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The Condor Daughter

The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver

Dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico Bolivia, 2025 A source of pride for Bolivian cinema, The Condor Daughter has not only garnered more than 25 international awards, but in Bolivian cinemas the film became the most watched national film in the last decade, demonstrating that the local public consumes its own cinema with pride and a genuine […]

The Dance of the Kokorrdit

The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver

Areo Peña is the chief of the Wounaan tribe, a peaceful community based in the Darien rainforest, on the border between Panama and Colombia. The 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. When […]

Free Admission (with VLAFF membership)

Following the Voices of Our Ancestors to the Future

The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver

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 […]