22nd Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Sept 5-15, 2024
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September 8, 2024(1 event)
2:00 pm: Offerings of Life2:00 pm: Offerings of Life ![]() Curated by Akira Iahtail & Masa’n Selene Galindo A celebration of life and cinema, these short films showcase the traditions we cultivate and how we are affected by them. Through recreated memories, storytelling, rituals, resistance, and the confrontation of intergenerational cycles, they champion agency, autocriticism, and the possibility of happiness. The Cinematheque |
September 9, 2024(1 event)
4:00 pm: Meet Me There4:00 pm: Meet Me There ![]() The fate of a pumpkin-coloured parka, a dancing bird-like figure on a beach, a woman waiting for a promise carried in a tiny vial, messages sent to a faraway friend, an amphibian’s view of solitude, we all arrive here from different places with different desires. With precision and heart, these five shorts by Latin-Canadian filmmakers invite us into distinct, poignant, and wondrous versions of affinity. Cineworks |
September 10, 2024(1 event)
4:00 pm: Short Films in Competition: Program 14:00 pm: Short Films in Competition: Program 1 ![]() Curated by Ana Tonso & Dani Rodríguez Chevalier Beginning with disappearance, this shorts program delves into the various types of absence present in our lives. As we dive deeper, the exploration of grief intensifies, addressing processes of denial, internal and personal searches, and the reconstruction of losses. And then, what remains? What lingers as memories and stories we choose to tell? This showcase celebrates human resilience and the ability of cinema to capture and transform pain into something we can share and talk about, providing a meeting point for reflection and emotional connection. Cineworks |
September 11, 2024(1 event)
4:00 pm: In memoriam: Narcisa Hirsch4:00 pm: In memoriam: Narcisa Hirsch ![]() Born in Germany yet Argentine by choice, Narcisa Hirsch was the pioneer of Argentine experimental cinema. This selection of six short films approaches Narcisa’s work from its beginnings in the late 1960s up to her last film Materia Oscura (2023). Narcisa’s gaze is expansive, it cuts across forms and the reflections it creates leave us in a narcotic state in which time and space slowly transform. She described this process as follows: “Cinema is what flows and leaves, that which doesn’t stay, an image every twenty-fourth of a second; cinema is being a dark room with others sharing a ritual. Yet, above all, it is the luminosity of the images, images that in being projected make visible other images, the internal, the ones that are kept, the dark and forgotten ones, in that beam of light that travels through the terrain to uproot us from where we are sitting and leave us melting with this light in a quasi passionate encounter.” Cineworks |
September 12, 2024(1 event)
4:00 pm: Short Films in Competition: Program 24:00 pm: Short Films in Competition: Program 2 ![]() Curated by Ana Tonso and Dani Rodríguez Chevalier Water, access, being on the map, the first love, pleasure, history, and community are themes addressed in this collection of short films that illuminate various facets of the infinite and multiple realities that make up the experience of Latin American people. Through these narratives, the complexities and nuances of daily life are explored, highlighting the struggles and joys that define and recreate the region’s communities and individuals. Cineworks |
September 13, 2024(2 events)
5:45 pm: Emerging Filmmakers: Reconfiguring the Real5:45 pm: Emerging Filmmakers: Reconfiguring the Real ![]() Sara Galvis, Maria Sarem, Kai Lium-Hall & Adrian Hoz in attendance! This shorts program presents the work of local filmmakers whose creative narratives shed light on the ups and downs of relationships. Featuring: COSMIC LOVE (Maria Clara Saram), THE PERFORMANCE (Kai Lium-Hall), AZAI (Sara Galvis) & DOG SOUP (Patricio Cartas). The Cinematheque 9:30 pm: When Evil Lurks9:30 pm: When Evil Lurks ![]() When the residents of a small rural town discover that a demon is about to be born among them, they desperately try to escape, but it may be too late. Winner of Best Feature Film at Sitges Film Festival, 2023. The Cinematheque |
September 14, 2024(1 event)
2:30 pm: Co-Presented with VQFF: Queer Pix: Queride2:30 pm: Co-Presented with VQFF: Queer Pix: Queride ![]() Directors Daniel E. Carrera and Ana Gutiérrez Salgado in attendance! Queride—Darling in English— brings together five fierce filmmakers from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico to celebrate queer, trans, and non-binary stories. With fresh insights, these heartwarming films explore complex and intimate relationships, sharing insights into LGBTQIA+ Latine ways of loving, letting go, and finding joy with friends, lovers, and family. International Village |
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