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Independent Lens Presents A THOUSAND PINES

Mon, Apr 1, 2024 4:30 PM 16:30 Fri, May 31, 2024 5:30 PM 17:30
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A THOUSAND PINES
A film by Noam Osband and Sebastián Diaz
(USA, 2023, 73 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)

Raymundo Morales leads a crew of Oaxacan tree planters traveling the United States in this intimate portrait of the hidden world of guest workers regrowing America’s forests. A Thousand Pines follows a crew of 12 Oaxacan tree planters led by Raymundo Morales as they work for the country’s largest reforestation company over the course of one season. As the work mounts, Raymundo balances the job’s demands with the needs of his men and their loved ones back home. Through the voices of the planters and company owners, we learn how the industry turned from American to foreign workers, and how planting went from work people cherished to work people endure.

Monday, April 1, 10pm ET
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Theatrical Releases

Cine Latino at the 67th San Francisco International Film Festival

Wed, Apr 24, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Sun, Apr 28, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
Bay Area, San Francico USA (map)
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67th Annual San Franciso Film Festival

April 24-28, 2024

The San Francisco Film Festival, the longest-running festival in the Americas, has announced its lineup for its 67th edition. Aiming to welcome, hear, and give resources for independent voices in film to thrive, this Bay Area festival connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through film exhibition, youth education, and artist development programs.

For tickets and more information visit: https://sffilm.org

**EUREKA**
(Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/France/Portugal/Germany/Mexico, 2023, 146 min. In English, Lakota, Portuguese with English subtitles)
A triptych of stories focused on Indigenous culture in the Americas takes the spotlight in the latest feature from one of international cinema’s most exciting auteurs, Lisandro Alonso. A striking opening sequence revisits and remixes his last film *Jauja* (Festival 2015), reuniting the director with lead actor Viggo Mortenson, who plays a gunslinger looking for his kidnapped daughter. In an abrupt shift of location, filmmaking style, and gaze, the scenario moves to the Pine Ridge reservation in wintry South Dakota where Native American police officer Alaina searches for another missing young woman. And in the final segment, a shape-shifting bird introduces viewers to a forest-dwelling tribe in the Amazon and a community contending with interpersonal rivalries. Employing different cinematic styles and an increasingly dreamlike narrative, *Eureka* (which premiered at Cannes) is elusive and pointed in its willingness to abandon traditional storytelling methods in favor of something stranger and more magical.
**Thursday, April 25, 2:45pm at the Premier Theatre at One Letterman**

**HEARTLESS / SEM CORAÇÃO**
(Nara Normande and Tião, Brazil/France/Italy, 2024, 90 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles) **Q&A with director*
In this drama inspired by co-director Nara Normande’s own life, teenage Tamara spends the summer of 1996 hanging with her group of friends before leaving them behind to study in Brasilia. While restlessly exploring her village on Brazil’s northwest coast, Tamara’s relationships begin to shift. She grows apart from her boyfriend Kinzão while developing an attraction for another girl, nicknamed “Heartless” for the surgical scar on her chest. Dazzling images illustrate this magical realist coming-of-age tale that touches on a young woman’s blossoming sexuality and anxious anticipation of the future. Normande and her co-director Tião elegantly weave poetic sentiments with fantastical elements to spin a strikingly poignant story of the connection between nature, sexuality, and growing up.
**Thursday, April 25, 2:45pm at the Premier Theatre at One Letterman**

**ALEMANIA**
(María Zanetti, Argentina/Spain, 2023, 87 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) **Q&A with director*
María Zanetti’s vivid debut feature, inspired by her own family’s story, tells the story of Lola, a 16-year-old who dreams of escaping her challenging homelife. Lola struggles with school and driving lessons but the mental illness of her older sister Julieta presents greater challenges. Julieta consumes their parents’ time and money, leaving Lola often ignored, at constant odds with her mother, and dreaming of a different life. Maite Aguilar makes an indelible screen debut as a young woman yearning for refuge and security in this complex drama that drifts between a teen’s inherent need to embark on her own path and the difficulties her parents face in meeting the disparate needs of their daughters. Striking cinematography further enhances this vibrant coming-of-age tale, which won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at Cine Ceará—Ibero-American Film Festival.
**Friday, April 26, 8:45pm at the Marina Theatre and Saturday, April 27, 7:15pm at BAMPFA**

**THE INVENTION OF SPECIES / LA INVENCIÓN DE LAS ESPECIES**
(Tania Hermida, Ecuador/Cuba, 2024, 91 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. World premiere)
**Q&A with director*
When Carla’s dad drags her to the Galápagos Islands for a convention on conservation and species evolution, she is less than thrilled. On the cusp of womanhood and grappling with the loss of her brother, Carla finds herself adrift on the historic archipelago that led to Charles Darwin’s breakthrough studies on adaptation. Befriending two young boys who become her emotional foils, Carla pretends to be a different version of herself in order to surmount this emotional and physical journey. In this stunningly lensed lyrical debut, Tania Hermida deftly toys with parables while exploring the evolving relationship between man and nature. With Terrence Malick stylings, hints of Agnès Varda observational irony, and a dash of Alice Rohrwacher magical-realism, this tender film is a celebration of the shared sentient experience—biological and emotional.
**Saturday, April 27, 7:30pm at the Vogue Theatre**

**THE PRACTICE / LA PRÁCTICA**
(Martín Rejtman, Argentina/Chile/Germany/Portugal, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Argentina’s master of deadpan humor Martín Rejtman (*Silvia Prieto*, Festival 1999; *Two Shots Fired*, Festival 2014) returns with a droll satire of relationships and wellness culture in a tale centered on an Argentine yoga instructor living in Chile. Gustavo (Esteban Bigliardi) is recently divorced and struggling with the end of his marriage, problems at his yoga studio, and an injury he is trying to treat with exercise instead of the recommended surgery. An ex-wife he is still in love with, a nagging mother who wants him to return from Chile, a student recovering from a brain injury, another student who may be a thief, and a comely pharmacist are among the characters whose lives and problems intersect in Rejtman’s surreal, absurd, and complex comedy.
**Saturday, April 27, 8:45pm at the Marina Theatre**

**MACARIO**
(Roberto Gavaldón, Mexico, 1960, 91 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with awardee Gary Meyer and presenter Anne Thompson*
A village’s Day of the Dead celebration foreshadows a bewitching magical realist fable in director Roberto Gavaldón’s dreamy adaptation of a B. Traven (*The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*) short story set in colonial Mexico. Impoverished woodcutter Macario (Ignacio López Tarso) has never gone a day without hunger, more acute now that he has five children to feed. His wife produces a rare turkey for him and him alone to eat but when he elects to share it with a mysterious stranger, he gains the power to heal, a gift that enriches the family but also puts Macario in the murderous crosshairs of the Spanish Inquisition. Mexico’s first foreign-language film Oscar nominee, its star López Tarso won the Golden Gate Award for Best Actor when *Macario* screened at the 1960 Festival. Gabriel Figueroa’s (Luis Buñuel’s *The Exterminating Angel*) luminous black-and-white cinematography sparkles anew and astonishes in a 4K restoration.
Presented as part of the SFFILM Mel Novikoff Award. For over 30 years, the SFFILM Mel Novikoff Award is given to an individual or institution whose work has enhanced the film-going public’s appreciation of world cinema. This year’s Mel Novikoff presentation will include Gary Meyer in conversation with IndieWire Editor-at-Large Anne Thompson, followed by a screening of the 1960 Mexican classic Macario and Jessica Yu‘s memorable short Sour Death Balls.
**Saturday, April 27, 12pm at the Premiere Theatre**

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Latin Wave 17: New Films from Latin America

Thu, Apr 25, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Sun, Apr 28, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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Latin Wave 17: New Films from Latin America
April 25—28, 2024
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Organized by the MFAH in association with the creative partner
Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires. Sponsored by Tenaris.
Programmed in collaboration with Cinema Tropical

The annual Latin Wave series provides the opportunity for Houstonians to see new films from Latin America, and to meet internationally acclaimed filmmakers. The nature of the festival allows audience members to interact with the filmmakers in Q&A sessions and informal conversations. These dialogues enrich the understanding of contemporary filmmaking in Latin America.

All screenings at:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Brown Auditorium Theater at the Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX
Lynn Wyatt Theater at the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, 5500 Main Street, Houston, TX

Admission: General admission is $10. MFAH Members, students with ID and senior adults receive a $2 discount. Students with ID receive complimentary admission on Sunday, April 28 only.

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**PICTURES OF GHOSTS / RETRATOS FANTASMAS**
A film by Kleber Mendonça Filho
(Brazil, 2023, 93 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
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The fifth feature by Mendonça Filho is a multidimensional journey through time, sound, architecture and filmmaking. Set in the urban landscape of Recife, Brazilian coastal capital of Pernambuco: a historical and human territory, examined through the great movie theaters that served as spaces of conviviality during the 20th century. Having hosted dreams and progress, these places have also embodied a major transformation on social practices. Combining archive documentary, mystery, film clips and personal memories, *Picture of Ghosts* is a map of a city through the lens of cinema.
**Thursday, April 25, 5:30pm at Brown Auditorium Theater**

**THE PRACTICE / LA PRÁCTICA**
A film by Martín Rejtman
(Argentina/Chile/Portugal/Germany, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Gustavo (Esteban Bigliardi), an Argentine yoga instructor living in Chile, has recently separated from his wife, which leaves him essentially without an apartment and complicates keeping his business afloat. Adding injury to insult, he’s dealing with a torn meniscus, a meddling mother, a new client who might be a thief and another who gets amnesia during a session. A flirtation with a former student, Laura (Camila Hirane), brings promise for the future. Directed and acted with wry precision, the entrancing *The Practice* is a sardonic yet loving immersion into a world in which wellness retreats and physical and spiritual self-improvement naturally exist side-by-side with romantic and professional neuroses.
**Thursday, April 25, 7:30pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**THE PUNISHMENT / EL CASTIGO**
A film by Matías Bize
(Chile/Argentina, 2022, 96 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Filmmaker Matías Bize in attendance
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After leaving their son alone in the woods for a few minutes as a punishment for misbehaving during a family drive, Ana and Mateo embark on a desperate search to find him. This award-winning psychological drama about parenthood and marriage marks the eighth film by pioneering director of Chilean independent cinema Matías Bize. Shot in an astounding single take, *The Punishment* features a bravura performance by Antonia Zegers (*El Conde*).
**Friday, April 26, 7pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**TÓTEM**
A film by Lila Avilés
(Mexico/Denmark/France, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same. This poignant and emotionally expansive film from Lila Aviles (*The Chambermaid)* cements her skill at directing dynamic, ensemble performances in her stunning sophomore effort. Acclaimed at numerous film festivals including Berlin, Telluride, San Sebastian, and BFI London, *Tótem* received a Gotham Award nomination nominated for Best International Feature.
**Friday, April 26, 9:15pm and Sunday, April 28, 1:30pm — Lynn Wyatt Theater and Brown Auditorium Theatre**

