12th Cine Latino Film Festival

Friday, October 11 at 8:30pm

ABOUT THE FILM

Iciar Bollain, one of Spain’s most talented filmmakers whose last film, Maixabel, took home 3 Goya awards and was one of the year’s biggest arthouse hits, comes back with I am Nevenka, a true story about sexual harassment, consent and how a person's will can be undermined and destroyed. I am Nevenka is told from the perspective of a real woman who marked a turning point in the history of Spain and is considered the first #metoo case in the country.

Nevenka Fernández was 23 years old when she started working at the City Council of Ponferrada, a small Spanish city. She was young, beautiful and full of dreams. But the mayor, accustomed to exercising his power, was immediately infatuated with her. Instead of putting up with it, Nevenka stood up and she faced her entire city, the media and the public opinion of a whole country who chose to pigeonhole her and spoke of her as a calculating exploiter, questioning her intimate life and behavior and undermined her dignity. Despite all this controversy, Nevenka Fernández obtained the first conviction for sexual harassment of a politician in Spain in 2002.

SOY NEVENKA – En español

En el año 2000, Nevenka Fernández, concejala de Hacienda en el Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada, sufre una persecución implacable por parte del alcalde, acostumbrado a hacer su voluntad en lo político y en lo personal. Nevenka decide denunciar, aunque sabe que deberá pagar un precio muy alto. Una historia inspirada en hechos reales que convierte a su protagonista en una pionera del movimiento #metoo al llevar por primera vez a un político influyente ante los tribunales por acoso sexual y laboral.

PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETY

Cine Latino returns October 9-13 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish and Portuguese language films, special guests, fiestas, food trucks, and more! The 12th annual celebration of the best Latin American, US Latinx, and Ibero Cinema pays homage to the longstanding film industries throughout the Spanish and Portuguese speaking diaspora by showcasing the diversity of their inhabitants, the immense beauty of their geographies, and the magic of their many cultures through the power of film.