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Melbourne Filmoteca & Cinema Nova present:

2008 MELBOURNE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

full PDF festival program at http://www.melbournefilmoteca.org/mlaff08/mlaff_program.pdf



Thursday 28 February to Monday 3 March



Cinema Nova
380 Lygon St
Carlton


Since its inception in 2004 (when it showed five films over four days) Melbourne Latin American Film Festival has gained a reputation for its consistently creative, entertaining, eclectic and daring programs, running the gamut of documentaries, features and shorts...as well as sell-out opening-night fiestas (the hottest ticket in town, amigos!), special after-parties, and Q&A sessions with directors. This year, the festival's diverse and exciting program boasts no less than 30 films from 13 countries, screening over five days. Our Festival Guest for MLAFF 2008 is French/Uruguayan director Maiana Bidegain, whose film Secrets of the Struggle (Secretos de la lucha) screens on Saturday 1 March. 

Indeed, your main challenge with the 2008 Melbourne Latin American Film Festival will be clearing your calendar so you don't miss anything! 

Highlights from a program that's all killer and no filler, next week's must-sees include:

· The stunning opening night film Postcards from Leningrad (Postales de Leningrado) - winner of best feature at the 2007 Biarritz Latin American Film Festival and Venezuela's entry in the Academy Awards - and the fiesta that follows it, complete with Latin music, nibbles, beer and piñatas.

· All sorts of fabulous feature films you're unlikely to see anywhere else in town: Bolivian indie gem The Most Beautiful of My Very Best Years (Lo más bonito y mis mejores años), Chilean classic The Jackal of Nahueltoro (El Chacal de Nahueltoro), Peruvian children's animation Dragons (Dragones), touching Mexican doco The Old Thieves (Los ladrones viejos), quirky Argentinean comedy Jews in Space (Judíos en el espacio).

· El Cantante, the long-awaited biopic of salsa legend Héctor Lavoe, starring modern-day salsa hero Marc Antony (not to mention J-Lo and her endlessly magnificent hairstyles!) - and a special post-film fiesta where you can shake, shimmy and sizzle to the sounds of local group San Lázaro.

· An absorbing documentary program spanning such topics as Evo Morales' rise to power Cocalero, Maori rap through Latin America Ngahati, surf culture amongst Rio de Janeiro's favela-dwellers Surfing Favela, and the notorious serial killings of Ciudad Juarez Bajo Juarez, to name but a few.

· Our very own Latin-flavoured 'Freaky Friday' sessions, for audiences of - ahem - less delicate sensibilities. Controversial Brazilian horror auteur Zé do Caixão (Coffin Joe) gets a rare Australian outing; while Porno, an Argentinean doco about (you guessed it) the making of a skin-flick, will challenge and fascinate you.

· Director Q & A sessions following documentaries The Second Conquest (La segunda conquista), about the struggle to protect Patagonia from multinational greed; and Secrets of the Struggle (Secretos de la lucha), one woman's journey to the dark heart of Uruguay's traumatic past.

· Some wild and wonderful short films about everything from a hitwoman with a heart, to Melbourne's own St Kilda Pier.

All films with English subtitles. Admission 18+ (except Dragones, which is rated G).

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Program
Full festival details can be found at http://www.melbournefilmoteca.org and a program in PDF format is available for viewing and download from : http://www.melbournefilmoteca.org/mlaff08/mlaff_program.pdf Go get it!

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Tickets
Tickets can be bought in advance from the venue: Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton, online: www.cinemanova.com.au or by phone 9347 5331

Session price $14, $11 (conc) 
Five-film pass $60, $45 (conc)
Opening night $35, $28 (conc)
El Cantante $20, $15 (conc)
Closing Night $20, $15 (conc)

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MLAFF is presented by Melbourne Filmoteca: Latin American, Spanish & Portuguese Film Group, in association with Cinema Nova. MLAFF is especially grateful to our principal sponsors: FEDEX, LAN Airlines, and Gilgamesh Connections & Claypots.

We also wish to acknowledge our many supporters: Red Island Imports, Melbourne Salsa, CAE, Twisted Pair, Ocean Press & VMC.

MLAFF 2008
http://www.melbournefilmoteca.org/mlaff08
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