LATIN WAVE 2009



Latin Wave Film Festival "Lake Tahoe"

2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Fernando Eimbcke

Following his multiple award-winning Duck Season (Temporada de patos), Mexican-born Fernando Eimbcke directs the poignant Lake ...


El director mexicano Fernando Eimbcke regresa con Lake Tahoe tras Temporada de patos, su primera cinta ...

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Show Times:
Saturday, May 2 9:00 PM
Sunday, May 3 3:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "Lion´s Den"

Leonera
2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Pablo Trapero

Friday´s screening: Free admission for students with ID

Lion´s Den is an intense drama about a young ...


Leonera es un intenso drama sobre una mujer joven (protagonizada por Martina Gusmán, quien ofrece una ...

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Show Times:
Friday, May 1 5:00 PM
Sunday, May 3 9:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "Oblivion"

El Olvido
2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Heddy Honigmann

Sunday´s screening: Free admission for students with ID

Oblivion reveals the long history of political corruption in ...


El olvido revela la larga historia de corrupción política en el Perú a través de las ...

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Show Times:
Saturday, May 2 11:00 AM
Sunday, May 3 1:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "The Ballroom"

Chega de saudade
2007, Portuguese with English subtitles
Directed by Laís Bodanzky

In a once majestic traditional dance hall in São Paolo, the elderly and middle-aged still meet ...


Un antiguamente majestuoso salón de baile en San Pablo es el punto de encuentro para aquellos ...

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Show Times:
Friday, May 1 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 3 5:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "The Headless Woman"

La Mujer sin cabeza
2007, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Lucrecia Martel

On a day like any other, driving through the countryside, Vero looks away from the road ...


Mientras maneja por el campo en un día como cualquier otro, Vero aleja su vista de ...

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Show Times:
Thursday, April 30 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 2 3:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "The Maid"

La Nana
2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Sebastián Silva

Introduced by director Sebastián Silva

An original, moving, and hilarious film presenting a non-stereotypical and un-romanticized look ...


Película original, conmovedora y comiquísima que presenta una mirada poco esteriotipada o romantizada de la relación ...

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Show Times:
Friday, May 1 9:00 PM
Sunday, May 3 7:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "The Passion of Gabriel"

La Pasión de Gabriel
2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Luis Alberto Restrepo

Introduced by director Luis Alberto Restrepo

In an isolated Colombian village, Gabriel is the parish priest who ...


Gabriel es párroco de una aislada aldea colombiana y hará lo que sea para salvar a ...

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Show Times:
Thursday, April 30 9:00 PM
Saturday, May 2 5:00 PM




Latin Wave Film Festival "The Wind and the Water"

Burwa dii ebo
2008, Spanish with English subtitles
Directed by Vero Bollow and the Igar Yala Collective

Free admission for students with ID

Machi is an indigenous Kuna raised in the ways and traditions ...


Machi es un indígena Kuna criado en las tradiciones y forma de vida de las islas ...

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Show Times:
Thursday, April 30 5:00 PM
Saturday, May 2 1:00 PM


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