**THE ECHO / EL ECO**
A film by Tatiana Huezo
(Mexico/Germany, 2023, 102 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago, and Morelia film festivals, the latest work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo (*Prayers for the Stolen*) is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village. In *The Echo*, teenagers take care of their elders and tend to the sheep. As frost and drought punish the land, the teens learn to understand death, illness, and love with every single act. Huezo’s epic and intimate film deftly combines her aptitude for both fiction (*Prayers for the Stolen*) and nonfiction (*Tempestad*) in one uncategorizable, absorbing cinematic experience.
**Saturday, April 27, 2:45pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**PUAN**
A film by María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat
(Argentina/Italy/France/Germany/Brazil, 2023, 109 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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In this witty and incisive comedy, Professor Marcelo Pena (Marcelo Subiotto) finds himself on the cusp of being named head of the philosophy department at the Public University of Buenos Aires, following the death of his esteemed mentor. However, the long-awaited moment of triumph is upended when the charming and renowned Professor Rafael Sujarchuk (Leonardo Sbaraglia) makes a dramatic return from Europe, intent on seizing the throne for himself.
**Saturday, April 27, 3:30pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**THE LAST ONES / LOS ÚLTIMOS**
A film by Sebastián Peña Escobar
(Paraguay/Uruguay, 2023, 87 min. In Spanish and Guarani with English subtitles)
*Filmmaker Sebastián Peña Escobar in attendance
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The assured debut feature by Sebastián Peña Escobar is an unexpected buddy comedy and road movie presented in the form of a documentary. *The Last Ones* follows three skeptical ecologists on their journey to Paraguay’s last virgin forests, engaging in passionate debates about the future of our species. As a massive wildfire threatens the area, the travelers confront the inevitability of their conclusions with irony and a dark sense of humor.
**Saturday, April 27, 6pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**THE SETTLERS / LOS COLONOS**
A film by Felipe Gálvez Haberle
(Chile/Argentina, 2023, 101 min, In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
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Tierra del Fuego, Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is a mestizo marksman, who comes to realize the true mission is to violently “remove” the Indigenous population. A visceral reckoning with national myth, *The Settlers* is a revisionist, anticolonialist western marking the debut of writer-director Felipe Gálvez Haberle, a revelatory new cinematic voice.
**Saturday, April 27, 8:15 pm — Lynn Wyatt Theater**

**THE OTHER SON / EL OTRO HIJO**
A film by Juan Sebastián Quebrada
(Colombia/France/Argentina, 2023, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Filmmaker Juan Sebastián Quebrada in attendance*
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Federico and his brother Simon enjoy their teenage years until Simon’s tragic death from a balcony fall at a party. Amidst his family’s turmoil, Federico tries to maintain normalcy while struggling to grieve, and finds solace in bonding with Simon’s girlfriend, Laura. Juan Sebastián Quebrada’s auspicious second feature is an emotionally charged, semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama that delicately delves into themes of grief and hope.
**Friday, April 28, 3:30pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

**THE RESCUE / EL RAPTO**
A film by Daniela Goggi
(Argentina/USA, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles
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Based on the novel by Martín Sivak and set in the 1980s, the fourth feature by Daniela Goggi is a historic drama that tells the story of Julio, who returns with his family to Argentina after the downfall of the brutal dictatorship that overpowered long-standing democracy. Yet things soon take an ugly turn as his brother is kidnapped and Julio becomes the lead negotiator with the criminals.
**Sunday, April 28, 6pm — Brown Auditorium Theater**

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African Diaspora International Film Festival: Caribbean Film Series, 2024

Fri, Apr 26, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Sun, Apr 28, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
Teachers College, Columbia University, 408 Zankel (map)
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African Diaspora International Film Festival, Caribbean Film Series 2024

April 26-28

African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), Caribbean Film Series 2024 showcases an impressive lineup of 12 films from across the Caribbean and its diasporas, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. The event offers a cinematic exploration of the rich and diverse cultures of the Caribbean through the presentation of classic films, premiere screenings, and conversations. This year the Carribean Film Series includes four Latin American films offering an impactful selection of stories, both fiction and non-fiction, with Latinx subjects at the core.

All screenings at:
408 Zankel, Teachers College, Columbia University
525 W 120th St., New York City

For tickets and more information visit: caribbeanfilms.eventive.org/films

**THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION**
(Edouard Salier and Richard Minier, Mali/France/Cuba, 2020, 81 min. In Spanish and French with English subtitles)
In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Combining Malian and Afro-Cuban influences, they develop a revolutionary new sound and become the iconic ensemble ‘Las Maravillas de Mali’. New Year’s Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.
**Friday, April 26, 6pm**

**MALUALA**
(Sergio Giral, Cuba, 1979, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
In 19th century Cuba, runaway African slaves known as 'Cimarrons' hid in settlements in the eastern mountains. But discord among the Cimarrons is sown by a limited offer of freedom from the Spanish. Maluala is part of a trilogy of films about Cuba's slave uprisings made by Sergio Giral, the best-known Afro-Cuban director.
**Friday, April 26, 7:40pm**

**ANGELICA**
(Marisol Gómez-Mouakad, Puerto Rico, 2016, 100 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles)
Angelica, after a long absence from Puerto Rico, returns home when her father, Wilfredo, suffers a stroke. This unexpected return and her father's illness force Angelica to re-evaluate her relationship with her mother and family members who don't accept her because of her skin color. She must face herself and discovers that she does not know who she is. After her father's death, Angelica must decide whether to return to the comfort of her previous life, dissatisfied, but secure, or set on an adventurous path to rediscover herself as an independent, modern, strong, black, and Puerto Rican woman.
**Saturday, April 27, 12pm**

**SUGAR CANE MALICE**
(Juan A. Zapata, Dominican Republic, 2021, 76 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
A documentary about the working conditions of Haitian workers in one of the largest sugar cane plantations in the world, located in the Dominican Republic and belonging to the Fanjul Family, one of the most powerful families in America.
**Sunday, April 28, 1pm**

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Las Premieres: New York Premiere of I DON'T EXPECT ANYONE TO BELIEVE ME

Sunday, May 5, 2024
4:30 PM 7:30 PM 16:30 19:30
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I DON'T EXPECT ANYONE TO BELIEVE ME / NO VOY A PEDIRLE A NADIE QUE ME CREA
A film by Fernando Frías
(Mexico/Spain, 2023, 117 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Q&A with director Fernando Frías

Described as “wonderfully entertaining” and “a modern, noir-infused twist on Surrealist literature and cinema” by The New York Times, the latest film by Mexican director Fernando Frías (known for I’m No Longer Here) is an engrossing dark comedy, based on the novel by acclaimed writer Juan Pablo Villalobos. Starring Darío Yazbek (Pet Shop Days, New Order) and Natalia Solián (Huesera: The Bone Woman), the film follows Juan Pablo and his girlfriend Valentina as they embark on a journey to Barcelona for his PhD in Literature on a scholarship. in Barcelona on a scholarship. However, their plans take a drastic turn when Juan Pablo becomes entangled in a criminal network that ultimately inspires him to write the novel he always dreamed of, while his life takes increasingly absurd and sinister turns.

Sunday, May 5, 4:30pm
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106

For tickets and more information visit: https://movingimage.org/series/las-premieres/

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New York African Film Festival: SOLANGE and TEACHER DON’T TEACH ME NONSENSE

Wed, May 8, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Sat, Jun 1, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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31st New York African Film Festival
May 8—June 1, 2024

Film at Lincoln Center and African Film Festival, Inc. celebrate the kickoff of the 30th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) at FLC from May 10 to 16.

Launched in 1993 and one of the first of its kind in the United States, the festival reflects on the myriad ways African and diaspora storytellers have used the moving image as a mold to tell stories with their own nuances and idiosyncrasies. Under the banner Freeforms, the festival presents more than 30 films from more than 15 countries that invite audiences to explore the infinite realms of African and diaspora storytelling and embrace its visionary, probing and fearless spirit.

The 31st New York African Film Festival is presented with the theme, Convergence of Time, exploring the intersection of historical and contemporary roles played by individuals representing Africa and its diaspora in art. With more than 90 films from more than 30 countries, this 31st edition invites audiences to delve into the convergence of archival and modern experimentalism, transcending both space and time.

The festival continues at Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem from May 19 to 21 and culminates at the Brooklyn Academy of Music under the name Film Africa from May 26 to June 1 during Dance Africa.

For more information, visit: www.africanfilmny.org/festival/2024-festival

**TEACHER DON’T TEACH ME NONSENSE**
A film by Yajaira De La Espada
(U.S./Tanzania/Panama, 2023, 75 min. In English and Swahili with English subtitles)
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*Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense* is a documentary that gives voice to the growing trend of Afro-descendants moving back to the continent of Africa to live. It highlights the life of a professional educator and their journey through the Texas school system to find freedom amid issues surrounding school equity, racism, and miseducation. This is juxtaposed against the life and legacy of the founding father of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who enacted empowering policies such as Ujamaa and Education for Self-Reliance, and the life and times of Dr. John Pombe Magufuli, the president who denounced COVID-19. While the American education system has left more to be desired in teaching about African leaders such as Nyerere and Magufuli, this documentary dissects the issues of culturally unresponsive curricula and harmful teaching practices in the U.S., providing solutions centered on the history of independence and contemporary political policies of Tanzania. *Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense* helps viewers to imagine a society governed by teachers and the positive impact they bring.
**Saturday, May 11, 3pm — Film at Lincoln Center**

**SOLANGE**
A film by Nathália Tereza and Tomás Osten
(Brazil, 2023, 60 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
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Solange returns to her hometown after five years and wants back the belongings she left with friends when she suddenly decided to move. Over the course of four days, Solange has to face up to frayed friendships and everything she has lost or missed in the lives of the people she once loved. Oscillating between longing for everyone she has ever lived with, while at the same time denying all these relationships, Solange tries to hold on to the persona she has built for herself.
**Friday, May 17 at 5:30pm — Maysles Cinema (Closing Night)**

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Cinema Tucsón Presents THE ECHO

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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Cinema Tucsón Presents:

THE ECHO / EL ECO
(Tatiana Huezo, Mexico/Germany, 2023, 102 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago and Morelia film festivals, the most recent work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen) is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village. Teenagers take care of her sheep and their elders, and while the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness, and love with every single act.

