London Latino Film Festival
1st London Latino Film Festival
The 1st LONDON LATINO FILM FESTIVAL to be held at the
Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL on
March 11th, 12th, 13th
7:30 pm
Films from Argentina, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela
All films with English subtitles.
Click here to get the programme.
or just read below.
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Thursday 11 March 18.30 hr.
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POSTALES DE LENINGRADO
(Postcards from Leningrad)
SYNOPSIS
During the leftist uprising in the 1960s in Venezuela, a young guerrilla girl, living in secrecy, gives birth to her first daughter during Mother’s Day. Due to that, her pictures appear on the newspaper, since that moment they’d have to run away. Hidden places, false disguises and names are the daily life of THE GIRL, the narrator of the story. Alongside with her cousin, they re-live the adventures of their guerrilla parents, building up a labyrinth with superheroes and strategies, in which nobody knows where the reality (or madness) begins. However, this children’s game does not hide the deaths, tortures, denunciations and treasons within the guerrillas. The kids want to convert themselves into The Invisible Man, in order to escape from the danger. However, they know that their parents might never comeback and therefore, they’ll only receive Postcards from Leningrad.
Postales de Leningrad – Trailer
Director: Mariana Rondon
Country Venezuela
Running time 90 min
Subtitled English
(Warning: The film contains a scene of a pig butchery)
London Latino 2010 film programme page 2
20.15 hr
LA SUERTE ESTA ECHADA
(The Die is Cast)
SYNOPSIS
Sebastian Borensztein’s comedy The Die Is Cast stars Marcelo Mazzarello and Gaston Pauls as half-brothers. As the film opens each of them becomes unemployed. Believing he is the subject of a curse, the theatrical Felipe (Mazzarello) heads to his father’s deathbed where he and his half brother decide to grant their father’s wish. After dad asks to try cocaine, the men head out attempting to score the goods while overcoming the curse. This comedy examines the luck, fate and affection of two half-brothers, very different and separated during several years, but reunited because of their father, as a result of a very special circumstance.
La Suerte Esta Echada – Trailer
Director: Sebastian Borensztein
Country Argentina
Running time 97minutes
Subtitled English
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Friday 12 March* 18.30 hr
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El REGALO
(The Gift)
SYNOPSIS
This romantic comedy of hilarious entanglements and refreshing characters takes you on an unforgettable voyage. Widower and recent retiree, Francisco (Nelson Villagra) has two best friends, Pacheco and Tito. In an effort to help Francisco through life’s difficult transitions, his friends give him the gift of a trip to the hot springs of Chillan in Chile. To spice things up, they invite Francisco’s high school sweetheart, Lucy. But things don’t always turn out as planned and this trip will yield unexpected situations, new friends and surprises that will change their lives forever.
Director: Cristian Galaz yAndrea Ugalde
Country: Chile
Running time: 108 min
Subtitled: English
London Latino 2010 film programme page 3
20.30 hr
No MIRES PARA ABAJO
(Don’t Look Down)
SYNOPSIS
When his father dies, Eloy abandons the family masonry business to embark on a journey of growth and contemplation in a hostile world. Along the way, he meets Elvira, who initiates him into Tantric practices that open his mind, body and spirit to unexplored realms of reality. Winner of Best Picture at the 2008 Latin American Film Festival, Best Latin American Film at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival.
Director: Eliseo Subiela
Country: Argentina
Running: time 85 min
Subtitled: English
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Saturday 13 March * An afternoon of shorts and documentaries
13.00 hr
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LA LIBRERIA
(The Bookshop)
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
A man falls in love with a women working at a bookshop and his life changes forever.
Director: Hernan Jabes
Country Venezuela
Running time 15 min
Subtitled English
13.30 hr
VICTIMAS DE LA DEMOCRACIA
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
One of the first documentaries produced by La Villa del Cine in Venezuela, to preserve the historic memory of those who lost their lives fighting for the Venezuelan people and their Revolution.
London Latino 2010 film programme page 4
Director: Stella Jacobs
Country Venezuela
Running time 42 min
Subtitled English
14.30 hr
TARJETA ROJA
BRIEF SYNOPSIS
A documentary that tackles the issues surrounding black football players in Ecuador and the discrimination and racism they suffer. It features Agustín Delgado, one of the country’s most famous players, and his reflections on sport, culture and power.
Director: Rodolfo Muñoz
Country Ecuador
Running time 90min
Subtitled English
Evening programme
17.00 hr
HAVANA BLUES
SYNOPSIS
Two young Cuban musicians, Ruy and Tito share the same dream : to become famous and finally leave Havana. Ruy lives with Caridad and their two children. Although they still love each other, their relationship seems close to an end. Tito is on is own living with his grandmother. While in rehearsal for their first big concert. They learn that two Spanish producers Martha and Lorenzo are in Cuba looking for new talents. Facing what might be the chance of a lifetime, they will have to conquer “the Spanish”.
Director: Benito Zambrano
Country: Cuba, España
Running time: 115 min
Year: 2005
Subtitled: English
London Latino 2010 film programme page 5
19.15 hr
POR LA LIBRE
(Dust to Dust)
SYNOPSIS
The story begins in a lovely Mexico City home where family members feud and fuss continuously. After the grandfather’s sudden death during a heated dinner table outburst with his selfish adult son, Rodrigo, two grandsons kidnap the old man’s ashes and head to Acapulco in a “stolen” car so as to dispose of them according to their beloved grandfather’s request. Their journey is funny and full of adolescent shenanigans. In Acapulco, a secret is discovered about the grandfather that gives the story a wonderful twist.
Director: Juan Carlos de Llaca
Country: Mexico
Running time: 96 min
Subtitled: English
21.00 hr
MAROA
SYNOPSIS
Eleven-year-old petty criminal Maroa lives with her violent grandmother
Brigida in Caracas. After her boyfriend Carlos is involved in a shooting, Maroa is arrested and sent to a school where Joaquin conducts the youth orchestra, and he asks the naturally talented Maroa to join. Days now revolve around the classes that Joaquin, the shy and unconventional teacher, gives her. He is immediately interested in this talented young girl, who lacks all notion of discipline. Joaquin, the only person to offer hope in the midst of her rejection, finds that through Maroa, his world has also changed forever.
Director: Solveig Hoogesteijn
Country Venezuela
Running time 102 min
Subtitled English
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Dear friends, queridos amigos:
We are pleased to announce the Second London Latino Film Festival, to be held at the Bolivar Hall, Central London, between the 30th of March to the 2nd of April 2011. We would be grateful if you could past this information to friends, collagues and organizations who might be interested in the Latin American Cinema.Also to publish the information in your website. many thanks Sergio