The 2023 Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF), founded in 1976 and operated by the Atlanta Film Society, celebrated its 47th edition. Combining Hollywood and independent films, it featured a total of 115 creative works (from nearly 10,000 submissions). The final lineup of 40 feature-length films, 84 short films, […]
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Female Mexican filmmakers are on the rise. Miranda Leggett reviews some of these active directors working on multiple genres and telling under-the-radar stories. Each of the women director included has won at least one national or international prize. Esta lista incluye directoras actuales de México que han trabajado en géneros […]
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In Latin America, the LGBT community has faced significant prejudice and violence. Latin American film has represented these conflicts, offering visibility to dissident sexualities. Some iconic examples include Kiss of the Spider Woman (Argentina), Pixote (Brazil), Dona Herlinda and Her Son (Brazil), and Strawberry and Chocolate (Cuba). Since those films were released, new alternative […]
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![Atlanta: FREE SCREENING and Q&A with director. Open to the public. Saturday April 22, 5pm, at Georgia Tech.
We would like to invite you to the 2023 Global Media Festival, with a fantastic participation of Latin American filmmakers and movies. A highlight of the festival is the screening of “La Revolución y la Tierra ” [The Revolution and the Land], Peru’s most watched documentary of all time about the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in the country, and a tribute to marginalized cinema. The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. After the screening we will have an in-person Q&A with the film director Gonzalo Benavente Secco. The event will be on Saturday April 22nd, at 5pm, Atlantic Theater, Student Center, Georgia Tech. The screening is free and open to the public (so feel free to invite friends). It includes complementary popcorn and catering.
The Global Media Festival (or GMF) is the GT School of Modern Languages’ annual film and discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures. The 2023 festival explores the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” (# 10 of the UN sustainable development goals). More information and RSVP here: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/](http://polivision.modlangs.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/340830130_647953063760298_2136034546682361865_n.jpg)
