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Seven films in the 2020 AFI Latin American Film Festival are *U.S. Premieres*! Here's a brief overview:
Seven films in the 2020 AFI Latin American Film Festival are *U.S. Premieres*! Here's a brief overview:
THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY #elrobodelsiglo
@sanwino's smart & twisty thrill-ride/true-crime comedy is based on one of the most legendary bank heists in #Argentina's history. Avl Sept 25-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f47abb94941cd005b419e49
@sanwino's smart & twisty thrill-ride/true-crime comedy is based on one of the most legendary bank heists in #Argentina's history. Avl Sept 25-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f47abb94941cd005b419e49
CHACO
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD meets APOCALYPSE NOW in this powerful evocation of the hellish absurdity of war. Incl. Q&A with filmmaker @DiegoMondacaG! Avl. Sept 27-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36e893940913005b4c5a90 #Bolivia
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD meets APOCALYPSE NOW in this powerful evocation of the hellish absurdity of war. Incl. Q&A with filmmaker @DiegoMondacaG! Avl. Sept 27-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36e893940913005b4c5a90 #Bolivia
THE VALLEY OF SOULS @TantasAlmas #TantasAlmas
A father's journey to retrieve the bodies of his murdered sons takes on mythic proportions in Nicolás Rincón Gille's immersive elegy. Avl. Sept 26-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36ebd193c0c2005a1f8953 #Colombia
A father's journey to retrieve the bodies of his murdered sons takes on mythic proportions in Nicolás Rincón Gille's immersive elegy. Avl. Sept 26-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36ebd193c0c2005a1f8953 #Colombia
Closing Selection SUBMERSIBLE @sumergibleFilm
Starring @nataliareyesg, this taut thriller unfolds entirely aboard a cramped, makeshift submarine smuggling drugs from #Ecuador to N. America. Incl. Q&A with filmmaker @aleonleon! Avl. Oct 3-7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0c441c3b6300527848db
Starring @nataliareyesg, this taut thriller unfolds entirely aboard a cramped, makeshift submarine smuggling drugs from #Ecuador to N. America. Incl. Q&A with filmmaker @aleonleon! Avl. Oct 3-7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0c441c3b6300527848db
UNFORGIVABLE #Imberdonable
@marlenvinayo's astonishing short film profiles an imprisoned hitman who discovers that behind bars, he's guilty of something even worse than his crimes: being gay. Avl. Sept 27-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0d8f66f76d003ee5f0ba #ElSalvador
@marlenvinayo's astonishing short film profiles an imprisoned hitman who discovers that behind bars, he's guilty of something even worse than his crimes: being gay. Avl. Sept 27-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0d8f66f76d003ee5f0ba #ElSalvador
PANQUIACO #Panquiaco
. @aetejera's atmospheric docu-narrative hybrid about the journey of an indigenous man seeking a spiritual, ancestral awakening reinvigorates #Panama's lost history. Avl. Sept 28-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36f2bbc90859003e835b22
. @aetejera's atmospheric docu-narrative hybrid about the journey of an indigenous man seeking a spiritual, ancestral awakening reinvigorates #Panama's lost history. Avl. Sept 28-Oct 7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f36f2bbc90859003e835b22
MORGUE #morguepelicula
This smart & sassy #horror film from #Paraguay's Hugo Cardozo follows a man working his 1st shift as a hospital security guard. Could the freshly-delivered body in the morgue be the person he hit on his way to work?! Avl. Oct 2-7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0945f5dfc01000999454
This smart & sassy #horror film from #Paraguay's Hugo Cardozo follows a man working his 1st shift as a hospital security guard. Could the freshly-delivered body in the morgue be the person he hit on his way to work?! Avl. Oct 2-7: https://afisilverlaff.eventive.org/films/5f4d0945f5dfc01000999454
