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6:00 pm
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

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

8:15 pm
September 10, 2024

Gael García Bernal stars as Saúl “Cassandro” Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, who rose to international stardom when he created the character Cassandro, the "Liberace of Lucha Libre." In doing so he not only upended the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.

Also stars Bad Bunny!

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

2:00 pm
September 11, 2024

As a consequence of her grandma Guián passing away, Nicole starts meeting up with people who had known her. In them, Nicole finds a poetic resemblance between these members of the Chinese-Costa Rican community and her deceased grandma.

From these conversations Nicole finds the need to go to Engping, the village in Southern China that her grandma fled amidst the rise of communism. This will be the first time Nicole steps onto Chinese soil. Having never learned Chinese, she must confront the reality of a country and culture she thought she knew.

Received Special Mention as part of the Burning Lights Competition at Visions du Réel, 2023.

Preceded by the short film THREE ROOMS (dir. Andrea López, 10 mins)

Cineworks

1131 Howe Street (entrance in back lane)

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

2:00 pm
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

1131 Howe Street (entrance in back lane)

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

7:15 pm
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
Winner of Best Script at Venice International Film Festival, 2023

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

4:15 pm
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.

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

8:15 pm
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!

The Cinematheque

1131 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7