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COMIENZA EL 1er FESTIVAL DE CINE COLOMBIANO DE NYC
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We are a little bit richer today in NYC. The First Colombian Film Festival adds a new layer and a new perspective to our multicultural existence where we can already enjoy festivals devoted to Spanish, Mexican, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and Dominican filmmaking. Colombians are one of the biggest community in NYC and we welcome the Colombian Film Festival and wish them much success.
The festival program will have feature films, documentaries, shorts, forums, US and World Premieres and some press conferences. Juan Carvajal, director of the festival, said “this is an unbelievable opportunity to feature the best of Colombia’s cinema at the Big Apple; this is a turning point for Colombian filmmaking to showcase just days before the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival”. We agree. Exitos!.
The Colombian Film Festival > Tribeca Cinemas in New York City > March 20 - 24. For more information please visit: colfilmny.com .
The Colombian Film Festival > Tribeca Cinemas in New York City > March 20 - 24. For more information please visit: colfilmny.com . Here is a sample of what is coming:
US Premieres
* Lo Azul del Cielo- 2013 (Director Juan Alfredo Uribe) CAMILO is a 23 year-old member of the middle class in Medellin, Colombia. After serving in the army, he returns home eager to make a new life for himself. His relationship with his family is a source of constant conflict, and finally they give him an ultimatum: find a job or move out. He spends most of his time playing in a neighborhood indoor soccer league, and there, in a stroke of luck, his coach BERRI offers him an opportunity to make some easy money. For CAMILO, however, this new opportunity is morally objectionable and one he initially rejects. In a fateful decision, eventually he concedes and decides to accept the job, thereby involving himself in an uncomfortable, not to mention illegal, situation.
Later on CAMILO meets SOL, a young girl studying classical music at the local university. Immediately he becomes infatuated with her, intent on learning everything about her. They fall in love. Eager to shed the ghosts of his past, CAMILO forges a new identity for himself but eventually someone returns from his past threatening to untangle CAMILO’S web of lies and reveal his true identity to SOL. Can CAMILO fight of his ghosts and keep his new life on track?
* Apatia – 2012 (Director Arturo Ortegón) The action takes place during Easter week. In this short time, plenty happens. Julián is a writer who has lost interest in life and contemplates committing suicide as a last gesture of inconformity; at the same time, his friend travels to the coast for no particular reason other than to assuage his boredom. Julian’s tragic end forces his friend to literally pull over and try to wrap his head around what has happened. But his words only serve to echo the emptiness felt by a generation teetering on the brink of nothingness.
* Sofia y El Terco -2012 (Director Andrés Burgos) Sofia and her husband live in a small village in the Colombian countryside. Their life has just been a long repetition of facts for years. They grew here, married and they know everybody in the village. He is the owner of a grocery store. She makes everything in their house: she chooses his clothes in the morning, prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner, feeds the birds, cleans… And she has an old dream: she wants to go to the sea whereas she has always known mountains. But Gustavo always has good reasons to delay the trip. He cannot let his grocery store; his employee cannot get by himself… So that Sofia will need a help, from her friend Mercedes for example. Or she will have to take charge.
World Premieres
* Maybe Tomorrow- 2012- (Michael Wolfe) Three men. One night. A crime that would sever their friendships but connect them to each other for life. After spending the last fifteen years trying to deny it, they will finally be forced to revisit the one night that changed their lives. Facing a lengthy prison sentence, RUSS MAHLER, a career criminal armed with a destructive secret, blackmails the only man that can get him off the hook, Manhattan District Attorney GRAHAM SEIFERT, whose Chief of Staff EVAN MIDLAND is called upon to facilitate a resolution. With his hands tied, Graham has Russ acquitted and upon Evan’s insistence, invites him out to his Hampton beach house for the weekend where the three of them will finally attempt to bury a memory that still haunts them. Once reunited, catharsis erupts and everything pours out…why Russ made the decision that would destroy his life, how Evan betrayed him and why Graham might resign as D.A. to play second fiddle to a corrupt Senator. In one night, they will confront the sins of their pasts, face the flawed men they are in the present and determine what they must do to secure a future where hopefully, a better version of themselves will be waiting.
* Volver a Morir – 2012 (Director Miguel Urrutia) Camila wakes up and does not know where she is, naked, next to Dario, a mysterious man who seduces her and in a moment of passion kills her. She returns back in time at the exact moment she wakes up and gets stuck in a dead end die again and again, however, every time she sees in the dark mind of the murderer keys to try to save his life.
