Are you one of those who enjoy independent films? Are you constantly looking for different movies or would you like to see a classic on the big screen? Well, in Guayaquil there are some spaces that present themselves as an alternative to the commercial offer of large chains in the country, and in most cases access to it is free.

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MZ14 cinema room

The MZ14 room It is emerging as the newest space in the city. It officially opened its doors in 2021 with a screening of a selection of Ecuadorian films, as part of EDOC.

The films shown here are mostly programmed by Cinema Scapethe UArtes film club, and there are also independent efforts Second cinema, Marlene Olvera and Carlos Cordovez’s cycles of horror films. This is how the billboard usually looks since then short films and Ecuadorian films, horror films, films directed by women and classics.

Rafael Plaza, the official developer of the theater, states that the goal of the film is to convey a different perspective. “We don’t show such new films (…) We always try to make it a cinema that will not be seen normally, neither on television, nor in traditional cinemas. It gives people a chance to discover these works and turn them into their new favorite movie,” says Plaza.

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Forums at the end of each screening added value to the room. “It’s not just a film screening, people who want to talk, learn more about the film or talk about cinema, We offer you this opportunity to finally have a forum in which they can participate and that creates an experience.”

Plaza claims that they plan to show more than 50 films this year alone, and more than 150 in two years of existence.

With a capacity of 122 seats, it has surround sound “The projection system is the best you can have. It is a 2k Barco projector, and the audio system is Dolby 7.1″.

This cinema is located on the third floor of Mz14, in Panama and on October 9. Free entrance. You can watch the screenings at @mz14uartes.

Cinematheque of the House of Culture Guayas

On the fifth floor of the House of Culture, the heart of Guayas, the magic of cinematography takes center stage through its traditional Cinematheque, with which many have certainly grown up. This space came to life again last year thanks to the presenter and audiovisual producer Federico Koelle. “It was necessary to save this space, to reactivate the public.”

Every week, from Wednesday to Friday, it surprises with a new series of films, from historical themes, war themes, Catalan cinema, German cinema, Latin American cinema, art cinema and much more. While Saturdays (every fortnight) are dedicated to children with their own space for cinema Petete.

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“The competence of the Cultural Center is to open a space with an alternative dynamic, in this case with analytical, social, anthropological films, from simple, from fairly open language so that people can connect and have a dialogue dynamic“, explains Koelle, who holds a cinema forum with viewers at the end of each film.

Screenings from Wednesday to Friday are at 6:30 p.m. And on Saturdays, animated films are shown at 09:00. You can see the weekly schedule at @cceguayas. Free entrance. Next week, they will present the Peruvian Film Festival, which will begin on Monday, October 16 Manco Capac, from Henry Vallejo.

Art Library

Where there was a money warehouse many years ago (Eskontna banka used to work) is now a place to find those hidden, old, but very good movies. For five months now Art Library gifts, two Saturdays a month, his Cinema forumdirected by a historian and passionate film buff Freddy Aviles.

“It was important to have a space dedicated to classic cinema, where people can appreciate the great gems of the seventh art, but which are not related to current cinematography. “In this way, people are dispelling countless myths and paradigms that are unfortunately currently being used,” mentions Avilés, who considers Guayaquil a traditionally film-loving city.

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In a small room, great works from the era of German cinema, gothic cinema, film noir and more are projected. Everything is subject to themes to make it more dynamic, along with a forum that Avilés creates at the end of each function.

This Saturday, 21 will be presented the wolf man at 2:00 p.m., as part of the film panel “Horror Film Series for the Day of the Dead”. The functions are held in the library hall located in Pichincha and Aguirre. Free entrance. Check out the programming at @bibliouartes.

Cinema MAAC

The key place to enjoy a different movie is MAAC Cine (Malecón and Loja), where almost every week people can find something to see. There are events for the general public as well as for students, the vast majority of which are usually scheduled by the manager. Omaira Moscoso, from the Center for Film and TV Studies.

They have a segment of film classics in their program “which have published intellectual property and may be freely reproduced in cinemas.” And there is also a space dedicated to films whose subject is of social, social and historical interest.

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“Our goal is to create a cinematographic culture for the city of Guayaquil and to use cinematography as a tool for development and a tool for promoting human and civic values,” says Moscoso.

Every projection has a forum at the end. “Our big effort is to accompany the film, so yes “People learn to have new perspectives, learn to have other ways of looking at films, analyzing content, aesthetics.”

Performances are every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 and 15:00. Performances are also held on the second Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. And on the last Sunday of every month, a family film is shown in which the whole community is brought to the MAAC room.

His billboard can be seen on MAAC Cine’s Facebook account. There will be a screening this Tuesday, October 17, at 3:00 p.m Border, directed Ricardo Larraín, and then at 5:30 p.m. he appears Eyes without a faceas part of the seventh edition Terror in the MAAC.

At El Establo, at Casa Grande University, you can also enjoy a good classic. Check out the message board at @contraplanoclub.