13 Latin American Movies You Can See in NY That Played Cannes, Venice & Other Illustrious Festivals

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical announced the fourth edition of Neighboring Scenes, the annual festival of contemporary Latin American cinema. Organized by Carlos Gutiérrez and Cecilia Barrionuevo, the fest reads like a healthy snapshot of buzzy Latin American fare, with favorites like Carlos Reygadas (presenting his latest, Our Time) sitting alongside bold new faces like Ewerton Belico and Samuel Marotta (who made a splash with their afro-descendent poetics-inspired Outer Edge). The thirteen features being shown are a perfect excuse for New Yorkers to trek to the Upper West Side and see some of the best cinema the region has to offer.

In addition to features from Bolivia, Uruguay, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile among others, Neighboring Scenes will also be showing various short films. Neighboring Scenes will show a selection of short films by Argentine filmmaker Eduardo Williams, one of the recipients of the 2019 Lincoln Center Awards for Emerging Artists. The program will include the North American premiere of his latest film, Parsi (in collaboration with Mariano Blatt), followed by a Q&A with Williams. In fact, various of the fest’s screenings will be followed by Q&As with their respective directors, allowing  audiences to get firsthand accounts of how many of these dazzling films got made.

Check out the full lineup of features below, which include the first Peruvian movie shot entirely in the Aymara language, a narco-dystopian take on Huck Finn, and even an animated docu-horror film about the Pinochet regime.

Neighboring Scenes runs February 22-26, 2019.