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SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION 

DOCUMENTARY

PAULA MONROY

A short documentary of Paula Monroy, photographer and architect.

Director: Nicolás Rojas Castro 

Country: Chile

Year: 2018

Instituto Cervantes:

Friday, June 14 @ 6:00PM

FRAIMPARK

 

A close look at what it really means to be part of Haus of Fraimpark, an alternative drag family in Panama City.
Daughters and Nieces of Miss Veneno Fraimpark share their experiences of belonging to one of Panama's
most acclaimed drag houses.

Director: Enmanuel Martínez Cornó

Country: Panama

Year: 2018

CWE Auditorium, 

Saturday, June 15 @ 3:00PM

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JAIRO'S KIDS

LOS HIJOS DE JAIRO

They killed the director's father, Jairo, in Colombia in 1993. Fifteen years later, he takes to the road to find his siblings, in the hopes of constructing a profile for a dad none of them ever really knew.

Director: Jairo Andres Palacio

Country: Colombia - USA

Year: 2017

Instituto Cervantes 

Tuesday, June 18 @ 6:00PM

MARKET

EL MERCADO

Every day, Meybelina works hard in the informal market to raise her two children. She dreams of seeing them become professionals despite the lack of opportunities in her country.

Director: José Andrés Marroquín Choto

Country: El Salvador

Year: 2018

NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center: 

Monday, June 17 @ 6:30PM

MUSIC OF THE RIVER
LA MÚSICA DEL RÍO

Aurelio Fernández, a self-taught musician who creates his melodies imitating the singing of birds, Julio Erazo, a popular composer who uses music to overcome the lack of memory, and the cumbión, a celebration that takes place every year in the town of Guamal, Magdalena, all converge at the Magdalena River. The same river that has given rise to the richest and perhaps most representative musical tradition in the country.

Director: Nadia González

Country: Colombia

Year: 2018

Instituto Cervantes 

Tuesday, June 18 @ 6:00PM

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STILL LIVING UNDOCUMENTED:

FIVE YEARS LATER

 

The Living Undocumented series consists of two films. Still Living Undocumented: Five Years Later is the sequel to the 2012 documentary Living Undocumented: High School, College and Beyond, which captured the realities of undocumented youth in New York City at the time DACA was announced. Five years later DACA is in jeopardy. Still Living Undocumented follows three individuals from the first film to see how DACA has impacted some of their lives and left others outside of its reach. 

Director: Tatyana Kleyn

Country: USA

Year: 2018

NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center: 

Monday, June 17 @ 6:30PM

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THE ELEGANCE OF THREAD

LA ELEGANCIA DEL HILO

What do these three women have in common: Audrey Hepburn, an embroidery teacher in Cuba, and a foreigner?

Director: Denise Lara Margulis

Country: Argentina, Cuba

Year: 2018

General Consulate of Argentina in NY: 

Wednesday, June 19 @ 5:30PM

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HAVANA COMES TO BROOKLYN

The Havana Lyceum Orchestra, playing with the esteemed concert pianist Simone Dinnerstein, kicks off its U.S. tour—the first by a Cuban classical ensemble since the 1959 revolution. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, several dozen homeowners open their homes to the young musicians, giving them a warm welcome into the neighborhood.

Director: America Maldonado

Country: USA

Year: 2018

NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center: 

Thursday, June 20 @ 7:30PM

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MARIA & ALEX

A glimpse into the lives of two kids, Maria (11) and Alex (12), that hold peculiarly routines in the northern side of Lima, Peru.

Director: Erika Gregorio

Country: USA-Peru

Year: 2019

NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center: 

Thursday, June 20 @ 7:30PM

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