Además:
* Chocó – 2012 (Director Johnny Hendrix) A hard-working woman with two children and a drunkard for a husband. In the mornings, Choco works in a gold mine along the San Juana River. In the afternoons she cleans clothes for richer families. And when her daughter turns 7, the only thing Choco wants is to buy her a birthday cake, a humble wish that could change her life. Chocó is the story of a woman from the rural areas in the pacific coast of Colombia, subjugated by her husband and by the dominant male tradition from this part of the country. She portrays the life of many women who undergo violence and mistreatment at home not only in Colombia but in the entire World.
* 180 Segundos -2012 –(Director Alexander Giraldo) Zico is the leader of the most respected group of thieves in the city. His crimes are most of the time are perfect: no bullets, no wounded, not single evidence that could trace him back left behind. When his last job comes around, Zico and his sister Angelica hope to leave the country to start a new life. In order for Zico to complete this last job, he plans a robbery that must be completed in three exact minutes. However, behind his master plan, Zico does not see coming: a long lost love, a special unit of the police that has already targeted them and a soccer match that has the entire city’s attention. Zico’s life, his sister’s life and nine other people’s live cross paths in 180 seconds that show average human beings, that laugh, cry, love, want to love, steal and do not want to die. 180 Seconds will show the best and the worst in these human beings.
* La Lectora –2012 (Director Riccardo Gabrielli R) La Lectora is the story of a college girl that is kidnapped by chance, by a couple of bad guys, so she can translate a manuscript and confirm an urban legend. Somewhere in the city lies a treasure, a hidden briefcase. This mysterious manuscript tells the story of a couple, Karen, a stripper and Cachorro, a young and ambitious cab driver. They hide the briefcase in a secret location to escape an ambush. Now they will risk their lives in order to get to it, because it contains the longing of a new life. In reality and possible fiction, these two parallel stories will show the culture of ambition, wealthy pasts, uncertain futures, love and the dream of freedom.
* La Cara Oculta- 2011 (Director Andrés Baiz) An untrusting woman (Clara Lago) tests her boyfriend’s loyalty by concealing herself in a hidden room deep within their house, and makes a discovery that chills her to the core in this thriller from director Andres Baiz (Satanás). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
* Porfirio - 2012 - (Alejandro Landes) Porfirio tells the story of Porfirio Ramirez, a man who became handicapped after a failed police operation where he was shot in the back in 1991. Because of this, Porfirio sues the state, but due to several problems with the case, the lawsuit gets closed. With no money, and many problems, Porfirio takes a risky decision with his son: Hijack a plane and demand a meeting with the President of Colombia to discuss his problems. Based in the true story of Porfirio Ramirez.
* Todos Tus Muertos -2011 (Carlos Moreno) Salvador is a peasant who one day wakes up as usual to work on his land but instead finds a pile of corpses in the middle of his crops. He runs to notify the authorities but is Sunday and Election Day so the dead ones end up being a nuisance that nobody wants to deal with.
* Sin Palabras -2012 (Diego Fernando Bustamante / Ana Sofía Osorio Ruiz) Raúl lives alone and works at a hardware store. Unhappy with the way his life has turned out, he waits for something or someone to come along and change it. One day, he notices a Chinese girl outside the store. She sits there for hours and Raúl’s curiosity is finally aroused. It turns out the girl doesn’t speak a word of Spanish ―hence the title―, but as they get to know each other, Raúl learns that Lian has entered Colombia illegally in the hope of eventually making it to the United States. The love affair they embark on will prompt Raúl to stop procrastinating and take control of his own life.
Plus Documentaries and Shorts. For more information please visit: colfilmny.com.
* Chocó – 2012 (Director Johnny Hendrix) A hard-working woman with two children and a drunkard for a husband. In the mornings, Choco works in a gold mine along the San Juana River. In the afternoons she cleans clothes for richer families. And when her daughter turns 7, the only thing Choco wants is to buy her a birthday cake, a humble wish that could change her life. Chocó is the story of a woman from the rural areas in the pacific coast of Colombia, subjugated by her husband and by the dominant male tradition from this part of the country. She portrays the life of many women who undergo violence and mistreatment at home not only in Colombia but in the entire World.
