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Industry Series Panels · aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival
Industry Series — 2014
Demystifying Media Arts
Sat, April 5th · 11:00am – 2:00pm
Creative Blueprint Gallery · By Donation
Industry Series — 2014
Giving Life to Your Short Film: from financing to distribution
Sun, April 6th · 11:30am – 2:00pm
Creative Blueprint Gallery · $15
Industry Series Panels
20 YEARS IN THE MAKING: INDEPENDENT LATIN CANADIAN CINEMA
Discussion Panel
June 2 · 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St, Toronto, ON M6J 2N8
"To be Latino is thus somewhat like directing a loquacious orchestra without a score, to undergo a seemingly endless negotiation of identity and difference from both inside and outside a multifaceted prism, and to be involved in a constant search for an inter- and intra-community common ground." — Elena Feder The issues and ideas discussed at the panel will cover all aspects of the diasporic experience of the Americas; Echoing the film screenings in which Latin filmmakers' works exhibit different foci and degrees of concern with border-crossing issues and post-national diasporic identity formations. In reflecting on the history of Latin Canadian filmmaking, the panel aims to conceptualize what evolutionary framework is needed to support independent Latino-Canadian filmmakers in the future. The on-going need for spaces for culturally specific media arts exhibition and the relevance of such spaces to future generations of independent Latino-Canadian filmmakers is being questioned, and it is this questioning that serves as the starting point for the panelists' discussion. Panelists include notable Latino-Canadian media artists and programmers such as Ricardo Acosta, Eva-Lynn Jagoe, Jorge Lozano, Alejandro Ronceria and Sinara Rozo. With this special program we aim to showcase the achievements and talent of our filmmakers and their integral role in the artistic identity of the Canadian cultural panorama.
Industry Series Panels
HONOURING LATINX VISIONARIES IN CANADA — 2022
Panel Discussion
Friday, June 17th · 5:00 PM
The St. Lawrence Market Kitchen
Ages 12+
AluCinArte honours remarkable Latinx visionaries who have made significant contributions to the Canadian cultural sector. Their dedication has opened doors for diverse artists and forever changed the Canadian art landscape. This panel includes remarkable individuals whose lifetime of work, passion and determination has significantly contributed to increasing diversity in Canada's media art industry.
Industry Series Panels
CANADIAN / LATIN AMERICAN FILM CO-PRODUCTIONS 2022
Saturday, April 4th · 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Beaver Hall Gallery
Brunch Included: PWYC • $10 Suggested donation
Canada is considered one of the most proficient co-production partners, holding co-production treaties with over 55 countries, 13 in Latin America. In the past edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, Canada brought a delegation of 12 producers with the purpose of securing partnerships with Latin American directors, producers and production companies, demonstrating Canada's ongoing goal of partnering with the fastest growing national cinemas globally. As part of aluCine's mandate, and in celebration of its 15th anniversary, we are hosting a co-production panel that will introduce local filmmakers to how co-production treaties work and how to better use their resources. With a selection of guests from all sectors of the industry we hope to give participants an overview of the requisites and steps to follow for a successful co-production endeavour. We will also explore the importance of co-production markets and how projects are sold in those instances. We will have a light Latin inspired brunch provided by Mango Pinton before the panel discussion is to commence in the Beaver Hall Gallery.
Panelists
Yanik Létourneau
CEO Peripheria Productions
Yanick Létourneau is the owner and cofounder of Peripheria, a production company founded 15 years ago with a mission to produce director driven stories. He is currently producing Juan Andres Arango's upcoming feature "X Quinientos" in coproduction with Septima Films (Colombia), Machete (Mexico) and Memento Films (France) to be shot this summer; "The Tides", a collaborative coming of age feature from 5 emerging filmmakers currently in post production; Erik Cimon's feature documentary "MTL New Wave"; Zayne Akyol's "Gulistan: Land of Roses", a theatrical documentary in coproduction with the NFB and MitosFilm in Germany; Sophie Fortier's "Exil au Far West" and David Bitton's "Chessboxing: The King's Discipline". He is packaging Lula Ismail's "Dhalinyaro" (Youth), a feature in coproduction with Gilles Sandoz (France) and developing new projects such as "Passover", Daniel Schachter's first feature, as well as Hu Wei's next short, "Aurora", in coproduction with Ama (France), who's previous short "Butter Lamp" was nominated for an Oscar in 2015.
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Award-Winning Documentary Film Producer
Lisa Valencia-Svensson is an award-winning documentary film producer based in Toronto who has been involved in the industry for over a decade. Her first feature length documentary was Herman's House, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary. Herman's House was broadcast on the PBS documentary series POV and on documentary channels in Canada. She associate produced several films, including The World Before Her, which have garnered Emmy nominations and Canadian Screen Awards, have been broadcast internationally, and been screened and won awards at festivals including TIFF, Tribeca, Hot Docs and IDFA. Her passion is for film projects which explore issues of inequality and social justice, and which encourage audiences to view their world through a constructively critical and creatively unique lens.
