Latin Beat Film Festival 2009

September 17, 2009

Latin Beat Film Festival 2009

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 In the five years since its launch, Japan’s only event dedicated to Spanish and Latin American film has seen its audience grow from under 1,000 to the over 10,000 people expected this year. Produced by Alberto Calero Lugo, this year’s festival takes in films about “love and passion, […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009

<img src="https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/808-AG-estomago_alberto.jpg" alt="Estómago (dir. Marcos Jorge, 2007)” width=”310″ height=”205″ class=”size-full wp-image-646″ />

Estómago (dir. Marcos Jorge, 2007)


<img src="https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/camino_alberto.jpg" alt="Camino (dir. Javier Fesser, 2008)” width=”310″ height=”205″ class=”size-full wp-image-647″ />

Camino (dir. Javier Fesser, 2008)


<img src="https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/El-niño-pez.jpg" alt="El Niño Pez (dir. Lucía Puenzo, 2009)” width=”310″ height=”205″ class=”size-full wp-image-650″ />

El Niño Pez (dir. Lucía Puenzo, 2009)


In the five years since its launch, Japan’s only event dedicated to Spanish and Latin American film has seen its audience grow from under 1,000 to the over 10,000 people expected this year. Produced by Alberto Calero Lugo, this year’s festival takes in films about “love and passion, youth, oppression and resistance, and social problems.” Among the movies making their Japan debut is Mexican director Roberto Sneider’s acclaimed Arrancame La Vida (“Tear This Heart Out”), a story of women’s liberation set amid the political turmoil of ’30s Mexico.

Latin Beat Film Festival
Screenings of films from Cuba, Spain, Mexico and other Latin countries, all with English subtitles. Until Sep 23, Shinjuku Wald 9 Theater. Nearest stn: Shinjuku-Sanchome. www.hispanicbeatfilmfestival.com