Wednesday, April 24, 7pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 West Congress St. Tucson, AZ
(520) 547-3040 / For tickets: www.foxtucson.com

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Las Premieres: New York Premiere of ABOUT THIRTY

Sunday, April 21, 2024
6:00 PM 9:00 PM 18:00 21:00
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ABOUT THIRTY / ARTURO A LOS 30
A film by Martin Shanly
(Argentina, 2023, 92 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Q&A with director Martín Shanly and actress Camila Dougall

One of the “best undistributed films of 2023” (Film Comment) and winner of the Best Argentine Director and Audience Awards at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), the second feature by Argentine director Martín Shanly is a witty comedy of errors that tells the story of Arturo (played by the director himself). He attends the wedding of his former best friend, but on the way between the church and the party, he is involved in a bizarre car accident from which he manages to escape unscathed. From that moment on, a series of memories begin to unfold in the form of flashbacks that involve the most significant events and people of his recent times. As he proceeds to intoxicate himself with alcohol and pot, the past and the present merge in an uncomfortable and humorous way, forcing him to confront delayed griefs as well as the darkest aspects of his personality.

Sunday, April 21, 6pm
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106

For tickets and more information visit: www.movingimage.org/event/about-thirty-arturo-a-los-30/

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24th Annual Havana Film Festival New York

Fri, Apr 12, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Thu, Apr 18, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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24th Annual Havana Film Festival New York

April 12-18, 2024

Aiming to enrich and expand the vision of Latin American culture in the United States and its effects on global filmmaking, this year's program includes multiple New York, US, and world premieres of contemporary cinema from the region, award-winning documentaries that explore iconic Latin American literary, cinematic, and musical figures; and retrospectives of remastered classic films that have left an indelible mark on cinematic production around the world.

All screenings (except as noted) at:
Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th St, New York City

For tickets and more information visit: https://www.hffny.com/

Havana Star Prize Competition — Fiction:

**I WOKE UP WITH A DREAM / DESPERTÉ CON UN SUEÑO**
(Pablo Solarz, Argentina/Uruguay, 2023, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
Felipe is a teenager who spends his days riding a bike with friends along the empty streets of the beach town where they live, rapping freestyle and taking acting classes behind his mother’s back. Faced with the chance to audition for a film, he escapes to the capital city and meets his paternal grandmother after not seeing her since his father’s death, and puts together the pieces of his past.
**Tuesday, April 16, 4pm**

**TOLL / PEDÁGIO**
(Carolina Markowicz, Brazil/Portugal, 2023, 102 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Suellen, a Brazilian toll booth attendant and mother, falls in with a gang of thieves in an attempt to keep her family afloat. In doing so, she realizes she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally for a so-called noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop led by a renowned foreign priest. But she unwittingly triggers a chain of events that will leave no one happy, except maybe the thieves.
**Tuesday, April 16, 6pm**

**MEMENTO MORI**
(Fernando López Cardona, Colombia/Germany, 2023, 112 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
A man's decapitated body is buried unnamed in Puerto Berrio. It’s a corpse attributed to war; thus everybody avoids its tomb. At the funeral, a stranger writes "chosen" on the coffin, sealing a pact to retrieve the missing head and restore the man's dignity.
**Wednesday, April 17, 4:50pm**

**REBELLION / REBELIÓN**
(José Luis Rugeles, Colombia/Argentina/USA, 2023, 105 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
An intimate portrait of the life of Colombian singer-songwriter Joe Arroyo that dives deep into his passions, genius and excesses.
**Sunday, April 14, 4:40pm**

**LAZARO’S DAUGHTER / LA HIJA DE LÁZARO**
(Gustavo Fallas, Costa Rica/Spain, 2023, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director
Costa Rican journalist Ana Casasola investigates her father's death in a terrorist attack. Following a potential witness, Ana travels to the location near the Nicaraguan border. There, she discovers personal significance in this mysterious man.
**Wednesday, April 17, 7pm**

**UNDER A POWERFUL SUN / BAJO UN SOL PODEROSO**
(Enrique ‘Kiki’ Álvarez, Cuba, 2022, 87 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
A Cuban filmmaker locks himself in his house to confront his loneliness and the ghosts of the couples who starred in three of his films made over 31 years, from the fall of the Berlin Wall until today. An essay on loneliness, absence, restlessness, and the weight of social circumstances on individuals. A film about Havana, filmed in Havana, lived in Havana, under a powerful sun.
**Saturday, April 13, 2024, 6:40pm**

**WILD WOMAN / LA MUJER SALVAJE**
(Alán González, Cuba, 2023, 93 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
In a Havana slum, a woman survives a bloody fight between her husband and her lover. In a desperate attempt to spare her son from the scandal, she decides to run away with him, but a video of the incident has already gone viral.
**Friday, April 12, 6pm and 8:30pm**

**A NIGHT WITH THE ROLLING STONES / UNA NOCHE CON LOS ROLLING STONES**
(Patricia Ramos, Cuba/Nicaragua, 2023, 92 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
Rita, in the midst of a midlife crisis, decides to end a relationship that’s been going nowhere and embark on a quest for new love in the days leading up to the historic concert of The Rolling Stones in Havana.
**Tuesday, April 16, 8pm**

**THE MONROY AFFAIRE / EL CASO MONROY**
(Josué Mendez, Peru/Argentina, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
Ronnie Monroy, about to turn 65 and face retirement, discovers the Women's Prison, where he finds a new purpose. He helps inmates recover their freedom and start life anew. But what seems driven by generosity and affection, is really guided by a perverse need to exert power.
**Monday, April 15, 6:45pm**

**HEROIC / HEROICO**
(David Zonana, Mexico/Sweden, 2023, 88 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Luis, an 18-year-old boy with Indigenous roots, enters the Heroic Military College in hopes of ensuring a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.
**Monday, April 15, 8:50pm**

Havana Star Prize Competition — Documentary:

**AYAHUASCA NOW**
(Carlos Bruno Cejas, Argentina, 2024, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with director*
A group of US veterans, affected by the traumas of war, travel to the Peruvian Amazon seeking redemption. Their tales shed light on soldiers' mental battles, voicing the daily struggle to heal the invisible wounds of war.
**Saturday, April 13, 2024, 4:35pm**

**LANDRIÁN**
(Ernesto Daranas Serrano, Cuba/Spain, 2023, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
An approach to the life and work of Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938-2003), Cuba’s first black filmmaker, whose avant-garde films were censored, while he was subjected to imprisonment, psychiatric internment and finally exile.
**Wednesday, April 10, 4:20 pm at Hofstra University (Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library) and Saturday, April 14, 3pm**

**TITO, MARGOT & ME / TITO, MARGOT Y YO**
(Mercedes Arias and Delfina Vidal, Panama/Colombia, 2022, 92 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
**Q&A with directors*
A cinematic portrait of the larger-than-life love affair of Panamanian diplomat Tito Arias and his wife, famous dancer Dame Margot Fonteyn, that weaves together interviews, found footage, letters, old photographs, and emotive dance sequences.
**Saturday, April 13, 2:30pm**

**ALDO BALDIN: A LIFE FOR MUSIC / ALDO BALDIN: UMA VIDA PELA MÚSICA**
(Yves Goulart, Brazil, 2024, 114 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director and producer Marcelo Nigri
*Aldo Baldin - A Life for Music* is an operatic documentary that unfolds talented tenor Aldo Baldin as he journeyed from humble beginnings in Brazil to international recognition in Europe. Baldin was among the finest tenors in the world during the 1980’s, particularly as an interpreter of Bach's pieces. He worked with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Helmuth Rilling, Herbert von Karajan, Rolf Beck, Karl Richter and Peter Schreier. With longing stories from a wide range of musicians, friends and family members, *Aldo Baldin – A Life for Music* celebrates the unique career of this artist and professor, as one of the greatest classical musicians from Brazil.
**Sunday, April 14, 12:30pm**

**WE, THE WOMEN / NOSOTRAS**
(Emilce Quevedo Díaz, Colombia, 2023, 70 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director
Through three generations of women in her family, the director reflects on the joys of women’s bonds and resilience but also on the devastating impact of traditional gender roles, gender violence and the suffocating weight of religion.
**Sunday, April 14, 7pm**

**THE CASTLE / EL CASTILLO**
(Martin Benchimol, Argentina, 2023, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Having worked as a housekeeper all her life, Justina inherits from her former employer a mansion in the middle of the Argentinean pampas. Under one condition: she must never leave. In this modern fairytale, Justina and her daughter will face the challenges of keeping that promise alive.
**Monday, April 15, 3:20pm**

**BLESSED SONG / SANTA CANCIÓN**
(Juan Carlos Travieso Fajardo, Cuba, 2023, 71 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director
In Cuba, there is a magical city intoxicated with lights, legends, and songs. The Longina Troubadours Meeting was born there, bringing together the youngest figures of the singer/song-writer genre. This documentary explores the movement's past, present, and future.
**Monday, April 15, 5pm**

**TRANSFARIANA**
(Joris Lachaise, Colombia/France, 2023, 100 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
In a high-security prison south of Bogotá, the marriage of a FARC leader to a former transgender sex worker first caused a scandal and then led to a shift in opinion. The film seeks the signs that precede the changes in society.
**Wednesday, April 17, 9pm**

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New York Premiere of IGUALADA at DOC NYC Selects

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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IGUALADA
A fllm by Juan Mejía Botero
(Colombia/Mexico/USA, 2024, 81 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

In the 2022 Colombian presidential campaign, Francia Márquez, a Black woman from a rural background, challenges the status quo by declaring her candidacy. Reappropriating the derogatory term “igualada,” Márquez disrupts more than Colombia’s conservative echelons of power—she interrogates the dynamics of governmental power itself.

Directed by DOC NYC’s 2016 Audience Award winning filmmaker Juan Meija Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts) and filmed over 15 years, Igualada reveals profound lessons for nations in political upheaval all over the world.

Tuesday, April 9*
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue, New York City
For tickets and more information visit: www.docnyc.net/igualada

*Q&A with director Juan Mejía Botero and producer Juan Yepes and Sonia Serna.

