Latin American Film Festival
For more detailed information, please visit the festival's official site, medina502.com/reel_latinamerica_2023/index.php
THURSDAY, SEP 28: 7:30 P.M.
Place: Cultural and Equity Center
Carajita
Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra / Argentina / 2021 / 89 Min
FRIDAY, SEPT 29, 6:00 P.M.
Place: Cultural and Equity Center
Seven Dogs (Siete perros)
Rodrigo Guerrero / Argentina / 2021 / 87 min.
THURSDAY, OCT 5, 7:30 P.M.
Place: Cultural and Equity Center
My Emptiness and I (Mi vacío y yo)
Adrián Silvestre / Spain / 2022 / 98 Min
FRIDAY, OCT 6: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Cultural and Equity Center
Carajita
Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra / Argentina / 2021 / 89 Min
THURSDAY, OCT 12 7:00 PM
Place: Floyd Theater, Student Activity Center
Memories of My Father
(El olvido que seremos)
Fernando Trueba / Colombia / 2022 / 136 Min
FRIDAY, OCT 13 TIME: 12:00 P.M.
Place: W104 Ekstrom Library
Freedom is a Big Word
(La libertad es una palabra grande)
Guillermo Rocamora / Uruguay / 2019 / 72 Min
SUNDAY, OCT 15 - TIME: TBA
Place: Speed Cinema
The Eternal Memory
Maite Alberdi / Chile / 2022
THURSDAY, OCT 19: Time: 7:00 P.M.
Place: Floyd Theater, Student Activity Center
My Brothers Dream Awake
(Mis hermanos sueñan despiertos)
Claudia Huaiquimilla / Chile / 2021 / 85 Min
FRIDAY, SEPT 20, 12:00 P.M.
Place: W104 Ekstrom Library
Seven Dogs (Siete perros)
Rodrigo Guerrero / Argentina / 2021 / 87 min.
THURSDAY, OCT 26: Time: 7:00 P.M.
Place: Floyd Theater, Student Activity Center
Freedom is a Big Word
(La libertad es una palabra grande)
Guillermo Rocamora / Uruguay / 2019 / 72 Min
This Fall, we will present the 30th Latin American Film Festival at the University of Louisville campus. Faithful to our mission of generating a conversation about issues in Latin America, we plan to continue showcasing films that motivate our committed audience's interest in matters related to this region. The movies complement the content and objectives of our classes in many disciplines and departments across the university.
The pre-screening introductions help the audience contextualize the film's storyline and, more importantly, help them become better informed about the social, political, and economic conditions whence the movie originated. These presentations, led by experts in the field, aid us in posing questions that invite further discussion and dialogue among diverse audiences. The screenings allow our students, faculty, staff, and community members to exchange ideas and communicate with each other about topics that concern them.
The post-screening sessions have kept their traditional status of offering a non-threatening space to engage in friendly dialogue about other cultures, peoples, and places. We discuss childhood, youth, race, gender roles, aging, religion, sexual preference, and surviving under challenging conditions. Observing how audiences realize that people in the Spanish or Portuguese-speaking world face similar struggles as theirs continues to be one of the most rewarding experiences of organizing the festival. These discussions allow our students and the local community to exchange, interact, and help the audience break the barriers raised by a lack of knowledge about other cultures' ways.
In the last few years, the Film Festival has been presented as part of The Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Embassy of Spain in Washington DC, Spain-USA Foundation. Special thanks to the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain,
We also count on the support of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, the Modern Languages Fund, the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, and the LGBT Center.
The local Spanish newspaper Al Día en América co-organizes and partially sponsors the festival.
Please visit this site when the Fall semester starts for a full screening schedule. You can also point your browser to https://medina502.com/reel_latinamerica_2023/index.php
