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SUMMARY:EMERGING LATINE CREATORS SHOWCASE
DESCRIPTION:A summer day with VLAFF! Join us this June 23rd for the short film program “In Between Wounds & Weavings\,” followed by live music from Las Satyas and Boteco bites at The Cinematheque. Read more about the selected short films here. \nCurated by María Blanco\, Nicolás Serrano\, Pablo Betancourt\, Ricardo Hardy & Rodrigo Ferrat (bios below). \nThis Special Event is the culmination of the 2026 Emerging Latine Programmers mentorship program. Learn more about it here. \n¡Nos vemos en el cine! \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/emerging-latine-creators-showcase/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260910T203500
DTSTAMP:20260814T173055Z
CREATED:20260717T150032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T173055Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Night: A Loose End
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Daniel Hendler\nUruguay\, Argentina\n2025 \nPremiering at the Venice Film Festival last year\, A LOOSE END is the 3rd film as a director by the renowned Uruguayan actor Daniel Hendler. \nSantiago\, an Argentinian police constable\, crosses the border to Uruguay on the run from the other police officers on his trail. Putting his uniform to good use\, he inspects regional food stalls\, testing milk products and cold cuts to survive\, while trying to go unnoticed among the locals. With neither money nor a place to stay\, but with kindness and wit\, he starts to carve out a new life for himself\, receiving help from the local characters who cross his path\, and even meeting the person he believes could be the love of his life. \n\n\n”There’s universal pleasure to be had in the film’s inventive vision of a fugitive” Lee Marshal\, Screen Daily \n\n\nFollowed by the OPENING NIGHT PARTY!!
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/a-loose-end/
LOCATION:SFU Woodward’s
CATEGORIES:Highlights,Opening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T153000
DTSTAMP:20260731T184627Z
CREATED:20260717T150009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T184627Z
UID:33628-1789135200-1789140600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Following the Voices of Our Ancestors to the Future
DESCRIPTION:Our stories do not end when the apocalypsis and destruction arrives. That is just one part of our history\, there is a future when the Earth is alive and healthy again\, when we can live on it\, when we come back following the voice of our ancestors. This does not happen magically\, it happens because of the effort and work of generations\, when all the stories matter.  \nIndigenous futurisms is possible because it is made up of stories of peoples who are finding love\, having to leave their family\, coming back to their Indigenous language\, fighting against ceremonial extractivism\, and connecting historical resistance to the present through archival material. \nAkira Iahtail & Masan Galindo \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/following-the-voices-of-our-ancestors-to-the-future/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South,Films from Turtle Island & Beyond
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T180000
DTSTAMP:20260731T191203Z
CREATED:20260717T173151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T191203Z
UID:33561-1789142400-1789149600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
DESCRIPTION:1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread\, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men\, through a simple glance\, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family\, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-mysterious-gaze-of-the-flamingo/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T195500
DTSTAMP:20260731T191123Z
CREATED:20260717T173151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T191123Z
UID:33567-1789150500-1789156500@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Devil Smokes
DESCRIPTION:Mexico City\, mid-90s. After the sudden disappearance of their parents\, five siblings are left in the care of their grandmother. As they struggle to survive\, the line between reality and something darker begins to blur. The grandmother\, tormented by strange visions and rising fears\, grows more distant\, while the children’s grip on their own perceptions starts to unravel.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-devil-smokes/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260911T223000
DTSTAMP:20260806T134312Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T134312Z
UID:33692-1789158600-1789165800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:It Would Be Night In Caracas
DESCRIPTION:Trapped in a city on the verge of collapse\, 38-year-old Adelaida buries her mother and is left completely alone. In the streets of Caracas\, protests are brutally crushed. When she returns home\, she discovers her apartment has been overtaken by women aligned with the regime. With no way out\, she hides in the flat next door — only to discover the corpse of her neighbour. Forced to share her confinement with a young man she cannot trust\, Adelaida descends into a claustrophobic spiral of paranoia\, fear\, and death — until she realises that to survive\, she must give up her identity and become someone else: “the daughter of the Spanish woman”. \nTICKETS:\n \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/it-would-be-night-in-caracas/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T151500
DTSTAMP:20260731T191000Z
CREATED:20260717T150053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T191000Z
UID:33586-1789221600-1789226100@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Dance of the Kokorrdit
