La sombra del caminante (Wandering Shadows), a film by Ciro Guerra
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019, 7:00pm
Sunday, February 24th, 2019, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Mañe is facing a tough economic situation. He’s lost a leg; as a consequence he is unable to find a job, he’s behind on rent, and finds himself at the mercy of bullies. One day he encounters a “silletero,” a man who charges people 500 pesos to carry them around Bogotá… on a chair on his back. A complicated bond forms between them as they both try to come to terms with the past and forge new paths. Nominated by Colombia to the 78th Academy Awards.
A rare opportunity to view the feature film debut of one of Colombia's most celebrated filmmakers.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
This screening is co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin.
Austin Film Society presents: El abrazo de la serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent), directed by Ciro Guerra
Monday, February 5th, 2018, 7:30 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Director Ciro Guerra used diaries of actual Amazon expeditions to inform his film, which depicts a pair of such trips, and the river guide who led both, first as a young warrior, and finally as an old man. Visually astonishing; a major work.
Presented in Partnership with Cine Las Americas
Venecia (Venice), a film by Enrique (Kiki) Álvarez
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016, 7:00pm
Sunday, March 27th, 2016, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Mónica, Violeta and Mayelín work in a beauty salon. On payday they go out to buy a dress for one of them, starting an unexpected journey into the depths of the Havana nightlife. At dawn, exhausted and penniless, they start dreaming of opening a beauty shop of their own which they will call Venecia.
"CineNoche" is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
NN, a film by Héctor Gálvez
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016, 7:00pm
Sunday, January 31st, 2016, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: The remains of a male body who had presumably disappeared during the years of political violence in Peru have been exhumed but nobody claims them. Now the only clue to his identification is a picture of a smiling girl found in his shirt. Only a blurred photo, a snapshot of a moment in time and a memory. Subtitled in English.
"CineNoche" is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Presented by Austin Film Society, various dates, October 2015
The films in the Beyond Macondo series include:
- Oct. 1st - GABO: THE CREATION OF GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ by Justin Weber
- Oct. 8th - LA SIRGA by William Vega
- Oct. 15th - MATEO by Maria Gamboa
- Oct. 20th - LOS HONGOS by Oscar Ruiz Navia, with the filmmaker in attendance
- Oct. 29th - THE WIND JOURNEYS by Ciro Guerra, with the filmmaker in attendance
All films in Spanish with English subtitles Co-sponsored by Freestyle Language Center and Cine Las Americas
