The Embassy of Spain is dedicating its March cultural calendar to women, with film screenings, academic forums, theater productions and exhibitions highlighting female voices across disciplines.
Through Instituto Cervantes and its Cultural and Education Offices, the embassy is staging a month-long lineup that includes cinema, science discussions, literature forums and visual arts events in Manila.
Espacio Femenino, a weekly film series held every Tuesday of the month, features works by women directors exploring themes from personal narratives to broader social issues.
The 100 científicas (100 Women Scientists Series) gathers women scientists from Spain, Latin America and, this year, the Philippines to present their research and discuss the intersections of science, language and culture.
Hispanists from Southeast Asia will convene in Manila from 26 to 27 March to discuss the state of the Spanish language and culture in the Philippines and the region, including sessions examining female perspectives and representations of women in the Philippine press.
Theater audiences can watch Lorquianas on 24 March at Tanghalang Ignacio Jimenez. Staged by theater group La Vidriera, the production weaves together texts from Federico García Lorca’s La casa de Bernarda Alba, Romance de la pena negra and Romance de la gitana Preciosa, works known for confronting gender roles, sexuality and class.
Several exhibitions also continue through March. A dash, a colon, a dialogue between Spanish artist Cristina Gamón and Filipino artist Brisa Amir curated by Arianna Mercado, runs until 28 March at Casa Azul in Intramuros.
At the Ayala-Greenbelt underground walkway, Sorolla: A Walk through the Light presents life-size reproductions of works by Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923).
Permanent and ongoing exhibitions include Four Centuries of Spanish Engineering Overseas at the Centro de Turismo in Intramuros and Mezcla: Interwoven Cultures and the Mantón de Manila at the Ayala Museum.
Public art by Madrid-based collective Boa Mistura also remains accessible year-round, including a basketball court in Tejeros, Makati painted with the word “UNYON” and a mural in Fort Santiago bearing the word “TAGPUAN.”