Cervantes Institute

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic received newly-appointed Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Juan Jose Sanz Aparicio on Tuesday, thanking him for Spain's firm and principled position of non-recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo as well as for continued support for Serbia's EU integration.

Romanian and Spanish officials, representatives of the Cervantes Institute, as well as diplomats, historians, army staff, researchers and experts on Tuesday attended in the Marble Hall of the Palace of the National Military Club in Bucharest a roundtable conference on the 140th anniversary of Romanian-Spanish diplomatic ties.

Personalities representing the diplomatic and cultural life of the Spanish speaking countries in Bucharest, alongside the Spanish writer Care Santos, will read from the work of Miguel de Cervantes and several other great Spanish authors to the Romanian audience, on the International Book Day, informs a press release of the Cervantes Institute sent to AGERPRES.

Film director Juliano Dornelles, one of the most promising talents of the Brazilian cinema, on Saturday will be at Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, Cannes movies in Bucharest, for the screening of his "Bacurau," co-directed with Kleber Mendonca Filho, the winner of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize.

The European Film Festival is an institution in itself, Liliana Turoiu, chair of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), told the opening of the 23rd edition of the event, which took place at the Great Hall of the I.L. Caragiale National Theatre House in Bucharest on Tuesday.

The third Festival of Contemporary Spanish Theater will take place this weekend at the Anna and Maria Kalouta Municipal Cultural Center. Shows on both days start at 5 p.m. The festival is dedicated to women playwrights, including Yolanda Altabert, Ana Diaz Velasco, Carmen Vinolo, Eva Alarte and many more, and presents a panorama of recent trends and themes in the Spanish theater.

An exhibition at the Cervantes Institute from November 15 to 30 sheds light on a lesser-known aspect of Salvador Dali's work, illustration, which he first took an interest in in 1916, when his sister became ill and the budding artist drew pictures to accompany stories for her. He went on to produce illustrations for 79 books, and also worked with magazines and other publications.

The inauguration of the 10th installment of the Ibero-American Literature Festival in Athens (LEA) - aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue between Greece and the countries of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America - takes place at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) on Saturday, June 9. The event will start at 7 p.m.

The Cervantes Institute and the Hellenic-American Union are showcasing contemporary Spanish cinema in a two-day mini-festival comprising four filmmaking debuts. The screenings will take place at the HAU, starting at 6 p.m. on both days, and will feature Greek subtitles only. Admission is free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.

The country's biggest event on comics and comic-book artists returns for the 12th year in a row on April 7-9, taking place at the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias), the French Institute (31 Sina) and other venues in the Neapoli district of the Greek capital in cooperation with the City of Athens.