ALLENDE FILM WEEKEND FESTIVAL. LONDON, ENGLAND

Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November 2008
Candid Arts Trust 3 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ (behind Angel tube)
020 7837 4237
http://www.candidarts.com


"We are very proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Latin
American House with this event. Allende's Festival is a celebration of
President Allende's life and his merits as historical political
leader, an example to future generations. We want to show a
contemporary British and Latin American audience how crucial it is -
particularly these days - to recover both an ethics and a genuine
political leadership such as Salvador Allende's." Miguel Mercado,
chairman Casa Latinoamericana


If Salvador Allende were alive today he would be 100 years old. If he
had not been elected President of Chile in 1970 many of his ideas
about a profound political and social change for his country would
have perished. The main Chilean natural resource - copper - would not
have been nationalised. The American companies that exploited it would
not have embargoed the exports when refused compensation due to
excessive profits.

Allende's government should have lasted 6 years but the opposition did
not allow his transformations to happen and succeeded in overthrowing
him via a ferocious military coup in 1973. Various human consequences
of this recent history of a Latin American country are here for you to
watch in the films selected for our Allende's Festival. The
protagonists and the sensitivity of their filmmakers will certainly
leave a mark on those who come to the screenings.


Magnificent posters from the era, by Vicente & Antonio Larrea, Waldo
Gonzalez and friends will be exhibited in our screening room



Saturday 1st November 2008

1200hrs warm welcome


1300hrs documentary screening
Salvador Allende dir Patricio Guzman
Narrated by Patricio Guzman (a filmmaker who has documented Chile's
recent history in depth), it focuses on Salvador Allende: a man
atypical, revolutionary and fanatic of democracy to the point of
suicide
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 40min



1500hrs film screening
Machuca dir Andres Wood
The film follows the unexpected friendship of two young boys during
the years of Allende's government in Chile
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 42min


1700hrs documentary screening
La Ciudad de Los Fotografos (The City of Photographers) dir Sebastian Moreno
The story of those photographers who recorded imagery - against all
odds –of the 17 years of dictatorship in Chile
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 20min


1830hrs film screening
Black Pimpernel dir Asa Faringer & Ulf Hultberg
Story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Herald Edelstam - and his
heroic actions to protect people from execution during and after the
military coup in September 11th 1973 in Chile
English Language
Duration: 1hr 35min


Special guest, open conversation


2045hrs film screening
Fiesta Patria dir Luis R Vera
On National Day in September, the families of Alvaro and Macarena get
together in a country house in Chile. Time to understand differences,
family political views & impossible reparation
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 22min


Sunday 2nd November 2008


1230hrs film screening
Machuca dir Andres Wood
The film follows the unexpected friendship of two young boys during
the years of Allende's government in Chile
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 42min


Special guest Sarah Boston will be available for conversation before
screening to follow


1445hrs documentary screening
Cruel Separation dir Sarah Boston
Narrated by Donald Sutherland, it relates the story of General
Pinochet's American backed military coup in Chile in 1973 from the
point of view of four emblematic widows who lived through it
English Language & occasional English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 20min



1630hrs documentary screening
Reinalda del Carmen, Mi Mama y Yo (Reinalda del Carmen, my mother & me)
dir Lorena Giachino
A young woman looks for disappeared friend of her mother's, struggling
through both legal and psychological obstacles
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 25min



1800hrs film screening
Missing dir Costa-Gavras
This political thriller about the disappearance of a young American
writer and filmmaker, Charles Horman, during a military coup in South
America, confronts their protagonists with lies and false hopes
English Language
Duration: 1hr 57min



2030hrs documentary screening
Salvador Allende dir Patricio Guzman
Narrated by Patricio Guzman (a filmmaker who has documented Chile's
recent history in depth), it focuses on Salvador Allende: a man
atypical, revolutionary and fanatic of democracy to the point of
suicide
Spanish Language & English Subtitles
Duration: 1hr 40min



2210hrs repeat screening if/where requested by popular demand


This event is unique, be our special guest

Sponsors include:
Latin American House, London
The Victor Jara Foundation

Entry price/contribution per film: yes please, as much as you can or
think appropriate
All proceeds go to the Latin American House Cultural Fund

www.casalatina.org.uk