IBERO-AMERICAN FILM SHOWCASE: FEMALE PERSPECTIVES
March 8 - 21, 2021
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The Ibero-American Cultural Attachés Association presents the 2021 Ibero-American Film Showcase, an online edition highlighting female perspectives during Women's History Month. Starting March 8, the International Women's Day, this special program offers free online screenings of Ibero-American movies celebrating female filmmakers and stories of women, as well as virtual panel discussions with filmmakers and other guests.
Argentina: A FAMILY SUBMERGED / FAMILIA SUMERGIDA
A film by María Alché (2019, 91 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Deep in the summer heat of Buenos Aires, Marcela is faced with the task of purging the apartment of her recently deceased sister, all while being drawn into an illicit affair with a younger man.
Colombia: SOFÍA
A film by Famor Botero (2019, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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After the death of her father, Sofía receives the news that her brother Fabio wants to sell the house where she and her three nephews live. In the struggle not to sell the house, Sofía becomes hopeless when she finds out that a nephew is in prison for robbery, the other teenage niece is pregnant and that the mother of the third niece, whom Sofía has raised since she was born, wants to claim her. Amid the reproaches of her brothers who blame Sofía for the mistakes of her nephews, Sofía tries to make her life with a love of many years.
Chile: THE MOLE AGENT / EL AGENTE TOPO
A film by Maite Alberdi (2020, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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When a family becomes concerned about their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83 year-old man who becomes a new resident–and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
Guatemala: CAPSULES / CÁPSULAS
A film by Verónica Riedel (2012, 103 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Full of intrigue, a kidnapping, the truth that will change everything. Fonsi is an apparently privileged 12 year old boy. As we get to know his dysfunctional family, his world begins to crumble in a matter of hours. Due to a series of unexpected events, each character changes drastically, facing a crude reality.
Mexico: RETREAT / RETIRO
A film by Daniela Alatorre (2019, 70 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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Retreat explores the bond between three generations of women as they struggle to assert their independence in a paternalistic society. A story of familial love and courage that celebrates female strength by quietly delving into its unexpected sites of concentration.
Peru: DAUGHTERS OF NANTU / LAS HIJAS DE NANTU
A film by Willy Guevara (2018, 75 min. In Spanish and Awajún with English subtitles)
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Daughters of Nantu has been filmed entirely in Awajun, a native language from the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. The film shows the history and mythology of the Awajun tribe which, according to legend, were given the gift of agriculture by Nantu, the Goddess Moon, through the women of the community, whom established a matriarchal society.
Portugal: SNU
A film by Patrícia Sequeira (2019, 94 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
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The film revolves around the elegant, fearless Danish publisher Ebba Merete Seidenfaden, who became known as Snu Abecassis, a woman who would challenge and confront Salazar's dictatorship. After moving to Lisbon with her husband Vasco Abecassis in the 1960s, Snu devotes herself to building her new publishing house.
Spain: MARIA (AND EVERYBODY ELSE) / MARÍA (Y LOS DEMÁS)
A film by Nely Reguera (2016, 90 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
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A struggling writer afraid to let anyone read her first novel, María is at a crossroads. Her father, with whom she still lives, is engaged to his nurse after a recent stint in the hospital. Her brothers have successful careers and are in long-term relationships. After 20 years of caring for her father and siblings following the death of her mother when she was 15, María must look inward and re-evaluate her own life.
Uruguay: LAS TONINAS VAN AL ESTE
A film by Gonzalo Delgado and Verónica Parrota (2016, 83 min. In Spanish with English Subtitles)
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Miguel Angel Garcia Mazziotti, a Rio de la Plata's decadent showbiz gay figure, rejects a visit from his estranged daughter, until he learns that she is pregnant.
