​Latin Canadian New Works

For the second installment of aluCine's “Latin Canadian New Works” series, the program features five new films from contemporary Latino-Canadian filmmakers. This lineup brings together an array of creative minds and groundbreaking films, featuring stories of bravery, resistance, and the power of art. Perfect for film enthusiasts looking to see what is fresh in Latin-Canadian independent cinema from the past year. In this program, a variety of genres and styles are explored - there is a little bit of everything to enjoy and discover.

Curated by: Sinara Rozo

Sinara Rozo is a Toronto based arts administrator, curator, and educator. Asco-founder of the annual aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival, she has over 20 years of experience in artist-run environments, including work in managerial roles. She has played a pivotal role in addressing the gap in representation of the Latin-American media arts in North America through her work as a founder of the first Latin-American film festival of Canada, the Latin American Artists Network (LAAN), and as a long-serving board member for various artist-run centres in her community.

Her curatorial work has been featured at several festivals in Mexico, Peru, Hungary, USA, Colombia, Brazil, Germany and Canada. In addition, she is a programming consultant for the Ontario Latin Arts Festival and Pan-American Food in Toronto, ON, for Intercontinental Indigenous Art Biennale, and for the Festival Mundial de Cine Extremo de Veracruz, Mexico, FMCEX.