The incisive indie band will open the curtain at the Alcalá de Henares / Community of Madrid film festival on November 7 at the Teatro Salón Cervantes with a musical and visual show that celebrates their passion for the seventh art
The indie band Los Punsetes, which celebrates its two decades of experience in 2024, will open the 53rd edition of ALCINE, the Alcalá de Henares / Community of Madrid film festival, on November 7. He will do so with a musical and visual spectacle that reveals his cinephilia, reflected in many of his songs. It will be from 8:30 p.m. at the Teatro Salón Cervantes in Alcalá de Henares.
Cronenberg, Kubrick, Malick, Bresson, Godard or the pataphysics of Fernando Arrabal will mix with the songs of Los Punsetes live with a special projection designed by the band itself to create a unique multisensory experience. A special film format that the acerbic band from Madrid has offered on only one occasion so far, last summer, at Matadero Madrid. It is also their last concert until April 2025, when they will begin their 20th Anniversary Tour.
Formed in 2004, the indie group has completed two decades of experience as a proud representative of Spanish independent rock. Hymns such as 'A suspicious person', 'Opinion of shit' or the most recent 'Madrid attacks me' have helped consolidate a career in which they have known how to move skillfully along the thin line that separates irony, provocation and honesty. brutal. Los Punsetes combine all this with a performative staging in which the charisma of their singer, Ariadna, and the rest of the band always shines.
Tickets for ALCINE's inaugural concert are now on sale on the Culturalcalá website, at prices ranging from €6 to €16.
Precious pieces and rough diamonds
ALCINE, organized by the Alcalá de Henares City Council and the Community of Madrid, with financing from the Ministry of Culture, will offer its viewers precious pieces and rough diamonds in short and long formats from November 7 to 17, with a program that includes five competitive sections: the National Short Film Competition, the European Short Film Competition, Open Screen, ESFFA (the European Audience Awards) and a new section that will be released for the first time in this 53rd edition dedicated to fantasy and horror cinema .
More than 70 films will compete in the competition sections of ALCINE between November 7 and 17. Many of them will be seen for the first time in the Community of Madrid and some will have their absolute premiere at the festival.
More concerts and DJ sessions, out-of-competition screenings, educational sections for children and young people, exhibitions, talks or workshops will be others, among many more, of the proposals of ALCINE 53, which once again is a qualifying festival for the Goya and the Oscar Awards.