* 180 Segundos -2012 –(Director Alexander Giraldo) Zico is the leader of the most respected group of thieves in the city. His crimes are most of the time are perfect: no bullets, no wounded, not single evidence that could trace him back left behind. When his last job comes around, Zico and his sister Angelica hope to leave the country to start a new life. In order for Zico to complete this last job, he plans a robbery that must be completed in three exact minutes. However, behind his master plan, Zico does not see coming: a long lost love, a special unit of the police that has already targeted them and a soccer match that has the entire city’s attention. Zico’s life, his sister’s life and nine other people’s live cross paths in 180 seconds that show average human beings, that laugh, cry, love, want to love, steal and do not want to die. 180 Seconds will show the best and the worst in these human beings.
* La Lectora –2012 (Director Riccardo Gabrielli R) La Lectora is the story of a college girl that is kidnapped by chance, by a couple of bad guys, so she can translate a manuscript and confirm an urban legend. Somewhere in the city lies a treasure, a hidden briefcase. This mysterious manuscript tells the story of a couple, Karen, a stripper and Cachorro, a young and ambitious cab driver. They hide the briefcase in a secret location to escape an ambush. Now they will risk their lives in order to get to it, because it contains the longing of a new life. In reality and possible fiction, these two parallel stories will show the culture of ambition, wealthy pasts, uncertain futures, love and the dream of freedom.
* La Cara Oculta- 2011 (Director Andrés Baiz) An untrusting woman (Clara Lago) tests her boyfriend’s loyalty by concealing herself in a hidden room deep within their house, and makes a discovery that chills her to the core in this thriller from director Andres Baiz (Satanás). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
* Porfirio - 2012 - (Alejandro Landes) Porfirio tells the story of Porfirio Ramirez, a man who became handicapped after a failed police operation where he was shot in the back in 1991. Because of this, Porfirio sues the state, but due to several problems with the case, the lawsuit gets closed. With no money, and many problems, Porfirio takes a risky decision with his son: Hijack a plane and demand a meeting with the President of Colombia to discuss his problems. Based in the true story of Porfirio Ramirez.
* Todos Tus Muertos -2011 (Carlos Moreno) Salvador is a peasant who one day wakes up as usual to work on his land but instead finds a pile of corpses in the middle of his crops. He runs to notify the authorities but is Sunday and Election Day so the dead ones end up being a nuisance that nobody wants to deal with.
* Sin Palabras -2012 (Diego Fernando Bustamante / Ana Sofía Osorio Ruiz) Raúl lives alone and works at a hardware store. Unhappy with the way his life has turned out, he waits for something or someone to come along and change it. One day, he notices a Chinese girl outside the store. She sits there for hours and Raúl’s curiosity is finally aroused. It turns out the girl doesn’t speak a word of Spanish ―hence the title―, but as they get to know each other, Raúl learns that Lian has entered Colombia illegally in the hope of eventually making it to the United States. The love affair they embark on will prompt Raúl to stop procrastinating and take control of his own life.
Plus Documentaries and Shorts. For more information please visit: colfilmny.com.
NOTAS DE CINEMA 10
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We are proud sponsors of the 9th Corto Circuito Film Festival in NYC for a third year in a row!. Diana Vargas and her team will bring some of the best Latino shorts to NYU!. And is all free, so join us at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center!.
The 50th New York Film Festival is in full swing with some of the best peliculas from cineastas worldwide, with a healthy Latino participation; the 3rd Peruvian Film Festival at Instituto Cervantes is closing soon and the film series at 92Y Tribeca continues. You may also have some of these recent movies at a theater near you or over the internet: Madrid 1987, Las Acacias, A Whisper to a Roar, Neighboring Sounds, Searching for Sugar Man, Hermano...... VEAMOS:
* PROUD SPONSORS >> 9th Corto Circuito Film Fest > Octubre 4 al 6 > King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center > New York University > JOIN US! > Visit CORTOS.
The festival will introduce attendees to some of the most enthusing, crafty and reflective movies about and from Latin America, Spain and Latinos in the U.S.
More than 45 titles will be presented, including award-winning short films in fiction and documentary, as well as some experimental works that resist easy classification and push at the boundaries of established structures and formats. The selections come from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the U.S. All foreign language films are English subtitled. 
I have seen these films so far, many latinos, all highly recommended: La noche de enfrente, Tabu, Aquí y Allá, NO, Lines of Wellington, El muerto y ser feliz, The Life of Pi.
Founded in 1963, as the auteur theory and European cinematic modernism were crashing upon the shores of American film culture, the New York Film Festival continues to introduce audiences to the most exciting, innovative and accomplished works of world cinema. Join us as North America’s second oldest film festival celebrates the half-century mark with 17 days of exciting world premieres, prizewinners from Cannes and Berlin, special retrospective screenings, live performances, panel discussions and much more!
