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SUMMARY:El ojo y el muro (Guatemala) — LAFF Gold Coast 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:EL OJO Y EL MURO (The Eye and the Wall) — Guatemala\nDescription\n    Set in a city split by control and fear\, El ojo y el muro follows lives lived in the shadow of a dividing\n    wall\, where love\, memory and resistance collide. With tense\, character-driven storytelling and atmospheric imagery\,\n    the film asks what it means to protect one’s own while confronting the borders—visible and invisible—that shape\n    everyday life.\n   \nTrailer\n   \n\n    \n  \n\n    If the video doesn’t display\, watch the trailer on YouTube.\n   \nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Wednesday 12 November 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\n\n\nPresented with the support of\n\n      \n      \n    \n \nAbout LAFF Gold Coast\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane and the Gold Coast\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/el-ojo-y-el-muro-guatemala-laff-gold-coast-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\, Gold Coast\, QLD\, 4215\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251112T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251112T183000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20251029T112059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T092156Z
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SUMMARY:Wild El Salvador (El Salvador Indomable) — LAFF Gold Coast 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:WILD EL SALVADOR (El Salvador Indomable) — El Salvador\nDescription\nA vivid\, big-screen portrait of El Salvador — its people\, coastlines and volcanic heart — told through contemporary\nvoices and striking cinematography. Wild El Salvador (El Salvador Indomable) celebrates resilience\, heritage\nand the everyday creativity of communities across the country. \nTrailer\n\nIf the video doesn’t display\, watch the trailer on YouTube. \nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Wednesday 12 November 2025\, 5:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\n\n\nPresented with the support of\n\n\n\nAbout LAFF Gold Coast\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane and the Gold Coast\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/wild-el-salvador-el-salvador-indomable-laff-gold-coast-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\, Gold Coast\, QLD\, 4215\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251111T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251111T000000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
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SUMMARY:El edificio de los chilenos (Chile) — LAFF Gold Coast 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:EL EDIFICIO DE LOS CHILENOS (The Chilean Building) — Chile\nDescription\nA deeply personal and resonant documentary that revisits the children of Chilean militants raised collectively\nduring the dictatorship. Through memory\, testimony and intimate archives\, El edificio de los chilenos\nexplores how a political project reshaped childhood\, family and identity — and what those choices mean decades on. \nTrailer\n \n\nIf the video doesn’t display\, we’ll add a direct link to the official trailer once confirmed. \nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Friday 21 November 2025\, 7:00 pm (AEST)\nVenue: Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\n\n\nPresented with the support of\n\n\n\nAbout LAFF Gold Coast\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane and the Gold Coast\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/el-edificio-de-los-chilenos-chile-laff-gold-coast-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:Gold Coast Student Hub\, 43 Nerang St\, Southport QLD 4215\, Gold Coast\, QLD\, 4215\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251106T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250917T121555Z
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SUMMARY:REINAS (Peru) — Closing Night | LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:REINAS (Queens) — Peru (Closing Night)\nDescription\nLima\, 1992. Amid a city bracing for uncertainty\, two sisters navigate the last glow of childhood as their family prepares\nto leave Peru. A long-absent father reappears and old wounds rise to the surface\, complicating their tender farewell to\nhome\, friends and the streets they know by heart. Reinas is a luminous coming-of-age drama about the ache of\ndeparture and the fragile ties that keep families together. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Thursday 6 November 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: University of Queensland – St Lucia\, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre (Building 23)\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Peru (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Peruvian cultural entrepreneurs before the film
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/reinas-peru-closing-night-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:University of Queensland – St Lucia\, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre (Building 23)\, University of Queensland – St Lucia\, Abel Smith Lecture Theatre (Building 23)\,Campbell Rd\, St Lucia QLD 4067\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4067\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251025T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251025T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
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SUMMARY:El edificio de los chilenos (Chile) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:EL EDIFICIO DE LOS CHILENOS (The Chilean Building) — Chile\nDescription\nLate in the 1970s\, as members of Chile’s MIR returned from European exile to resist the dictatorship—some openly\,\nothers underground—their children could not follow. From this painful dilemma emerged the Proyecto Hogares:\na communal home where around sixty children were raised by twenty “social parents”. Blending first-person testimony\,\narchival images and delicate animation\, El edificio de los chilenos recounts a chapter of collective care\,\npolitical conviction and the complex legacies carried by those who grew up in its embrace. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Saturday 25 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, Griffith University – South Bank Campus\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Chile (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Chilean cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/el-edificio-de-los-chilenos-chile-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane QLD 4101\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251025T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251025T170000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250908T121152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T121152Z
