Film series: Cine Con Cultura 2024

A black and white photo of two children climbing a pile of sand with an older child looking on.
Still from "Araya" (1959) Courtesy of Milestone Films and Kino Lorber.
A group of people dressed in carnival-esque costumes standing in the middle of a city street.
"Pictures of Ghosts" (2023) Courtesy of Grasshopper Films.

 

Cine con Cultura is Ithaca’s annual Latin American Film Festival and takes place during Latinx Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15, 2024). The festival is organized in collaboration with Cultura Ithaca!, Ithaca College, and the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell. Screenings are presented at Cinemapolis, Ithaca College, and Cornell Cinema.

This year’s line-up at Cornell Cinema will include three new films and two classics that reflect the breadth and diversity of filmmaking practices across Latin America. 

The festival kicks off with two classic films — Buena Vista Social Club (1999) and a 4K restoration of Margot Benacerraf's Araya (1959)  — then travels to Mexico with filmmaker Lila Avilés' emotionally expansive family drama Tótem (2023); to the Paraguayan Chaco with Eami (2022), a magic-realist film by Paraguayan director Paz Encina; and finally, to the urban landscape of Recife, the Brazilian coastal capital of Pernambuco, with Pictures of Ghosts (2023), Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho's love letter to the city's classic movie palaces from the 20th century.

Cosponsored by the Department of Romance Studies.

Other film series this semester

(You Look Like) Clara Bow
Away We Go!
Cine Con Cultura 2024
Cornell Cinema Goes to Washington
Costumes by Edith Head
Doc Spots
Party Like It's 1999
Restorations & Rediscoveries
Science on Screen®
Worth a Watch

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