* III Muestra de Cine Peruano Contemporáneo > Hasta Octubre 4 > Instituto Cervantes > PERU.
El Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York, en colaboración con el artista Lorry Salcedo y el Consulado General del Perú en esta ciudad, presentan por tercer año consecutivo la Muestra de Cine Peruano Contemporáneo. Como en las dos ediciones anteriores, la Muestra da a conocer una selección de las películas mas representativas de la cinematografía peruana de los últimos cincuenta años, en un formato que incluye documentales, cortometrajes y largometrajes.
Este año, el programa celebra la cinematografía Amazónica o también llamada Cine de Iquitos, ciudad enclavada en plena selva del Perú y que representa un hito importante y uno de los eventos históricos pioneros de la cinematografía peruana. Debido a la fiebre del caucho y la llegada de inmigrantes en su mayoría europeos, el interés cinematográfico empezó a inicios del siglo XX junto a la evolución del cine norteamericano en Hollywood.
Este año, el programa celebra la cinematografía Amazónica o también llamada Cine de Iquitos, ciudad enclavada en plena selva del Perú y que representa un hito importante y uno de los eventos históricos pioneros de la cinematografía peruana. Debido a la fiebre del caucho y la llegada de inmigrantes en su mayoría europeos, el interés cinematográfico empezó a inicios del siglo XX junto a la evolución del cine norteamericano en Hollywood.
* MADRID 1987 > Opens Friday October 12 > Quad Cinema > > MADRID.
Madrid, 1987 ...is a two-character story with a verbose discourse on writing, journalism, careerism, aging and politics. Shot mostly within a very constricted space, the story follows an older, celebrated journalist Miguel (José Sacristán) who meets the beautiful and coy journalism-student Angela (María Valverde) to give an interview - but becomes intent upon seducing her. They end up spending time in the most unusual manner ...discussing literature, prose and career trajectories ...gradually divulging little insights into their own selves as we start to understand the old journalist's cynicism and the young protégé's intentions.
* A WHISPER TO A ROAR > Opens Friday October 12 > Quad Cinema > WHISPER.
A Whisper to a Roar tells the heroic stories of courageous democracy activists in five countries around the world – Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. From student leaders to prime ministers and heads of state, these activists share their compelling personal stories of struggle, past and present, with their countries’ oppressive regimes. Shot over three years and completed in February 2012, the film was inspired by the work of Stanford University’s Larry Diamond, author of “The Spirit of Democracy” and Director of Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. It was funded by The Moulay Hicham Foundation, whose benefactor, Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco, is a renowned public intellectual and democracy advocate, particularly in regards to the Middle East.
* BEL BORBA AQUI > A film by Burt Sun and André Costantini > Brazil, 2012 > October 3 - 16 > Film Forum.
Known as “The People’s Picasso,” for 35 years Bel Borba has transformed the face of his hometown of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil – a historic city that is 500-years-old – with beautiful, grand scale and awe-inspiring art including sculpture, painting, murals and mosaic. Working with tiles, steel, sand, clay, and an eclectic mélange of recycled material including Coca Cola bottles and wood from Salvador’s famed Savaro boats, Borba’s ubiquitous public works reflect his feverishly ebullient personality and unbridled love of community.
With an evocative Brazilian soundtrack and lush cinematography that exposes the lavish colors of Salvador, BEL BORBA AQUI explores the intense and intimate relationship between this unique city – a fusion of European, African, and Native Indian cultures – and her beloved native son.
* The Loneliest Planet > En cartelera en Nueva York y Los Angeles > Octubre 26. Vean en trailer debajo o siga el enlace > The Loneliest Planet.
Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they are backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The couple hire a local guide to lead them on a camping trek, and the three set off into a wilderness that is both overwhelmingly open and frighteningly closed. Walking for hours, they trade anecdotes, play games to pass the time of moving through space. And then, a momentary misstep, a gesture that takes only two or three seconds, a gesture that's over almost as soon as it begins. Once it is done, it threatens to undo everything the couple believed about each other and about themselves. All the while, they are not alone. They are always with the guide, who witnesses their every move.
* SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN > Directed by Malik Bendjelloul > Now in New York and Los Angeles > Nationwide > SUGAR.
In 1968, there emerged from Detroit a charismatic Mexican-American singer/songwriter named Rodriguez, who had attracted a local following with his mysterious presence, soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of the greatest '70s US rock icon who never was, how he was rediscovered in South Africa and finally became the legende he always deserved to be. A story of hope, inspiration and the power of music.
