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Things That Matter To…Albert Quesada
Albert Quesada is a Spanish dancer and choreographer who trained in Amsterdam and Brussels (PARTS) after studying philosophy in Barcelona. Quesada is known for translating musical structures into choreography and inviting the…
Colour Conscience
Carlos Jacanamijoy is a Colombian artist from the town of Santiago, Putumayo. A well known figure in contemporary Colombian art, at 50-years of age, he has just exhibited his first ever show in London at The Sandra Higgins Art…
The Isolation Film List
You may have missed them first time around in the cinema, but here’s ten relatively recent Latin-American films available online to watch in isolation – you won’t be disappointed!
London's Latin Culture Under Threat
Stefanie Alvarez, who grew up amidst the bustling 'Pueblito Paisa' market, where her mother works, in Seven Sisters, is set on defending the much-loved north London Latin hub from the designs of property developers who…
Only Room for One Latin Diva?
Ever since Yanet Fuentes, the only Latin American ever to grace the UK’s prime-time talent shows, left the BBC’s 'So You Think You Can Dance', the blogosphere has been awash with outrage at judge Sisco Gomez's…
Magical Martel
Back in 2001, La Cienaga (The Swamp), the first feature film by a 35-year-old Lucrecia Martel, had a profound effect on the film world, earning fans such as Pedro Almadover and launching the young Argentine as a major world class…
DISOBEDIENCE (2018) Forbidden love is never easy, let alone in a closed religious community.
When photographer Ronit Krushka returns from New York to London after many years, for her father’s funeral, a forbidden love that had been the cause of her departure is re-ignited with powerful consequences.
A Little Private Heaven?
Is film the last refuge of poetry? Or a refuge of dreams? At the BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Corina J. Poore talks to Brazilian film maker Guto Parente, director of Inferninho (My Private Hell, 2018), about his film…
It Is Not The Virus
Mabel Encinas is a Mexican artist and poet based in London, member of the Hispano-American Women Writers on Memory, who is also a senior lecturer in higher education in the UK. Writing and art has allowed her to process her…
PORTO (Dir. Gabe Klinger)
Presenting his debut fiction feature at the London Film festival this week, Brazilian/American Director Gabe Klinger talks about the film's central themes around the intense experience one can have with a stranger and…
‘The Silence of my Hands’ (2024) by Mexican documentary film maker Manuel Acuña.
Screening at the 2025 BFI Flare LGBTQAI+ Film Festival, ‘The Silence of my Hands’ follows the travails of two deaf Mexican women who struggle to keep their relationship alive despite separations, the short spells when they are…
Seeing Latin America
Passionate about promoting Latin American Art, independent art advisor and curator Sandra Higgins opened her own gallery to do it. Latinolife went to talk to a woman on a mission.
Hugo Brazão- The VIA Arts Prize winner 2018–Madeiran zing shines in London
Out of 200 entries, the talented Madeiran artist HUGO BRAZÃO has won the 2018 VIA Arts Prize (Visual Ibero-American Arts) with Graham Guy-Robinson as runner up. The 30 finalist’s works are now on show in the stunning ‘Sala Brasil…
LATIN LONDONER #53 - Jimena Larraguivel, Actor, Writer
Mexican actor Jimena Larraguivel has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company twice - first in 2018, in a musically devised piece about the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, and then again in 2023 in the UK tour of…
SURVIVE - SOBREVIVIR
Denisse Vargas -Bolaños is a Bolivian poet and writer. She is a member of the feminist literary collective Las Juanas and SLAP (Spanish and Latin American Poets and Writers). She was also part of the Invisible Presence Project.…
‘Sully Night’ at the DARC Collective
‘Drawing is metaphysical striptease’ says Chilean artist Pato Bosich, one of three artists including Raul Pina Pérez and Jorge Rojas Goldsack, exploring the practice and experience of “Drawing.”
