aluCine celebrates the launch of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month with the 14th Annual aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival, taking place in Toronto for 10 days, from from April 3 to12, 2014. Award-winning Mexican Director, Roberto Fiesco will kick off the festival with his critically acclaimed film, DISRUPTED, which has been celebrated at various international festivals including Raindance Film Festival (Best Documentary), Guadalajara International Film Festival (Best Film) and Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián (Sebastian Award).
DISRUPTED, is the memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies, and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transsexual some years ago, and now calls herself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.
The festival will also feature gallery installations, short and feature film programs, performances, artists’ talks, panel discussions and workshops. aluCine is a Latin, Canadian and International festival showcasing the world’s best in short film, video and media art with a strong focus on works made by Latino/a artists living in Canada and abroad.
