Film, concerts and conferences will take place on the sun-drenched Mediterranean island of Mallorca from 26 July to 1 August, including a special live event, the 11th edition of the Atlàntida Film Festival, run by Jaume Ripoll, co-founder of Filmin, the top experimental film platform in Spain where a large part of the schedule for this festival will be screened, from today until 26 August. Some of the main features include the screening of the latest work from Leos Carax, the musical Annette [+lire aussi :
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Other key attractions of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest 2021 the première of a new series by Carlo Padial, called Doctor Portuondo and starring Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría (read more); the Spanish premier of the documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], based on the lifelong shadow cast over the actor who played the young Tadzio in Death in Venice, by Luchino Visconti; and another non-fiction film, Laurent Garnier: Off the Record, on the now legendary French DJ and music producer.

The show and the songs will also have a glittering presence at the physical version of the festival: as well as concerts by top stars such as Asturian Rodrigo Cuevas, Rigoberta Bandini or C. Tangana there will also be screening of films related to music, such as For Lucio [+lire aussi :
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Finally, this festival will not be short on support from new talent emerging from the learning grounds of Balearic film-making: there will be delights such as ¡Corten! [+lire aussi :
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So, if you still haven't made any holiday plans for this last week of July, Mallorca will not disappoint with this event. And for those who want to continue enjoying good cinema from any home screen during August, the Festival line-up on Filmin will also fulfil your expectations.