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Miami Film Festival: North American Premiere of RAIN

Fri, Apr 5, 2024 5:00 PM 17:00 Sat, Apr 13, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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Miami Film Festival Presents:

RAIN / LLUVIA
A film by Rodrigo García Saiz
(Mexico, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Rain tells six stories of interrelated characters who transit around Mexico City by a never-ending rain, drowned in misery by the hopelessness of life. Each character comes across an unexpected encounter that makes them glimpse their own souls. They experience a unique, absurd, luminous or awkward moment that reveals who they really are. Characters include a taxi driver struck by a brutal discovery; a couple who walks a tightrope; an English teacher faced with a traumatic event; a nurse who decides to help an enigmatic patient; a sex worker who sees a face from her past again, and to a young man who is out of bed who crosses paths with a Japanese girl who wanders alone.

Featuring an impressive ensemble cast, including some of Mexico’s most revered actors such as Arcelia Ramírez (La Civil), Bruno Bichir (Sicario: Day of the Soldado), and Cecilia Suárez (Overboard), Rain is an unexpected and elegantly directed portrait of Mexico City through the lens of fascinating characters experiencing fleeting revelations before returning to their routine lives.

Saturday, April 13, 3pm
Koubek Center
705 SW 3rd St, Miami, FL
For tickets and more information visit: www.miamifilmfestival.com

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In Celebration of Dominican Cinema!

Tue, Apr 2, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00 Fri, Apr 5, 2024 9:00 PM 21:00
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In Celebration of Dominican Cinema!

April 2—5

A multi-day cultural and academic event celebrating recent achievements in contemporary Dominican arthouse and docu-fiction cinema, featuring guests Victoria Linares Villegas and Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, two of the most internationally successful Dominican film directors.

Presented by the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Undergraduate Program in Film and Television at NYU, and the Media & Communication Arts Department at City College, and co-presented by NYU Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CLACS); Office of Global Inclusion (OGI); Tisch Initiative for Creative Research; Cinema Tropical.

Tuesday, April 2
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, 53 Washington Square S., New York City
12pm: Screening of RAMONA
(Victoria Linares Villegas, Dominican Republic, 2023, 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Feeling unprepared for her upcoming role as a 15-year-old pregnant girl from the outskirts of Santo Domingo, an actor from a more affluent background, Camila, decides to sit down with pregnant young girls for inspiration. Yet in the process, as the sorority of 15 teens candidly recount their realities on-camera, little by little they unexpectedly influence the film’s production, taking it into unchartered territory. Initially presenting itself as a behind-the-scenes making-of, Ramona quickly becomes a hazy postmodernist mix of telenovela pastiche, observational documentary, filmed rehearsals, cinéma vérité and theatre that constantly plays with the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction, reality and artifice.
2pm: Masterclass with director Victoria Linares Villegas. Click here to register

Thursday, April 4
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU, 53 Washington Square S., New York City
10am: Screening of COCOTE
(Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, 2017, 106 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ Cocote follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father’s funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father’s death, Alberto realizes that he’s been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It’s an unthinkable act—especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honor course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colors, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.
12pm: Masterclass with Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias. Click here to register

Production Lab, 16 Washington Place, New York City
2pm: Reception with Dominican food
3pm: Roundtable with directors Victoria Linares Villegas and Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, moderated by Dominican singer-songwriter and writer Rita Indiana. Click here to register

Friday, April 5
The City College of New York, Sheppard Hall, 259 Convent Avenue (room 292), New York City
3pm: Screening of RAMONA (2023), followed by a Q&A with director Victoria Linares Villegas. Click here to register
6pm: Screening of COCOTE (2017), followed by a Q&A with director Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias, moderated by Prof. Jerry Carlson. Click here to register

About the filmmakers:

Victoria Linares Villegas made her feature-length film debut with the documentary It Runs in the Family / Lo que se hereda, which screened at various film festivals, including the True/False Film Fest, BFI Flare and the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival and won her the Youth Jury AwardCenter for Media, Culture, and History for Best New Director at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival. Her most recent films include Cállate Niña [Stay Quiet], Mi Madre Me Tiene Rabia [My Mother Resents Me], and Ramona, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias studied creative writing and media art at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) then moved to Buenos Aires to study film in 2006. He turned to experimental cinema at the Edinburgh College of Art from 2008–9. In 2009, his first film, She Said He Walks, was awarded a BAFTA Award. He continued his art education at CalArts in Los Angeles, graduating with an MFA in Film / Video (2011–14). His film Cocote won the Special Jury prize at Locarno in 2017 and was a part of New Directors/New Films in New York. His latest film, Pepe, premiered at the 74th edition of the Berlin Film Festival, the first Dominican film ever to ever form part of the official competition at the Berlinale. The jury awarded Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias the Silver Bear for Best Director, becoming the first Latin American filmmaker to win that award. Blending genres and styles, Pepe was the most “unclassifiable” film in the selection, according to the Berlinale’s Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian. The film tells the story of a young hippopotamus who was killed years after being taken from his homeland in Africa to reside in the private zoo of drug lord Pablo Escobar in Colombia but returned in the form of a ghost.

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Cinema Tucsón Presents VICTIMS OF SIN

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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Cinema Tucsón Presents:

VICTIMS OF SIN / VÍCTIMAS DEL PECADO
(Emilio Fernández, Mexico, 1951, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Cuban-born acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rosa (Margarita Ceballos) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution—until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son.

Best known for the award-winning María Calendaria (1944) and The Pearl (1947), Fernández infuses Victims with impassioned songs and performances by Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and a purveyor of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles. Victims of Sin also features musical numbers by Pérez Prado, Pedro Vargas, and Rita Montaner.

Wednesday, March 27, 7pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 West Congress St. Tucson, AZ
(520) 547-3040 / For tickets: www.foxtucson.com

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Sneak Previews of FRIDA

Sat, Mar 9, 2024 6:30 PM 18:30 Fri, Mar 15, 2024 11:30 PM 23:30
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FRIDA
A film by Carla Gutiérrez
(USA, 2024, 87 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)

An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of Frida Kahlo, Frida tells the artist’s story through her own words for the very first time, drawing from her famed illustrated diary, revealing letters, essays, and candid print interviews—and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork. The feature directorial debut of acclaimed editor Carla Gutiérrez (RBG, La Corona), Frida posits a striking context as to why the artist—and her art—remains as powerful as ever.

Saturday, March 9, 4pm at Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, New York City
*Q&A with director
Tickets: $15 adults / $11 senior and students / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11).
For tickets and more information visit: www.movingimage.org/event/frida/

Thursday, March 14, 7:30pm and Friday, March 15, 5pm at the San Diego Latino Film Festival
AMC Mission Valley - Screen 11, 1640 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego, CA
For tickets and more information visit: www.movingimage.org/event/frida/

Friday, March 15, 6:30pm at the Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY
Tickets: $20 adults, $18 seniors, $13 members of the Museum, $15 member’s guest, $10 students
For tickets and more information visit: www.parrishart.org/event/film-frida

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SXSW: World Premiere of MALTA

Fri, Mar 8, 2024 8:00 AM 08:00 Sat, Mar 16, 2024 9:00 PM 21:00
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MALTA
A film by Natalia Santa
(Colombia/Argentina/Norway, 2024, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Mariana, a young Colombian woman navigating the challenges of adulthood, tries to earn a living at a call center, takes German lessons, and grapples with a dysfunctional family. Amid her daydream plans of escaping her challenging reality by traveling the world—particularly to the Mediterranean island of Malta—an incipient relationship with a goofy classmate compels her to confront the true motives behind her desire to leave.

Saturday, March 9, 2:15pm at the Violet Crown Cinema 1 — World Premiere
Saturday, March 9, 2:45pm at the Violet Crown Cinema 3
Monday, March 11, 3:15pm at the Violet Crown Cinema 4
Thursday, March 14, 9:45pm at theAlamo Lamar 8

For tickets and more information visit: www.schedule.sxsw.com/2024/films/2197133

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SXSW: World Premiere of THE IN BETWEEN

Fri, Mar 8, 2024 8:00 AM 08:00 Sat, Mar 16, 2024 9:00 PM 21:00
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SXSW Film Festival Presents:

THE IN BETWEEN
A film by Robie Flores
(USA, 2024, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Following the death of her brother, filmmaker Robie Flores returns to her hometown Eagle Pass on the Texas-Mexico border, yearning to turn back time. Immersed in the unruly experiences of adolescence—quinceañeras, Selena, Rio Grande river excursions, teen makeovers, and beyond—she rediscovers the intricacies of the home her brother adored and she once overlooked. What emerges is a playful dance between a personal and collective coming-of-age portrait of borderland youth and Robie herself as she reclaims joy in the aftermath of grief.

Through her own personal and family journey, director Flores delicately unveils a nuanced and unexpected portrayal of the US/Mexico border. Going beyond the headlines of sensationalist media coverage of border issues, Flores’ intimate exploration offers a humanizing perspective that captures the vibrancy of a thriving bi-cultural and bi-national community, celebrating the resilience and spirit of its residents.

SXSW In-Person Screenings:
Saturday, March 9, 6:45pm at Alamo Lamar 4
Monday, March 11, 9pm at at Alamo Lamar 9
Monday, March 11, 9:30pm at at Alamo Lamar 9
Friday, March 15, 12pm at Alamo Lamar 8

For tickets and more information visit: https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/films/2196964

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Latinx Film Showcase

Saturday, March 2, 2024
12:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:00 19:00
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Latinx Film Showcase
Presented by The Latinx Project at NYU and Cinema Tropical

The Latinx Project at NYU and Cinema Tropical are partnering to present an exclusive one-day film series celebrating the work of US Latinx filmmakers. The Latinx Film Showcase will screen three recent films, all of which were nominated at the 14th edition of the Cinema Tropical Awards. The event will also include talkback sessions with some of the featured directors. The film selection includes You Were My First Boyfriend by acclaimed director Cecilia Aldarondo (Landfall); El Equipo, the latest documentary by two-time Emmy-nominated director Bernardo Ruiz; and Aristotle Torres’ powerful debut feature Story Ave, winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best US Latinx Film of the Year, starring the exceptional Puerto Rican actor Luis Guzmán.

