires Iurie to help him in the fields. Iurie is a Moldavian wrestling
fighter, but in order to earn a living he has to work in whatever it comes.
Slowly, their personal histories intertwine with those of three solitary women:
Maria, an elder that has to leave the country house where she has always lived
to join a retirement home; Rose, a nurse from Philippines who just arrived into
the country; and Maribel, a prostitute that has less and less clients. The
destinies of all these characters become entwined as the summer goes on.
The Plague is a film of intertwining stories that offers a
moving portrait of life in the outskirts of Barcelona. The main characters are
not actors. They play as themselves after four years of working with the
director. This long process has permitted Ballús to reveal the uncertainty and
the rebel spirit that underlies contemporary crisis-hit Spain.
The producer and co-writer Pau Subirós will be with us to discuss the
film after the screening.
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Workshop for UK based Catalan Tutors
University of Birmingham
Sponsored by the Institut Ramon Llull
Friday, 18th November 2011
Learning Centre, UG06
WORKSHOP FOR UK BASED CATALAN TUTORS
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10:00 – 10:15
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Welcoming words
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Dr Aengus Ward
Head of Languages
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
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10:15 – 10:45
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Sharing innovative practices
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Bill Miller
Senior e-learning consultant
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10:45 – 11:15
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Web resources for learning: resource for the close reading of texts
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Dr Marios Hadjianastasis
E-learning consultant
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11:15 – 11:30
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COFFEE BREAK
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11:30 – 12:00
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Teaching by ‘Wikinar’: wikis as tools for formative feedback and assessment
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Dr Monica Borg
Lecturer in Italian Studies
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12:00 – 12:30
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Assessing assessments
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Rosa Sánchez
Spanish Language Instructor
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12:30 – 13:00
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Literary texts in the beginners' classroom via the VLE
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Dr Marta Simó Language instructor of Spanish
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13:00 – 14:00
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LUNCH
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14:00 – 14:30
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Video conference with the director of ‘LletrA’: Catalan Culture and Virtual Communities
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Dr Teresa Fèrriz
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
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15:30 – 16:00
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Catalan Studies at Birmingham
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Dr Elisenda Marcer Lecturer in Catalan Studies
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14:30 – 15:00
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Translation and Projection of Catalan identity. Presentation of the Reading Group Project
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Jennifer Arnold
Doctoral student in Translation and Catalan Studies
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15:00 – 15:30
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Examples of good practice in teaching Catalan Language and Culture
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Raquel Navas
Catalan and Spanish Tutor
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16:00 – 16:30
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*** IRL ***
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INFORMACIÓ PRÀCTICA PER ARRIBAR A LA UNIVERSITAT DE BIRMINGHAM
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus B15 2TT
COM ARRIBAR-HI
En tren des de l’aeroport
Des de l’aeroport de Birmingham, agafeu el monorail gratuït que us durà a l’estació de tren. Un cop a l’estació, agafeu un tren cap Birmingham New Street. N’hi ha des de les 6am a les 11pm Cliqueu aquí per veure els horaris :http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
En arribar a New Street Station, agafeu el tren en direcció Longbridge/Reddich i baixeu a la parada de la universitat (Universtiy).
Itinerari: New Street – Five Ways – University (es triga uns 10 minuts)
Si voleu anar-hi amb autobús, haureu de sortir de l’estació. Molt a prop de New Street, concretament a Corporation Street, trobareu les parades del autobusos: 61, 62 i 63 que us duran a la Universitat de Birmingham, Edgbaston campus. Es triga uns 15 o 20 minuts depenent del trànsit.
En tren des de New Street
Si arribeu a Birmingham New Street en tren, seguiu les instruccions de més amunt.
En taxi
Tant a l’aeroport com a l’estació de New Street hi ha taxis. Des de l’aeroport al centre de la ciutat us pot costar unes £30.
En cotxe
Des del Nord Oest o Sud Est per l’ M6
Sortiu a la Junction 6 (Birmingham Central) i agafeu l’ A38 (M). Seguiu les indicacions cap a l’A38, Bristol Road.
La universitat és a la dreta, aproximadament a 2.5 milles del centre de la ciutat.
