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Diego Luna Makes a Fiery Call to Action Against Trump at the Berlin Wall

Andrew S. Vargas — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:30:19 +0000

With so much talk of big, beautiful walls whipping Western democracies into a xenophobic frenzy, it may be instructive to look back on the last time someone had such a bird-brained idea for a sense of how all this will all eventually fail. And that’s exactly what Diego Luna and a group of fellow artists

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TRAILER: ‘Las Plantas’ Is a Dark Teen Sex Thriller About a Lonely Girl Looking for Love Online

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:51:19 +0000

Roberto Doveris goes from directing music videos to his first film 'Las Plantas' about a young girl exploring the cyber-hookup world.

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While Chilean Cinema Soars, Its Filmmakers Scramble to Find Funding

Carlos Aguilar — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:49:11 +0000

We spoke to Alejandro Fernandez Almendras right after his Sundance premiere of 'Much Ado About Nothing' about the difficulties of making cinema in Chile.

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Alex Anwandter On Directing His First Film and the Differences Between Making Music and Making Movies

Mary Angelica Molina — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:28:06 +0000

We talked to Chilean musician-turned-filmmaker Alex Anwandter, who premiered his first feature 'Nunca vas a estar solo' at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.

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TRAILER: “Brasil S/A,” a Wordless Satire of Brazil’s Glossy Excess and Progress

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 18 May 2015 20:01:08 +0000

Brazil is by all accounts the nation of the future. After centuries resigned to its status as a sleeping giant plagued by endemic poverty and corruption, it seems that the great nation’s vital energy and boundless resources may at last turn Brazil into a global power. For many Brasileiros it is a time of tremendous

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TRAILER: This Film Is a Melancholy Version of ‘Y tu mama tambien’ Set in Brazil

Andrew S. Vargas — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:46:35 +0000

'Beira-Mar' is just starting to make the rounds on the film festival circuit.

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Latin American Movies at the Berlin Film Festival Get (Mostly) Rave Reviews

Andrew S. Vargas — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:38:45 +0000

The reviews are rolling in from the Berlin International Film Festival, and Latin American cinema is once again making waves.

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TRAILER: An Alcoholic Suegra Drops in on a Couple’s Vacation in Dominga Sotomayor’s Newest ‘Mar’

Andrew S. Vargas — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:10:19 +0000

Imagine you're on a romantic vacation and your alcoholic suegra shows up. Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor imagined it for you in her new film, 'Mar.'

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TRAILER: Argentine Thriller ‘El Incendio’ Is Quietly Burning Up the Berlin Film Festival

Andrew S. Vargas — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:53:33 +0000

Watch the trailer to the understated relationship drama, El Incendio, that just premiered at Berlin.

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The Berlin Film Festival Dives Deep into Indigenous Cinema

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:39:33 +0000

I’ll bet you’ve never heard of German “Indianthusiam”. Aside from being a mouthful, the term quite adequately describes a historical fascination that the German people have held toward the indigenous people of the Americas. Beginning with the imaginative (and totally erroneous) writings of novelist Karl May, Germans adopted the image of the Native American “noble

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