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August 24
THE LANGUAGE OF WAR
Dir.: Gazir Sued / PUERTO RICO / 2009 / 83’
Cast: Leonardo Castro, Cecilia Argüelles, Abderamán Brenes, Juan Quiñones.
A young student left his pregnant girlfriend to join US Army, believing that thus he resolve hiseconomic needs. Influenced by the warlike propaganda, he is movilized to the scene of war in the Middle East , he becomes a sadistic torturer.
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August 31
THE TOADS' SILENCE
Dir.: Claudia Pinto / VENEZUELA / 2006 / 14’
The night and morning after in the life of three kids that go back home after their mother’s burial. Three kids deny losing what’s left of their mother: her memory.
UNDER THE SAME SUN
Dir.: Shula Erenberg / MEXICO / 2009 / 70’
This documentary focuses on the obstacles which victims and institutions face in trying to procure justice in cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, a result of the complex framework of political and economic interests.
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September 7
THE FOREST
Dir.: Pablo Siciliano - Eugenio Lasserre / ARGENTINA / 2008 / 105'
Cast: Oscar Pérez, Paula Brasca, Martín Markotic.
Tells the story of Dannenberg, a man that lives alone in a house lost in midfield. He lives sumerged in the most terrible monotony. An afternoon, at last he was waiting for has now come and from this point forward, everything becomes unpredictable. A psychological thriller with disquieting sound design.
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September 14
THE DAWN
Dir.: Yesid Leone / COLOMBIA / 2009 / 15′
During World War II, a woman of rooted religious principles, has to face the absence of her husband a patriot who marched to the war.
JUAN DOWNEY: BEYOND THESE WALLS
Dir.: Juan Ignacio Sabatini / CHILE / 2009 / 62’
A constant questioning of his own roots mark the genesist of the artistic personality of Juan Downey (1940-1993) a pioneer in the usage of video as an art. This film is an encounter between his life and his work.
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September 21
AUGUST EVENING
Dir.: Chris Eska / USA / 2008 / 128'
Cast: Pedro Castaneda, Veronica Loren, Abel Becerra, Walter Pérez.
The film follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children, and the two try to stick together‚ but change is inevitable.
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September 28
VESTIGIOS DE UN SUEÑO
Dir.: Erick Fisher / PARAGUAY / 2006 / 12'
Professor Martin Almada, narrates the persecution against teachers during the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner by raising educational reform. In Spanish.
TERRAS
Dir.: Maya Da-Rin / BRAZIL / 2009 / 75’
A border between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru exists in the Amazonian forest. The documentary’s central theme revolves around the very concept of border, enabling us to comprehend the various sensibilities that co-exist in these areas.
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October 5
FARALLON: ENTRE LA ESPADA Y LA PARED
Dir.: Yaritza Best / PANAMA / 2006 / 32’
In Panama, the growing demands for land for tourist projects force its population to move to other areas.
JAUREGUI
Dir.: Víctor Checa / PERU / 2009 / 11’
After an accident during the work Modest is arrested. His wife and son fight the absence, while the loneliness transform the relationship between the two.
VIVO EN EL CENTRO
Dir.: Jeissy Trompiz – Sheri Ochoa / VENEZUELA / 2009 / 25’
Through a hidden camera we take a look the ignored human beings living in the hull of Caracas, Venezuela.
BAJAMAR
Dir.: Gustavo Fallas / COSTA RICA / 2009 / 20’
During holidays, Adrian's father asked him to take care of his mothe; this creates a silent and an accomplice relationship with her.
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October 12
CAMION DE CARGA
Dir.: Juan Sebastian Jacome / USA / 2008 / 9’
An ill Central American single mother risks her life in order to give her son a stable future in the United States.
BY THE SHADE OF THE MOAI
Dir.: Lorenzo Moscia / CHILE / 2009 / 76’
The story of a family living in the most remote island of the world: Rapa Nui (Easter Island), famous for its enigmatic statues: the Moai. But the descendants of one of the greatest of Polynesian cultures has not had the same fate.
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October 19
LA ANUNCIACION
Dir.: Enrique Pineda Barnet / CUBA / 2009 / 93’
Cast: Verónica Lynn, Héctor Noas, Broselianda Hernández, Ismael de Diego.Havana, 2006: Amalia, an older spiritualist summons her divided family to read her recently deceased husband’s last will and testament. Her children inhabit separate worlds: Richard, an engineer, Margarita, living in the USA, and Mayito, a poet. The family reunion serves to settle accounts in their lives.
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October 26
TARJETA ROJA
Dir.: Rodolfo Muñoz / ECUADOR / 2008 / 90’
A documentary that tackles the issues surrounding black soccer players in Ecuador and the discrimination and racism they suffer. It features Agustín Delgado, one of the country's most famous players, and his reflections on sport, culture and power.
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November 2
BARDO
Dir.: Gabriel Mariño / MEXICO / 2007 / 47’
Bardo: a Buddhist term, which generally refers to the stage between death and re-birth. A journey across northern India, full of echoes from Mexico City.
COLOMBIA AL LIMITE
Dir.: Josefina Severina / COLOMBIA / 2008 / 42’
A musical play written for soloists, choir and orchestra, using the traditional Latin Requiem text. The play was synchronized with images of events occurred in Colombia during last three decades, by actions of guerrilla and paramilitaries.
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November 9
RETURN TO BOLIVIA
Dir.: Mariano Raffo / ARGENTINA / 2008 / 99’
The story of a Bolivian immigrant family based in Buenos Aires. With the aim of employees for their business travel to Bolivia after eight years of absence. During the trip found with their families, friends and their traditions abandoned. But everything has changed and Bolivia nor seems to be already instead.
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November 16
EL PLAY
Dir.: Pablo A. Medina / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / 2008 / 29’
Story of Jairo, a baseball player from San Pedro de Macorís, a Dominican city famous for birthing some of the world’s most talented baseball players.
STATE OF EXILE
Dir.: Nofre Moyá / URUGUAY / 2009 / 61’
Year 1970. Dan Mitrione, CIA agent in Uruguay, was kidnapped and murdered by the Tupamaros. Antonio Mas is the man who consummate their execution. This is its history and of a country marked by twelve years of dictatorship.
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November 23
MORENITA, EL ESCANDALO
Dir.: Alan Jonsson / MEXICO / 2008 / 92’
Cast: Ignacio López Tarso, Maya Zapata, Pedro Weber, Mario Almada.
The biggest robbery in the last 500 years never thought before in Mexico. An exciting story in which the protagonist will look at the verge of an important decision: his own life and family or the faith of an entire country. A screenplay that touches on issues about society, where deals with devil will pay poorly.
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November 30
MI MUSICA
Dir.: Mariano Marín / NICARAGUA / 2008 / 26’
An unexpected journey accompanies Nicaraguan songwriter Mario Sacasa on a trip to search for the great Nicaraguan’s composers.
THE CRAB, THE CROCODILE, AND THE LOVE IN CUBA
Dir.: Sylvie Collier / CUBA / 2009 / 53’
Fuster the Cuban painter and ceramist is transforming not only his home, but also their community. The homes of its neighbors are their canvases; palms of mosaic spring from the walls; the roofs are converted into roosters.
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