Screenings and Events:

Events
Oct 17
Latin American Films at the Margaret Mead Film Festival 2019
Oct 21
Indocumentales Presents SANCTUARY
Oct 22
Special Screening of LA MALA NOCHE, Ecuador's Oscar Candidate
Oct 26
New York Premiere of QUEEN OF LAPA at NewFest
Nov 13
Special Screening of Kleber Mendonça Filho's CRITICO

TropicalFRONT Blog:

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Natalia Almada, Michèle Stephenson and Nina Álvarez Awarded IDA's Journalistic Documentary Grant

Three Latina filmmakers have been announced as part of the 12 winning
Acclaimed Documentary QUEEN OF LAPA Will Have its New York Premiere at NewFest

Queen of Lapa, the critically-acclaimed documentary from directors Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat will have its
Uruguay's THE SHARKS Wins the Awards for Best Film and Best Actress at the Milan Film Festival

The Uruguayan film The Sharks / Los tiburones, the debut feature by writer-
The International Documentary Association Awards Shortlists Six Latin American Titles

The Los Angeles-based organization International Documentary Association (IDA)
Oscars: Meet This Year's Latin American Contenders

A record-breaking 93 countries have submitted entries for the best international feature film competition (formerly known as best foreign-language film) at the 92nd
Mexico's David Zonana Wins Best Director Award at the Zurich Film Festival for WORKFORCE

Mexican debut feature filmmaker David Zonana has won the Best Director Award at

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Check out the Latin American titles at the 2019 edition of the Margaret Mead Film Festival, October 17-20 at the American Museum of Natural History: ANTONIO Y PITI by Vincent Carelli and Wewito Piyãko from Brazil, THE GUARDIAN OF MEMORY by Marcela Arteaga from Mexico, BORDER SOUTH by Raúl Paz Pastrana, MIGUELITO - CANTO A BORINQUÉN by Sam Zubrycki from Puerto Rico, and MASSACRE RIVER by Suzan Beraza from the Dominican Republic/Haiti. . . . #Mexico #PuertoRico #Brazil #dominicanrepublic #haiti @amnh @margaretmeadfilmfestival @bordersouth @guardiandelamemoria
The Colombian film MONOS by Alejandro Landes (pictured left) was the winner of the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival. . . . #Monos #Colombia #BFILondon
Nina Álvarez, Michèle Stephenson and Natalia Almada have been announced recipients of the 2019 International Documentary Association’s (IDA) Enterprise Documentary Fund supporting journalistic docs. . . . #documentary #ida #grant #winners @idaorg
The Uruguayan film THE SHARKS, the debut feature by writer-director Lucía Garibaldi won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (for the protagonist Romina Betancur) at the 34th edition of the Milan Film Festival. . . . @lostiburonespelicula @milanofilmfestival #Uruguay #awards #winner #lostiburones
 
 
 
 

Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. They are also supported, in part,
by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 
the National Endowments for the Arts, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.