Saturday, March 2
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center at New York University
36 East 8th Street, New York City

**YOU WERE MY FIRST BOYFRIEND**
(Cecilia Aldarondo, USA, 2023, 97 min. 97 min, In English and Spanish with English subtitles)
What if you could rewrite your adolescence? In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo embarks on a fantastical quest to reconcile her tortured teen years. She ‘goes back’ in more ways than one, tracking down old foes and friends while also reenacting visceral memories of youthful humiliation and desire. Oscillating between present and past, hallucination and reality, *You Were My First Boyfriend* is a hybrid documentary that explores the power of adolescent fantasy, the subtle violence of cultural assimilation, and the fun house mirror of time’s passage. Perhaps we will all learn something about growing older and making peace with what haunts us.
**Saturday, March 2, 12pm** — Free with RSVP

**EL EQUIPO**
(Bernardo Ruiz, USA, 2023, 80 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
*Screening followed by Q&A with the director*
Working with a trove of archival materials spanning four decades and unfolding as part procedural, part true crime thriller, *El Equipo* chronicles the history-making collaboration between Dr. Clyde Snow, a legendary forensic scientist originally from Texas, and a group of Argentine university students, who were dubbed “unlikely forensic sleuths” by *The New York Times*. With an unprecedented access to the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and its archives, the fifth feature film by two-time Emmy nominated director Bernardo Ruiz offers a welcome twist to the traditional true crime film by focusing on systemic political and human rights abuses rather than on one-off tales of murder or lone serial killers, and deftly creates a direct link between state atrocities from the past and present.
**Saturday, March 2, 2:30pm** — Free with RSVP

**STORY AVE**
(Aristotle Torres, USA, 2023, 106 min. In English)
*Screening followed by Q&A with the director*
South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood’s ruling gang, Kadir tries to rob no-nonsense MTA conductor Luis on the Story Ave subway platform. He is caught off guard when Luis agrees to give Kadir the cash if he’ll sit down to a meal with him. Following their conversation and the delicate, transformative friendship that grows out of it, Kadir sees for the first time how his artistic talent could lead to a better life.
Winner of Cinema Tropical Award for Best US Latinx Film and the Best Cinematography prize at SXSW, this moving and authentic portrait of the South Bronx announces an exciting new cinematic voice in Aristotle Torres and offers a welcome showcase for beloved character actor Guzman and rising star Blackk, alongside a supporting cast of up-and-comers including Alex R. Hibbert, Cassandra Freeman, Coral Peña, and Melvin Gregg.
**Saturday, March 2, 4:30pm** — Free with RSVP

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Latinx and Latin American Films at the Athena Film Festival

Thu, Feb 29, 2024 10:00 AM 10:00 Sun, Mar 3, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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Athena Film Festival
February 29-March 3, 2024 at Barnard College

**HUMMINGBIRDS**
(Silvia del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía "Beba" Contreras, USA, 2023, 78 min. In English)
“I want to remember this time, last time, and next time. I want to remember it all with no parts missing because I appreciate even the bad times.” In Laredo, a city in southern Texas on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the long summer nights of their youth cannot last forever. Their hang-out spots are so familiar but, stuck in an immigration process over which deportation hangs as a constant possibility, home still seems a fragile concept. Between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches, and the borderlands, they confront the stresses of survival, the future, and community building. For them, this means protest action for legal abortion and against border control abuses, in a politically divided America. But the dusty half-light is also a time for poetry and dreams. Their laughter and creative expression cement a sense of solidarity and belonging in togetherness.
Sunday, March 3, 12 pm at Lehman Auditorium

**COPA 71**
(Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine, United Kingdom, 2023, 90 min. In English, Spanish, Italian, and French with English Subtitles)
*Athena’s Opening Night Film and New York Premiere!*
It is August 1971. Soccer teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark, and Italy have gathered at Mexico City's sun-drenched Azteca Stadium. The scale of the tournament is monumental: lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner, and crowds of over 100,000 roaring fans turn this historic stadium into a cauldron of noise match after match. A fawning media treat the players like rock stars. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the greatest moments in international soccer history.
But this is a tournament unlike anything that's happened before. The players on the pitch are all women. And it's likely you've never even heard of it. This is Copa '71, the unofficial Women's World Cup. Dismissed by both the governing body and domestic soccer associations around the world, this event had been sidelined in history. Until now.
Thursday, February 29, 8pm at The Event Oval

**MADELAINE**
(Leonor Zúñiga, Nicaragua, 2022, 28 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*New York Premiere!*
Madelaine Caracas, a 20-year-old Nicaraguan painter, lives her life waiting for the next time she has to pack her things and move to a new temporary home. After a year of not painting, Madelaine decides to use her first-ever art exhibition to confront the violent events that pushed her into exile.
Saturday, March 2, 6 pm at Lehman Auditorium and streaming from February 29 to March 3

**GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT**
(Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, USA, 2023, 102 min. In English)
"I say, the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans /… When we go to Mars… / It's Middle Passage." Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni—witty, no-nonsense, brilliant—resists the conventional in life and art, more than ever at age 80. Promoting a new poetry collection while fighting breast cancer and reconciling with her son, Giovanni also resists the straightforward documentary probe—"I remember what is important and I make up the rest." Afro-Latina director Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster (*American Promise*) craft a rich, inventive portrait imbued with Giovanni’s poetry (voiced by Taraji P. Henson), intercut with hilariously spiky speaking gig highlights (re: her mastectomy + new hearing aid, "I took a tit off and added an ear") and archival clips, including Giovanni’s legendary 1971 conversation with James Baldwin. Winner of the 2023 Sundance Grand Jury Prize (U.S. Documentary).
Friday, March 1, 6pm at Held Auditorium

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Cinema Tucsón Presents LATIDO

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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HEARTBEAT / LATIDO
(Katina Medina Mora, Mexico, 2023, 93 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

From Katina Medina Mora, director of LuTo (2013), You Will Know What to Do with Me (2015), and the popular Netflix series Emily in Paris, Latido stars Oscar-nominated actress Marina de Tavira as Leonor, a 45-year-old woman who has struggled to conceive, and Emilia, a 16-year-old ballet dancer with a promising career, face unexpected pregnancy news. In an unlikely arrangement, the two women come together to share the pregnancy journey. As they navigate the ups and downs of pregnancy, they develop an unexpected bond and find strength in each other.

Wednesday, February 28, 7pm

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DOC NYC Selects Presents FRIDA

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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FRIDA
A film by Carla Gutiérrez
(USA, 2024, 87 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)

Emmy-nominated editor and first-time feature director Carla Gutiérrez takes the rare step of using the iconic Mexican artist’s own words, culled from diaries, letters, interviews and other sources. Mixing visceral animation of Kahlo’s influential works and expressive voice-over artists, Frida is a definitive film. “If you only see one filmic piece about Kahlo, this may be the one that presents the most complete overview of both the biographical highlights and her multifaceted persona behind closed doors,” – Variety.

Tuesday, February 13, 7pm*
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue (at West 3rd St.), New York City
For tickets and more information visit: www.ifccenter.com/films/frida

*Q&A with director Carla Gutiérrez

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HRW Film Festival San Diego Presents SI PUDIERA QUEDARME

Sat, Feb 3, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00 Sat, Feb 10, 2024 11:45 PM 23:45
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival San Diego 2024 Presents:

SI PUDIERA QUEDARME
A film by Florencia Krochik and Theo Rigby
(If I Could Stay, USA, 2023, 73 min. In Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles)

When undocumented Latinx mothers Jeanette and Ingrid face deportation and separation from their young children– they courageously enter local churches to find refuge from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while keeping their families together. Over five years, they must face the constant threat of ICE raids while fighting for their legal status and inspiring allies in the predominantly white faith communities. Through an intimate lens, the film showcases the unwavering strength, love, and sacrifice of these mothers, who risk everything to keep their families together in the country they call home. Si Pudiera Quedarme is a call to action and a timely reminder of the transformation that can occur when communities work together for justice.

In Person Screening:
Saturday, February 3, 4pm
MOPA at San Diego Museum of Art
1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA
*Q&A with co-directors Florencia Krochik and Theo Rigby

Streaming Stateside:
Sunday, February 4 — Saturday, February 10
Streaming online at hrwfilmfestivalstream.org

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Cinema Tucsón Presents TÓTEM

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
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Cinema Tucsón Presents:
TÓTEM
A film by Lila Avilés
(Mexico/Denmark/France, 2023, 95 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same. This poignant and emotionally expansive film from Lila Aviles (The Chambermaid) cements her skill at directing dynamic, ensemble performances in her stunning sophomore effort. Acclaimed at numerous film festivals including Berlin, Telluride, San Sebastian, and BFI London, Tótem is Mexico’s official Academy Awards submission and received a Gotham Award nomination nominated for Best International Feature.

Wednesday, January 24, 7pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 West Congress Street
Tucson, AZ 85701

Tickets: $10
To purchase tickets and more information visit: https://foxtucson.com/event/ct-jan-2024/

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to Jan 28

Theatrical Releases

World Premiere of IGUALADA at Sundance

Thu, Jan 18, 2024 9:00 AM 09:00 Sun, Jan 28, 2024 10:00 PM 22:00
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Sundance Film Festival Presents:
IGUALADA
A film by Juan Mejía Botero
(Colombia/USA, Mexico, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

In one of Latin America’s most unequal countries, Francia Márquez, a Black Colombian rural activist, challenges the status quo with a presidential campaign that reappropriates the derogatory term “Igualada”—someone who acts as if they deserve rights that supposedly don’t correspond to them—and inspires a nation to dream.

Director Juan Mejía Botero’s exclusive access to Francia Márquez’s presidential campaign reveals an unwavering commitment to fight inequality. Márquez’s presidential aspirations grew from the roots of dedicated social and environmental advocacy in her rural community of La Toma. Botero integrates into Márquez’s trusted circle, closely observing her and the campaign team’s tireless grassroots efforts to push her candidacy forward, while archival footage of a younger Márquez in La Toma reminds us of her long-standing activism.

Márquez’s resonant slogan, “I am because we are,” rings through gatherings, galvanizing the rural and Afro-Colombian communities Márquez is fighting for, and echoing through the growing number of younger Colombians inspired by her message. They look to Márquez, faces filled with hope for a future where they might finally be represented. Botero captures the thrill and magnitude of this historic campaign from an inspiringly intimate vantage point, guided by Márquez’s mission and the collective strength and aspiration of the people.

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to Feb 15

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Theatrical Release of THE SETTLERS

Fri, Jan 12, 2024 6:00 PM 18:00 Thu, Feb 15, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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THE SETTLERS / LOS COLONOS
A film by Felipe Gálvez
(Chile/Argentina, 2023, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Debut writer-director Felipe Gálvez asserts himself as a revelatory new cinematic voice with The Settlers, a searing and indelible take on the Western. Blending historical specificity with vivid visual style, this Cannes Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize winner creates a singular immersive vision, arresting in both content and form.

