Marcel Rasquin, 2010, 2011, Feature, Venezuela, 96min, Spanish with English subtitles
Raised as brothers, Julio and Daniel have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. Hope of a brighter future presents itself when a scout from the Caracas Football Club offers both boys a tryout with the pro team, just as a tragic act of violence results in creating a seemingly irreparable rift between them..
Juan Jose Lozano, 2010, 2011, Documentary, Colombia, 84min, Spanish with English subtitles
Colombia today: the biggest trial against Paramilitary armies - accused of killing thousands of Colombians - is designed to create “peace and justice”. Instead the process comes to an abrupt halt, when the political and economic interests in the paramilitary war are uncovered. Are the victims’ families doomed to stay victims forever or are they able to fight Impunity?
Gabriel Rojas Vera, 2011, 2011, Feature, Colombia, 98min, Spanish with English subtitles
A fresh look drama set on the bustling streets of Bogotá. After ten years Karen discovers that having left her dreams behind to become a housewife was a mistake. In search of her lost youth,
Karen rents a room in the centre of Bogotá and discovers her new-found freedom is sweet, but sometimes cruel.
Gastón Biraben, 2005, 2011, Feature, Argentina, 120min, Spanish with English subtitles
Shortly after celebrating her quinceañera with her loving parents, Cristina is suddenly taken out of class and summoned to court. Cristina’s world crumbles when she learns that the couple who raised her are not her real parents.
Cautiva follows a lost daughter’s emotional journey to uncover truth while touching upon the many political issues of the dictatorship era with passion and realism.
Liliana Paolinelli, 2007, 2011, Feature, Argentina, 82min, Spanish with English subtitles
For her college thesis, film student Alicia is making a documentary about women related to prisoners in the local jail. The only problem is that no one is willing to be interviewed on camera.
In comes Elsa, a desperate woman whose son has recently been arrested. Elsa will grant Alicia an interview, only if she visits her son in jail. But when Alicia makes the visit, her world collapses.
Bernardo Arellano, 2011, 2011, Feature, Mexico, 75min, Spanish with English subtitles
Francisco, an autistic man, alone and ignored finds amistad with a pet rodent. His new found friend causes him to be thrown out of home. He begins to inhabit the forest where the beauty of nature is mesmerising, but soon realises the changing seasons will make life difficult for him. The films captures an elegant jouney of healing and shares with us a new way of life in a silent forest.
Sergio Ramírez, 2011, 2011, Feature, Guatemala, 70min, Spanish with English subtitles
Tomás Choc is two days and 150 kilometres away from being reunited with Lucía, his only daughter, kidnapped by the Army 20 years ago during the Guatemalan War. Despite the pain of her absence, to keep her history alive, Tomás has kept a log of his struggle, resistance and survival in the hope of one day being able to give it to her.
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