DESCRIPTION:Areo Peña is the chief of the Wounaan tribe\, a peaceful community based in the Darien rainforest\, on the border between Panama and Colombia.\nThe tribe faces a pressing crisis: the jungle is under threat from illegal loggers\, drug traffickers\, cattle ranchers\, miners and a government that refuses to recognise the Wounaan’s territorial rights.\nWhen Areo discovers that\, due to the indiscriminate felling of trees\, the sacred kokorrdit bird is no longer to be seen in the area\, he decides to set out on a journey to find it\, in the hope of restoring the spiritual balance of the community. But Areo will not be travelling alone: he will be accompanied by Ayned\, a rebellious teenager who lives in the city\, cares only about her mobile phone and is estranged from the traditions of her people. The journey will not be easy: they will have to cross\, on foot and by river\, one of the most dangerous areas in the world and face countless natural and\, above all\, human threats.\nAmidst illegal migrants and demobilised guerrillas\, amidst poisonous snakes and black-market traders\, Areo and Ayned will set out in search of the sacred bird and must learn to accept their differences and live together: after all\, perhaps they are not as different as they think.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-dance-of-the-kokorrdit/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Films from Turtle Island & Beyond
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190535Z
CREATED:20260717T150048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190535Z
UID:33677-1789227900-1789232400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Our Illusions Rewrite the Tracks
DESCRIPTION:The curtains rise\, revealing the magic of cinema: textures\, stories\, connections we feel from our seats. In this selection\, film channels our devotions\, frustrations\, losses\, and dreams. Honouring their identity and sense of belonging\, these Latinx creators nurture their illusions and ingeniously express and overcome personal and social barriers. Throughout this program\, the setting transforms into a beach\, a karaoke bar\, a mountain\, a river\, or even a broken-down van\, bringing us closer to characters who shine with their own light\, amplifying the familiarity of our differences and the wonderful possibility of rewriting our journey through the screen. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/our-illusions-rewrite-the-tracks/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:SHORTS IN COMPETITIONS PROGRAM 1
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T200500
DTSTAMP:20260731T184818Z
CREATED:20260717T173151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T184818Z
UID:33582-1789236900-1789243500@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Homo Argentum
DESCRIPTION:A riotous and sharply perceptive anthology comedy from the acclaimed Argentine duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat\, Homo Sapiens? (original title Homo Argentum) unfolds across sixteen distinct episodes\, each led by Guillermo Francella in a remarkable display of comic range and character work.Rooted in the spirit of classic Italian satire\, the film deploys humour and irony to examine the contradictions\, absurdities\, and contradictions of contemporary life and identity in urban Argentina. Celebrated in Argentina as both a box-office phenomenon and a provocative cultural artefact\, the film cements Cohn and Duprat’s reputation for blending entertainment with incisive social insight\, while confirming Francella’s standing as one of Latin America’s most versatile performers.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/homo-argentum/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260912T222000
DTSTAMP:20260731T181725Z
CREATED:20260717T150025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T181725Z
UID:33584-1789245000-1789251600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Belén
DESCRIPTION:Tucumán\, Argentina\, 2014; a young woman is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal pain\, unaware she is pregnant. She wakes up handcuffed to a gurney and surrounded by police. She is accused of having self-induced an abortion and\, after two years in detention\, is sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated homicide. A female lawyer from Tucumán will fight for her freedom with the support of thousands of women and organizations\, who unite to change the course of history.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/belen/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260913T220000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190724Z
CREATED:20260717T150043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190724Z
UID:33682-1789330500-1789336800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Blue Trail
DESCRIPTION:Tereza\, 77\, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon\, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years\, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead\, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-blue-trail/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T160000
DTSTAMP:20260731T182237Z
CREATED:20260717T173150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T182237Z
UID:33684-1789394400-1789401600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Comparsa
