IX Irish Latin America Film Festival

dublin | arts and media | event notice Wednesday March 26, 2008 17:19 by events@lasc.ie - Latin America Solidarity Centre events at lasc dot ie 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2 016760435

The IX IRISH-LATIN AMERICA FILM FESTIVAL will focus on short films and documentaries about Latin America made by filmmakers from Latin America, Europe and Canada. The festival is aligned with LATIN AMERICA WEEK 2008, which this year takes place from 5th to 12th April. The theme this year is private exploitation of water and its impact on human development in Latin America.

All films in Spanish have English subtitles.

Free admission !!!
Everybody is welcome

5th and 11th April

Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre
27-31 Upper O’Connell Street Dublin 1

Saturday 5th April 2008
12.00 noon
Mexican Shorts programme:
(Total running time: 73 Mins)

1. Señas Particulares (Mexico/2007/12 mins)
2. Cocó y Nicó (Mexico/2007/4.5 mins)
3. Fin de trayecto (Mexico/2007/11 mins)
4. Los Amorosos (Mexico/2007/9 mins)
5. A small death (Mexico/2007/6 mins)
6. Iridisencia Masculina (Mexico/2007/10 mins)
7. El Quejudo (Mexico/2007/11 mins)
8. A cada cerdo le llega su San Martín (Mexico/2007/9.5 mins)

2.00 pm
Three Kings of Belize
Director: Katia Paradis – Canada / 2007 (88 mins)
In a small Central American country with a population of 270,000, three veteran musicians share moments of their daily lives with us. Despite the lack of interest by the younger generation, these three extraordinary men offer us a glimpse of hope, freedom and humanity.
Take time out to relax, enjoy and be seduced.

4.00 pm
12,000 Years of Blindness
Director: Rod Stoneman – Ireland / 2007 (51 mins)
There are 50 million blind people in the world of which 90% live in developing countries.
80% of all blindness is avoidable. Eamon O Donoghue, an Ophthalmologist based in Galway, arrived in Venezuela in 2007 to work on this preventable disability. The documentary was screened to a full house at The Cork Film Festival 2007 and recently at The Dublin Film Festival. Both the Director and the central participant will be present to introduce the documentary and lead a discussion after its screening.

Friday 11th April 7.00 pm
Quiero Vivir
Director: Muriel Brener – France & Bolivia / 2006 (88 mins)
This documentary, made over six months by the filmmaker in Bolivia, highlights the plight of young people on the streets as they battle hunger, unemployment, language (Aymara) and racism in their daily fight for survival. They received assistance from the NGO Enda Bolivia. The Director has been invited to the projection.
Marie Laure Picoury, who worked with some of the participants featured in Quiero Vivir, will lead a discussion afterwards. She is currently living in Ireland and working with AfrI (www.afri.ie).

[A full bi-lingual programme English/Irish is available at www.ionad.org]
For further information please contact:
LASC, 5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
Ph. 01 6760435 - info@lasc.ie

For a full Latin America Week 2008 programme visit http://www.lasc.ie/activities/law/law2008.html