10th Annual aluCine Latin Media Festival kicks off!!! * Nov. 12th, 2009 (7:30 pm)
aluCine is a Latin, Canadian and international Festival showcasing over 190 of the world’s best in short film and video with a strong focus on works made by Latin-American artists living in Canada and abroad. All films are screened with English subtitles. Ten installations, five
aluCine off screen presentations 2009 will open on November 12 and run until November 28. The prestigious Lennox Contemporary Gallery is graciously hosting the Festival this year, located at 12 Ossington Ave. and our alternative venue CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.) Engaging artist talks with visiting filmmakers and curators will follow most screenings.
Some of aluCine’s 2009 Program Highlights include:
Two queer restored underground classics “Lupe” and “Jerovi” directed by Jose Rodriguez Soltero (USA-Puerto Rico) Screens Friday, November 20 at 7:30 and 9:30 pm. (CineCycle).
Brook Alfaro Retrospective who represented Panamá at the Bienal de Singapore in 2006 and the Venice Biennial in 2003 with his works Aria and Nueve, both of which will be screened Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 pm. (CineCycle).
The latest in Latin American queer content including Divers
Groundbreaking, cross-
Frances Negrón, is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar. Born in Puerto Rico to a family of academics, Frances Negron’s work spans several fields, including cinema, literature, cultural criticism, and politics. For her work as a filmmaker, advocate, and scholar Hispanic Business named her as one of the nation’s “100 most influential Latinos” in 2005. In her talk Miss Negrón will expose Canadians to the thoughts on the use of media by what we can call the two Puerto Rican vanguards of the 1970s in NY -- the Lords and the artists. Saturday, November 21 at 5 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).
Tania Aedo, Mexican curator, professor and director of the Laboratorio Arte Alameda Tania will in her talk “Memory, New Media in Mexico” contextualizes a project intended to recuperate, and to expose Mexican new media productions. The laboratory “Arte Alameda” commissioned a group of curators-researchers to put together programs that will help to build an archeology of the new media practice in Mexico, to compile documents for the creation of an archive specifically related to new media production.
Saturday, November 21 at 9 pm (followed by screenings at CineCycle).
Esteban Alvarez, Argentinean curator, will discuss international residency programs available at the artist-run centre El Basilico in Buenos Aires. Saturday, November 22 at 3 pm. (Lennox Gallery).
Other highlights include:
The exceptionally innovative, pan-global collaboration The Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol. 2 headed by visiting Brazilian artist Kika Nicolela. Tuesday, November 24 at 5 pm at VTape (401 Richmond Street west, Suite 452).
The anticipated outcome of aluCine’s Self-Representation Video Workshops aimed at giving Toronto Latin Youth and Toronto Latin Queers a necessary platform for uncensored and unbridled expression. Watch the results on November 14 at 5 pm!
The latest in Spanish short fiction including an outstanding array of fictional narratives from Spain. España 1 Wednesday, November 25 at 7 pm and España 2 November 25 at 9pm. (Lennox Gallery).
Ticket Information:
Tickets are available one hour in advance for each scheduled screening at
Lennox Contemporary Gallery at 12 Ossington Ave. and/or
CineCycle at 129 Spadina Ave. (In the alley south of Spadina Ave. & Richmond St.)
Screening Tickets are $6 and $4 for students with valid student ID. Festival passes can be purchased for $50.
aluCine: [conj. transverb] to hallucinate 1. m. fam. wonder, marvel, fantasy 2. loc. adj. brilliant, mind-blowing 3.(alucinado) m. fam. eccentric, visionary, imaginative.
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