Hosted by Kelly Moore, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese

Join us for a special screening of ¡Dolores, guapa!, a groundbreaking Spanish documentary directed by Jesús Pascual. Set in Seville, the film explores the city's iconic Holy Week (Semana Santa) through a queer lens, capturing how LGBTQ+ individuals—often affectionately referred to as “mariquitas”—participate in and reshape these deeply rooted religious traditions. Through vibrant visuals and personal testimonies, ¡Dolores, guapa! offers a moving portrait of identity, faith, and resistance within Andalusian culture.

Jesús Pascual (b. June 10, 1997, Alcalá de Guadaíra) is an emerging filmmaker and cultural critic who graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Seville in 2019. His debut short film Mi arma (2019) was awarded at multiple festivals and laid the foundation for his feature-length documentary ¡Dolores, guapa! (2021), which won Best Film in the Panorama Andaluz section at the Seville European Film Festival and Best Documentary at Andalesgai. In 2023, he published the essay Querer como las locas, blending queer theory and Andalusian musical tradition, which earned him the Sonia Rescalvo Zafra Prize. Pascual’s work centers queer voices in regional Spanish culture and reimagines traditional rituals through contemporary narratives. Join us for a post-screening conversation to discuss the making of the film, its themes, and the broader cultural context it engages. For questions, please contact Kelly Moore at [kcmoore@virginia.edu].

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