UMA programmes film, sound art, flamenco jazz and a comic festival from October 20 to 23

The Contenedor Cultural, the cultural centre of the University of Málaga (UMA) in Teatinos, keeps its weekly programme with four activities between Tuesday, October 20 and Friday, October 23. Admission is free for two of them and costs 4 euros for the other two.

The «Camino a FANCINE» cycle, which precedes the 36th UMA Fantasy Film Festival, screens «Her» (2013, directed by Spike Jonze, 126 minutes, original version with subtitles). Admission is free and includes a free drink until full capacity is reached. On Wednesday, October 21, at 20:00, the multi-instrumentalist musician Jorge Ogalla presents his new EP, «Ámbar», together with his band. Admission costs 4 euros at the box office, includes a drink and can only be paid in cash from half an hour before. On Thursday, October 22, at 20:00, Gautama del Campo, accompanied on guitar by Ezequiel Reina, offers «Salvaje moderado», a concert that mixes blues, jazz and flamenco. Admission costs 4 euros, includes a drink and can be bought in advance or at the box office on the day of the show, with card payment only, from half an hour before. On Friday, October 23, at 11:00, the fifth session of the course «Be Comics & Video Games» is held, a parallel activity of the 36th FANCINE in collaboration with the UMA Strategic Chair of Video Games, Gamification and Serious Games. Pablo Moreno Collar, professor of the UMA Master's Degree in Video Game Creation and comic illustrator for Marvel, DC and IDW, speaks with the talk «American Manga: The Influence of Japanese Manga in America». Admission is free of charge.

The Faculty of Fine Arts hosts the first UMA Graphic Festival, dedicated to independent comics, fanzines and self-publishing, also prior to the 36th FANCINE. It is held on Thursday, October 22, from 11:00 to 21:00, and on Friday, October 23, from 11:00 to 22:00, with stands, talks, round tables and a group exhibition. Admission is free.

On Friday, October 23, at 18:30, the Sala de Juntas of the Rectorate hosts the round table «Valle de Cuelgamuros. Trabajos de exhumación e identificación». Elisa Cabrerizo Medina, forensic doctor, and Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera, anthropologist and professor at the University of Granada, speak and will address the development of these works and the challenges they face. Organised by the Ateneo Libertario El Acebuche de Málaga and the Asociación Contra el Silencio y el Olvido por la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de Málaga, with the collaboration of the UMA Vice-Rectorate for Culture.

The 11th Contest of fantastic and horror micro-stories of the UMA Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, in collaboration with the 36th FANCINE, accepts works until November 2. The theme is «Programados para amar» and the entire UMA university community can take part. The Vice-Rectorate for Culture also keeps open a call for performing and musical artists who want to show their creations at the Contenedor Cultural, with free provision of spaces and equipment. Proposals are sent to cultura@uma.es.