10 Best Films Set In Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is notorious for having one of the highest levels of social inequality on earth. A city of... Read Article
REVIEW Gente de Bien
The issues tackled in Gente de Bien, Franco Lolli’s award-winning social drama, are familiar to Latin American film: poverty, hardship,... Read Article
New Colombian Social Drama ‘Gente de Bien’: An Interview with Director Franco Lolli
Strangely enough, it’s not every day I get invited for breakfast with the Colombian ambassador. But a few months ago,... Read Article
‘A Quiet Inquisition’ and Women’s Abortion Rights in Nicaragua: An Interview with Holen Sabrina Khan
Screening as part of the current Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London, A Quiet Inquisition looks at the situation... Read Article
Free Screening of Venezuelan film Blue and Not So Pink at London’s Bolivar Hall: Friday 6th March
Bolívar Hall in central London will this coming Friday play host to a free screening of the Venezuelan film Blue... Read Article
Ten Films You Had To See In 2014 (Plus Three You Really Didn’t)
Was 2014 as good a year for South American cinema as it seemed, or was it just that I watched... Read Article
Discovering Latin America Film Festival comes to London from 27 Nov – 4 Dec
With several films making their UK premiere and as a platform for several of the region’s most intriguing recent films,... Read Article
S&C at the London Argentine Film Festival: the films to look out for this year
I cry for you, Argentina, like a baby marmoset whose mother has been poached by the hunters. I recently spent... Read Article
London Latin America Film Festival 2014 from 14-23 Nov: What films are on show this year?
Several of the most interesting and diverse recent films from across Latin America will be arriving in London this week... Read Article
Cine Liberación: a day of Latin American documentary, discussion and music in London this weekend
If you’re in London this weekend, we strongly recommend you check out our good friends Alborada Films and Movimientos‘ event Cine... Read Article
Nae Pasarán and How Scottish Factory Workers Took On Pinochet: An Interview with Director Felipe Bustos Sierra
In the 1970s, as Chile found itself within the iron grip of General Pinochet’s military dictatorship, solidarity movements sprung up... Read Article
S&C at the BFI London Film Festival: the Latin American Contingent
Latin American filmmaking is reasonably well-represented at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, with around twenty films from the region... Read Article