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SUMMARY:BECHO (Uruguay) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:BECHO — Uruguay\nDescription\nA musical\, family-friendly animated fantasy inspired by the legend surrounding Gerardo Matos Rodríguez’s tango\nclassic “La Cumparsita”. Becho weaves music\, imagination and Montevideo’s urban magic into a playful tale\nabout creativity\, identity and the living pulse of a city’s cultural heritage. Brimming with colour and curiosity\,\nit celebrates how art travels across generations—turning small acts of wonder into something truly extraordinary. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Saturday 25 October 2025\, 3:00 pm (AEST)\nVenue: QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, Griffith University – South Bank Campus\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Uruguay (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Uruguayan cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/becho-uruguay-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane QLD 4101\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251018T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251018T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250908T120839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T120839Z
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SUMMARY:GOYO (Argentina) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:GOYO — Argentina\nDescription\nGoyo is a gentle\, meticulous museum guide whose life runs on carefully kept routines—until a new security guard\nturns his world delightfully upside down. Set against galleries and city streets\, the film follows a tender romance\nfrom the perspective of an autistic protagonist\, treating his sensory world with warmth\, humour and respect.\nWith luminous performances and a disarmingly light touch\, Goyo celebrates difference\, the power of chosen\nfamily and the courage it takes to let love in—no matter how late it arrives. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Saturday 18 October 2025\, 5:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, Griffith University – South Bank Campus\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Argentina (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Argentine cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/goyo-argentina-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane QLD 4101\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251018T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251018T180000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250908T120550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T120550Z
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SUMMARY:UMA & HAGGEN: MITOS (México) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:UMA & HAGGEN: MITOS — Mexico\nDescription\nA spirited animated adventure where worlds collide: Uma\, a fearless Mesoamerican princess\, and Haggen\, a bold Viking boy\,\nmust join forces to restore balance to their realms. Uma & Haggen: Mitos blends myth and mischief as the duo\nnavigate enchanted forests\, ancient riddles and larger-than-life creatures drawn from pre-Hispanic lore and Norse legend.\nLively\, funny and full of heart\, it’s a family-friendly quest about friendship\, courage and finding common ground across cultures. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Saturday 18 October 2025\, 3:00 pm (AEST)\nVenue: QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, Griffith University – South Bank Campus\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Mexico (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Mexican cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/uma-haggen-mitos-mexico-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:QCA Lecture Theatre & Gallery S05_2.04\, 226 Grey St\, South Brisbane QLD 4101\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251010T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250908T120155Z
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SUMMARY:Los Reyes del Mundo (Colombia) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:LOS REYES DEL MUNDO (The Kings of the World) — Colombia\nDescription\nFive friends from the streets of Medellín set out on a reckless\, luminous road trip to reclaim a small piece of land promised\nafter the peace accords—an inheritance of dignity as much as property. Their journey\, by turns feral and tender\, slips between\nthe grit of survival and the dream of belonging\, charting loyalties forged in hardship and a fragile faith that the world can be remade.\nWinner of the Golden Shell at San Sebastián\, Los Reyes del Mundo is a visceral\, poetic odyssey about friendship\, freedom\nand the haunting cost of violence—told with raw beauty and an eye for the surreal. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Friday 10 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Colombia (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Colombian cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/los-reyes-del-mundo-colombia-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251009T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
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SUMMARY:El Ojo y el Muro (Guatemala) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:EL OJO Y EL MURO (The Eye and the Wall) — Guatemala\nDescription\nIn a near-future Latin American city cut in two by a towering wall\, a young medic risks everything to smuggle\nsupplies to those trapped on the other side. El Ojo y el Muro blends dystopian tension with a deeply human\ndrama about solidarity under surveillance\, the quiet courage of community care\, and the cost of crossing lines—literal and moral.\nCool\, moody visuals and a pulsing sense of place build a world that feels unsettlingly close to our own\, while\nthe film’s beating heart remains with those who choose to help\, even when no-one is watching. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Thursday 9 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Guatemala (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Guatemalan cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/el-ojo-y-el-muro-guatemala-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251008T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
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SUMMARY:APEGO (Costa Rica) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:APEGO — Costa Rica\nDescription\nAna\, a Chilean-born architect raised in exile in Costa Rica\, is pulled between motherhood\, work and the possibility of another uprooting.\nAs a tempting career opportunity collides with family strains and unresolved memories\, Apego traces the quiet negotiations\nof love\, identity and belonging. Intimate and deeply humane\, it asks what we carry when we leave—and what\, despite ourselves\, we cannot. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Wednesday 8 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Costa Rica (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Costa Rican cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout LAFF Brisbane\nThe Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA\nIn Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/apego-costa-rica-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251002T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250908T121840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T121748Z
