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Thank you everyone who helped make inaugural screening of the 2021 Latin American Film Festival last Wednesday a success!

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<i>Watch it again!<o:p> </o:p></i></p>

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If you missed the virtual presentation of <i>Guie’dani’s Navel</i> (or you just want to watch it again!) you can now

<b>stream it for free until February 4<sup>th</sup></b> from the Festival portal:

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<i>Save the date<o:p>!</o:p></i></p>

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The next LAFF2021 virtual screening will be <i>The Awakening of the Ants</i> (Costa Rica, Spain, 2019) and will take place on

<b>February 10<sup>th</sup> at 7pm</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><br>

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You can watch the trailer here: <a href="https://vimeo.com/383282517">https://vimeo.com/383282517</a>

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The 2021 Latin American Film Festival is organized by the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Kitchener Public Library and the Pragda Spanish Film Club.<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 78, 134);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

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Hope to see you at the next screening!</div>

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<div class="PlainText">Vice President, Canadian Association of Hispanists<br>

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<em>I </em></span></font><em>acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of ı the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations

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