22nd Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Sept 5-15, 2024

2:00 pm: Guián (with Three Rooms)

2:00 pm: Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty)

4:15 pm: Open Sky

2:00 pm: Guián (with Three Rooms)

2:00 pm: Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty)

4:15 pm: Open Sky

2:00 pm: Guián (with Three Rooms)

2:00 pm: Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty)

4:15 pm: Open Sky

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

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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.

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1131 Howe Street (entrance in back lane)

Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7

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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

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11 2:00 pm: Guián (with Three Rooms) 2:00 pm: Guián (with Three Rooms) 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 View Location Map Buy Tickets Read more

12 2:00 pm: Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty) 2:00 pm: Open Sky (with The Vampires of Poverty) 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 View Location Map Buy Tickets Read more

14 4:15 pm: Open Sky 4:15 pm: Open Sky 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 View Location Map Buy Tickets Read more