2021 OFFICIAL SELECTION
Available for viewing ONLINE on demand across Canada from Aug 26 – Sept 5.
(You have 72 hours to finish watching once you click PLAY.)
We will also be presenting a selection of in-person screenings at The Cinematheque from Aug 27 – Sept 5.
View the schedule here.
Full film descriptions online now.
NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
¡ACTIVISMO!
After the Spring
Dir. Isabel Joffily & Pedro Rossi (Brazil/Syria)Soldier’s Woman
Dir. Patricia Wiesse Risso (Peru)The Spokeswoman
Dir. Luciana Kaplan (Mexico)The Whisper of the Marimba
Dir. Greta-Marie Becker (Ecuador/Germany)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
The Best Families
The Best Families (Las mejores familias)
Dir. Javier Fuentes-León (Peru)
Spotlight on Director Ana Katz
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet
Dir. Ana Katz (Argentina)Florianópolis Dream
Dir. Ana Katz (Argentina/Brazil)
A Diamond is for Viridiana
60th Anniversary –
Screening in 35mm print
and presentation
Viridiana
Dir. Luis Buñuel (1961)
QUEER LATINX
Canela
Dir. Cecilia del Valle (Argentina)My Name is Baghdad
Dir. Caru Alves de Souza (Brazil)The Fugitives (Los Cimarrones)
Dir. Dami Sainz Edwards (Cuba)
(with Valentina)Valentina
Dir. Cássio Pereira dos Santos (Brazil)
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
Dribbling
Dir: Catalina Alarcón (Chile)Gilson
Dir: Vitoria Di Bonesso (Brazil)In Plain View
Dir: Luis Palomino Benítez (Thailand/Mexico)Interference
Dir: Juan Carlos Soto Martínez (Chile)The Intronauta
Dir: José Arboleda (Colombia)Iridescent
Dir: Elena Aguilar (Costa Rica)It’s All the Salt’s Fault
Dir: Maria Cristina Pérez (Colombia)Lumbalú; Agony
Dir: Jorge Aldair Pérez Cáceres (Colombia)Manchester Acatitla
Dir: Selma Cervantes (Mexico)Numeric Social Theory
Dir: Paola Michaels (Colombia/Argentina)Objectified
Dir. Vanesa Tomasino (El Salvador)One-way Ticket
Dir: Victor Augusto Mendívil (Peru)The Radio
Dir: Carlos Novella (Venezuela)Son of Sodom
Dir: Theo Montoya (Colombia)Twakana Yagán
Dir: Rodrigo Tenuta & Ignacio Leonidas (Yagan Paiakoala/Argentina)Within moments of silence
Dir: Bárbara Daniela Moreno Turcott (Mexico)
Short Films
out of competition
INDIGENOUS SHORTS PROGRAMS
Future Ancestors: Storytelling as Ceremony
Celebration
Dir. Edzi’u & Justin Ducharme
(Tāłtān. Łingít. Kukhhittan / Métis. St. Ambroise. Treaty 1 Territory)Inniun ueshkat mak anutshish
(Life, Then and Now)
Dir. Mary Menie Mark (Pakuashipi/Quebec)Soul of the Sea (Liremu Barana)
Dir. Elvis Caj (Garífuna/Guatemala)Ixch’umil
Dir. Miguel Ajcot (Uspanteka/Guatemala)My Weaving Hands (Mis manos tejedoras)
Dir. Río Castañeda (Tzotzil/Mexico/USA)Wolves Dream of the Lord’s Lambs
(Lo que sueñan los Lobos, los Corderos del Señor)
Dir. Carlos García (Dominican Republic)Fôlego Vivo (Breath Alive)
Dir. Association of the Native Cariris of Poço Dantas-Umari (Kariri/Brazil)
A Matter of Life
Kuxlejal (Life)
Dir. Elke Franke (Tsotsil/Chiapas)Odehimin (Heart Berry)
Dir. Kijâtai-Alexandra Veillette-Cheezo (Anishnabe/Quebec)Healing the Nation
Dir. Jack Major & Elder Little Brown Bear, Athehsa Niohkwá:rita:a
(Métis/Toronto)
Guest Festival: FICWALLMAPU
Wüfko
Dir. Paula Baeza Pailamilla (Mapuche/Chile)Meli
Dir. Ayelén Lonconao Vargas (Mapuche/Chile)Kuychi Pucha
Dir. Segundo Fuérez Quilumbaquín (Otavalo/Ecuador)Kiñe Rupa
Dir. Pewvley taiñ rakizuam (Mapuche/Chile)Ecos del volcán
Dir. Saul Kak & Charles Fairbanks (Zoque/Mexico)
CANADA LOOKS SOUTH
Latin-Canadian Features:
Fauna
Dir. Nicolás Pereda
(Mexico/Canada)
Latin-Canadian Shorts:
Bodies (Cuerpos)
Dir. Triana Segovia (Vancouver/Mexico)
(with My Name is Baghdad)Dreaming in Blue
Dir. Olga Barrios (Toronto/Colombia)
(with The Calm After the Storm)Objectified
Dir. Vanesa Tomasino (Vancouver/El Salvador)
(Shorts in Competition)
The Age of Memory
Jatun LLaxta, Noh Kaah…
Dir. Marcos Arriaga (Toronto/Peru)Unarchive
Dir. Cecilia Araneda (Winnipeg/Chile)Avec le temps (With Time)
Dir. Eva Urrutia (Montreal/Argentina)Solitude
Dir. Yoel Ortega (Vancouver/Cuba)Sol
Dir. Andy Alvarez (Vancouver/Colombia)