Tabakalera has prepared a broad and varied film programme for the month of May that consists of special screenings and sessions that seek to cause reflection and spark dialogue amongst attendees.
\n\nOn 14 May, Strange River (2025) will be screened and presented by its director, Jaume Claret Muxart. Strange River is the director's first feature film and the project was selected and developed under the Ikusmira Berriak residency programme. It competed in the Orizzonti section of the Venice International Film Festival and at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was nominated for two Goya Awards: Best New Director and Best New Actor.
\n\nJaume Claret Muxart was part of the first generation of students at Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE). He has directed the short films Ella i jo (2020), screened at the Rotterdam and IndieLisboa festivals, The Danube Rivers (2023), which was shown at FIDMarseille, Malaga, and SEMINCI, and Our Room, with which he returned to Rotterdam. Strange River is his first feature film.
\n\nMeanwhile, at Tabakalera on 28 May, the public will be able to see the first feature film by director Gabriel Azorín, Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (2025). The session will be presented by Azorín himself, who will speak with the audience at the conclusion. The film tells the story of António and Jota, who return from the front with their friends in search of some ancient Roman baths. They joke among themselves as they wade through marshes recounting past tactical glories. The baths have reappeared after spending a long time submerged under a reservoir, and people of all ages flock to spend the day there. But there is something mysterious about these thermal waters.
\n\nGabriel Azorín’s visit to Tabakalera will be completed with the screening of his documentary medium-length film Los mutantes, which will take place on 29 May as part of the series Zinemaldia + PLUS 2026: cinema and film schools.
\n\nGabriel Azorín holds a degree in Directing from ECAM (the Madrid Film School) and has a postgraduate degree from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE). His work has been screened at festivals such as San Sebastián, Entrevues Belfort, the Seville European Film Awards, Ficunam, Zinebi, Curtocircuíto, and Porto/Post/Doc.
\n\nFiftieth anniversary of Taxi Driver
\n\nOn 16 May, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of its première, Tabakalera will offer the opportunity to see one of director Martin Scorsese's best-known films, Taxi Driver. The screening will feature a live performance by composer and producer ZABALA (the stage name of Jon Aguirrezabalaga), reinterpreting the film’s soundtrack. The music of the Basque producer will offer us a complementary view of the iconic character Travis Bickle’s descent into hell in a violent and psychotic society.
\n\nJon Aguirrezabalaga adopted the name ZABALA after ending his previous project, We Are Standard. The composer and producer from Bilbao began to put out more personal work, closer to the parameters of electronic music, but with an experimental and open approach. Nighttime landscapes, dark, tinged with a certain nostalgia, and with the constant feeling of inhabiting a universe where the rules are different.
\n\nLastly, on 21 May, one of the directors representing the new Georgian cinema will arrive at Tabakalera. Filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze and musician Giorgi Koberidze will present the film Dry Leaf. After the screening, there will be a discussion with both of them. The protagonist of the film is Lisa, a sports photographer who disappears without warning, leaving behind a letter in which she asks not to be looked for. Her father, Irakli, unable to accept her disappearance, embarks on a journey to find her.
\n\nAlexandre Koberidze trained in directing at the German Film & TV Academy in Berlin. His first feature film, Let the Summer Never Come Again, received the Grand Prix at FIDMarseille. His next film, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, premièred at the Berlinale and was awarded the FIPRESCI prize.
\n\nSession dates and times
\n\n• 14 May, 7:00 p.m. – Contemporary cinema: Strange River, Jaume Claret Muxart.
\n\n• 16 May, 7:00 p.m. – Cinema and music: Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese with live music by Zabala.
\n\n• 21 May, 7:00 p.m. – Contemporary cinema: Dry Leaf, Alexandre Koberidze.
\n\n• 28 May, 7:00 p.m. – Contemporary cinema: Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes, Gabriel Azorín.
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Tickets are now available on the Tabakalera website.
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