Río Turbio: women marginalised by the mine
Filmmaker and archivist Tatiana Mazú González sheds light on the role of women in the Río Turbio miner’s struggle
THE ROAD TO PATAGONIA Dir. Matty Hannon
This is a document of 16 years of ecologist Matty Hannon’s life, as he follows his dream to travel and be at one with nature, while falling in love and surfing some of the wildest waves on the planet travelling down America'…
Historias de Lavapies (2014) Dir. Ramon Luque
Historias de Lavapiés is Ramón Luque’s third release which opened this year’s London Spanish Film Festival. It is a truthful, beautiful snapshot into Spain’s multicultural society and continuing economic difficulty. Few films…
‘WE MUST THROW THE COWS DOWN THE RAVINE’ Dir Orlando Arocha
The Teatro Cervantes is opening up to international artists and playwrights and attracting more interesting talent every year. This year ‘La Caja de Fósforos’ Theatre group from Venezuela brings us the moving play: “We must Throw…
Joining the Dots (Dir. Pablo Romero-Fresco)
Joining the Dots (2012) tells the story of Trevor, who lost his sight at the age of 60. Following a period of depression, he found his way out with the help of audiodescription, which also enabled him to rekindle his passion for…
Chasing Butterflies
Victoria Kellaway visits the birthplace of Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize winner, pioneer of Magical Realism and Colombia’s most famous writer.
WHERE TO PARTY - The Ultimate Guide to Cocktails and Dancing
There's nothing quite like a Latin party, with rhythms flowing and ladies glowing. But where can you find the Real Latin Thing? Here’s our definitive directory of London’s best Latin drinks and club nights.
Hecho a Mano: A Celebration of Textiles
Spanning across three quarters of a century and eight countries, Hecho a Mano at Cecilia Brunson Projects celebrates, commemorates and interrogates the past and present of textiles as a creative medium.
ROJO (2018) Dir Benjamin Naishtat
“Sometime people participate by taking action but sometimes they act through omission.” Set in Argentina during the 1970s and early 1980s, this psychological thriller questions another dark side of the period of military…
MAKING MAGIC: The Latina Filmmakers Making Audiences Cry and Imaginations Fly
There are more Latina directors and producers on the international film circuit than ever before. Having to break conventions and funding barriers, they are forced to be pioneers as well as creative sparks to astonishing results…
MECKY CREUS: DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR 'MAÑANA FUE BONITO'
Karol G’s brand-new documentary ‘Mañana Fue Bonito’ has landed on Netflix and shows viewers what it's like to balance life as one of the world's biggest reggaeton stars while on a sold-out stadium tour. Director of…
The Golden Dream 2014 Dir: Diego Quemada-Díez
Gripping and aesthetically beautiful, but always honest and uncompromising – The Golden Dream is an unusual and impactful depiction of US immigration. Starring: Karen Martínez, Brandon López, Carlos Chajon, Rodolfo Domínguez
Futuro Beach (2014) Dir. Karim Aïnouz
Shot in 2012 in Brazil and Germany, Futuro Beach touches on the themes of expatriation, nostalgia and family links. Its contemplative tone offers an impactful and realistic sense of time passing by. Futuro Beach is now out on DVD.
'JULIETA' (Dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Almodovar's ‘Julieta’ marks a change in the iconic director’s well-known style
'City of a Thousand Trades', 'Imminent' and the 'Chacona'
Consisting of a 3 piece performance, including the works 'City of a Thousand Trades', 'Imminent', and the 'Chacona', a new piece curated by Carlos Acosta, this enjoyable and thought-provoking triple…
PATIENT ( Paciente) DIR Jorge Cabellero
Patient, which had its British Premiere in the ‘Debate’ section of the 60th London Film festival, is a sensitive and deeply moving documentary by Colombian director Jorge Caballero. The film takes us on a journey as we accompany…
"The Gallery Will Be Fumigated of Art"
Finally getting a well-merited solo show at the prestigious Richard Saltoun Gallery in Dover St., Paolo Bruscky, one of Brazil’s most important and influential contemporary artists, talks to Corina J Poore about his challenging…
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