* Las Acacias > Directed by Pablo Giorgelli, winner of the Camara d'Or for Best First Film at last year's Cannes Film Festival.
Ruben, a lonely middle-aged trucker who's picking up a load of lumber in Paraguay to take back to Buenos Aires, grudgingly agrees to take two passengers: Jacinta, a young Aboriginal mother and her five-month-old baby, Anahi. At first glance, the 1500 kilometer journey seems very long, both for Jacinta, who hopes to find work with the help of her cousin in Argentina, as well as for the surly trucker, whose routine is disrupted. But along the way, Ruben, Jacinta and Anahi slowly get to know one another, and the usually quiet Ruben gradually opens up.
* Neighboring Sounds > Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.
A thrilling debut from a breakout talent, Neighboring Sounds delves into the lives of a group of prosperous middle-class families residing on a quiet street in Recife, close to a low-income neighborhood. The private security firm hired to police the street becomes the catalyst for an exploration of the neighbors’ discontents and anxieties—their feelings exacerbated by the palpable unease of a society that remains unreconciled to its troubled past and present inequities. Meticulously constructed, with unexpected compositions and arresting cuts, this ensemble film is compulsive viewing; you’re never quite sure where things are headed as it builds imperceptibly toward its stunning payoff. With his unmistakable formal gifts and acute eye and ear for the push and pull of modern life, Kleber Mendonça Filho represents the arrival of a major filmmaker.
* FILM SERIES AT 92Y TRIBECA > ALL YEAR > FILM
Screenings include indies just off the festival circuit, monthly sing-alongs, underground gems and all that flickers in between. Come early to grab a beer or wine in the cafe and stay for the filmmaker Q&A—this is way beyond your average night at the movies.
* HERMANO > Directed by Marcel Rasquin > Nationwide.
Hermano tells a simple and powerful story about two kids raised together as brothers: Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliú Armas) – who struggle to become professional soccer players. Both exceptional players, in La Ceniza slum, the opportunity of a lifetime arrives when a headhunter for the Caracas Football Club invites them to a try-out with the team. But their life in the slum interferes and a tragedy shakes them, forcing them to make a choice: the unity of their family or their lifelong dream?
* Pelotero (Ballplayer) > Directed by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley > DVD available now >> PELOTERO.
This compelling documentary narrated by John Leguizamo is a gritty look inside the world of Major League Baseball (MLB) training camps in the Dominican Republic. Miguel Angel and Jean Carlos are two of the top prospects at an MLB training camp, and they are both about to turn 16, which means they can be signed to an MLB farm team and ultimately move up to the majors. Filmmakers Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley take you inside this never-before-seen world for an up-close and personal look at the cost of the American dream.
* TO ROME WITH LOVE. Directed by Woody Allen. With Penélope Cruz. En Cartelera.
CINEMA ESSENTIALS 09
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The 50th New York Film Festival is a milestone for NYC and for the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The NYFF, under Richard Peña, is at the top of the global cinema circuit and we are very happy to be able to cover it again for you all. Of course, we will put a latino spin on it!. Besides the NYFF, this month we have the 3rd Peruvian Film Festival at Instituto Cervantes, the film series at 92Y Tribeca and, En Cartelera: Las Acacias, Neighboring Sounds, Searching for Sugar Man, Hermano, entre otros.
* SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN > Directed by Malik Bendjelloul > Now in New York and Los Angeles > Nationwide > SUGAR.
In 1968, there emerged from Detroit a charismatic Mexican-American singer/songwriter named Rodriguez, who had attracted a local following with his mysterious presence, soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of the greatest '70s US rock icon who never was, how he was rediscovered in South Africa and finally became the legende he always deserved to be. A story of hope, inspiration and the power of music.
* III Muestra de Cine Peruano Contemporáneo > Septiembre 13 - Octubre 4 > Instituto Cervantes > PERU
El Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York, en colaboración con el artista Lorry Salcedo y el Consulado General del Perú en esta ciudad, presentan por tercer año consecutivo la Muestra de Cine Peruano Contemporáneo. Como en las dos ediciones anteriores, la Muestra da a conocer una selección de las películas mas representativas de la cinematografía peruana de los últimos cincuenta años, en un formato que incluye documentales, cortometrajes y largometrajes.
Este año, el programa celebra la cinematografía Amazónica o también llamada Cine de Iquitos, ciudad enclavada en plena selva del Perú y que representa un hito importante y uno de los eventos históricos pioneros de la cinematografía peruana. Debido a la fiebre del caucho y la llegada de inmigrantes en su mayoría europeos, el interés cinematográfico empezó a inicios del siglo XX junto a la evolución del cine norteamericano en Hollywood.
