Unflinchingly visceral, Albert Serra draws inspiration from the likes of Salvador Dalí and Francis Bacon to portray both the violence and, paradoxically, the terrible beauty of watching a bullfight, or in his words "the plasticity of blood and flesh".

Both an uncompromising exploration of ritualised violence and an obsessive search for the sublime in the face of death, Afternoons of Solitude is a work of manifold complexity anchored by the captivating presence of charismatic torero, Andrés Roca Rey.

The UK Premiere screening on Fri 5 Sep will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Albert Serra.