Acantilado (The Cliff), a film by Helena Taberna
Thursday, October 13th, 2016, 11:00 pm
Alamo Drafthouse Village
2700 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Tel: (512) 861-7030
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016, 6:30pm
Hideout Theatre
617 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512)443-3688
Synopsis: Gabriel is a promising attorney whose life is turned upside down when he receives a phone call from the police. A sect has committed mass suicide in the Canary Islands and his sister Cordelia was one of the followers. Her cadaver has yet to be found. Having not seen her for years, Gabriel sets out to the Canary Islands in search of her, longing to know the truth of her fate.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
Austin Film Festival presents: El Destierro (The Exile), a film by Arturo Ruiz
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016, 7:00pm
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Buy tix
Synopsis: During the Spanish Civil War, Teo is destined to a minuscule fort of vigilance, located in a cold and inhospitable place in the mountains. There he meets Silverio, his new companion, with whom he will have to coexist for six long months. The different personalities of these two men provoke many tensions, accentuated by the limited space. The fragile coexistence breaks up with the arrival of Zolska, a young militiawoman whom they find wounded in the surroundings.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow), a film by Claudia Llosa
Free and open to the public!
Thursday June 16th, 2016, 6:30 pm
Blanton Museum of Art
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 471-7324
Synopsis: Fausta (Magaly Solier) suffers from “The Milk of Sorrow”, an illness transmitted through mother’s milk by women who’ve been raped during Peru’s Civil Wars. Stricken with the fear that she’s contracted the illness from her mother’s breast milk — Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother’s sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom and wholeness.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with Blanton Museum of Art.
Austin Film Society presents: THE PEARL BUTTON, a film by Patricio Guzmán
Chile/France/Spain, 2015, Documentary, 82 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016, 7:30pm Monday, January 18th, 2016, 7:30pm The Marchesa Hall & Theatre
Synopsis: The filmmaker behind Chilean documentary masterpiece NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT revisits his country's past, looking to the waterways that surround Chile as a prism reflecting two tales of genocide.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
