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Latest films from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba/Spain, India, Peru, Philippines and Sri Lanka
We are pleased to announce 11 new films on the E-Platform from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba/Spain, India, Peru, Philippines and Sri Lanka. Among these productions, you will find fiction films, documentaries and children’s programmes.
You will be able to find them searching by title (type the title, or part of it, in the “search by keyword” function), by country or by catalogue.
We wish you a good viewing!
LIST OF NEW PRODUCTIONS ON THE E-PLATFORM
1. Glance of the Condor- Igeldo Komunikazioa Catalogue
Author: Cecilia Posada
Country: COLOMBIA
Production Year: 2002
Category: Documentary
Length: 55’
Synopsis: This documentary is about Colombian artists, where they live and their source of inspiration, which always has to do with diverse cultures and ethnic groups. These artists desire to live in Colombia but are affected by the conjuncture.
2. Ladies First?-Ines Dussel Catalogue
Author: Ines Dussel
Country: ARGENTINA
Production Year: 2005
Category: DocumentaryLength: 30’
Synopsis: This documentary focuses on the construction of the masculine and the feminine identities in Argentina throughout the twentieth century. Using archival footage, including films, photos, political propaganda and ads, the video intends to question our ideas about what it means to be a woman or a man. It revisits the history of sports, political participation, work and leisure.
3. A Journey in Sound- Universidad Nacional de Colombia Catalogue
Author: Marcela Benavides
Country: COLOMBIA
Production Year: 2004-2005
Category: DocumentaryLength: 24’
Synopsis: Colombia visited through its traditional musical instruments, especially the marimba, the piano of the forest.
4. Treacling Down-Upali Gamlath Catalogue
Author: Upali Gamlath
Country: SRI LANKA
Production Year: 2005
Category: DocumentaryLength: 14’
Synopsis: The remote village "Meemure", surrounded by a range of mountains, is a place famous for the production of jaggery. This village still retains old cultural habits, mainly because of the poor facilities, and is self sufficient.
5. Pashmato, An Internal Look-Vision, Media and Human Rights Catalogue
Author: Marco Luna
Country: PERU
Production Year: 2003
Category: Documentary
Length: 55’
Synopsis: Pashmato is an independent documentary film that explores the meaning of education inside a jungle family in Peru. This project gives voice to those who have not been listened in communities such as Pashmato. The Romero family members show, by their actions, what is the meaning of education. They know it is something that goes beyond the classrooms and involves love and care.
6. Aninag, Light’s Game- Rianne Hill SorianoCatalogue
Author: Rianne Hill Soriano
Country: PHILIPPINES
Production Year: 2004
Category: Children 7-11
Length: 15’
Synopsis: Isabel journeys in a dreamworld with her new mystical friends "Saya" (Happiness) and "Pag-asa" (Hope) in an attempt to overcome her isolation due to her blindness.
7. Paper and Silver Passions- Universidad Estatal a Distancia Catalogue
Author: Alejandro Astorga
Country: COSTA RICA
Production Year: 2004
Category: Documentary
Length: 16’
Synopsis: The history of Costa Rica's currency, its social, political and cultural relations across time, since pre-colonial times until nowadays. The history of a land told by its currency.
8. Tobias 700: A Place to Live- Instituto Imagen Viva Catalogue
Author: Daniel A. Rubio
Country: BRAZIL
Production Year: 2002-2004
Category: Documentary
Length: 59’
Synopsis: The documentary follows during 16 months a group of homeless working families in their struggle for a place to live in down town Sao Paulo.
9. In the Mysteries Land- International TV Channel Ltd Catalogue
Author: Rowshon ara Rukhshana Sarker
Country: BANGLADESH
Production Year: 2005
Category: Children 12-15
Length: 22’
Synopsis: A children programme made by the children who play an active role, investigating and disseminating information.
10. A Silent Killer- Dhananjoy Mandal Catalogue
Author: Dhananjoy Mandal
Country: INDIA
Production Year: 2003
Category: DocumentaryLength: 23’
Synopsis: Arsenic poison in drinking water drawn through the pipelines into the block houses in West Bengal is one of the most toll taking menaces in this society, since some people are exposed to this peril inadvertently. Although some measures have been taken to mitigate the problem, the actions taken are insufficient. Despite of acknowledging the imminent danger of exposure to arsenic, people continue to consume arsenic contaminated water – but for how long?
11. Odd People Out- Manuel Zayas Catalogue
Author: Manuel Zayas
Country: CUBA
Production Year: 2004
Category: Documentary
Length: 54’
Synopsis: A documentary about the process of marginalization, repression and denial of the gay community during the first two decades of the Cuban Revolution, through the eyes of a Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas. The frustration of those who were initially fierce supporters of the revolution, the male chauvinism in a traditionally Catholic society, the mechanisms of power in Latin America and the systematic destruction of an artist's work as a technique of alienation are some of the themes of this film. It is a story of a group of people whose existence was denied to the point where they officially didn't have a life and became classified as non-persons.
Contributed by Rosa Gonzalez
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