William Barron
Deputy Director of Business Affairs and Certification – English Market, Telefilm Canada
William Barron is currently Telefilm's Deputy Director, Business Affairs – English Market where he oversees a team that receives, analyzes and contracts feature film production and post-production projects, in addition to fielding marketing applications for both Canadian release and for international festivals. Originally from Toronto, William grew up in Victoria B.C. and attended Camosun College before joining Ralph C. Ellis Enterprises where he rose to Sales Manager, representing such prestigious companies as Granada, ITEL, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire Television and documentary host/producer Ted Koppel. In 1992 he moved to Paragon International where he worked with Ismé Bennie and Kirstine Stewart, representing a diverse catalogue of programming. William joined Telefilm in 1995 and was later based in Vancouver, where he worked in all sectors of Telefilm's investment portfolio. He returned in 2006 to Toronto to accept the position of Deputy Director, Television – English Market before taking on his current role for feature films.
Industry Series Panels
FIFTEEN YEARS OF "LATINIDAD" IN CANADIAN MEDIA ARTS
Sunday, April 5th · 15:00 pm
Beaver Hall Gallery · 29 McCaul Street · FREE
As part of our 15th anniversary we will reflect more deeply on the origins and impact not only of our own local media artists productions, but also of the entire Latin Canadian film production from the past 15 years. The panel will cover topics that reflect on the last 15 years of independent media arts production by Latin Canadian artists, and will also consider the contexts for the future. In reflecting on this filmmaking/media arts history, the panel also aims to consider the framework evolution that will be needed to support Latin Canadian independent filmmaking into the future. The issue of the ongoing need for spaces for culturally specific media arts exhibition and their relevance to future generations of independent filmmakers is being explored, and this question will serve as the starting point for the discussion on this panel. Co-presented by: aluCine Latin Film+Media Arts Festival
Panelists
Jorge Lozano
Jorge Lozano has been working as a film and video artist for the last 20 years and has achieved national and international recognition. His fiction films have been exhibited at the Toronto Film Festival and at the Sundance Film Festival amongst others. His experimental work has been exhibited at many international festivals and galleries. He has expanded his practice to the organization of many cultural and art events, the creation of aluCine, Toronto Latin Media Festival and facilitating self-representations video workshops for marginalized Latin and non-Latin youth in Canada since 1991, Venezuela 2005 and Colombia 2005-2009.
Maria Coates
Maria Alejandrina Coates is a Uruguayan born, Toronto based curator and writer whose interests include art practices grounded in feminist, social, and decolonial frameworks. She is co-founder of SOS curatorial collective and Curator at e-fagia visual and media arts organization. Maria received a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia and a Masters degree in Art History and Curatorial Studies from York University. She maintains an active research and curatorial practice and currently serves as a board member for Gendai Gallery in Toronto, ON.
Julieta Maria
Julieta Maria is a Toronto based new media artist with an MFA from York University. She works with a variety of media, including video, interactive video installations and web. She has participated in several international screenings and exhibitions, including Scope Basel in Switzerland in 2010, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics in Colombia in 2009, and the Interactiva Biennale in Mexico 2009, among others. During the past few years, Julieta has worked in the field of media arts as a facilitator, teaching workshops in video production, video editing, website development and digital story telling. She has also co-curated several Internet and media exhibitions. She is a co-founder of e-Fagia Visual and Media Art Organization in Toronto, where she is currently acting as the executive director.
Industry Series Panels
CURATING AND CREATING IN THE DIASPORA
Friday, April 3rd · 15:30
Beaver Hall Gallery · 29 McCaul Street · FREE
Artists & Curator's Talk
Artists: Gabriela Golder, Ximena Cuevas, SoJin Chun, Nelly César Marín, Christian Jankowski Curators: Maria Alejandrina Coates, Zaira Zarza and Sinara Rozo Moderated by: Sinara Rozo The participating artists bring new and recent works to an ongoing and important conversation in modern and contemporary art. Since Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Aesthetic Judgement," art has historically been associated with the purpose of evoking subjectivity and emotion. The type of emotion and the purpose of that emotion is a fraught terrain for contemporary art making. This exhibition will situate the discussion in the genre of media arts, as well as through perspectives of artists from developing countries and the global south (particularly Latin America and its diaspora).
Panelists
Zaira Zarza
Guest Curator
Zaira Zarza is a Doctoral Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen's University. She obtained a Bachelor and a Master degree in Art History at the University of Havana. She worked for several years in the Social Research Department of the Cuban Film Institute, was a monthly columnist in Cartelera de Cine y Video, edited the digital journal of the Latin American Film Foundation and hosted a section on film criticism in the TV show Nuevos Aires. She also worked as assistant curator at the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba. Ediciones ICAIC published her book "Caminos del cine brasileño contemporáneo en 2010". Her current research focuses on post-2000 Cuban diasporic cinemas.