* Las Acacias > Directed by Pablo Giorgelli, winner of the Camara d'Or for Best First Film at last year's Cannes Film Festival > Quad Cinema > ACACIAS.
Este año, el programa celebra la cinematografía Amazónica o también llamada Cine de Iquitos, ciudad enclavada en plena selva del Perú y que representa un hito importante y uno de los eventos históricos pioneros de la cinematografía peruana. Debido a la fiebre del caucho y la llegada de inmigrantes en su mayoría europeos, el interés cinematográfico empezó a inicios del siglo XX junto a la evolución del cine norteamericano en Hollywood.
* Las Acacias > Directed by Pablo Giorgelli, winner of the Camara d'Or for Best First Film at last year's Cannes Film Festival > Quad Cinema > ACACIAS.
Ruben, a lonely middle-aged trucker who's picking up a load of lumber in Paraguay to take back to Buenos Aires, grudgingly agrees to take two passengers: Jacinta, a young Aboriginal mother and her five-month-old baby, Anahi. At first glance, the 1500 kilometer journey seems very long, both for Jacinta, who hopes to find work with the help of her cousin in Argentina, as well as for the surly trucker, whose routine is disrupted. But along the way, Ruben, Jacinta and Anahi slowly get to know one another, and the usually quiet Ruben gradually opens up.
* Neighboring Sounds > Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho Hasta Septiembre 13 > Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center en el Lincoln Center > SOUNDS
A thrilling debut from a breakout talent, Neighboring Sounds delves into the lives of a group of prosperous middle-class families residing on a quiet street in Recife, close to a low-income neighborhood. The private security firm hired to police the street becomes the catalyst for an exploration of the neighbors’ discontents and anxieties—their feelings exacerbated by the palpable unease of a society that remains unreconciled to its troubled past and present inequities. Meticulously constructed, with unexpected compositions and arresting cuts, this ensemble film is compulsive viewing; you’re never quite sure where things are headed as it builds imperceptibly toward its stunning payoff. With his unmistakable formal gifts and acute eye and ear for the push and pull of modern life, Kleber Mendonça Filho represents the arrival of a major filmmaker.
* 50th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL > September 28 - October 14 > Film Society of Lincoln Center > NYFF
Founded in 1963, as the auteur theory and European cinematic modernism were crashing upon the shores of American film culture, the New York Film Festival continues to introduce audiences to the most exciting, innovative and accomplished works of world cinema. Join us as North America’s second oldest film festival celebrates the half-century mark with 17 days of exciting world premieres, prizewinners from Cannes and Berlin, special retrospective screenings, live performances, panel discussions and much more!
* FILM SERIES AT 92Y TRIBECA > ALL YEAR > FILM
Screenings include indies just off the festival circuit, monthly sing-alongs, underground gems and all that flickers in between. Come early to grab a beer or wine in the cafe and stay for the filmmaker Q&A—this is way beyond your average night at the movies.
* HERMANO > Directed by Marcel Rasquin > Nationwide.
Hermano tells a simple and powerful story about two kids raised together as brothers: Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliú Armas) – who struggle to become professional soccer players. Both exceptional players, in La Ceniza slum, the opportunity of a lifetime arrives when a headhunter for the Caracas Football Club invites them to a try-out with the team. But their life in the slum interferes and a tragedy shakes them, forcing them to make a choice: the unity of their family or their lifelong dream?
* Pelotero (Ballplayer) > Directed by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley > DVD available now >> PELOTERO.
This compelling documentary narrated by John Leguizamo is a gritty look inside the world of Major League Baseball (MLB) training camps in the Dominican Republic. Miguel Angel and Jean Carlos are two of the top prospects at an MLB training camp, and they are both about to turn 16, which means they can be signed to an MLB farm team and ultimately move up to the majors. Filmmakers Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley take you inside this never-before-seen world for an up-close and personal look at the cost of the American dream.
* TO ROME WITH LOVE. Directed by Woody Allen. With Penélope Cruz. En Cartelera.
ESSENTIALS: CINEMA
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La Cartelera cinematografica está variada este mes. El LatinBeat regresa al Lincoln Center y también el New York Internacional Latino Film Fest. A ellos se une Ducoweeks en el IFC de la Sexta Avenida con dos producciones latinas. Allí también pueden ver El Topo los últimos días de Agosto.
