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A wildly surreal extravaganza of imagery, inspired by the traditional Ecuadorian celebration of "La Mama Negra"
Miguel Alvear, 2009, 2009, Feature, Ecuador, 95min, Spanish with English subtitles
Three paper recyclers - Blak, his mistress Bambola and their friend I Don Dance - squat in an abandoned terrace in the outskirts of an Andean city. One night, two fantastic beings, Exterminating Angel and Moon Captain, guide the recyclers to The Door of Forgiveness where they pay tribute to an enigmatic female deity - the Virgin Wolf. The recyclers undergo an initiation and a series of mysterious transformations on a journey that takes many unexpected twists and turns.
An epic drama about a dysfunctional family, guerilla dreams and military repression.
Beatriz Flores Silva, 2008, 2009, Feature, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Switzerland, Uruguay, 123min, Spanish with English subtitles
The first Salvadoran-made feature film about the civil war.
Roberto Davila, 2008, 2009, Feature, El Salvador, 113min, Spanish with English subtitles
Opposing forces, a government soldier and a guerrilla are trapped together in the heavily-bombed area around the Guazapa volcano. After a hostile meeting, an unlikely friendship develops between the two. When they come across a lost girl in the jungle, they decide to take her back to her family, and the odd trio find themselves having to look out for each other.
A charming coming-of-age story in the Quechua language.
Toshifumi Matsushita, 2008, 2009, Feature, Bolivia, Japan, 104min, Quechua with English subtitles
When the caravan arrives at the town of Macha where the Tinku festival is taking place, Kunturi’s life is changed forever. There he finds Ulala, the most beautiful girl he can imagine. Kunturi and Ulala feel the stirrings of first love as they share the same dream: to run together across the immense white sea of Salar de Uyuni until they reach the end of the horizon.
