Latin Canadian Program
Friday October 6th / 8:30 pm
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*ALL FILMS HAVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES*
aluCine continues its yearly tradition of showcasing the best in new Latin Canadian cinema! This short film program features works from emerging filmmakers in Canada. It is a space where Latin filmmakers in Canada can share their stories, and their visions, opening a new window to the Canadian audience. This year’s program explores AIDS, women in drumming, and Latin women in Canadian politics.
WALKING IN THESE SHOES
Samuel López and Christian Hui
2022 - Canada - 12 min - Documentary
Best Film at Sivar en Cortos;
Best Social Justice Film at Latino and Native American Film Festival 2023;
Finalist at Lift-off Global Network 2023;
Super Short Film Finalist, Student World Film Festival 2023;
Semi-Finalist, Taos Pride Film Festival 2023
A tribute to the late beloved friend, peer, activist and mentor Derek Yee in Toronto, Ontario who died alone at home waiting for a bed at Casey House, the HIV specialty Hospital of Canada. It is also a call to action to the world's only HIV specialty hospital to provide BIPOCs coordinated care 365/24/7
About the Directors
Samuel López and Christian Hui are HIV/AIDS activists residing on the Dish With One Spoon Territory, Turtle Island/Toronto, Canada, and friends of the late activist Derek Yee. As Viral Interventions resident artists, they directed, produced, and wrote “Walking In These Shoes“ (Best Film, Sivar En Cortos Film Festival 2022; Finalist - Super Short Film, Student World Film Festival 2023; Best Social Justice Film, Latino and Native American Film Festival 2023; Semi-Finalist, Taos Pride Film Festival 2023)
LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN IN CANADIAN POLITICS
Isabel Inclan
2022 - Canada - 20’ - Documentary
World Premier
With a political background from their Latin American countries of origin, marked by dictatorship and civil wars (Chile, Colombia, El Salvador), several Latinas in Canada are active in parliamentary politics as candidates for municipal, provincial, and federal elections. As an example of "transnational feminism," Alejandra Bravo (Toronto councilor), Andrea Vasquez and Sandra Lozano talk in this documentary about how the dictatorships and civil wars in Chile, Colombia, and El Salvador have been a “political incubator” that flourishes in Canada through their participation in politics. These are their stories as candidates more than three times. Days before presenting this documentary as my Master's thesis, Alejandra Bravo won a seat at Toronto City Council.
About the director:
Isabel Inclan is a journalist who has worked for more than 20 years in Canada as a foreign correspondent, reporter, editor-in-chief, and press attaché. She is a freelance reporter for New Canadian Media. She is the host of The Essential channel. As journalist, she has covered TIFF and Hot Docs for more than 20 years. In 2015 she was recognized as one of the Ten Most Influential Hispanic Canadian. In 2022, she got her Master in Communication at the joint program York University-TMU. Since 2022, she is the Spanish Resource Centre's coordinator at Glendon College.
BEATING LIKE HER DRUM
Dayme Arocena and Pablo Dewin
2022 - 36’ - Canada - Documentary
Medium length documentary that aims to shine a light on the artistic excellence of women percussionists in the city of Toronto, Canada, while documenting the social, racial and gender-based barriers they have faced in their field of practice. Through interviews, dialogues and reflections made around the days of the festival hosted by Lula Lounge called "Women in Percussion" in 2019, the project will explore the art of percussion and the diversity of the music scenes of Toronto today. Featuring Magdelys Savigne, Yeti “Lady Son” Ajasin and Joy Lapps, as main characters, this film explores the background of these three extraordinary artists who have fought for the freedom to become the masterful percussionists they are.
About the directors:
ALAFIAfilms is an interactive arts collective created in Toronto since 2019 by the photographer, videographer and visual artist Pablo Dewin and the musician and composer Dayme Arocena. The purpose of this union is the joint development of audiovisual materials inspired by the creative processes of several artistic expressions. Through this collaboration platform both artists combine their skills at the disposal of a common piece, which contributes to the growth of their individual careers and the collective itself. Since its inception they have supported creators, venues and local events, as well as international cultural and social awareness projects, focused on visibility to minorities and the community of artists and activists around the world. Their work has been exhibited in film festivals, art galleries and museums in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Spain, Colombia and Brazil.
FACTICITY
Jorge Lozano
2021 - Canada - 4’ - Documentary
A walk in the park brings to light the lack of stable housing.
About the director:
Jorge Lozano is an immigrant artist and filmmaker born in Colombia. He has been painting and filming, and making video, sound, performance and installation works since he came to Canada in 1971. He has made over 150 movies — works that live not in-between, but within cultures. His work is a reflection of his personal commitment to epistemological disobedience and the investigation of different ways of thinking, feeling and doing.
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