2024 Hispanic Film Festival begins Oct. 30
Augustana College will sponsor its 28th annual Hispanic Film Festival on Wednesdays, Oct. 30-Nov. 20.
All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102. Films are free and open to the public. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
Oct. 30: "Problemista" ("Problem-Taker")
Director: Julio Torres
Year: 2023
Genre: Comedy-drama
Runtime: 1h 44min
Rating: R
Plot summary: Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York. As time runs out on his work visa, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country.
Nov. 6: "El lugar de la otra" ("In her place")
Director: Maite Alberdi
Year: 2024
Genre: Comedy-drama-history
Runtime: 1h 29min
Rating: PG-13
Chilean Oscar submission
Plot summary: Based on a real murder in Chile in the 1950s, this fictional story of obsession has glamour and style. it is the case of María Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover, captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused.
Nov. 13: "Medianeras" ("Sidewalls")
Director: Gustavo Taretto
Year: 2011
Genre: Comedy-romance
Runtime: 1h 35min
Rating: PG-13
Best Film - Latin Film Competition
Plot summary: "Medianeras" is the story of Mariana, Martín and the city. Martín and Mariana live on the same block, in opposite buildings. But they don’t manage to meet each other. They cross each other, not knowing about the other’s existence.
Nov. 20: "La sociedad de la nieve" ("Society of the snow")
Director: J.A Bayona
Year: 2023
Genre: Adventure-thriller
Runtime: 2h 24min
Rating: R
Academy Award nominated; Golden Globe nominated
Plot summary: In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to resort to extreme measures to stay alive. A film that captures the resilience of the human spirit.