At the turn of the 20th century, three horsemen embark on an expedition across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the behest of a wealthy landowner, tasked with securing his vast state-appointed property. Accompanying a reckless British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize, amidst rising tensions within the group, their true mission is to murderously “remove” the indigenous population.

Set against stunning mountain landscapes, Chile’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 96th Academy Awards is a visceral reckoning with national myth and the attendant violence. Painterly yet piercing, this acclaimed frontier epic turns a bold eye to the past, daring to reimagine its depiction in the present and for the future.

Confirmed Theatrical Dates (more cities TBA):
New York City, NY: IFC Center — opens Friday, January 12
Los Angeles, CA: Laemmle Royal — opens Friday, January 12
Chicago, IL: Gene Siskel Film Center — opens Friday, January 19
Los Angeles, CA: Los Feliz 3 — opens Friday, January 19
San Francisco, CA: Roxie Theater — opens Friday, January 19
Denver, CO: Sie FilmCenter — opens Friday, January 19
Joplin, MO: Bookhouse Cinema — opens Friday, January 26
Tulsa, OK: Circle Cinema — opens Friday, January 26
Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Institute of the Arts — opens Friday, January 26
Iowa City, IA: FilmScene — opens Friday, January 26
Columbus, OH: Gateway Film Center — opens Friday, January 26
Santa Barbara, CA: Hitchcock Cinema — opens Friday, January 26
Rochester, MN: Pop's Art Theater — opens Friday, January 26
North Kansas City, MO: Screenland Armour — opens Friday, January 26

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to Feb 8

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Streaming Release of THE DELINQUENTS

Fri, Dec 15, 2023 8:00 AM 08:00 Thu, Feb 8, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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“★★★★★.
This could be a cult classic.”
”

— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

THE DELINQUENTS / LOS DELINCUENTES
A film by Rodrigo Moreno
(Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Luxembourg, 2023, 180 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Buenos Aires bank employee Morán dreams up a scheme to liberate himself from corporate monotony: he’ll steal enough money to support a modest retirement, then confess and serve prison time while his co-worker holds on to the cash. Soon under pressure by a company investigator, accomplice Román heads to a remote rural idyll to hide the funds. There, he encounters a mysterious woman who will transform his life forever.

The latest from writer-director Rodrigo Moreno, The Delinquents reinvents the heist film as a free-flowing adventure like no other. A Cannes, New York Film Festival, and TIFF selection.

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Dec

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Conversation With Director Fabián Hernández, UN VARÓN

Thursday, December 7, 2023
7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
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In Conversation: Fabián Hernández

Join us this Thursday, December 7 for a special conversation with Fabián Hernández, director of Un varón, Colombia's official Oscar submission. The filmmaker will talk about the process of making his debut feature, as well as the film's themes of masculinity and marginality. The conversation will be followed by a reception hosted by the Consulate of Colombia in New York.

The captivating and poignant drama from the exciting up-and-coming writer-director Hernández, is a sensitive and subtle exploration of Latin American masculinity and gender dynamics against the backdrop of Bogota's streets. Acclaimed at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, the story centers around Carlos, a young man who lives in a youth shelter in the heart of the city, seeking respite from the harshness of life. As Christmas approaches, he longs to spend the day with his mother and sister, who are ensnared in the throes of urban turmoil. Carlos navigates the streets under the protection of Freddy, for whom he sells drugs—but when he cannot live up to Freddy’s macho expectations, he must make a choice between his survival and adhering to societal constructs of masculinity.

Thursday, December 7, 7pm
Consulate of Colombia in New York
10 East 46th Street (between Fifth Ave. and Madison), New York City
FREE! RSVP at cnuevayork@cancilleria.gov.co

About Fabián Hernández
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Hernández founded the production company Níquel Films in 2015 with which he has written, directed and produced the short films Mala maña (Bad Mood, 2015), Tras la montaña (Behind the Mountain, 2016), Golpe y censura (Coup and Censorship, 2018) and Las ánimas (The Thrills, 2020). His debut feature, Un varón, premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, and has won many awards including Special Jury Prize, Best Fiction Photography, International Critics Prize and Prize for Best Actor at the Lima Film Festival; the Libertés Chéries Award at the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; and the Arrecife Award at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, among others. In addition to his career as a director he has worked in the area of education as a teacher of screenwriting and cinema in public schools in Bogotá, and has also worked as an assistant director in film productions in Colombia. He has been selected to participate in L'Atelier at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, in the Project Development Workshop of the TYPA and IMCINE Foundation 2018, and in the Work in Progress Workshop at the San Sebastián Film Festival 2021. He is currently developing his new feature film, The Birds.

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to Jan 18

Theatrical Releases

Theatrical Release of UN VARÓN

Sat, Dec 2, 2023 7:00 AM 07:00 Thu, Jan 18, 2024 11:00 PM 23:00
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“A sensitive and subtle exploration of
Latin American masculinity on the streets of Bogota.””

— Jonathan Holland, Screen International

UN VARÓN
A film by Fabián Hernández
(Colombia/France/Germany, 2023. 82 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Colombia’s official Oscar submission, the captivating and poignant drama from exciting up-and-coming writer-director Fabián Hernández, is a sensitive and subtle exploration of Latin American masculinity and gender dynamics against the backdrop of Bogota's streets. Acclaimed at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, the story centers around Carlos, a young man who lives in a youth shelter in the heart of the city, seeking respite from the harshness of life. As Christmas approaches, he longs to spend the day with his mother and sister, who are ensnared in the throes of urban turmoil. Carlos navigates the streets under the protection of Freddy, for whom he sells drugs—but when he cannot live up to Freddy’s macho expectations, he must make a choice between his survival and adhering to societal constructs of masculinity.

San Diego, CA:
Friday, January 12 - Thursday, January 18 at Digital Gym
1100 Market Street. For tickets: www.digitalgym.org/movies/un-varon-a-male

New York City, NY:
Friday, December 8 - Thursday, December 14 at Cinema Village*
22 East 12th Street (between University Pl. and Fifth Ave.).
Showtimes: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm. For tickets: www.cinemavillage.com
*Q&A with director Fabián Hernández at the 7pm shows on Friday, December 8 and Saturday, December 9
Co-presented by the Colombian Film Festival New York and the Consulate General of Colombia in New York City

Los Angeles, CA:
Tuesday, December 5, 7pm at Instituto Cervantes*
3375 Barham Blvd. Free Screening. RSPV at: cenla@cervantes.org
*Q&A with director Fabián Hernández

San Francisco, CA:
Saturday, December 2, 6pm at the Roxie Theater*
3125 16th Street. Free Screening. RSVP at www.roxie.com
*Q&A with director Fabián Hernández
Co-presented by the CiNEOLA and the Consulate General of Colombia in San Francisco

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12th GALA Film Fest

Wed, Nov 29, 2023 7:00 PM 19:00 Sun, Dec 3, 2023 9:00 PM 21:00
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12th GALA FILM FEST:
Latin American Innovation

November 29 - December 3, 2023

Emerging young directors bring their unique and critical perspectives on the issues facing Latin America to the 12th Annual GALA Film Fest in Washington, DC. Six contemporary films from Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic, and a Mexican classic will screen at the Gala Hispanic Theatre from Wednesday, November 29, to Sunday, December 3. Enjoy Q&As with artists and experts, receptions, and more. Curated by Cinema Tropical Executive Director Carlos A. Gutiérrez.

All screenings at:
GALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC / (202) 234-7174
For tickets and information visit: www.galatheatre.org/post/gala-film-fest2023

**ALTER**
(Joaquín González Valliant, Uruguay, 2022, 71 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director Joaquín González Valliant*
This documentary follows the ups and downs of Sebastian, a psychologist and singer, who has a natural talent for imitating Mexican singer Luis Miguel. After being fired from his job, he tries his luck imitating the Mexican legend; and his life turns upside down. On the surface, everything goes well. But inside he struggles with multiple issues that create an identity crisis.He is tormented by his psychologist vocation, his aspirations of being a singer-songwriter, and the demands and pressures from his manager. The frontiers of his identity become blurred and what seemed to be a dream come true starts to transform into a reality that is difficult to bear.
**Wednesday, November 29, 7pm**

**SILENT WITNESSES**
(*Mudos testigos,* Luis Ospina and Jerónimo Atehortúa, Colombia, 2023, 78 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with co-director Jerónimo Atehortúa*
*Silent Witnesses* is an imaginary journey through the history of Colombia—and its cinema—during the convulsive first half of the 20th century, using solely the surviving footage of Colombian silent cinema. This melodrama love story of Efraín and Alicia traces the roots of political turmoil in Colombia. Efraín falls in love with Alicia, who is engaged to Uribe, a powerful and vengeful strongman. In a revealing journey into the heart of the jungle, Efraín witnesses the humiliating conditions of the peasants in the south of the country and the birth of an armed rebellion.
The film is the posthumous work of Luis Ospina, one of the most influential filmmakers in the Latin American documentary tradition, as well as the first film of producer and film critic Jerónimo Atehortua.
**Thursday, November 30, 7pm**

**MARTÍNEZ**
(Lorena Padilla, Mexico, 2023, 96 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director Lorena Padilla*
Martínez, a lonely and grumpy old accountant, leads an isolated and monotonous life. He suddenly confronts his impending retirement when his replacement starts working next to him. Meanwhile, his neighbor, a woman of his age, is found dead in her home. Although he never met her, Martínez discovers details about her life that positively impact his own behavior, leading his co-workers to think he has a new girlfriend. Ultimately, Martínez realizes that his life is still ahead of him. The debut feature by writer-director Lorena Padilla is set in Guadalajara and stars Chilean actor Francisco Reyes, protagonist of the acclaimed Academy award-winning film *A Fantastic Woman.*
**Friday, December 1, 7pm**

**I WOKE UP WITH A DREAM**
(*Desperté con un sueño*, Pablo Solarz, Uruguay, 2022, 76 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
A teenager, who spends his days bike riding and rapping freestyle in his beach town home, takes an acting class behind his mother’s back and is offered a film audition. During his trip to Montevideo, he discovers family secrets, and figures out who he wants to be. This third feature film by Argentine writer-director Pablo Solarz is an endearing personal coming-of-age tale based on Solarz’s real-life drama student who also plays the film’s protagonist. The film was a favorite at the Berlin Film Festival and winner of the Critics Award at Spain’s Malaga Film Festival.
**Saturday, December 2, 4pm**

