Always Remember is a free film series designed to raise Holocaust awareness through cinema. Returning after a successful inaugural year, the series is expanding with Always Remember, On the Road. This iteration broadens the reach of the program by pairing in-person community screenings with virtual screenings to engage audiences nationally and globally.

You’re invited to join us for an online screening of Pepi Fandango, including a pre-recorded conversation with producer Andres Bartos Amory, moderated by Ruxandra Predescu (Transilvania International Film Festival).

Peter Perez (aka Pepi), a Viennese Holocaust survivor, and his musician friend Alfred head on a road trip across Europe in search of authentic flamenco song, armed only with their wry Viennese wit and a guitar in the trunk. Pepi wants to write his fandango, a song in a flamenco style that haunts him to this day. As a child, he and his Jewish family ended up in the Rivesaltes concentration camp in the south of France. There, Pepi was separated from his parents. He listened as the Spanish Roma children sang fandangos to communicate with their parents on the other side of the separation wall. At the age of five, Pepi could only listen. Today, a man in his mid-80s, Pepi still can’t express his trauma. After driving thousands of kilometers bickering with each other like old friends do, the two old men finally arrive in the sleepy village of Paterna de Rivera (Spain), where Pepi has been coming for years in the hope of finding a key to confronting his past. As the village builds up for its yearly fiesta, Pepi tries to write his fandango, but can’t because he still can’t accept what happened. Pepi has no other option but to return to Rivesaltes for the first time since he was a child, to confront the ghosts of his past which don’t align with the images of the present.

From Moon Entertainment, Pepi Fandango premiered at the 2023 Warsaw Film Festival.

 
2025, 80 minutes, Color and Black & White, German, Spanish, English, and French with English subtitles | Written and Directed by Lucija Stojević | Produced by Andrés Bartos Amory | Executive Produced by Lucija Stojević
 

Registration Information

Even when they reach capacity, Film Lover and Secret Members are guaranteed access to all online screenings. Arts Circle Members are guaranteed access to all online and in-person screenings. Email membership@filmindependent.org for more.

All Film Independent Members and the general public can register for this online screening starting at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 4. | Registration is free; one registration per individual
 

How to Watch

On the first day of screening availability, registrants will be emailed a secure link by our partner Vision Media to watch this title in the Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room.
 

Accessibility

Film Independent is committed to hosting events that are accessible. For inquiries regarding accessibility, or to request an accommodation, please contact us at accessibility@filmindependent.org or 323 556 9305.
 

Online Screening Policies

Availability window and registration capacity may vary; always register as early as possible to ensure access. Links are watermarked, nontransferable and may only be used by the individual who completed the registration. Limit one link per individual, per event.

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Always Remember films, participants, availability window(s) and other details are subject to change without prior notice.