aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival
1161 St. Clair Ave. West. M6E 1B2 Toronto, ON, Canada

Oscar-shortlisted CALL CENTER BLUES, directed by Geeta Gandbhir, is a lyrical portrait of an unlikely community of US deportees and their loved ones struggling to rebuild their lives in Tijuana. The film paints a picture of love, loss, and longing - for home, for an American Dream deferred, and for justice. Their stories expose the reverberations of deportation, displacement, family separation, and opportunistic capitalism. After premiering virtually at SXSW in 2020, CALL CENTER BLUES screened at over 30 international festivals, winning top honors at five. Distributed by Topic, the film is currently a Staff Pick on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/505335690?ref=tw-share

A new online concert series hosted by our friends at Uma Nota Culture

FREE films for people under 25! Looking for something to do this weekend? TIFF Next Wave Festival is offering some wonderful films - free if you're under 25! The lineup includes some great Latin cinema: Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus La Leyenda Negra Summertime ... The Night of the Beast tiff.net/nextwave

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This year’s Toronto Black Film Festival kicks off in a few days and we are excited to co-present The Special by Ignacio Márquez. Share this post for your chance to win 2 tickets to the screening. #TBFF21 https://torontoblackfilm.com/

The 9th Toronto Black Film Festival runs online from February 10th to 21st, showing 154 films from 25 countries. This year, we are thrilled to be co-presenting The Special by Ignacio Márquez. For more information and to buy your tickets, visit: https://torontoblackfilm.com/ #TBFF21

Thank you to everyone who helped make aluCine 2020 a success! In these uncertain times, we are so happy to have been able to share Latin arts and culture in our new digital format. We are so grateful to everyone who came to our online screenings, and who shared their love and support in whatever way they could. If you like what we do, and you would like to see more events from us in the future, please consider subscribing to our mailing list (http://eepurl.com/dG5w0L) or donating (https://www.canadahelps.org//corrientes-del-sur-colectivo/). Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you in 2021!!!

Our twentieth festival ends tonight, with our final program, Latin Canadian New Works I, closing at 5 PM EST. We hope you'll check it out before it's gone. :) Co-presented by Images Festival and Pleasure Dome Link to buy tickets: https://www.universe.com//online-latin-canadian-new-works-

Our last free program is ending today! Catch this amazing assortment of experimental Latin cinema, curated by Alexandra Gelis, before it's gone. Co-presented by Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). https://www.alucinefestival.com/friday-6-of-differences-lin

Today is your LAST CHANCE to view our Opening Night Gala! Watch it before it's gone! https://www.universe.com//online-opening-night-gala-migrat Co-presented by Cinema Politica Network and Women in Film & Television - Toronto (WIFT-T)

Drumroll please.... Here are the official award winners of our twentieth aluCine festival! Presented by our fantastic jury members, Ahmad Alhaj and Alvaro Delgado Aparicio. You can still catch many of these films in our programs for the next couple of days. Visit alucinefestival.com for more info!

Love short films? Then we recommend our program "Life in Short: Resistance, Love, and Creation on Cinema." Featuring a range of genres including drama, documentary, and experimental, this program provides new perspectives, and strives to both educate and entertain. Take a look! Get your tickets here: https://www.alucinefestival.com/friday-30-life-in-short

La nueva edición de aluCine Latin Film & Media Arts Festival se llevará a cabo en Toronto del 28 al 31 de octubre de manera presencial en el cine Paradise; y del 21 de octubre al 5 de noviembre en línea a través de la plataforma VUCAVU.

CALL FOR APPLICANTS! aluCine is accepting applications to participate in a two-day experimental workshop on 16mm film without a camera. In this workshop, we will create a series of short loops to make a collaborative performance with multiple projections and live sound as a result. This workshop is open to emerging and mid-career artists who already have experience in film and media arts. The total cost is $60. To apply for this workshop, please submit a one-paragraph stateme...nt of interest, as well as a brief bio, to [email protected] by Monday, OCTOBER 12. This workshop has a capacity of eight, so we cannot guarantee that you will be selected to participate. Please ensure that you are available to attend both days of the workshop before applying. For more information, please visit: https://www.alucinefestival.com/workshop

Have a look at our closing night program! A Media Voz / In a Whisper is a deeply powerful piece about relationships across time and borders, showcasing the deep friendship between filmmakers Patricia Perez and Heidi Hassan. Tickets available on our website: https://www.alucinefestival.com/saturday-31-closing-gala

Jorge Lozano was honoured with the Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement in Visual and Media Arts this year! We are celebrating Lozano's artistic career, and his achievements, by screening a retrospective of his works at our twentieth festival. This program will be screened on Saturday, October 31st at 6:00 PM. For more information: https://www.alucinefestival.com/saturday-31-punk-war-philos https://www.thestar.com//torontos-deanna-bowen-lozano-lorz

One month left until our opening night gala! We can hardly wait. Will you be there? Tickets on sale now: https://www.universe.com//opening-night-gala-migration-on-

