The 14th edition of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is pleased to announce its complete 2016 film selection.

More than 60 films will take part in the Festival, highlighting the important presence of Brazilian cinema, as they are our guest country of honour this year. We are also pleased to announce a new section called ¡Activismo!, made up of films that discuss political and social movements in Latin America.  

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OPENING NIGHT

I Promise You Anarchy (Te prometo anarquía)
Dir: Julio Hernández Cordón
Mexico

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CLOSING NIGHT

Don’t Call Me Son (Mãe só há uma)
Dir: Anna Muylaert
Brazil

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NEW DIRECTORS

Road to La Paz (Camino a La Paz)
Dir: Francisco Varone
Argentina

Hopefuls (Aspirantes)
Dir: Ives Rosenfeld
Brazil

Neon Bull (Boi neon)
Dir: Gabriel Mascaro
Brazil

Ixcanul
Dir: Jayro Bustamante
Guatemala

The Greatest House in the World (La casa más grande del mundo)
Dir: Ana V. Bojórquez & Lucía Carreras
Guatemala/Mexico

Violencia
Dir: Jorge Forero
Colombia

Ditches (Zanjas)
Dir: Francisco Joaquín Paparella
Argentina

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INTERNATIONAL HITS

The Clan
Dir: Pablo Trapero
Argentina

Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente)
Dir: Ciro Guerra
Colombia

El Club
Dir: Pablo Larraín
Chile

Desierto
All the screenings of Desierto have been cancelled. 

Dir: Jonás Cuarón
Mexico

The Pearl Button (El botón de nácar)
Dir: Patricio Guzmán
Chile

Liveforever (Que viva la música)
Dir: Carlos Moreno
Colombia

Much Ado About Nothing (Aquí no ha pasado nada)
Dir: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Chile

Magallanes
Dir: Salvador del Solar
Peru

Truman
Dir: Cesc Gay
Argentina/Spain

Viva
Dir: Paddy Breathnach
Cuba/Ireland

A Monster with a Thousand Heads (Un monstruo de mil cabezas)
Dir: Rodrigo Plá
Mexico

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¡ACTIVISMO!

Time Suspended (El tiempo suspendido) 
Dir: Natalia Bruschtein
Mexico/Argentina

Pepe Mujica: Lessons from the Flowerbed
Dir: Heidi Specogna
Uruguay/Germany

A Day in Ayotzinapa 43 (Un día en Ayotzinapa 43)
Dir: Rafael Rangel
Mexico

The Hyperwomen (As hiper mulheres)
Dir: Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette & Takumã Kuikuro

 

RETROSPECTIVE: ANNA MUYLAERT 

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is thrilled to present a retrospective on the work of Anna Muylaert, one of Brazil’s most acclaimed film directors.

Don’t Call Me Son (Mãe só há uma)

The Second Mother (Que horas ela volta?)

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (É proibido fumar)

Durval Records (Durval Discos)

While my guitar gently weeps (E além de tudo me deixou mudo o violão)

The Origin of Babies (A origem dos bebês segundo Kiki Cavalcanti)

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GLAUBER ROCHA: A GENERATION OF WILD DREAMS

Black God, White Devil (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol)
Dir: Glauber Rocha
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Entranced Earth (Terra em transe)
Dir: Glauber Rocha
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SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
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Bestboy (Reflectorista)
Dir: David Nazareno
Argentina

Mila
Dir: Oscar Enríquez
Mexico

Frank the Indomitable (Frank el indomable)
Dir: Andrés Eichelmann Kaiser
Mexico

Day of ashes (Día de la ceniza)
Dir: Daniel Romero
Ecuador

Absent (Ausente)
Dir: Joaquín Baus
Chile

Seeing you again (Volverte a ver)
Dir: Abraham Escobedo Salas
Mexico

So as not to forget (Para não esquecer)
Dir: Rafael de Almeida
Brazil

Bulletproof (A prueba de balas)
Dir: Hector Bustamante
Mexico

New Moon (Lua nova)
Dir: Andrea Prado
Brazil

Fantastic
Dir: Tomas Sposato
Argentina

Normal
Dir: Vadim Lasca
Venezuela

Amphibian (Anfibio)
Dir: Héctor Silva Núñez
Venezuela

Atotô
Dir: Bruno Laet
Brazil

Come back (Volver)
Dir: Iván Luna
Colombia

Fire-water (It Yagutp)
Dir: Tomás Faiman
Argentina

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CANADA LOOKS SOUTH 

He Hated Pigeons (with live score by Morning Show)
Dir: Ingrid Veninger

Our Forest Moon (Nuestro Monte Luna)
Dir: Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Malecon 51
Dir: Jean-Guillaume Caplain & Francis Delfour

Abyss (Abismo)
Dir: Pablo Diconca

Acá Nada / Acá Elsewhere
Dir: Sarah Shamash

The DNA of Ceviche
Dir: Orlando Arriagada

The Ballad of Oppenheimer Park 
Dir: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda

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INDIGENOUS SHORTS – Canada

Assini
Dir: Gail Maurice

The Black Case (La mallette noire)
Dir: Caroline Monnet & Daniel Watchorn

Clouds of Autumn
Dir: Trevor Mack & Matthew Taylor Blais

Mia’
Dir: Amanda Strong & Bracken Hanuse Corlett

Pearl
Elisa Moar & Meky Ottawa

Without Words
Jules Koostachin

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INDIGENOUS SHORTS – Brazil 

Kene Yuxi, as voltas do Kene
Dir: Zezinho Yube

Mbya Mirim
Dir: Patrícia Ferreira & Ariel Duarte Ortega

The Hyperwomen (As hiper mulheres)
Dir: Carlos Fausto, Leonardo Sette & Takumã Kuikuro