CineFest Latino Boston Film Festival

Schedule:

12:30 PM: Diógenes

In the Peruvian Andes, two siblings are raised in isolation by their father, a Tablas de Sarhua painter who exchanges his art in the village for supplies, while his children wait for him, cared for by their dogs. One morning, Diogenes does not wake up. Sabina and Santiago live for three days with the corpse of their father, longing for him to wake up. After recognizing his death, they will go in search of their past.

Location: Emerson Paramount Theatre

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2:30PM: Shorts Program #1: Cien Años De Soledad

Entre Mudos y Estatuas
Directed by Rayell Abad Guangorena
Narrative, 15:36, Mexico, 2021
Located in Marseille, France. Cristina, a Jewish mother of Mexican origin, must face the Nazi occupation of 1940. After the deportation to a concentration camp of her husband, Cristina and her daughter, Ivana, are taken to a safe house where they wait to be evacuated from Europe to return to Mexico. It will be in the confinement where both experience a unique connection.

Lili
Directed by Brian Ríos
Narrative, 15:00, Puerto Rico, 2022
A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.
 
Transtierro
Directed by Susanna Arrazola
Animation, 8:43, Mexico, 2021
Irene lives locked up in her memories. Exile and loneliness plunge her into a state of melancholic inactivity; only through a frontal look at the past she will be able to find peace.
 
The Fourth
Directed by Johnny Kirk
Narrative, 11:45, USA, 2022
Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.
 
Ñaños
Directed by Emilio Subía
Narrative, 15:00, Ecuador, 2021
In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are placed at odds with each other when one reveals a sudden urge to leave their home.

Tomb of the Sea
Directed by Andrew Garcia
Narrative, 12:08, USA/Cuba, 2023
In the wake of Fidel Castro's death in 2016, Rosa struggles to cope with her trauma as a Cuban immigrant and single parent in Miami.

Location: Emerson Paramount Theatre

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5PM: La Singla

A filmmaker is fascinated by the art of a flamenco dancer seen in archival footage from the 1960s and decides to follow the thread. The investigation leads her to Antonia Singla, a dancer who was born at the beach of Somorrostro in Barcelona and became deaf shortly after her birth. At the age of 17, she became a cult dancer internationally and in countries such as Germany, she was considered the best in the world. When she turned 30, La Singla abruptly disappeared from the stage without a trace. Behind her fascinating gaze, La Singla hid a tragic story. The filmmaker, determined to unveil it, rescues from oblivion a woman who was ahead of her time, who made a great contribution to flamenco, gypsy culture and the deaf community and was unjustly erased from history.

Location: Emerson Paramount Theatre

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8PM: Todas Las Flores (All The Flowers)

Brothels are rarely seen as safe or dignifying. In the red-light district of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, a country torn by decades of war, there’s a tiny brothel that functions as a shelter, shielding sex workers in Santafé, a zone that concentrates all the miseries of a bloodstained region. "Todas Las Flores" constructs an intimate portrait of Tabaco y Ron, this neighborhood and the fierce will of its inhabitants to blossom.

Viewing Advisory: This documentary film contains brief instances of sexual nudity and acts. These scenes are included in a cultural and artistic context, intended to contribute to the authentic portrayal of the SantaFe neighborhood and its daily life. The film is recommended for mature audiences (18 and over). Viewer discretion is advised.

Location: Emerson Paramount Theatre

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