The new wave of Latina-Canadian cinema at the NFB
This is an in-person event
October 23, 2024
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Third floor program room
Registration is closed.
Event overview
October 23, 2024
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
To celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in October, this program shines a spotlight on the contemporary work of Latina-Canadian filmmakers.
Although Latin-American women have been making films at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) since the mid-1970s (e.g., Chilean-born pioneer Marilú Mallet), it wasn’t until the last decade that a new wave of Latina-Canadian cinema emerged at the NFB. More specifically, the filmmakers selected identify as women and are either first-generation Canadians or were born in a Latin-American country (Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.). Most importantly, many of them recently directed an NFB-produced film.
NFB’s Collection Curator, Camilo Martin-Florez, will present the screening.
Films included in the program (65 min):
- My World, Your Melody (2024) by Bianca Shonee Arroyo-Kreimes [1 min]
- Hothouse 13: Lo 100to (2022) by Karla Monterrosa [1 min]
- Alambic: Modern Alchemy (2022) by Bren Lopez Zepeda [2 min]
- Alambic: Solid Ground (2022) by Beatriz Carvalho [2 min]
- A Song for Cuba (2014) by Tamara Segura [7 min]
- As Night Descends (2020) by Nadine Gomez [10 min]
- Saturday Night (2021) by Rosana Matecki [15 min]
- Child of the Andes (1988) by Marilú Mallet [27 min]
Registration is requested, but drop-ins may be allowed if space permits.
Questions? Email info@nvcl.ca or call 604-998-3450.
Registration is closed.