**A MOVIE ABOUT COUPLES**
(*Una película sobre parejas,* Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada, Dominican Republic, 2021, 89 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Filmmakers Natalia and Oriol are hired to direct a documentary about the lives of couples in love. The married film directors interview many couples about how they get along and their most typical problems. But as filming progresses, wounds in their own relationship offer an opportunity to rekindle their love for each other and for the cinema.
**Saturday, December 3, 7pm**

**VICTIMS OF SIN**
(*Víctimas del pecado*, Emilio Fernández, Mexico, 1951, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Cuban-born acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of her murderous pimp. The kindhearted club owner saves her from poverty and prostitution, amidst impassioned songs and performances of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles. Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, *Victims of Sin* is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical.
Now fully restored in 4K from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative, which was damaged over the decades, by Peter Conheim (Cinema Preservation Alliance/USA) and Viviana Garcia-Besné (Permanencia Voluntaria/Mexico). Permanencia Voluntaria and Cinema Preservation Alliance co-produced the preservation effort with further assistance from IMCINE and the Academy Film Archive, bringing Victims of Sin back to the screen with a clarity and depth not seen since its original release.
**Sunday, December 4, 4pm**

**TRIGAL**
(Anabel Caso, Mexico, 2022, 85 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director Anabel Caso*
Winner of two Ariel Awards (Mexico’s Oscars) for Best Supporting Actress and Best Breakthrough Performance, *Trigal* (Wheatfield) tells the story of Sofía, a thirteen-year-old girl who travels from the city to a country house in Sonora, in northern Mexico, to vacation with her uncle Francisco, her aunt Susi, and her cousin Cristina. While spending lazy days playing games and making discoveries, Sofía and Cristina are immersed in a love triangle with a man almost 20 years older. The outcome will mark the transition from puberty to adolescence for both. Featuring a powerful ensemble cast including Emilia Berjón, Alberto Guerra, Úrsula Pruneda, and Abril Michel, the powerful debut feature by Argentine-born director Anabel Caso is a poignant coming of age drama about female sexuality in puberty.
**Sunday, December 4, 7pm**

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Cinema Tucsón and Las Premieres Present HURRICANE SEASON

Wed, Nov 29, 2023 7:00 PM 19:00 Sun, Dec 3, 2023 6:00 PM 18:00
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HURRICANE SEASON
(Temporada de huracanes, Elisa Miller, Mexico, 2023, 112 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Hurricane season is coming on strong. Four souls in search of redemption confront the relentless storm of their destiny in a world filled with violence instead of love. From Elisa Miller (who won the Golden Palm at Cannes for best short film) and based on the brilliant and intense novel by Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season is a powerful and stunning film, with an impressive ensemble cast and impeccable cinematography by María Secco.

Wednesday, November 29, 7pm*
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress St. Tucson, AZ
www.foxtucson.com/event/ct-nov-2023

Sunday, December 3, 3:30pm*
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, New York City
www.movingimage.us/event/hurricane-season/

*Q&A with director Elisa Miller

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Las Premieres Presents THE SHADOW OF THE SUN

Sunday, November 26, 2023
3:00 PM 5:00 PM 15:00 17:00
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THE SHADOW OF THE SUN
A film by Miguel Ángel Ferrer
(La sombra del sol, Venezuela/USA, 2023, 100 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)

Venezuelan Selection for Best International Film at the 96th edition of the Academy Awards

Leo, a salt-of-the-earth blue collar worker goes through the motions of life in the city of Acarigua, nestled in Venezuela's arid inland empire. Plagued by economic hardship, he does any job he can muster to make ends meet and keep his flailing relationship afloat. Alex, his deaf younger brother, offers an unusual proposition: To join him in a musical contest and sing a song that he has written, for a chance to win a cash prize that will get them both out of their financial troubles. Leo refuses his brother’s "fantasy," but when a workplace incident gets him fired and ridiculed, Leo must take a leap of faith, rediscover his long dormant musical abilities, and win against all odds in order to change his and his brother’s future.

With director Miguel Ángel Ferrer in person!

Sunday, November 26, 3pm
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, New York City

For tickets and more information visit:
https://movingimage.us/event/shadow-of-the-sun/

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ADIFF 2023 Latin American and US Latinx Films

Fri, Nov 24, 2023 11:00 AM 11:00 Sun, Dec 10, 2023 11:00 PM 23:00
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African Diaspora International Film Festival NYC 2023
November 24—December 10

Latin American and US Latinx Films co-presented by Cinema Tropical

ADIFF NYC 2023 is showcasing 85 films from 33 countries. The films are sourced from major film festivals such as Berlinale, Cannes, Toronto, FESPACO, and Durban, as well as independent filmmakers from America and around the world. This year ADIFF showcases 15 Latin American films, offering a great selection of stories both fiction and non-fiction, with Latinx subjects at the core.

For tickets and more information visit: https://nyadiff.org

**ROSA CHUMBE**
(Jonatan Relayze, Peru, 2015, 75 min. Spanish with English subtitles)
Rosa is a mature police officer with both a gambling and a drinking problem who is forced to take care of her grandson after her daughter steals her savings. Everything takes a wrong turn one night. Only a miracle can save her.
**Monday, December 4, 1pm at Cinema Village in New York City**

**SANTIAGO OF THE WOMEN**
(*Santiago de las mujeres*, Rosamary Berrios Hernández, Puerto Rico, 2011, 63 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
The documentary narrates the daily drama and the impressive devotion of Loiceña women to the image of Santiago Apostle. A look at the metaphor between the myth of the appearance of Santiago in Loíza, Puerto Rico, and the cultural resistance of the community, this documentary is a reminder of the character, vitality, and role Loiceña women have as pillars of the community.
**FAITH IN BLACKNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF AFROLATINE SPIRITUALITY**
(Charles Reynoso, USA, 2023, 27 min. In English)
Black Latine people around the world practice a myriad of faith traditions. This short-form documentary explores the dynamic identities of these Afro-Latine people and their journey for a home, and a faith in Blackness.
**Sunday, November 26, 3pm at The Chapel, Teachers College in New York City**
**Saturday, December 2, 5:30pm at Cinema Village in New York City**

**ROLE-STORIES OF BRAZILIAN PROTESTS IN MALLS**
(Vladimir Seixas, Brazil, 2021, 82 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Protests against the violence of security guards and shopping mall employees in Brazil have mobilized thousands of people in recent years. Protests in malls showed the barriers imposed by racial discrimination and social exclusion.
**Monday, December 4, 7pm at Cinema Village in New York City**
**Sunday, December 10, 1:30pm at Cowin Center, Teachers College in New York City**

**I AM BERTA**
*(Berta soy yo*, Katia Lara, Honduras, 2022, 135 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Hours before her assassination, Indigenous leader, and environmental activist Berta Cáceres wrote down the names of those aiming to kill her. Using the clues, her friends and family seek to find the perpetrator.

**Friday, December 8, 7pm at 179 Grace Dodge, Teachers College** **in New York City**
**Sunday, December 10, 5pm at The Chapel, Teachers College** **in New York City**

**GOODBYE MOMO**
(*Adios Momo*, Leonardo Ricagni, Uruguay, 2005, 107 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
An 11-year-old street boy, Obdulio, who sells newspapers for a living but cannot read or write, finds a magical "Maestro" in the night watchman of the newspaper's office who teaches him how to read and write and the real meaning of life through the lyrics of the "Murgas" [Carnival Pierrots] during the magical nights of the Uruguayan Carnival.

**Friday, December 1, 11am at Cinema Village in New York City**

**LA PLAYA DC**
(Juan Andrés Arango Garcia, Colombia, 2012, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Tomas, an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country's Pacific coast pushed out by the war, faces the difficulties of growing up in a city if exclusion and racism. When Jairo, his younger brother and closest friend disappears, Tomas plunges in the streets of the city. His search becomes an initiatory journey that compels him to face his past and to leave aside the influence of his is brothers in order to find his own identity. Through this journey, Tomas reveals a unique perspective of a vibrant and unstable city that, like Tomas, stands on the threshold between what once was and what might be.
**Thursday, December 7, 11am at Cinema Village in New York City**

**KAFE NEGRO: CUBA & THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION**
(Mario Delatour, Cuba/Haiti, 2020, 52 min. In Spanish and French with English subtitles)
A historical documentary that explores the social, economic & historical ramifications of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba. It tells the story of the waves of migration of Haitian workers who, over time, profoundly transformed the culture and demographics of Cuba and developed coffee growing on the island.
**HAITI IS A NATION OF ARTISTS**
(Jacquil Constant, USA, 2022, 50 min. English)
The film tells the story of Haitian artists creating transformational art after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. The documentary depicts the humanity of Haitian culture through the lens of a Haitian-American filmmaker who seeks to uplift the rich diversity of Haiti and its historical legacy.
**Friday, December 1, 8pm at The Chapel, Teachers College** **in New York City**

**FAREWELL SAVAGE**
(*Adieu Savage,* Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento, Belgium, 2023, 92 minutes. In French with English subtitles)
In this debut feature, Director Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento, himself a descendant of an almost extinct indigenous Colombian community, went to meet the Cácuas, to talk about their feelings, their loves, their loneliness. In doing so, he reconnects with his own Indigenousness. With humor and tenderness, the Cácuas try to teach him what it is to be a native.
**Monday, December 4, 8:10pm at The Chapel, Teachers College in New York City**
**Wednesday, December 6, 4:50pm at Cinema Village in New York City**

**LUDI**
(Edson Jean, USA, 2021, 81 min. In Haitian Creole and English with English Subtitles)
After a half truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.

**Streaming November 24 - December 10**

**ANGELS ON DIAMOND STREET**
(Petr Lom, USA, 2019, 88 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
The documentary spotlights three women fighting for social justice in an African-American church in Philadelphia. We follow head cook Mamie Mather, former Black Panther Barbara Easley-Cox, and Pastor Renee Mackenzie at the soup kitchen of the Church of the Advocate: a national monument with a rich history in the civil rights movement.

**Streaming November 24 - December 10**

**DIASPORA**
(José Ramón Alamá, USA/Dominican Republic/Spain/Senegal, 2022, 60 min. In English, French, and Spanish with English subtitles)
Since the dawn of humanity, migration has been an integral part of the human experience. 'Diaspora' is a documentary chronicling how migration shaped the Caribbean identity and how its diaspora continues to do so.

