COMPLETE OFFICIAL SELECTION of VLAFF 2011 ANNOUNCED!!
Our festival is glad to announce our 2011 complete selection. For the first time VLAFF will have competition sections: Best Documentary, Best Short Film and an award given by a Youth Jury to new directors.
In our section of Contemporary Latin American Cinema, we are glad to present some of the best Latin films from the last two years, presented in Vancouver for the first time.
In our documentary competition section, seven films will be competing for the Al Jazeera Documentary Award.
OPENING FILM
El Hombre de al lado (The man next door) Argentina
Directors: Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
CLOSING FILM
Chicogrande Mexico
Director: Felipe Cazals
CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
Dos hermanos (Brother and Sister) Argentina
Director: Daniel Burman
Besouro Brazil
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff
5x Favela (Agora por Nós Mesmos) Brazil
Directors: Cacau Amaral, Cadu Barcelos, Luciana Bezerra, Manaira Carneiro, Rodrigo Felha, Wagner Novais, Luciano Vidigal
As Melhores Coisas do Mundo (The best things in the Word) Brazil
Director: Laís Bodanzky
La sociedad del Semáforo (The Spotlight Society) Colombia
Director: Rubén Mendoza
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
Post Mortem Chile
Director: Pablo Larrain
Gatos viejos (Old Cats) Chile
Directors: Pedro Peirano, Sebastián Silva
Casa Vieja (Old House) Cuba.
Director: Lester Hamlet
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
Las marimbas del infierno (Marimbas from hell) Guatemala
Director: Julio Hernández Cordón
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
También la lluvia (Even the Rain) Spain-Bolivia
Director: Icíar Bollaín
Abel Mexico
Director: Diego Luna
Las Buenas Hierbas (The Good Herbs) Mexico
Director: Maria Novaro
El infierno (The hell) Mexico
Director: Luis Estrada
La vida útil (A Useful Life) Uruguay
Director: Federico Veiroj
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
Hermano (Brother) Venezuela
Director: Marcel Rasquin
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
AL JAZEERA DOCUMENTARY AWARD
O Samba Que Mora em Mim (The Samba Within Me) Brazil
Director: Georgia Guerra-Peixe
EL Edificio de los chilenos (The Chilean building) Chile
Director: Macarena Aguilo
Impunity Colombia
Directors: Juan Jose Lozano and Hollman Morris
Soy Libre (I am free) Germany-Cuba
Director: Andrea Roggon
Operación Diablo (The devil’s operation) Peru-Canada
Director:Stephanie Boyd
Agnus Dei: Cordero de Dios (Agnus Dei: Lamb of God) Mexico
Director: Alejandra Sánchez
El Cielo Abierto (Open Sky) Mexico-El Salvador
Director: Everardo González
COMPETITION SHORT FILMS
Asepsia
by Gustavo Vinagre (Brazil/Cuba)
Balancos e Milkshakes
by Erick Ricco (Brazil)
Cincuenta
by Manuela Montoya (Colombia/Cuba)
En Aguas Quietas
by Astrid Rondero (Mexico)
La Ducha
by María José San Martín (Chile)
Lapis de Cor
by Alice Gomes (Brazil)
Los Telefericos
by Federico Actis (Argentina)
Maniobra
by Ricardo Fontana (Uruguay/Cuba)
Mar Blindado
by Gerard Uzcátegui (Venezuela)
No es mucho lo que heredamos de nuestro abuelo
by Fernando Domínguez (Argentina)
Noches de Tungsteno
by María Torres (Mexico)
Teclópolis
by Javier Mrad (Argentina)
Short Films Out of Competition
Azul Mexico
Director: Hugo Arizmendi
Dulce Mexico
Director: Ivan Ruiz
Eskimal Mexico
Director: Homero Ramírez
Tena Resurrecion Chile
Director: Pablo Larrain
Isla Chile
Director: Sebastian Cordero
Fin del Mundo Chile
Director: Gonzalo Justiniano
CANADA LOOKS SOUTH
A flor de piel, un ramo para Colombia (A flower to skin, a bouquet to Colombia)
Directors: Sarah and Simon Charland-Faucher
Verano de Goliat (Summer of Goliath)
Director: Nicolas Pereda
Competing for the Youth Jury Award
Más allá del Milagro (Beyond the Miracle)
Director: Orlando Arriagada
125th ANNIVERSARY OF VANCOUVER
Kid Colours
Director: Ruben Castelblanco
Breaking Ground
Director: Olesia Shewchuk
Happiness
Director: Sandra Vigil
Seeds of the Inner City (preview)
Director: Andres Salas
Nomadic BrushStrokes
Director: Roxana Slujitoru
INDIGENOUS FILMS
Residential Truth, Unified Future (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Ian Bee, Amber-Lynn Flamand, Courtenay Agecoutay, Bacilia Ramirez, and Kim Webber at the Urban Native Youth Association
Life in Reverse (Vancouver, BC)
Directors:Matt at the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
Bandaid (Sliammon territory, Powell River, BC)
Directors:Jimmy, Bryton, Austin, Tara and Jordan
Cody (Vancouver, BC)
Directors:Cody Henry at the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
Peel (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: T.J., Jade Littlepoplar, Kevin E., Kaylene at CampOUT
Kaiya (Cortes Island, BC)
Directors: Kaiya O’Cheek with the Southern Cortes Community Association
Faren (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Faren at the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
Dreamcatcher (Richmond, BC)
Directors: Tommy, Samantha Maracle and John, with the Richmond Youth Services Agency
24/7 (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Kiel MacDonald, Whitney Wells-James and Garrett Douglas with the Society for Children and Youth of BC
Grandfather (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Caitlind Hager at the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
Decolonization (Powell River, BC)
Created by Zach, Jessica, Tyra, Cody, Tarin and Bryan
Britney (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Britney at the Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association
Together We Are Strong (Richmond, BC)
Directors: James, Darren, Justin and Raven, at the Pathways Aboriginal Centre
Ignite My Flame (Burnaby, BC)
Directors: girls at the Burnaby Youth Custody Centre
Philanthropy (Vancouver, BC)
Directors: Tyler MacDonald with the Society for Children and Youth of BC
Voladora (A Flying woman) Mexico
Director: Chloe Campero
RI WACHIK-Mi sueño (RI WACHIK- My dream) Guatemala.
Director: Berta Lidia Chirix
El llanto de la tierra (The carrying of the erth) Mexico
Director: Lucio Olmos
La Pila (The Wash house) Guatemala
Director: Fernando Martínez
Ixquic Guatemala
Director: Cesar Manuel León Osorio
YOUNG WOMAN IN FILM: PERU
Lunes (Monday)
Director: Stella Maris Barrionuevo Pérez
Conversations II
Director: Marianela Vega
Por mis hijos (For my kids)
Director: Aymée Cruzalegui
Soy eterno (I´m eternal)
Director: Sofía Velázquez
Ameia y Morena
Director: Andrea Franco
Danzak
Director: Gabriela Yepes
La Niña (The girls)
Director: Karina Cáceres
Jane
Director: Magaly del Castillo