The Latin American and Spanish Film Festival returns to Lawrence Oct. 13-16 after a two-year absence. It comes during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Rosa Tapia, professor of Spanish, shares details of the film festival:
-The film festival is an independent event that is organized by professors Rosa Tapia and Cecilia Herrera. Admission is free and the films are in Spanish language with English subtitles.
– LULASFF was born in 2012, so this is its tenth anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, we are bringing special guest Dr. Javier Guerrero from Princeton University, a leading scholar in Latin American and Film Studies. Dr. Guerrero will give a talk about famous Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar (Oct 14, 4:30 pm) before the screening of his latest film, Parallel Mothers. Dr. Guerrero is the author of many important books about Latin American cinema and literature, and he was the 2017 winner of the Latin American Studies Association’s Sylvia Molloy Award. Before coming to the United States, he was the President of the Venezuelan Cinemateca Nacional, a position in which he curated over twenty-five international film series and festivals. Dr. Guerrero was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence University in 2011-2012 and he was one of the original organizers of LULASFF, so this is a very special homecoming and anniversary for all of us.
-The five films featured this year represent different Spanish-speaking countries: Argentina, México, Spain, Costa Rica, and Peru. The movies have won numerous international awards and almost all are from 2021. And here’s another cool Lawrence connection: Lawrence alumna and member of the Board of Trustees Francesca Romero-Siekman was part of the production team for the highly acclaimed Mexican film Prayers For The Stolen (Oct 13, 8 pm). This film won awards in Cannes, San Sebastian, Los Angeles, and other major film competitions.
Below is the lineup for this year’s LULASFF (you can find additional information by clicking on the film titles in the event’s web page, https://go.lawrence.edu/lasf) :
Warch Campus Center Cinema, Lawrence University, 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton, WI
Free admission. All films are rated “R” (Restricted) or “NR” (Not rated for US audiences). Viewer discretion is advised.
Thursday, October 13
5:00 PM THE WEASELS’ TALE / El cuento de las comadrejas (Argentina, 2019)
8:00 PM PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN / Noche de fuego (Mexico, 2021)
Friday, October 14
4:30 PM “Almodóvar: A Critical Take.” Javier Guerrero (Princeton University)
5:30 PM PARALLEL MOTHERS / Madres paralelas (Spain, 2021)
Saturday, October 15
5:00 PM CLARA SOLA ( Costa Rica, 2021)
8:00 PM THE GOOD BOSS / El buen patrón (Spain, 2021)
Sunday, October 16
2:00 PM A WORLD FOR JULIUS / Un mundo para Julius (Peru, 2021)
SPONSORS:
Siekman Foundation
Helen Barr Rudin Fund
Department of Spanish
Film Studies
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