Valentina Or The Serenity (Valentina O La Serenidad) – LAFF 2024
TAFE, Tribune Street, South Brisbane Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Description
VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY (VALENTINA O LA SERENIDAD)
Young Valentina refuses to believe her father, who drowned in a river, is truly gone. Living in an Indigenous Mixtec community in Oaxaca, Valentina draws inspiration from her favorite superhero, Kandi. Convinced her father will return, she hears his voice in Mixtec after falling into the river. Her belief affects her grieving family and disrupts her school life. With her friend Pedro, she learns Mixtec to understand her father’s messages. This poignant tale explores loss and the healing power of love.
ABOUT THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL (LAFF)
The Latin American Film Festival (LAFF) is an initiative of the Latin American Embassies in Australia to showcase Latin American culture. It is a not-for-profit event created to promote our culture and reach out to places where Latin American cinema or Latin American culture in general is seldom present. It brings communities together, promotes multiculturalism and increases understanding and appreciation towards the Latin American community through the universal language of film.
The event is now in its 18th consecutive year and is the largest event in Australia. Every year, it tours around at least half a dozen cities. This year, LAFF is comprised of 13 different films, one for each participating country: Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Chile.
The Latin American Embassies in Australia organise the LAFF with the support of other not-for-profit organisations that share the vision of promoting culture. On this occasion, the Latin American Community of Australia (QLD) Incorporated, LACA QLD, organises the festival in Brisbane in collaboration with HolaNetworking.
ABOUT LACA QLD
LACA QLD is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 2013 that aims to develop representation and participation of Latin Americans within the wider Australian society in Queensland. As an organisation, we want to promote the importance of having a strong, cohesive community capable of working cooperatively and systematically to seek and achieve better outcomes and circumstances for the Latin American community. Our projects aim to engage with community members and use community resources to increase social connectedness within and across communities in our multicultural society while embracing our cultural strengths and actively participating and contributing to Australian society.
Ticket Information
VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY
Free
Online booking closedEvent Calendar
Friday, 25 October 2024