Discovering Latin America Film Festival

With much success, the 4 th Discovering Latin America Film Festival opened on November 24 at the Chelsea Cinema in London. Viva Cuba was the feature chosen for the occasion. The film, beautifully directed by Juan Carlos Cremata, tells the Romeo & Juliet-style story of a boy and a girl from Havana who tour across the Cuban countryside searching for the girl's father (to avoid her departure from the island). It was a huge success with the audience that packed the venue and later followed for drinks at a nearby club.

This year's festival includes 40 films from 13 different Latin American nations. Among them is Josue Mendez's Days of Santiago (Peru, 2004). A Q&A with the director will follow its UK Premiere this Friday 2 nd December (6:30pm) at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton. We strongly recommend everyone to attend.

For full details on the DLA Film Festival, click here.    

Tertulia

Tertulia is the first exhibition honouring the contribution of Latin American artists to London Art. The visual art display is composed by graduates of the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. In recent years the school has had a rich and lively community of Spanish and Portuguese speaking students. Curated by Stephen Williams, this exhibition highlights some of their current work. More...

Looks
Alberto Amortegui

A photo report by London-based Colombian artist Alberto Amortegui. He shows us "the world through a viewfinder", from a remote village in his native country to "the developed world's caverns". More...

Work, Play and No Rest
Virginia Rivero-Descailleux

A year ago Sur Press featured a photo report that showed the daily activities of impoverished children in South America. Now, this work is a book and an exhibition at Foyle's Bookshop in Central London. The profits of this effort will go to organisations that help children in need in Peru and South Africa. More...