**Sunday, December 3, 5:10pm at 179 Grace Dodge, Teachers College in New York City**
**Thursday, December 7, 6pm at The Chapel, Teachers College in New York City**

**EXECUTIVE ORDER**
*(Medida Provisória,* Lázaro Ramos, Brazil, 2022, 102 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

**Streaming November 24 - December 10**

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Sag Harbor Cinema Presents VICTIMS OF SIN

Monday, November 20, 2023
6:30 PM 8:30 PM 18:30 20:30
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VICTIMS OF SIN
A film by Emilio Fernández
(Víctimas del pecado, 1951, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Rarely screened in the United States and long due for rediscovery, Victims of Sin is famed Mexican director Emilio Fernández’s unique blend of film noir, melodrama, and musical. Acting-dancing sensation Ninón Sevilla plays Violeta, a cabaret performer who adopts the abandoned child of Rita (Rita Montaner) and Rodolfo (Rodolfo Acosta), her murderous pimp. Motherhood forces Violeta to give up her career, but the kindhearted club owner Santiago (Tito Junco) saves her from a life of poverty and prostitution—until Rodolfo, freed from prison, seeks to reclaim his son. Best known for the award-winning María Calendaria (1944) and The Pearl (1947), Fernández infuses Victims with impassioned songs and performances by Sevilla, an icon of Mexican cinema and a purveyor of African, Caribbean, and Cuban dance styles.

Co-presented with Cinema Tropical

Friday, November 20, 6:30 pm
Sag Harbor Cinema
90 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963

For tickets and more information visit:
https://sagharborcinema.org/films/victims-of-sin/

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Mexico Now and Las Premieres Present 4K Restoration of MACARIO

Sunday, November 19, 2023
6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00
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MACARIO
A film by Roberto Gavaldón
(Mexico, 1960, 118 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Mexico Now pays homage to renowned TV, theater, and film actor Ignacio López Tarso with a screening of the supernatural drama Macario, which launched the actor to international fame and was the first Mexican work to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for a good meal on the Day of the Dead. When his wife cooks him a turkey, he meets three ghostly apparitions: the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks for some turkey, but Macario refuses them all—except for Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water that will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is wealthier than the village doctor, which attracts unwanted attention.

With author Susana López Aranda (López Tarso’s daughter) in person!

Sunday, November 19, 6pm
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106

For tickets and more information visit: https://movingimage.us/event/macario/

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Theatrical Releases

Theatrical Release of UNSEEN at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema

Fri, Nov 17, 2023 3:00 PM 15:00 Fri, Nov 24, 2023 5:00 PM 17:00
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“A profoundly moving story of one man’s quest to realize his dreams in spite of unimaginable obstacles”

— Chris White, executive producer, POV

UNSEEN
A film by Set Hernandez
(USA, 2023, 88 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles)

Multi Emmy® Award-winning series, POV, reimagines a cinema more accessible for audiences with vision loss in unseen, the debut film by Filipino-American director Set Hernandez. Through experimental cinematography and sound, the documentary’s person-first approach centers the lived experiences of a queer filmmaker and blind protagonist whose undocumented status has impacted their choices.

Made over seven years of friendship, unseen begins as an observational journey of Pedro, an aspiring social worker who happens to be a blind undocumented immigrant, confronting political restrictions to get his college degree. Guided by a conversation between him and director Hernandez, unseen explores Pedro's relationships with everyone around him: his family who supports him while he studies to become a mental health professional, and his triathlon coach who encourages him on long-distance bike rides. The film is a jagged quest toward healing in a society that struggles to see those with these challenges as multi-dimensional. unseen will have a one-week run at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema in New York City, starting Friday, November 17, before making its national broadcast premiere on POV Monday, March 18, 2024.

Friday, November 17, 3pm
DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema
87 Lafayette Street, New York City
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Theatrical Releases

Latin American and US Latinx Films at DOC NYC

Wed, Nov 8, 2023 10:00 AM 10:00 Sun, Nov 26, 2023 11:00 PM 23:00
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14th DOC NYC
November 8—16, 2023

Latin American and US Latinx Films co-presented by Cinema Tropical

The 14th annual DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival—running in-person Nov. 8-16 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, Village East by Angelika, and continuing online until Nov. 26—includes more than 110 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and events. Included are 29 world premieres and 27 US premieres with most festival films available digitally to US viewers. Below are all the Latinx and Latin American titles at this year’s festival.

For tickets and more information visit: www.docnyc.net

**PATRIA Y VIDA: THE POWER OF MUSIC**
(Beatriz Luengo, USA/Spain, 84 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
New York Premiere — Special Presentation
*Q&A with filmmakers
The artist group, San Isidro, whose members have been jailed and tortured by the Cuban government, represents one of the few significant resistance movements in the history of oppression in Cuba. Inspired by their courage, Cuban hip-hop musicians living in exile record a protest song, “Patria y vida” (“Homeland and Life”) a direct affront to the official patriotic slogan patria o muerte (homeland or death). Beatriz Luengo, a multi-Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, documents the events surrounding the creation of the song and the unprecedented impact it had as it became a worldwide anthem

**Saturday, November 11, 9pm at Village East by Angelika**

**LUCHA: A WRESTLING TALE**
(Marco Ricci, USA, 66 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
*World Premiere - Metropolis Competition*
A fresh spin on the story of high school sports as the path to transformation and redemption, Lucha takes us inside the Taft High School women’s wrestling team on their journey to a championship. Personal challenges abound, from unsupportive families to homelessness, but these four young women from the Bronx—Shirley, Nyasia, Mariam, and Alba—find solace and hope in each other and on the mat. Their empowering story is a testament to the human spirit and true grit.

**Saturday, November 11 , 3:45pm at Village East by Angelika and Sunday, November 12, 11:30am at IFC Center**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**WE ARE FIRE! DRAW FOR CHANGE**
(Karen Vázquez Guadarrama, Mexico/USA, 52 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
World Premiere — Fight the Power Selection
*Q&A with the filmmakers
Maremoto (Mar) is a young illustrator in Mexico City struggling to make sense of a town where 11 women are murdered daily, and 95,000 people have gone missing, with no one held accountable. Her feminist drawings support her community in dealing with the emotional trauma left by the femicides and galvanize them to fight to get the government forces to act. With her work, Mar also creates a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community and teaches self-acceptance.

**Monday, November 13, 5:30pm* at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Tuesday, November 14 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**NEIRUD**
(Fernanda Faya, Brazil, 72 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
International Premiere — International Competition
*Q&A with the filmmakers
Growing up, filmmaker Fernanda Roth Faya knew Neirud as her “aunt,” a family member close to her grandmother. What Faya uncovers after Neirud’s death is a mysterious and colorful life, from her time as a wrestler and circus performer to her secret and complicated love triangle. Neirud is a fascinating story about race and identity, and queer life in last century’s Brazil.

**Saturday, November 11, 8:30pm* at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday,*
*November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**AT THE BORDER**
(Braulio Jatar, Anaïs Michel, Venezuela/USA, 76 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
World Premiere — Come As You Are
*Q&A with the filmmakers
Set on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, the film navigates a complex and urgent narrative as deftly as its subjects navigate the perilous terrain around them. Español and Barrabas, two “coyotes,” or human smugglers, go about the business of surviving despite all the odds against them, as the directors’ quiet observational technique gets at why people make the life-threatening choice to migrate. Gritty, uncompromising, and thought provoking.

**Saturday, November 11, 7:15pm* at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO**
(*Una jauría llamada Ernesto,* Everardo González, Mexico/France/Switzerland, 2023, 78 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
International Premiere — Kaleidoscope Competition
Q&A with the filmmakers

In Mexico City, a group of teenage gangsters collectively call themselves “Ernesto.” The camera shadows them elegantly, preserving their anonymity as they go about daily life, both victims and perpetrators all at once. Immersive, engaging, and brilliantly unsettling, the narrative exposes the mechanisms and entanglements that allow these worlds of violence to thrive while denying us the full view we crave in order to understand.

**Saturday, November 11, 2:30pm*** **at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**UNSEEN**
(Set Hernandez, USA, 82 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
New York Premiere — American Stories
*Q&A with the filmmakers

Pedro’s dream is to earn a degree in social work and support his family and community, but as an undocumented immigrant who is legally blind he faces legal challenges and uncertainty. Set Hernandez crafts this compelling portrait of a remarkable individual pursuing a better life with deliberately blurry visuals and a heightened soundscape that immerse viewers in Pedro’s version of the world and underscore his vulnerability and courage.

**Friday, November 10, 9:30pm* at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Saturday, November 11 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**JESSZILLA**
(Emily Sheskin, USA, 90 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
New York Premiere — Game Face Cinema
*Q&A with the filmmakers
New Jersey’s own Jesselyn Silva, a three-time national boxing champion, is on her way to superstardom, dominating the junior ranks at the age of 15. With her every step of the way is her father, Pedro, a single parent who helps her navigate coaches, training schedules, and the angst of teenage life. When a devastating diagnosis threatens the father-daughter tandem, the pair turn to each other to fight their greatest opponent yet: cancer.

**Saturday, November 11, 12:30pm* at the IFC Center**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER**
(Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Spain/France, 103 min. In Spanish, Portugese, and English with English subtitles)
New York Premiere - Sonic Cinema
*Q&A with the filmmakers
Thirteen years after their Oscar-nominated animated collaboration Chico & Rita, Spanish artists Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal reunite to explore the origin story of bossa nova, the universally beloved Brazilian music movement. With gorgeous hand-drawn frames and vivid colors, THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER examines the 1976 disappearance of Brazilian piano virtuoso, Francisco Tenório Júnior as the totalitarian movement sweeping Latin American began clamping down on artists and those fighting for the freedom of expression that connects all peoples

**Saturday, November 11, 8pm* at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**‘Shorts: The Meaning of Work’**
**THE LAST CARNIVAL**
(Tucker Morrison, Samuel Ott, Anthony Wilson, USA, 13 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
New York Premiere - Shorts Programs
*Q&A with the filmmakers
A migrant worker muses on the American Dream and his home as he helms the rides at a carnival.

**Saturday, November 11, 2:15pm at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Sunday, November 12 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

**‘Shorts: Inside Out’**
**TITO**
(Kervens Jimenez, Taylor McIntosh, Haiti, 15 min. In Haitian Creole with English subtitles)
New York Premiere — Shorts Programs
*Q&A with the filmmakers
A startling view of Haitian prison, shot by an inmate with a camera hidden from the guards..

**Friday, November 10, 9pm* at the IFC Center and Sunday, November 12, 2:45pm at Village East by Angelika**
*Also available to US viewers on virtual platform from Wednesday, November 8 - Sunday, November 26, 2023*

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