DESCRIPTION:Comparsa fully immerses audiences in the intense world of Ciudad Peronia\, Guatemala\, where sisters Lesli and Lupe use art to inspire local youth and heal deep wounds. After 41 girls are killed in a State-run “Safe Home” and the government refuses to act\, the sisters respond with a community comparsa—an exuberant street performance featuring towering puppets\, fi re-breathing stilt walkers\, and thundering drums. With brave vulnerability\, they expose a system that permits and commits violence against women\, and they open up about surviving violence in their own home. \nTheir youth movement takes to the streets\, confronting corruption and reclaiming public space for women and girls. Rooting their eff orts in joy and community care\, they fi nd healing along the way. Built on a 17-year relationship between the subjects and the fi lm team\, Comparsa off ers a stirring portrait of sisterhood\, peacebuilding\, and the transformational power of art.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/comparsa/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T175000
DTSTAMP:20260814T173353Z
CREATED:20260717T150028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T173353Z
UID:33844-1789401600-1789408200@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Belén
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Dolores Fonzi\nArgentina\n2025 \nBELEN is the second feature film directed by renowned actress Dolores Fonzi. BELEN had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was selected as Argentina’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. \nTucumán\, Argentina\, 2014; a young woman is admitted to a hospital with severe abdominal pain\, unaware she is pregnant. She wakes up handcuffed to a gurney and surrounded by police. She is accused of having self-induced an abortion and\, after two years in detention\, is sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated homicide. A female lawyer from Tucumán will fight for her freedom with the support of thousands of women and organizations\, who unite to change the course of history. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/belen-2/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Activismo!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T181500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T194500
DTSTAMP:20260803T194512Z
CREATED:20260717T194017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T194512Z
UID:34267-1789409700-1789415100@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Local Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:A program of short films by Latin-Canadian filmmakers\, where the views and stories of filmmakers who decided to migrate to this country intermingle. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/local-perspectives/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260914T223000
DTSTAMP:20260814T173715Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T173715Z
UID:33744-1789417800-1789425000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Elder Son
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Cecilia Kang\nArgentina\n2025 \nLila\, a young Korean-Argentinean girl\, navigates the contradictions of her identity and tries to find her place in the world. Her father Antonio arrives in Latin America 18 years earlier and decides to bet everything on the promise of a young immigrant’s dream. A family epic that seeks to return to the past in order to reinvent the present. \n  \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/elder-son/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Highlights,New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T153500
DTSTAMP:20260804T143206Z
CREATED:20260717T150055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T143206Z
UID:33698-1789480800-1789486500@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Reserve
DESCRIPTION:While most of the inhabitants of Monte Virgen struggle to collect their coffee\, the forest ranger Julia discovers that a group of illegal loggers is destroying the Reserve. Determined to stop them\, she looks for the support of a community that will soon turn its back on her. Alone on her quest\, she will gradually lose the things she loves most except one thing: her dignity.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-reserve/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Activismo!,New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260813T171032Z
CREATED:20260717T150039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T171032Z
UID:33475-1789488000-1789491600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Copper
DESCRIPTION:  \n”Nicolás Pereda is a central figure in a diverse group of Latin-American directors whose innovative approaches to narrative filmmaking over the last 15 years have together defined one of the most exciting trends in world cinema”. \nComing across a body on his way to work in a remote mining town\, Lázaro is regarded with suspicion by the members of his community\, and even of his own family. When lung disease forces him to take time off from the mine\, doubts regarding his true state of health intensify\, stoking rumours about his potential involvement in the crime. Lázaro finds comfort in his aunt\, only a few years older than himself and with whom he develops an increasingly more ambiguous relationship. \n \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/copper/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T193000
DTSTAMP:20260731T191241Z
CREATED:20260717T150005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T191241Z
UID:33706-1789495200-1789500600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
DESCRIPTION:1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread\, legend has it that it is transmitted between two men\, through a simple glance\, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family\, Lidia must find out whether this myth is real or not.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-mysterious-gaze-of-the-flamingo-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Queer Pix: Features + Shorts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260915T221000
