Latino Fever As Discovering Latin America Film Festival Kicks Off

In its fifth edition the Discovering Latin America Film Festival (23 November - 3 December) is London’s leading Latin American film showcase.
The festival exhibits around 40 films from over ten countries, representing the best contemporary films from across Latin America. It brings together an eclectic mix of internationally acclaimed feature films, documentaries and short films and shows the diversity that the Latin American region and cinema has to offer.
Several of these films will have their UK and London premieres at the festival, including: 'Proibido Proibir' by Jorge Duran (Brazil, 2006), 'Madeinusa' by Claudia Llosa (Peru, 2006), 'Rosario Tijeras' by Emilio Maille (Colombia, 2005), and 'La sagrada familia' (Sacred Family) by Sebastian Campos (Chile, 2004).
The documentaries programme will bring the British premiere of 'Panico: Cult of Jodorowsky by Olayo Rubio' (2005). There will be an opportunity to see Pino Solanas’ latest work La dignidad de los nadies (Argentina, 2005) and the worldwide acclaimed documentaries Estamira by Marcos Prado (Brazil, 2005) and Toro negro by Carlos Armella and Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio (Mexico, 2005).
The Film & Culture section will feature panels, retrospectives, interviews and Q&As coordinated by academics, journalists and members of the film industry.
The festival will take place at Covent Garden and Panton Street Odeon Cinemas, the Tate Modern, the Ritzy Cinema and the Everyman Cinema club. All the proceeds from the festival will support the charity CREA Panama.
Please visit the website for more details on the film festival: www.discoveringlatinamerica.org
(DS)