LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL SEEKS TRUTH THROUGH FILMMAKING

March 13, 2001

The University of Richmond Spanish program will host "2001-Truth in the Lens: International Symposium/Festival on Latin American Film" March 22-24.

The festival will consist of opening and closing keynote addresses, screenings of six Latin American movies, post-film discussions with most of the directors and a roundtable featuring filmmakers and critics. All events are free and open to the public.

Films will be shown with English subtitles, and interpreters will translate the post-film comments. The keynote addresses will be in English, but the roundtable discussion will be conducted in Spanish without translation.

Recent works by directors Cristian Galaz, Camilo Luzuriaga, Bruno Stagnaro, Adrián Caetano, Mela Márquez, Luis Figueroa and Sergio Cabrera are scheduled.

David William Foster, chairman of languages and literatures at Arizona State University, and Michael Chanan, a British documentary director who focuses on Latin American subjects, will deliver the keynote addresses. Foster specializes in Argentinean literature and film and has written widely on Spanish-language cinema, culture and society.

The roundtable will focus on achievements and shortcomings of Latin American cinema today. Panelists will include directors of the scheduled films, plus Chanan and Foster.

A schedule of events follows. For additional information, contact Claudia Ferman at 804-289-8114 or cferman@richmond.edu, or access the Web site at www.richmond.edu/~lang/2001_film.

Here is the schedule of events for "2001-Truth in the Lens: International Symposium/Festival on Latin American Film":

March 22, 1:15 p.m., Keynote Address: David Foster, "Piñeyro's Plata quemada: From Historical Event to Sociosexual Text," Keller Hall Reception Room
March 22, 7:30 p.m., Film: "The Sentimental Teaser," Jepson Hall 118 (no discussion afterward)
March 23, 3 p.m., Film: "Between Marx and a Naked Woman," Adams Auditorium, Boatwright Library, director Camilo Luzuriaga (Ecuador)
March 23, 4:35 p.m., Roundtable (in Spanish), Adams Auditorium, Boatwright Library
March 23, 6 p.m., Film: "Pizza, Beer, Smokes," Jepson Hall 118, director Bruno Stagnaro (Argentina)
March 24, 2:15 p.m., Films: "Rise Up" and "The Bull and the Condor," Jepson Hall 118, directors Mela Márquez (Bolivia) and Luis Figueroa (Peru)
March 24, 4:45 p.m., Film: "Time Out," Jepson Hall 118, director Sergio Cabrera (Colombia)
March 24, 7:00 p.m., Keynote Address: Michael Chanan, "Latin American Cinema: From Underdevelopment to Postmodernism," Keller Hall Reception Room