Latin American Film Festival 2022 (Jan 19 to March 23)

[Mario Boido]

Dear colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce the 2022 Latin American Film Festival, organized by the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, in collaboration with Kitchener Public Library, and the Pragda Spanish Film Club.

This year’s Festival will have a hybrid format with screenings online and in person as Covid-19 restrictions allow. Additionally, each film will be available for streaming on demand for a period of one week. To learn more visit:  https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/3rd-annual-latin-american-film-festival-jan-19-mar-23

This year’s festival will open with an online screening of Alice Júnior (Gil Baroni/Brazil/2019/87mins) on Wednesday, January 19, at 7pm. (To register please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QqLkbRu_S-mm0TdrCt1dCg)

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About the film. Alice Júnior is a carefree, spoiled trans YouTuber with everything she could ask for: an apartment in a cool beach town, a loving dad, her own advice vlog, an almost-win on Teen Top Model, and a cat named Rhinoceros. So, when her father announces their move from the vibrant Brazilian city of Recife to a small, conservative town in the south and to an old-fashioned catholic school, Alice has to prepare herself for the prudery and small-mindedness she will confront there. The teenager, however, doesn’t let the initial hostility get her down. Alice releases her truest survival instinct to make her new schoolmates and teachers rethink their conservative ways, and catch her long-overdue first kiss: by being loud and unapologetically herself.

Check out the fill lineup of films and screening dates here: https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/3rd-annual-latin-american-film-festival-jan-19-mar-23

Best wishes,

Mario



Mario Boido, PhD (he/him)
Associate Professor
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519.888.4567 ext 35621

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