| 3rd Latino Film Festival |
Achados e Perdidos |
We are delighted to announce the Bristol Latino Film Festival, now in
its third year. Featuring a vibrant selection of film gems by distinguished
Latin American directors including the Cannes Award winning Argentinean film
XXY. The festival provides a unique glimpse into Latin American
life and culture. For the first time, the festival will award the 'Bristol
Blue Glass' Audience Award to the most popular film in the programme as voted
by you.
This year we will also celebrate the 80th birthday of the distinguished Latin American novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez together with the 25th anniversary since he received the Novel Prize in Literature. The festival has managed to rescue two films based upon his novels: No One Writes to the Colonel'and Erendira, the second of the two scripted by Garcia Marquez himself. Both films will be screened on Thursday 6th December. Los esperamos!!!. |
Barrio Cuba |
| Wednesday 5th December | |
| 17:00 | To The Other Side Visually stimulating, hauntingly timely film punctures the surface of immigration with a distinctive and unconventional storytelling style. Three countries, three cultures, three different realities serve as background for the stories of three children with absent fathers. Dir. Gustavo Loza Mexico 2004 81m subtitled Cert: PG |
| 19:00 | Barrio Cuba Revolutionary Cuban filmmaker Solás strips away the sheen of a country often glamorized by tourist stereotypes, instead paying tribute to the authentic slums of the Havana suburbs. Despite the heavy dramatic threads of storyline, Solás creates a series of endings that cast a hint of mysticism, while still conveying a message of hope for a brighter future. Dir. Humberto Solás Cuba 2005 106m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| 21:00 | Achados e Perdidos Ex-cop Vieira (Antonio Fagundes) is involved in the death of his lover (Zeze Polessa), a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, strange things begin to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some bad guys from his past. Dir. José Joffily Brazil 2006 102m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| Thursday 6th December | |
| 17:00 | La Ciudad De Los Fotografos During Augusto Pinochet's regime in the 1980s a small group of independent photographers took to the streets and documented the atrocities, the violence, the riots and fighting that were going on around them in Santiago. Among them was the director's father, whose testimony in words and pictures is laid out in this film, bringing images of the past to life. Dir. Sebastián Moreno Chile 2006 80m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| 19:00 | Eréndira Scripted by Gabriel García Márquez and based on a section of his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, this erotic black comedy achieves a fairytale realism that reflects the author's distinctively original prose. Laden with sexual fantasy, bawdy humor, surreal prankishness and sly political allegory, it tells the tale of a young prostitute's revenge on her monstrous grandmother. Dir. Ruy Guerra Mexico 1983 103m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| 21:00 | No One Writes To The Colonel Down on his luck, the aging Colonel waits by the dock every Friday in anticipation of a long-promised and very needed pension plan. Everyone in the small town knows that he waits in vain, but the Colonel, eyes closed to the all too evident truth, stands by his dream - if not, what else remains for him? Based on the novella by Gabriel García Márquez. Dir. Arturo Ripstein Mexico 1999 118m Subtitled Cert: PG |
| Friday 7th December | |
| 17:00 | A Day Without A Mexican California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent that the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage. Dir. Sergio Arau Mexico 2004 95m Subtitled Cert:PG |
| 19:00 | Barrio Cuba Revolutionary Cuban filmmaker Solás strips away the sheen of a country often glamorized by tourist stereotypes, instead paying tribute to the authentic slums of the Havana suburbs. Despite the heavy dramatic threads of storyline, Solás creates a series of endings that cast a hint of mysticism, while still conveying a message of hope for a brighter future. Dir. Humberto Solás Cuba 2005 106m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| 21:00 | XXY Winner of the Cannes International Critics Week Grand Prize, this is an assured, beautiful debut from Argentinian writer/director Puenzo, exploring the painful search for gender identity of Alex (an outstanding performance by Inés Efron), a hermaphrodite, as she enters adolescence and is pressured by her parents to "choose." Dir. Lucía Puenzo Argentina 2007 86m Subtitled Cert:15? |
| Saturday 8th December | |
| 12:00 | La Ciudad De Los Fotografos + Discussion (after the discussion, canapes and drinks will be served in Ibis Hotel) |
| 15:00 | Adolfo Adolfo is a taxi driver in Havana whose car is always in need of repair. The film is the story of a man torn between the wish to leave his native Cuba and the love he has for his tumultuous country. Dir. Sofi Delaage France/Cuba 2005 43m sublitled Cert:PG |
| 17:00 | Cafundó This vast, colorful fable covers decades of key Brazilian history, examining the parallel worlds of black and white countrymen, while mixing Christianity with African spirits. It is based on the true story of João de Camargo, a man born into slavery who rose to become a respected but controversial spiritual leader, angering the both the nation's political and religious powers. Dir. Paulo Betti Brazil 2006 101m Subtitled Cert:PG |
| 19:00 | Barrio Cuba Revolutionary Cuban filmmaker Solás strips away the sheen of a country often glamorized by tourist stereotypes, instead paying tribute to the authentic slums of the Havana suburbs. Despite the heavy dramatic threads of storyline, Solás creates a series of endings that cast a hint of mysticism, while still conveying a message of hope for a brighter future. Dir. Humberto Solás Cuba 2005 106m Subtitled Cert:15 |
| 21:00 | Achados e Perdidos Ex-cop Vieira (Antonio Fagundes) is involved in the death of his lover (Zeze Polessa), a prostitute who works in the streets of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. After her death, strange things begin to happen and Vieira is harassed at the same time by the police and some bad guys from his past. Dir. José Joffily Brazil 2006 102m Subtitled Cert:18 |
| 22:30 | Party at Arnolfini's bar. (by invitation). |
| Sunday 9th December | |
| 15:00 | Children's Screening: Ogú And Mampato In Rapa
Nui Young Mampato takes an interest in the culture of Rapa Nui (otherwise known as Easter Island) after his father gives him some small relics from the mysterious island. While perusing the Internet to learn more about the island's culture, Mampato finds himself sucked into a time warp that lands him in the middle of ancient Rapa Nui with a caveman named Ogú. Dir. Alejandro Rojas Chile 2002 100m Subtitled Cert: GP |
| 17:00 | A Day Without A Mexican California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population has vanished. A peculiar pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries has completely shut down. As the day progresses, it becomes apparent that the sole characteristic linking the missing 14 million is their Hispanic heritage. Dir. Sergio Arau Mexico 2004 95m Subtitled Cer:PG |
| 19:00 | On The Other Side Visually stimulating, hauntingly timely film punctures the surface of immigration with a distinctive and unconventional storytelling style. Three countries, three cultures, three different realities serve as background for the stories of three children with absent fathers. Dir. Gustavo Loza Mexico 2004 81m subtitled Cert:PG |
| 21:00 | Sofacama A separated yet self-sufficient craftswoman puts up a friend who is also separating. The hostess has three teenage children, and the arrival of her guest begins to interfere with their domestic harmony, not to mention slowly but surely causing a hormonal surge in one of the boys. Dir. Ulises Rossell Argentina 2006 90m Subtitled Cert:15 |