Latin Canadian Contemporary: Diversidad
317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada
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Description
In 2017 our Diversidad program is bolder than ever. Presenting the works of contemporary Latino-Canadian filmmakers and artists, this is a program that exalts aluCine’s vision. From cinema vérité to experimental works, animation and performance, these are clear examples of the diversity of formal approaches to cinema and narrative by members of our community.
PROGRAMME:
9 VISTAS 9 OÍDAS DE GEORGIA / 9X9 OF GEORGIA
Director: Camilo Martín-Florez
Country: Georgia/Colombia Year: 2017 Lenght: 9’
Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: This is an audio-visual piece composed of 9 views and 9 sounds from the Republic of Georgia made in 2016, lasting 36 seconds, shot with hand-held-camera/direct sound and recorded with a low resolution device. It´s a meta-cinematic piece that also contains a voice-over bringing together 9 views and 9 sounds in a single reminiscence that delves into the occupation of being a cineaste and recording, cutting and pasting audio-visual pieces. "I spent my life recording. I record everything."
GEOGRAPHY OF NOWHERE
Director: Edgardo Moreno
Country: Canada Year: 2017 Lenght: 20’
Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: Geography Of Nowhere is a reflective piece of video and live music that explores the idea of a 'geographical centre'. What is our geographical home and why? As migratory animals, how do we choose where we stop? Edgardo performs part of the musical score/sound design while juxtaposing images of a hypermodernity and urban/pastoral quietness play out on screen.
RIMANAKUNA / SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER
Director: Samay Acentales Cajas
Country: Canada/Ecuador Year: 2014 Lenght: 2’
Genre: Animation
Synopsis: The shame of not knowing how to speak Kichwa becomes more real than ever before. Through trials and errors, different women attempt to learn but find themselves frustrated. The foods that they eat suddenly speak to them. These traditional foods offer words of warning and failure. But as the women become stronger, these words become ones of hope and encouragement.
BEFORE
Director: Cecilia Araneda
Country: Canada Year: 2016 Lenght: 3’
35’’Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: With intricate hand-printed 16 mm footage, Before is a dark ode to the possibility and impossibility of love. It reflects on time, inner worlds and soft landings we find in desolate moments in life.
INDUSTRIOUS DREAMS OF A FORGOTTEN PAST
Director: soJin Chun
Country: Canada Year: 2014 Lenght: 4’51’’ Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: Industrious Dreams of a Forgotten Past explores a derelict potato starch factory in Xinshi, southern Taiwan. The factory closed down due to the industrial development within the manufacturing sector making more traditional methods of production obsolete. Though the factory has been closed for 20 years and its rustic structure in constant decline, the owners of this property are waiting for a more profitable future and hoping for further urban development of condos and commercial buildings in this town. In this video, the structure becomes poetically activated by the superimposition of antique drawings from machinery manuals used in traditional starch manufacturing.
The video looks at the decline of the manufacturing factory, once part of the industrial revolution and narratives of technological progress. It also points to the moments of failure within a capitalist system and the decline of economic systems. Today, the factory stands as a monument of a forgotten past.
UNTITLED 1925 PART THREE
Director: Madi Piller
Country: Canada-Peru Year: 2016 Lenght: 11’
Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: Untitled, 1925 Part Three is part of a poetic film trilogy that explores and interrogates, memory and identity as the artist travels through the highlands of Peru. She follows the path her grandfather took in 1925, from Lima to Cuzco. In Part three, the filmmaker witnesses the space, the people, and the culture of the Andes and reflects on time and belonging. Filmed on 16mm High contrast black and white and scored by Rick Hyslop.
DALVA
Director: Guillermina Buzio
Country: Brazil/Canada Year: 2017 Lenght: 3’ Genre: Experimental
Synopsis: Dalva raised eight boys by herself in Arembepe, a place where the sea and music mark the rhythm.
NYCTOPHILIA
Director: Javier Augusto Nunez
Country:Year: 2016 Lenght: 3’20” Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: A self-victimized young woman confined in her downtown apartment fights constantly with an evil that apparently is only on her mind.
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Start:
2017-06-10T19:00:00-04:00
End:
2017-06-10T20:30:00-04:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Students & Seniors (with ID)
8.99
CAD
Regular Screening
11.09
CAD
All-Access Pass
79.34
CAD