Documentaries

Documentaries have become one of the favourite mediums to voice fractions of realities in Latin America.

Small digital cameras seem to flood the streets of the barrios and favelas embracing innovative artistic narratives and giving rise to a wide variety of topics and visual languages. Indeed, the documentary has increasingly become an innovative arena of artistic creation and social response in Latin America.

Our documentary section this year provides a good example of these aesthetics: films which explore the social and personal effects of emigration are Aquí te espero, Por mis hijos or Made in L.A; those which narrate the process of artistic creation include Palavras Encantadas and Loki; others analyse the complex political situation in Latin America, and the relationship between past and present, El diario de Agustín, Cocalero, Children of the Amazon and American Sandinista.

The broad programme includes a variety of different voices and realities that help shed light on the new America Latina. We very much hope you enjoy this carefully crafted selection.

Teresa Domenech, Florencia Panichelli, Flavia Zentil

Documentaries Programme Team

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