Arribant des de l’ M42 Nord
Sortiu a la Junction 8 per agafar l’M6 i seguiu les instruccions esmentades més amunt.
Arribant des del Sud Oest
Deixeu l’ M5 a la Junction 4 (Birmingham SW) i dirigiu-vos a l’A38.
A unes 8 milles, trobareu la universitat.
Arribant des de l’ M40
Dirigiu-vos cap al sud, agafeu l’ M42 i sortiu a la Junction 1 per arribar a l’A38 Bristol Road.
LEARNING CENTRE
El learning Centre és a 1 minut de l'estació University. Vegeu R28 al mapa del campus.
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EL MISTERIÓS CAS DE L'EDIFICI ASHLEY. CAPÍTOL 2: HA ARRIBAT LA BBC!
Open publication - Free publishing
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EL MISTERIÓS CAS DE L'EDIFICI ASHLEY. CAPÍTOL 1
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATES OF CATALAN LANGUAGE (PROVES INSTITUT RAMON LLULL). UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
NIVELL BÀSIC
Saturday 14/05/11 10.00-14.30 Room 219, Ashley building
NIVELL ELEMENTAL
Saturday 14/05/11 10.00-14.30 Room 121A, Ashley building
NIVELL INTERMEDI
Saturday, 21/05/11 10.00-14.30 Room 121A, Ashley building
NIVELL SUFICIÈNCIA
Saturday, 4/06/11 10.00-14-30 Room 121A, Ashley building
Bona sort a tothom!!!
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CATALAN, BASQUE AND GALICIAN CINEMA SEASON AT
THE MIDLANDS ARTS CENTRE OF BIRMINGHAM,
The season will start with the projection of the repeatedly awarded
Catalan film Elisa K co-directed by Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena. The film
director JORDI CADENA will be there for a question and answer session after the film.
This event will take place on Thursday, 12th May, 14.00h at the Midlands
Arts Centre (MAC), Cannon Hill Park, 2 Russell Road, Birmingham B12 9QH
(http://www.macarts.co.uk/).
The three films will be projected in original version with English subtitles.
All screenings will be free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Extxepare Basque Institute, Institut Ramon Llull, Xunta de Galicia and the University of Birmingham.
Directors: Jordi Cadena and Judith Colell
Length: 72 min
Year: 2010
Year: 2010
Genre: Drama
Actors: Aina Clotet, Clàudia Pons, Hans Richter, Lydia Zimmermann, Ramon Madaula, Jordi Gràcia.
Actors: Aina Clotet, Clàudia Pons, Hans Richter, Lydia Zimmermann, Ramon Madaula, Jordi Gràcia.
SYNOPSIS:
Elisa is almost eleven, but her contented world shifts overnight when a friend of her father's makes her cry and promises her a bracelet if she stops. No one knows what has happened; only that Elisa is not her normal self: her grades suffer and her confidence plummets. But it takes fourteen years, four months and a few days before what really happened comes back to haunt Elisa.
Clàudia Pons and Aina Clotet are both hugely impressive as the child and adult Elisa while Cadena and Colell - co-directing for the first time - inflect Bosch's novel through a discerning but empathetic poetic eye.
You are all invited!
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CATALAN SUMMER COURSES IN GIRONA
Some information about Summer Catalan Courses in the Escola Oficial d’Idiomes de Girona! The Institut Ramon Llull is offering some grants to “Any non-Catalan-speaking person who has completed a minimum of 60 hours of courses in the Catalan language in study centres located outside the Catalan-speaking zone and who has a basic knowledge and mastery of spoken Catalan”. Those grants cover accommodation and travel expenses.
I’m sure it would be an amazing experience, go for it!
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ÀNGELS AYMAR I MONTSERRAT ROSER- EL DOCTOR TRUETA
Thursday 25th of November 2010, University of Birmingham.
A fascinating talk on the play Trueta was given by its director and
writer ÀNGELS AYMAR i RAGOLTA and its translator DR
MONTSERRAT ROSER i PUIG. The play is inspired by the life of the
distinguished Catalan surgeon Doctor Josep Trueta, whose Nobel Prize
nomination was supported by the University of Birmingham.