DTSTAMP:20260804T150929Z
CREATED:20260717T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T150929Z
UID:33380-1789504200-1789510200@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:La Salsa Vive
DESCRIPTION:A vibrant journey through a genre born of Afro-Cuban rhythms—mambo\, guaracha\, guaguancó—fused with the drive of New York jazz\, and one that found its second homeland in Cali\, Colombia. With historical rigor\, the film traces the musical voyage back and forth between Havana\, New York\, and Cali\, showing how salsa became a shared language across cultures. It then dives into daily life in Cali\, portraying dancers\, collectors\, young enthusiasts\, and veteran masters who keep the tradition alive in cabarets\, competitions\, and on the streets. Featuring testimonies from icons such as Rubén Blades\, Henry Fiol\, and Willie Rosario\, it celebrates the popular resilience of a genre that remains identity\, passion\, and community. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/la-salsa-vive/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T153000
DTSTAMP:20260814T173557Z
CREATED:20260717T150033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T173557Z
UID:34132-1789567200-1789572600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Light Memories
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Misha Vallejo\nEcuador\n2024 \nMisha\, a documentary photographer\, uses his grandfather’s camera to recreate a family album\, bridging the gap to a man he never met. Exploring absent father figures\, he reclaims spaces once denied to his family. Through his lens\, secrets and violence surface\, yet memory’s fluidity offers a chance for redemption. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/light-memories/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190801Z
CREATED:20260725T022535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190801Z
UID:34479-1789574400-1789578000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:The Blue Trail
DESCRIPTION:Tereza\, 77\, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon\, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to “enjoy” their final years\, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth. Tereza refuses to accept this imposed fate. Instead\, she embarks on a transformative journey through the rivers and tributaries of the Amazon to fulfil one last wish before her freedom is taken away – a decision that will change her destiny forever.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/the-blue-trail-2/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190332Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190332Z
UID:33835-1789581600-1789587000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Emerging Experimental
DESCRIPTION:The eclectic selection of films in this program highlights a number of exciting local filmmakers unafraid to portray modern life in inventive and innovative ways. Siblings reconnect in dreamy old playgrounds\, digital surveillance and philosophical inquiry collide\, a sleepless night at home becomes an explorative site of border and water politics. Across approaches and textures\, these works transform everyday spaces into places of uncertain intimacy and discovery. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/emerging-experimental/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260916T220000
DTSTAMP:20260731T185958Z
CREATED:20260717T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T185958Z
UID:33376-1789590600-1789596000@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:PARA VIVIR: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés
DESCRIPTION:A deeply personal portrait of Cuban music icon Pablo Milanés\, captured in self-imposed exile during his final years. \nMilanés\, co-founder of the Nueva Trova movement with Silvio Rodríguez\, was a major voice in Cuba’s revolutionary cultural movement. This film\, directed by his adopted son Fabien Pisani\, combines interviews with musical luminaries such as Serrat\, Chico Buarque\, Harry Belafonte and Fito Páez\, alongside intimate moments of Milanés in his final years\, looking frail and reflecting on the fading Cuban Utopia. It’s a striking cinematic portrait of the artist. As memories of the past surface\, so does the broad disillusionment of the singer and his peers\, a generation of artists who were once devoted to the Revolution but who now question its legacy.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/para-vivir-the-implacable-times-of-pablo-milanes/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T152000
DTSTAMP:20260803T192305Z
CREATED:20260717T150043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T192305Z
UID:33731-1789653600-1789658400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Chronicle of a City
DESCRIPTION:A patchwork of millions of lives\, urban spaces are not only streets and concrete. They are where our dreams and deepest worries unfold. Chronicle of a City drifts and strolls through time and chance encounters\, moving between fantasy and reality\, echoing the intimate and ghostly voices of our metropolises\, reminding us that we inhabit The City as much as it inhabits us. This roaming essay is a visual and sonic meditation that invites us to see urban life as a web of sensations that move through us and draw us closer to one another\, even in the midst of solitude.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/chronicle-of-a-city/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Vanguardias
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190625Z
CREATED:20260717T150037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190625Z
UID:34059-1789660800-1789664400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:What Lurks Under the Veil