We got our posters and postcards in, and they are stunning! Which design is your favourite? Don't forget to reserve your seat at our twentieth festival! https://www.universe.com//alucine-latin-film-media-arts-fe

Meet our jury! Our second juror is Alvaro Delgado Aparicio. Alvaro holds a BSc in Economics and Management Studies and an MSc in Organizational Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Studied Film at the London Film Academy. He has written and directed two award-winning short films. His short films have been in official selection in more than 80 film festivals around the world. His short film "The Companion" premiered at the Sundance film festival ...and became a Grand Jury prize finalist. It was nominated for Best Director at the World Independent Film Awards in Warsaw. Alvaro wrote and directed Retablo, his First Feature Film which was developed at the Sundance Lab Feature Film Program. In 2018, Retablo had its world premiere at the Berlinale, winning the Teddy Award for Best First Film and the Crystal Bear Jury Special Mention for Best Film. Since then, Retablo has gone on to win over 50 awards in the Film Festival Circuit worldwide including Vancouver, Sydney, New York, Chicago, Bucharest, Ukraine, Toronto, San Francisco and Switzerland, La Habana, Bilbao, South Africa, Brazil, China, among others. Retablo was Peru’s official entry for Best International Film at the 2020 Oscar Academy Awards. In the same year, received one of five nominations for Outstanding Debut at the BAFTA-British Academy Awards and was also nominated for Best International Film at the Independent Spirit Awards. Furthermore, Retablo was nominated for Best Director and Best Actor in the International Film category at the Chinese Academy Awards, winning in both categories. See more

Join us and @WorkmanArts for the virtual screening of The Fever directed by Maya Da-Rin. The Rendezvous with Madness film program will be available for online viewing October 21, 9 PM - October 23, 9 PM Desana Justino lives in Manaus, a port city in the Amazon rainforest, having left behind his home in the wilderness many years ago. As an Indigenous man, he tries to navigate between the disappearing natural landscape and his own life. His daughter has to decide if she will p...ursue medical school in Brazil and the potential separation weighs heavy in the air as she worries about her father’s health. TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VddwSd67HEk Ticket and further event information can be found on the Workman Arts website https://workmanarts.com/rwm-events/the-fever/ #RWMFEST #RWMFEST2020 #MENTALHEALTH

IMPORTANT NOTICE: We were experiencing technical difficulties with our ticketing platform, which impacted customers' ability to buy tickets. This has now been fixed! If you tried to buy a ticket earlier but were unsuccessful, please try again! Tickets available here: https://www.universe.com//alucine-latin-film-media-arts-fe

aluCine is passionate about showcasing and supporting Latin film and media arts in Canada. But we couldn't do it without fans and supporters like you! If you have extra to give, please consider donating to our organization. https://www.alucinefestival.com/donate You can also support us by buying tickets and joining us at our event in October: https://www.universe.com//alucine-latin-film-media-arts-fe

For our opening gala, we have selected three films that centre around migration and immigration from multiple perspectives, telling stories both eye-opening and heartwarming. Take a look at our lineup! This event will be a safe, socially distanced in-person screening at Paradise. Tickets on sale now! https://www.universe.com//opening-night-gala-migration-on-

Here's a sneak peak at our new venue, Paradise... We think it's absolutely gorgeous, and we can't wait to see you here! Seating is limited this year, so make sure you grab your tickets before they sell out: https://www.universe.com//alucine-latin-film-media-arts-fe

PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT! We are thrilled to present our full lineup of films for our 2020 festival. We hope you will join us in celebrating outstanding Latin American cinema this October, either in-person at the Paradise, or online through VUCAVU. Our full programming lineup can be viewed on our website: alucinefestival.com/program-2020... Tickets are on sale now through Universe: https://www.universe.com//alucine-latin-film-media-arts-fe

The 16th @Blackfilmfestival will run online for the first time ever from September 23rd to October 4th! This year, we are thrilled to be co-presenting the Colombian film SOMOS CALENTURA. For more information and to get your tickets, visit http://montrealblackfilm.com//we-are-the-heat-somos-calen/ #MIBFF20

aluCine cares about your health and safety! We have released an official statement on our website, outlining all of our safety and cleaning protocols for this October. alucinefestival.com/health-safety-statement

Happy Throwback Thursday! This one is from last year's opening night. Ah, memories.... Even if it might look a little different, we're very excited for this year's festival, starting October 28th. Let us know what you miss most about aluCine!

aluCine is looking for volunteers for its 20th festival! Help us to showcase the best of Latin American Cinema this October, and get some nice perks in the process! For details, and to submit your application, please visit this link: https://www.alucinefestival.com/volunteer

Looking back on 20 years of aluCine! Here's a clip from our 2015 festival. Watch for more details about this year's festival, coming soon!

Throwback Thursday! This poster was for our fifteenth festival - our Quinceañera! Do you have a favourite aluCine poster design? #TBT #alucine20