Film still from "Official Competition" (2022), showing a gigantic rock suspended over three people.
Screenings
Part of the series Summer Night Cinema

Summer Night Cinema: "Official Competition"

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The Hammer, KCRW, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present Summer Night Cinema. 
 

Tuesdays this summer, make a night of it at the Hammer with after hours gallery access, drinks and bar bites at Lulu, and free film screenings. Galleries will be open until the films begin at 7:30 p.m.

Summer Night Cinema is presented by Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein.

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Screening: "Official Competition"

When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavor. Completing the all-star team are two actors with enormous talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and radical theater actor Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez). Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other, but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?

(2022, dir. Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn, DCP, color, 114 min.)