22nd Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Sept 5-15, 2024
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Outsider Girls (with Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake)
Outsider Girls (with Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake)
September 7, 2024
Rafa's unexpected pregnancy threatens the pink and extravagant teenage world she lounges about in with her best friend, Gabriela. Although abortion in Chile is illegal, with enough money it's not impossible, and together they must navigate the hostility of the system to find a way out of their predicament.
Winner of Best Director of Photography at BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, 2023.
Preceded by LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC CORN CAKE with Javier Badillo and Magda Ochoa in attendance!
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Rotting in the Sun
Rotting in the Sun
September 10, 2024
Sebastián Silva is detached from life, struggling to succeed in the art world and habitually taking ketamine. When he meets social media influencer Jordan Firstman at a nudist beach, the two discuss collaborating but fate has other plans.
Winner of Grand Jury Award for Screenwriting at Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2023
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Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty)
Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty)
September 12, 2024
A Peruvian father labours patiently, chipping at the white volcanic stone that forms an extraordinary landscape. His son is part of the modern world: he uses cameras and drones in order to create the digital model of a church on a computer. Separated by the mysterious death of the wife/mother figure in the family, these men do not connect, and yet their paths cross in a ghostly manner.
Preceded by THE VAMPIRES OF POVERTY (1977, 28 min)
A classic film of Colombian cinema by directors Carlos Mayolo & Luis Opsina that simulates being a documentary about filmmakers who exploit misery with mercantilist purposes. It is a scathing criticism of “porno-misery” and the opportunism of the dishonest documentary making “socio-political documentaries” in the third world to sell them in Europe and win prizes.Cineworks -
The Count
The Count
September 13, 2024
After living 250 years in this world, Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead but an aged vampire, decides to die once and for all.
Nominated for Best Cinematography at the Academy Awards, 2024
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Open Sky
Open Sky
September 14, 2024
Director Felipe Esparza Pérez in attendance!
A Peruvian father labours patiently, chipping at the white volcanic stone that forms an extraordinary landscape. His son is part of the modern world: he uses cameras and drones in order to create the digital model of a church on a computer. Separated by the mysterious death of the wife/mother figure in the family, these men do not connect, and yet their paths cross in a ghostly manner.
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September 14, 2024
Rafa's unexpected pregnancy threatens the pink and extravagant teenage world she lounges about in with her best friend, Gabriela. Although abortion in Chile is illegal, with enough money it's not impossible, and together they must navigate the hostility of the system to find a way out of their predicament.
Winner of Best Director of Photography at BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, 2023.
Preceded by LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC CORN CAKE with Javier Badillo and Magda Ochoa in attendance!
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CHILEMONOS: Animated Shorts Program
CHILEMONOS: Animated Shorts Program
September 15, 2024
A collaboration between CHILEMONOS, one of Latin America’s leading animation festivals, and VLAFF, this one-hour program is suitable for all audiences and brings together short films and video clips from recent years, showing the diverse themes, visions, colours, and styles that constitute Latin America.
Join us for a free FLIPBOOK ANIMATION WORKSHOP after the screening with Margarita Cid Lizondo, director of the CHILEMONOS Festival.
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