Gaia Lacandona (it/that) is a nonbinary Mestizx drag educator from Mexico and a UBC Public Scholar whose doctoral research supports educators recognizing the relationships between sexuality, gender, racialization, and settler colonialism. For the past fifteen years, they have worked in educational leadership and curriculum with a passion and commitment to decolonization, social justice and Indigenous […]
Dir. Ana Endara Lozano | Panana, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 108 min | Narrative Venue: The Cinematheque **There is 2nd screening of this film on Sept 12 Set in Panama City, this delicate and atmospheric drama explores the evolving relationship between two dissimilar lonely souls who develop a touching and unexpected bond. Ana […]
Dir. Bernard Lessa | Brazil, 2024 Portuguese & Spanish with English subtitles | 78 min | Narrative Akin is one of the Cuban doctors working in Brazil in 2018. With the election, the cooperation between Brazil and Cuba ends. Doctors are asked to return to their country of origin. Akin is at a crossroads. Return […]
Directors: Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva Colombia | 1984 | Spanish with English subtitles | 52 min + 20 mins Interview | Documentary What is the cost of beauty? In the 80’s, the floriculture industry was booming in Colombia and was internationally acclaimed. However, behind the idyllic image of abundance, the reality is different. The […]
Dir. Nicolás Pereda | Canada/Mexico, 2024 | Spanish with English subtitles | 76 min This is Nicolas Pereda´s nine feature. Pereda is a Mexican- Canadian film director, who has built a peculiar career having always worked with the same group of actors (the Mexican theater collective Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol) is known for his narrative, […]
Apreciación literaria is a special literary appreciation event inviting audiences to gather, listen, and reflect on short stories by celebrated Latin American writers. Selected texts will resonate with themes from this year’s film program, offering new layers of meaning and connection. Join us for a relaxed and thoughtful session where cinema and literature meet over a […]
Ainda Estou Aqui Director: Walter Salles Brazil | 2023 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 137 min | Narrative The latest from The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles focuses on the real-life story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), whose terrifying experience of sequestration and loss during Brazil’s military dictatorship transformed her into an activist, lawyer, […]
Director: Eliana Niño Colombia | 2024 | Spanish with English subtitles | 100 min | Fiction Shaira, a girl from the plains, dreams of participating in a coleo festival like her deceased brother Andrey. However, one day her horse disappears, and the reason is because her grandfather is suffering a drought in his crops forcing […]
TURNING POINTS, The dark side and the echo that remains after the lightning strike. Seven short films where darkness seeps into the characters’ lives. Their paths are redirected by moments that will mark them forever. Because sometimes it only takes an instant to change everything. Curated by Ana Tonso & Dani Rodríguez TICKETS
Director: Lamia Chraibi Canada | 2024 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 88 min | Documentary In Rio de Janeiro, Richard dreams of dazzling audiences in the world’s biggest circus tents. But when the 20-year-old artist is kicked out of his home by his adoptive mother, his life is turned upside down. His once-clear dream […]
Director Francisco Passuelo, Canada/Argentina/Mexico, 2025, English and Spanish with English subtitles, 10.45 min Through honest conversations and intimate glimpses of daily life, this short film follows Luis, a Mexican immigrant in Canada reflecting on the aftermath of leaving his homeland and coming out as a gay man. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2007, Luis has […]
¡Así Devoran! Drag Show with M.Y.A. Mya is a Brazilian drag queen who is taking over Vancouver’s drag scene with her emotional ballads and her Brazilian musicality. She has been a finalist in most multi week competition she has entered and she takes pride in representing the Latin excellence we have in this city.