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SUMMARY:EL MAYOR (Cuba) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:EL MAYOR — Cuba\nDescription\nAn epic historical drama charting the life of Cuban independence hero Ignacio Agramonte. From idealistic young lawyer\nto revered military leader\, El Mayor follows his rise during the Ten Years’ War and his enduring love story\nwith Amalia Simoni. Sweeping battlefield sequences and elegant period detail explore sacrifice\, honour and the cost\nof imagining a nation into being. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Thursday 2 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Cuba (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Cuban cultural entrepreneurs before the film
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/el-mayor-cuba-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251001T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20251001T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250904T105004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T195653Z
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SUMMARY:CHUZALONGO (Ecuador) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:CHUZALONGO — Ecuador\nDescription\nA gothic Andean fable inspired by local legend\, Chuzalongo unfurls in the eerie beauty of the Ecuadorian highlands.\nWhen disturbing events plague a remote hacienda\, folklore and reality blur\, stirring a creeping dread that touches\non family guilt\, colonial echoes and the spirits that haunt the land. With its striking landscapes and slow-burn tension\,\nthe film combines myth and suspense to offer a singular vision of Andean horror. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Wednesday 1 October 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event – registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish (with possible Andean dialects)  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Ecuador (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Ecuadorian cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout the organisers\nAbout LAFF Brisbane. The Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA . In Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/chuzalongo-ecuador-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250926T210000
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SUMMARY:Opening Night – El Salvador Indomable — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:Opening Night — EL SALVADOR INDOMABLE (Untamed El Salvador) — El Salvador\nDescription\nFrom misty cloud forests to lava-scarred volcanoes and the teeming Pacific coast\, this sweeping documentary\nguided by wildlife presenter Nigel Marven reveals a side of El Salvador rarely seen on screen.\nDazzling close encounters with hawks\, iguanas and sea turtles sit alongside a broader story of conservation\,\ncommunity stewardship and the fragile balance between people and nature. A spectacular\, family-friendly\nintroduction to the festival — and a stirring reminder of Central America’s biodiversity and resilience. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Friday 26 September 2025 — Opening ceremony 6:30 pm; Film 7:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event — registration essential\nLanguage: English narration  |  Subtitles: English (where applicable)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of El Salvador (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Salvadoran cultural entrepreneurs as part of the Opening Night\n\n\n \nAbout the organisers\nAbout LAFF Brisbane. The Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA. In Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/opening-night-el-salvador-indomable-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250923T183000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
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SUMMARY:MALU (Brasil) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:MALU — Brazil\nDescription\nSet in 1990s Rio\, Malu paints a fearless portrait of three generations of women navigating a city – and a family – in transition.\nMalu\, a once-celebrated actress\, faces unemployment and stalled dreams while reckoning with a combustible relationship with her\ntraditional mother and the growing distance from her teenage daughter. With raw honesty and flashes of dark humour\, the film\ncaptures the push-and-pull between independence and belonging\, the weight of expectation\, and the fragile hope that bridges mothers and daughters. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Tuesday 23 September 2025\, 6:30 pm (AEST)\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event – registration essential\nLanguage: Portuguese  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nScreening format: Digital file provided by the Embassy of Brazil (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Brazilian cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout the organisers\nAbout LAFF Brisbane. The Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA. In Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/malu-brasil-laff-brisbane-2025-free-screening/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250922T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260609T084307
CREATED:20250904T080213Z
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SUMMARY:SALSIPUEDES (Panamá) — LAFF Brisbane 2025 | Free screening
DESCRIPTION:SALSIPUEDES — Panamá\nDescription\nA young man returns to a tough Panama City barrio after years abroad and must confront the legacy of his imprisoned\, ex-boxer father.\nGritty yet deeply humane\, Salsipuedes is a street-level drama about family ties\, loyalty and second chances.\nFor Brisbane audiences it offers a vivid slice of contemporary Panama—its rhythms\, resilience and complex bonds. \nTrailer\n\nScreening details\n\nDate & time: Monday 22 September 2025\, 6:30 pm\nVenue: The Precinct – Stair Stadium\, 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\nTickets: Free event – registration essential\nLanguage: Spanish  |  Subtitles: English (all films subtitled)\nFormat: Digital screening file provided by the Embassy of Panama (public screening rights cleared)\nCultural showcase: Short live performance by local Panamanian cultural entrepreneurs before the film\n\n\n \nAbout the organisers\nAbout LAFF Brisbane. The Latin American Film Festival is a nationwide\, embassy-led\, not-for-profit season presenting free\, subtitled films from across Latin America. \nAbout LACA. In Brisbane\, the festival is coordinated by LACA Inc with the support of partner embassies and community organisations\, highlighting culture\, creativity and entrepreneurship.
URL:https://lacaqld.org.au/event/laff-salsipuedes-sal-si-puedes/
LOCATION:The Precinct\, Level 1\, 2\, and 3 315 Brunswick Street\, Fortitude Valley\, Brisbane\, QLD\, 4006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Film Festival
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