El anticipado debut de Mosquita y Mari y Hermano se lleva a cabo en el Cinema Village y Searching for SugarMan, sobre el cantautor Rodriguez y su merecido comeback es un documental para no dejar de ver. Tuve el placer de escucharlo en vivo durante el Tribeca Film Festival donde se presentó el documental. Ustedes también tendrán la oportunidad de escucharlo en concierto en el Highline Ballroom a fines de mes ( Vean Calendario de Musica). El Queens Museum continúa con el festival de verano que incluye una serie de cine. Pelotero se presenta en varias salas del país o en On Demand y aún pueden encontrar Cristiada, To Rome with Love and Savages en cartelera.
RECOMENDAMOS
* Mosquita y Mari > Directed by Aurora Guerrero > En Cartelera en Cinema Village > MOSQUITA.
Mosquita y Mari is a coming of age story that focuses on a tender friendship between two young Chicanas. Yolanda and Mari are growing up in Huntington Park, Los Angeles and have only known loyalty to one thing: family. Growing up in immigrant households, both girls are expected to prioritize the well-being of their families. Yolanda, an only child, delivers straight A's and the hope of the American Dream while Mari, the eldest, shares economic responsibilities with her undocumented family who scrambles to make ends meet.
When Mari moves in across the street from Yolanda, they maintain their usual life routine, until an incident at school thrusts them into a friendship and into unknown territory. As their friendship grows, a yearning to explore their strange yet beautiful connection surfaces. Lost in their private world of unspoken affection, lingering gazes, and heart-felt confessions of uncertain futures, Yolanda's grades begin to slip while Mari's focus drifts away from her duties at a new job. Mounting pressures at home collide with their new-found connection, forcing them to choose between their obligations to others and staying true to themselves.
* DOCUWEEKS 2012 > IFC Center NYC Agosto 10 - 23 / Laemmle NoHo 7 Los Angeles Agosto 10 - 30 > Dos producciones latinas > DOCU.
- DROUGHT/ CUATES DE AUSTRALIA (Everado González, Mexico, 2012, 84 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Residents from the ejido (communal land) Los Cuates de Australia in Northeast Mexico perform every year a massive exodus to look for water during drought. In this exile, men, women, elders, and children wait for the first drops of water to return to their lands, metaphor of a small town that hides from death.
August 10 - 16
- WE WOMEN WARRIORS/ TEJIENDO SABIDURÍA (Nicole Karsin, USA/ Colombia, 2012, 79 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
We Women Warriors follows three native women caught in the crossfire of Colombia's warfare who use nonviolent resistance to defend their peoples' survival. Colombia has 102 aboriginal groups, one-third of which face extinction because of the conflict. Trapped in a protracted predicament financed by the drug trade, indigenous women are resourcefully leading and creating transformation imbued with hope. We Women Warriors bears witness to neglected human rights catastrophes and interweaves character-driven stories about female empowerment, unshakable courage, and faith in the endurance of indigenous culture. August 10 - 16.
Residents from the ejido (communal land) Los Cuates de Australia in Northeast Mexico perform every year a massive exodus to look for water during drought. In this exile, men, women, elders, and children wait for the first drops of water to return to their lands, metaphor of a small town that hides from death.
August 10 - 16
- WE WOMEN WARRIORS/ TEJIENDO SABIDURÍA (Nicole Karsin, USA/ Colombia, 2012, 79 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
We Women Warriors follows three native women caught in the crossfire of Colombia's warfare who use nonviolent resistance to defend their peoples' survival. Colombia has 102 aboriginal groups, one-third of which face extinction because of the conflict. Trapped in a protracted predicament financed by the drug trade, indigenous women are resourcefully leading and creating transformation imbued with hope. We Women Warriors bears witness to neglected human rights catastrophes and interweaves character-driven stories about female empowerment, unshakable courage, and faith in the endurance of indigenous culture. August 10 - 16.
* Latinbeat 2012 > Agosto 11- 24 > Lincoln Center > BEAT.
In its 13th edition, Latinbeat presents a variety of the best recent Latin American cinema. The region continues to offer an incredible wealth of strong documentaries that explore uncharted aspects of history and travel beyond capital borders, redefining national identities. Personal stories and formal exploration abound in bold new fiction. There will be lots of music–from Uruguay, Brazil and Chile–and, as always, the exciting presence of filmmakers, producers and actors at screenings and at our panel on New Mexican Cinema. Series programmed by Richard Peña and Marcela Goglio.
