NOVA Alexandria will host a second annual Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, September 20-28, 2016. This has been made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain and an NVCC Educational Foundation grant. We look forward to building on the success of last year’s festival, which received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the students, faculty and staff who attended. We hope to see you there!
Included below is general information about each film with links to trailers and more details. All the films are award-winning or nominated and have had limited release in the U.S. Please contact Prof. Martha Davis (mdavis@nvcc.edu) with questions. All films will be screened in the Bisdorf Building (5000 Dawes Ave.), include English subtitles and will be followed by a post-screening discussion.
Tuesday, September 20, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in AA160
BAD HAIR
Venezuela / 2013 / 93 mins
“A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.”
https://pragda.com/film/bad-hair/
Wednesday, September 21, 2-4:30 p.m. in AA196
THE COUNTRY OF FEAR
Spain / 2015 / 102 mins
“A festival favorite, The Country of Fear is a must see for high school and college level students. The film touches upon one of the most talk about behavioral issues happening on campus these days.”
https://pragda.com/film/the-country-of-fear/
Thursday, September 22, 1-3:30 p.m. in AA196
THE TRAVEL AGENT
Spain, Italy / 2015 / 87 mins
“From her tiny office overlooking the U.S. Interests Section, 58-year old Lourdes counsels thousands of Cubans seeking a U.S. travel visa. She coaches them on answering tricky questions, fine-tuning their stories so they have a better chance of succeeding. They come from every walk of life and from all over Cuba to unveil their own life stories at the “Oficina del amor” (Office of Love), as she’s baptized it.”
https://pragda.com/film/the-travel-agent/
Tuesday, September 27, 12:30-3:00 p.m. in AA196
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Bolivia / 2011/ 109 mins
“La Paz’s Zona Sur neighborhood is Bolivia’s most exclusive enclave and has housed the country’s affluent elite for generations. In an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled offspring and indigenous servants. But social change, however unwelcome, is on its way.”
https://pragda.com/film/southern-district/
Wednesday, September 28, 2-4:00 p.m. in AA196
IXCANUL, VOLCANO
France, Guatemala/ 2015 / 62 min
“Maria, a 17-year-old Mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her: her parents have promised her to Ignacio, the plantation overseer. But Maria doesn’t sit back and accept her destiny.”
https://pragda.com/film/ixcanul-volcano/
