Latin American & Spanish Film Festival

Oct. 26-29 | Warch Campus Center Cinema
FREE Admission
Films will be screened in original languages with English subtitles

Thursday, Oct. 26

4:30 p.m. | “Between Dictatorship and Democracy: Chile, 50 Years After the Coup”
by Professor Patricia Vilches

Followed by Chile ’76 (2022) | Chile, 2022 | Dir. Manuela Martelli
Drama
Three years after Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile through a coup, establishing a military dictatorship, housewife Carmen finds herself drawn out from her comfortable lifestyle into playing a more active role in the resistance.
8 p.m. | Argentina, 1985 | Argentina, 2022 | Dir. Santiago Mitre.
Biography/Crime/Drama
The true story of how a public prosecutor, a young lawyer, and their inexperienced legal team dares to prosecute the heads of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship.

5 p.m. | La Pecera (The Fishbowl) | Puerto Rico, 2023 | Dir. Glorimar Marrero Sánchez
Drama
As cancer spreads, Noelia’s ultimately decides to return to her native Puerto Rico to claim her freedom and decide her own fate. She reunites with her friends and family, who are still dealing with contamination of the U.S. Navy after 60 years of military practices.
7 p.m. | Noche Latina at LU | Somerset Room – Warch Campus Center
Talk by Ariela Rosa | Dance + Live music

5 p.m. | Un Lugar Llamado Música (A Place Called Music) | Mexico, 2022
Followed by Q&A with Dir. Enrique M. Rizo.
Documentary
This documentary depicts the a musical journey between Mexican Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and American composer Philip Glass. Through a friendship that lacks words but abounds in must, they demonstrate that music is also a place in which lies an understanding of the most abstract forms of human emotions.
8 p.m. | Perdidos en la Noche (Lost in the Night) | Mexico, 2023 | Dir. Amat Escalante
Drama/Thriller
In a small mining town in Mexico, Emiliano searches for those responsible for the disappearance of his activist mother. Receiving no help from the police, he finds a clue that leads him to the wealthy Aldama family. It’s not long before he has a job at their home and becomes determined to uncover the secrets beneath the surface.

2 p.m. | As Bestas (The Beasts) | Spain, 2022 | Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Drama/Thriller
A French couple move to a Galician town in search of a closer relationship with nature. However, a conflict with their neighbors, the Anta brothers, cause tensions to grow until the situation reaches a point of no return.