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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

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 ... view film details

LATIN WAVE 2008

A Ton of Luck Soñar no cuesta nada 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Rodrigo Triana In person: Director Rodrigo Triana When the 147 members of an anti-guerrilla unit on a rescue mission ... Una brigada anti- guerrillera tropieza con un alijo de dinero del narcotráfico en medio de una ... view film details

Encarnación 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Anahí Berneri In person: Director Anahí Berneri Encarnación (Ernie) is a fiercely independent woman. The former pin-up model and ... Encarnación (Ernie) es una mujer tajantemente independiente. A sus cincuenta años, esta ex chica de calendario ... view film details

Postcards from Leningrad Postales de Leningrado 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Mariana Rondón In person: Director Mariana Rendón Wildly stylized and darkly funny, Postcards from Leningrad captures a child´s-eye view ... Postales de Leningrado es un largometraje estilizado y de humor negro que captura —a través de ... view film details

Santiago 2007, Portuguese with English subtitles Directed by João Moreira Salles In person on May 3: Director João Moreira Salles On the surface, João Moreira Salles´s documentary is ... A simple vista este documental de João Moreira Salles es un retrato de Roteiro Santiago, el ... view film details

Silent Light Luz silenciosa 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Carlos Reygadas In person: Art director Nohemi González Martínez Carlos Reygadas´s Silent Light is a parable of infidelity and ... Luz silenciosa de Carlos Reygadas es una parábola de infidelidades y de amor desinteresado ambientada en ... view film details

The Pope´s Toilet El Baño del Papa 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Enrique Fernández and César Charlone In person: Codirector Enrique Fernández Much like Kevin Costner´s character in Field of Dreams, Beto believes that ... Tal como el personaje interpretado por Kevin Costner en Field of Dreams, Beto piensa que si ... view film details

The Zone La Zona 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Rodrigo Plá Three teenage boys from the slums take advantage of an electrical-storm accident that allows them to ... Tres adolescentes de un barrio marginal se aprovechan de un accidente provocado por una tormenta eléctrica ... view film details

XXY 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Lucía Puenzo At some point, every girl must try to come to terms with what it means to ... Toda niña debe conciliar lo que significa hacerse mujer en algún momento, del mismo modo en ... view film details

LATIN WAVE 2007

A Casa de Alice Alice´s House 2007, Portuguese with English subtitles Directed by Chico Teixeira Guest: Chico Teixeira The men in Alice´s life — her husband and three sons — ignore her. ... Los hombres en la vida de Alice — su esposo y sus tres hijos — la ... view film details

Antonia 2006, Portuguese with English subtitles Directed by Tata Amaral Tata Amaral´s vibrant third feature follows a group of four young female rappers from Vila Brasilandia ... Esta vibrante tercera película de Tata Amaral sigue a un grupo de cuatro jóvenes raperas de ... view film details

Bluff Guest: Filmmaker Felipe Martínez 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Felipe Martínez Double-crosses abound in this wickedly funny thriller. Magazine photographer Nicolás wants revenge. Ever since his boss ... Las traiciones abundan en esta graciosa película colombiana. Nicolás quiere vengarse. Desde que su jefe Pablo ... view film details

Cocalero 2007, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Alejandro Landes This captivating documentary closely follows the political campaign of Evo Morales, the Aymara Indian and union ... Este cautivador documental sigue de cerca la campaña política de Evo Morales, Indio Aymara y líder ... view film details

El Custodio The Custodian 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Rodrigo Moreno Silent and withdrawn Rubén, a former military officer of some renown, is now the bodyguard to ... El callado y retraído Rubén, antiguo oficial militar de cierta fama, es ahora agente de seguridad ... view film details

El Violín The Violin 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Francisco Vargas In Vargas´ impressive award winning debut, a clan of traveling musicians — Don Plutarco (Angel Tavira), ... En este impresionante debut premiado de Vargas, un grupo de músicos ambulantes — Don Plutarco (Ángel ... view film details

En el hoyo In the Pit 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo Guest: Film critic Gustavo Montiel This award winning documentary tells the story of the construction workers for ... Este premiado documental cuenta la historia de los trabajadores de la construcción del Periférico de la ... view film details

Glue Guest: Filmmaker Alexis Dos Santos 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Alexis Dos Santos Living in a small town in the desolate expanse of the Argentine Patagonia, Lucas is a ... Lucas, un adolescente que vive en un pueblito de la desolada Patagonia argentina, está consumido por ... view film details

Tocar y luchar To Play and to Fight 2006, Spanish with English subtitles Directed by Alberto Arvelo One of the music world´s most uplifting social phenomena, the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System, has made ... Uno de los fenómenos sociales más inspiradores en mundo de la música, el Sistema de Orquesta ... view film details

LATIN WAVE 2006

Cinema, Aspirins, and Vultures Cinema, aspirinas e urubus 2005 Directed by Marcelo Gomes A poignant and original road movie set in the northeast of Brazil in 1942. Through assured ... Presentada por la Programadora de Festivales Monika Wagenberg En esta película ambientada en el noreste de Brasil ... view film details

La Sierra Introduced by director Scott Dalton 2005 Directed by Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez The award-winning documentary La Sierra traces a year in the life of a neighborhood in Medellín, ... Presentada por el director Scott Dalton Este premiado documental muestra un año en la vida de tres ... view film details

Live-in Maid Cama adentro 2004 Directed by Jorge Gaggero Academy Award winner and legendary Argentine diva, Norma Aleandro, is Beba, from Argentina´s decaying upper-middle class ... Ambas proyecciones presentadas por el director Jorge Gaggero. El director Jorge Gaggero explora el efecto que tuvo ... view film details

Step Forward Punto y raya 2004 Directed by Elia K. Schneider With remarkable ease and talent, accomplished director Elia K. Schneider manages to portray with wit and ... Ambas proyecciones presentadas por la directora Elia K. Schneider y el productor Joseph Novoa. En esta historia ... view film details

The Dog in Film: El Perro The Dog 2004 Directed by Carlos Sorín In this warm-hearted and poignant road movie, a man and a dog embark on a delightful ... view film details

To the Other Side Al otro lado 2005 Directed by Natalia Almada Like many in Sinaloa, the drug capital of Mexico, 23-year-old Magdiel faces two choices to better ... Como muchos en Sinaloa —capital del narcotráfico en México— el joven Magdiel tiene dos opciones en ... view film details

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