The Mexican film Fecha de caducidad by Kenya Marquez will open the festival.
* The New York International Latino Film Festival > Agosto 13 - 19 > NYILFF.
Launched in 1999, the New York International Latino Film Festival’s mission is to showcase the works of the hottest emerging Latino filmmaking talent in the U.S. and Latin America offering an expansive image of the Latino experience, and celebrating the diversity and spirit of the Latino community.
Jodorowsky’s legendary, notorious cult hit essentially created the genre of the midnight movie — a spectacle so stunning and bizarre that normal hours couldn’t contain it. Incorporating influences from tarot to the Bible to surrealism into a mind-blowing western, Jodorowsky cast himself as the leather-clad gunman, El Topo (‘the mole’), who wanders through a desert strewn with mystical symbols on an unnamed quest, leaving blood and carnage in his wake. Declared a masterpiece by no less than John Lennon himself, EL TOPO tops even the most outrageous aesthetic experiments of its radical era and remains unmatched in its provocations and strange beauty. Long unavailable, EL TOPO is presented in a gorgeous new restoration personally overseen by Jodorowsky.
* HERMANO > Directed by Marcel Rasquin > Opens August 24 in NYC > AMC Empire 25 and Cinema Village > and nationwide.
Hermano tells a simple and powerful story about two kids raised together as brothers: Daniel (Fernando Moreno) and Julio (Eliú Armas) – who struggle to become professional soccer players. Both exceptional players, in La Ceniza slum, the opportunity of a lifetime arrives when a headhunter for the Caracas Football Club invites them to a try-out with the team. But their life in the slum interferes and a tragedy shakes them, forcing them to make a choice: the unity of their family or their lifelong dream?.
* SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN > Directed by Malik Bendjelloul > Now in New York and Los Angeles > Soon nationwide > SUGAR.
In 1968, there emerged from Detroit a charismatic Mexican-American singer/songwriter named Rodriguez, who had attracted a local following with his mysterious presence, soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of the greatest '70s US rock icon who never was, how he was rediscovered in South Africa and finally became the legende he always deserved to be. A story of hope, inspiration and the power of music.
* Pelotero (Ballplayer) > Directed by Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley > In Theater and On Demand >> PELOTERO.
This compelling documentary narrated by John Leguizamo is a gritty look inside the world of Major League Baseball (MLB) training camps in the Dominican Republic. Miguel Angel and Jean Carlos are two of the top prospects at an MLB training camp, and they are both about to turn 16, which means they can be signed to an MLB farm team and ultimately move up to the majors. Filmmakers Ross Finkel, Trevor Martin and Jonathan Paley take you inside this never-before-seen world for an up-close and personal look at the cost of the American dream.
* FILM SERIES AT 92Y TRIBECA > ALL YEAR > FILM
Screenings include indies just off the festival circuit, monthly sing-alongs, underground gems and all that flickers in between. Come early to grab a beer or wine in the cafe and stay for the filmmaker Q&A—this is way beyond your average night at the movies.
* QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART’S 8th INTERNATIONAL OUTDOOR FILM, DANCE & MUSIC SERIES > Hasta Agosto 24 > QUEENS.
The free weekly outdoor festivities feature live dance performances, a concert, and film screening from one of the many international locales that fuel Queens’ cultural and artistic vitality.
This year’s trip visits eight more delightful cultural geographic locations. The voyage has a particularly Caribbean flavor complementing our current exhibition Caribbean: Crossroads of the World. Your ticket is booked!
Just In Case of Rain, program moves inside the museum.
Aug 3: West Indies | Aug 10: Taiwan | Aug 17: Dominican Republic | Aug 24: Puerto Rico.
* FOR GREATER GLORY > CRISTIADA > Directed by Dean Wright > En Catelera > GLORY.
An impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country, as the film's adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War the daring people¹s revolt that rocked 20th Century North America.
Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia headlines an acclaimed cast as General Gorostieta, the retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria) watch Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet the man who hesitates in joining the cause will soon become the resistance's most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader, as he begins to see the cost of religious persecution on his countrymen . . . and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic force to be reckoned with. The General faces impossible odds against a powerful and ruthless government. Yet is those he meets on the journey youthful idealists, feisty renegades and, most of all, one remarkable teenager named Jose who reveal to him how courage and belief are forged even when justice seems lost.
* SAVAGES. Directed by Oliver Stone > With Benicio del Toro. En Cartelera.
* TO ROME WITH LOVE. Directed by Woody Allen. With Penélope Cruz. En Cartelera.
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