Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s Maya and the Three is a supercharged, Aztec-inspired animation funfair promoting female superpowers. Why be a slo-mo princess lost in your palatial surroundings when you can run, fly, ride a black jaguar and fight the... Read Article
Azor is a disquieting political thriller that tells the story of Yvan de Wiel, a Swiss private banker who travels with his wife to Argentina following the mysterious disappearance of his business partner René Keys. It is 1980, two... Read Article
The BFI London Film Festival’s Experimenta programme aims to screen “films by artists that revolutionise and reshape our vision of cinema”. For the 65th edition of the festival, the programme included the section “Thinking With Other Senses” with... Read Article
Clara Sola takes an imaginative look at a woman’s release from the social constraints that shape her life, through her unique connection to the natural world. Clara, played sensitively by Wendy Chincilla Araya, lives in a rural village... Read Article
Filmmaking heavyweights, A-list talent, an aural journey in Colombia’s capital, Maradona’s Hand of God… The BFI London Film Festival, which kicks off this Wednesday 6th October, is overflowing with influences from Latin America this year. Headlining the selection,... Read Article
A Common Crime (Un crimen común, 2020, directed by Francisco Márquez) featured on the programme of the 64th BFI London Film Festival 2020. A Common Crime is a gripping film that starts by steering the viewer around the... Read Article
The Intruder (2020, directed by Natalia Meta, originally titled El Prófugo) is one of a handful of Latin American films being shown at the 64th BFI London Film Festival 2020, running until 18 October. A Best Film Golden... Read Article
Teenage love is a simply complicated thing, and Brazilian director Daniel Ribeiro’s The Way He Looks does not muddle its lens. With an adorably twee soundtrack and a twist on the coming-of-age love triangle, Ribeiro’s first full-length feature... Read Article
The fourth chapter of Damián Szifron’s Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes) opens with the light of a head torch. Argentinian megastar Ricardo Darín is an explosives expert working on the demolition of one of Buenos Aires’ many defunct factories... Read Article
Güeros (Mexican slang for a person with light hair) is the new film from Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios that has recently enchanted audiences at the BFI London Film Festival. The film can be divided into three sections that... Read Article
Mr Kaplan is the latest offering from Uruguayan director Álvaro Brechner (Bad Day to Go Fishing) which screened at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday. Jacobo Kaplan (Héctor Noguera) is a Polish Jew who emigrated to Uruguay... Read Article
Latin American filmmaking is reasonably well-represented at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, with around twenty films from the region featured in the official programme. It is a strong selection, with Oscar contenders involved here and there, and... Read Article
