PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

Latin American Documentary and Film Fest
by Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano Friday, Nov. 02, 2007 at 5:00 PM
rojaszotelo@gmail.com (412) 478 68 75

This First Short Film and Documentary Festival brings a number of films that emerge from social and cultural realities of some countries in the region (in particular Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, the U,S., and Canada).

The Friends of the Latin American Cinema (Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano) invite the Pittsburgh community to the firtst Latin American Film Festival to take place at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium (Oakland) and related venues during November, 2007.
This First Short Film and Documentary Festival brings a number of films that emerge from social and cultural realities of some countries in the region (in particular Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, the U,S., and Canada).


For a full schedule see: http://amigosdelcinelatinoamericano.googlepages.com (click on festival)

The Latin American Film includes weakly screenings, forums, releases, and discussions, short film and Documentaries related to Latin America or the Latino experience, its social realities and cultural productions. A select group of producers, artists, and curators will come to Pittsburgh to present their work and to talk about the different aspects of the films and film-projects. They include Colombian film-makers Mady Samper, Luis Ospina and Fabio López; Chilean Carolina Loyola, Andrés Tapia-Urzua; Mexican Simon Sedillo; Canadian Arlan Londoño and Palestine-Canadian Julieta María, among others.


The Latin American Film, Documentary, and Short Films festival

is organized by

LOS AMIGOS DEL CINE LATINOAMERICANO, an academic collective based on the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon university


Sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Cultural Studies Program, Studio Arts Program, Film Studies, UCIS, and the English Department

All events and screenings are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

PROGRAM
Thursday, November 8.
8.30pm. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
BRASILEIRINHO by Mika Kaurismäki (Brazil-Finland, 2005).
Portuguese and English (70 min.)

Friday, November 9.
Starting at 4.00pm. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
(I) The Film by Rafael Lyon and Andres Ingoglia (Argentina-USA. 2006)
Spanish, English subtitles (60min.)
Coffee Break
5.15 pm. Historia de los Noticieros de Televisión en Colombia 1960 -1980 by Fabio López de la Roche (2007). Spanish (50 min.)*
Coffee Break
6.30pm – 7.30pm. .Nuestro Pueblo /Our People by Juan José García - Ojo de Agua (Oaxaca, 2000-06). Spanish, English subtitles (27min.)
Slavery to Freedom by Jeff Imig and Pan Left Productions (2004). AM. McDonals el Tomate y tu / Con Estas Manos... by CIW (Immokale, Florida. 2006) & Immokalee: From English (35min.)

Saturday, November 10.
2.00pm – 4.00pm. Hamburgh Hall 237. Carnegie Mellon University
A través de tus Ojos (Through Your Eyes). Guillermina Buzio & Eva Urrutia (Argentina-Canada, 2002) Spanish with English subtitles. (15 min.)
Karma (Drama) by Adriana Babinski (USA, 2005)
English (16 min.)
The Other Side by Bill Brown (USA. 2006).
English (25min.)
Terminal by Andres Tapia-Urzua (Chile-USA, 2005)
English. (15min.)*

Monday, November 12.
Lowes Theaters (at the Water Front)
Love in the Times of Cholera by Mike Newel (2007)
English (90 min)

Tuesday, November 13.
8.30pm. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.
A Paper Tiger (Un Tigre de Papel) by Luis Ospina (Colombia, 2007)
Spanish, English subtitles. (120 min.)*

Wednesday, November 14.
12.00 - 1.00pm. 203 Frick Fine Arts Building
Paolo Lugari: A Renaissance Man (Pittsburgh. 2007) By Miguel Rojas-Sotelo, Gioconda Perez Snyder.
English. (25min.)
1 - @andalusi@ The Baglady by Miguel Rojas Sotelo (Colombia-USA, 2007).
Spanish & English. (30min.)*

Thursday, November 15.
8.30pm. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Visitas by Pedro Lange & Carolina Rueda (Venezuela - Colombia, 2006)
Spanish with English subtitles. (90 min.) *

Friday, November 16.
1 pm. to 7pm. 202 Frick Fine Arts Building
Comunidad de Paz by Massimiliano Carboni (Italy. 2005).
Spanish or Italian (60min.)
Coffee Break
2.15 – 3.45pm. Compromiso Cumplido -Impunidad en Oaxaca (True to my Pledge) by Collective MAL DE OJO TV. (Mexico – USA)
Spanish with English subtitles (70 min)
Coffee Break
4.00pm – 7.00pm. Streets Mutha (Toronto – Cali) coordinated and produced by Jorge Lozano and Guillermina Buzio (Canada-Colombia, 2005-06).
Spanglish, English, Spanish (50 min.)

Video Art Curated by Arlan Londoño

Alamar Express (Cuba. 2006).
Spanish (some with English subtitles). (45min.)*

February / Unknown / Fissures by Julieta Maria (Palesatine-Colombia. 2006).
Spanish with English subtitles. (20mi.)*

Saturday, November 17
8.30 pm Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.
Pascua Lama: A contemporary quest for El Dorado by Carolina Loyola-Garcia y Gloria Loyola (2007)
Spanish and English (64min.)*

Tuesday, November 20
8.30pm Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
RELATOS ENTRE CADENAS by Mady Samper (Colombia. 2007)
With introduction by Mady Samper.
Spanish with English subtitles. (60min.)*

Wednesday, November 28 (TBP)
Tambogrande by Ernesto Cabellos " (Peru 2007)
Spanish with English subtitles. (52min)*

Thursday, November 30
8.30 pm Frick Fine Arts Auditorium.
El Comite by Matero Herrera (research Jorge Nuñez). (Ecuador, 2005)
Spanish with English subtitles (93min.)

Book 'Em: Undereducated, Overincarcerated by Youth Rights Media (USA. 2006). English (45min.)

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