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to honour our decisions\, and what must we leave behind to move forward? In this program\, we encounter characters who confront the darkness of their desires and contradictions\, situations that push them to their limits and challenge their lives as they know them. Through animation\, horror\, video essay\, and docufiction\, the body becomes a contested territory and what we keep silent emerges from the pores of each story. The silhouette of the right choice blurs in a world plagued by injustice and inequality. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/what-lurks-under-the-veil/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Program2,Shorts in Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T200500
DTSTAMP:20260814T173245Z
CREATED:20260717T150012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T173245Z
UID:33690-1789668000-1789675500@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:A Poet
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Simón Mesa Soto\nColombia\n2025 \nSince its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025\, A POET has traveled the world receiving awards\, but above all\, applause and laughter. A gem of Colombian cinema\, prepare for an unforgettable journey to a place you never imagined: the poetry circle of Medellín. \nÓscar Restrepo\, the poet of the title\, has been incapable of measuring up to his promising first steps in literature\, and gets by as he can while caring for his mother. Óscar finds a kindred spirit in his student Yurlady\, a young woman whom he sees as a diamond in the rough of poetry. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/a-poet/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature,Highlights,International Hits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260917T223000
DTSTAMP:20260731T184955Z
CREATED:20260717T150039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T184955Z
UID:33991-1789677000-1789684200@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:In Her Place
DESCRIPTION:Chile\, 1955. When the popular writer María Carolina Geel kills her lover\, the case captivates Mercedes\, the shy secretary of the judge in charge of the case. After visiting the writer’s apartment\, Mercedes begins to question her life\, identity\, and the role of women in society as she finds an oasis of freedom in that home.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/in-her-place-2/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Cinema & Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T153000
DTSTAMP:20260803T192403Z
CREATED:20260717T150058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T192403Z
UID:33714-1789740000-1789745400@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Lovers in the Sky
DESCRIPTION:Lovers in the Sky explores the stories of Cristina and La Bonita\, two trans cooks who have spent decades working aboard cargo ships that tirelessly navigate the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon. Facing personal and social pressures\, both women journey through and reinvent themselves within the territory of post-identity.\nCristina seeks to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother\, while La Bonita is driven by her fear of burning forever in hell.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/lovers-in-the-sky/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:New Directors Competition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T173000
DTSTAMP:20260731T185621Z
CREATED:20260717T150050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T185621Z
UID:33737-1789747200-1789752600@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Memories of Underdevelopment
DESCRIPTION:Memories of the Underdevelopment tells the story of Sergio\, an upper-class intellectual who – a year after the Castro-led revolution – decides not to leave the country\, even though his parents and estranged wife have escaped to Miami. Alienated from the major socio-political upheaval that is transforming the reality that surrounds him\, Sergio is a misfit\, caught between a past he half-heartedly attempts to maintain\, and the inevitable changes he cannot or will not embrace. His only income is the compensation he receives following the nationalization of his property. Unable to finish the novel he’s writing\, Sergio spends his time chasing women\, observing the outside world and reflecting on his own life\, trying to understand what is happening to his country and himself.
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/memories-of-underdevelopment/
LOCATION:Cineworks\, 1131 Howe St\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Classics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T161500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260918T170000
DTSTAMP:20260731T190150Z
CREATED:20260717T150015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T190150Z
UID:33551-1789748100-1789750800@vlaff.org
SUMMARY:Diary of a Season
DESCRIPTION:To many\, one of the most shocking parts of moving to Canada is the wildly wide range between seasons: the scorching summers\, the showering autumns\, the freezing winters\, the flowering springs. Through a seasonal frame\, the films in this program explore life in Canada in a variety of forms – love\, distance\, depression\, migration by way of fiction\, documentary\, and animation. Together\, they shape a diary of fragmented entries that addresses a life in emotional and climatological transition. \nExplore this short program here
URL:https://vlaff.org/es/event/cls-diary-of-a-season/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Canada Looks South
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