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SUMMARY:Fait Vivir
DESCRIPTION:In a lost town in the tropics\, a ruler banned dances\, songs and celebrations. This is how Makondo starts\, a performance created by the GKO Orchestra\, a band of musicians\, dancers and circus actors from different parts of the world. Fait vivir recounts\, through Manuk\, a five-year-old boy\, the legend of this ingenious and unusual group. His imaginative and poetic gaze intertwines the ‘andariego’ record of these artists through different Colombian towns and cities with the “staging” of their show. Likewise\, the fantasy of our narrator allows us to get to know the daily life of its creators and the deep dream that feeds this project that invites freedom and movement.\nScreening followed by a Q&A with director Oscar Ruiz Navia. \nTICKETS:
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/fait-vivir/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Highlights,Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
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SUMMARY:PARA VIVIR: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés
DESCRIPTION:Dir\, Fabien Pisani\nCuba\, Mexico\n2025 \nA 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/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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SUMMARY:La Salsa Vive
DESCRIPTION:Dir Juan Carvajal\nColombia\, USA\n2025 \n”A brave\, sensitive\, and necessary attempt to reclaim the living memory of salsa……A sincere and devoted love letter to a music that pulses through the veins of millions”. André Didyme-Dôme ROLLING STONE \nA 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: \n \n   
URL:https://vlaff.org/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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SUMMARY:MARINO AND THE AUTHENTICS
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Cristobal Jasso | Mexico\, 2024\nSpanish with English subtitles | 94 mins | Documentary \nMarino Mariano is a fisherman and musician from Collantes an afro-mexican community on the Coast of Oaxaca. He is illiterate\, yet has composed over 46 songs. Today\, at 68\, he wants to record the ones he still remembers before he forgets them. On this path\, Marino finds other musicians The Authentics who as a reflection of their own history also seek to leave their print on their music.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/marino-and-the-authentics/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films
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SUMMARY:CONCERTO FOR OTHER HANDS
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Ernesto González | Mexico\, 2024\nSpanish with English subtitles | 78 mins | Documentary \nDavid dreams of being a pianist like his father\, José Luis\, who believes it impossible due to his son’s physical characteristics: short arms\, hands with four fingers and limited hearing. Thanks to his tenacity\, David shows him that he can play in his own way and together they begin a musical path that culminates in a new challenge for David: premiering the difficult concerto for piano and orchestra that his father composed for him.
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/concerto-for-other-hands/
LOCATION:The Cinematheque\, 1131 Howe Street Vancouver\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 2L7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films
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SUMMARY:A Song For My Land
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Mauricio Albornoz | Argentina\, 2024\nSpanish with English subtitles | 90 mins | Documentary | Rated PG \nIn a rural town in Argentina\, Ramiro Lezcano\, a charismatic music teacher\, discovers a disturbing reality affecting the region: airplanes and ground fertilizing machines spray near rural schools\, endangering the health of his students. Determined to take action\, Ramiro joins his students to write songs that denounce this silent tragedy and raise awareness. However\, his initiative faces fierce resistance: the local community\, dependent on the prevailing agricultural model\, rejects the project\, and the media ignores his cause. Faced with this censorship\, Ramiro decides to take his protest further and attempts to organize an “Environmental Woodstock” in the countryside\, where his music and fight can resonate powerfully and reach everyone. \n 
URL:https://vlaff.org/event/a-song-for-my-land/
LOCATION:BC
CATEGORIES:¡Así Suena! Music Films,Children
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