This year’s edition of our annual LACIS Festival de Cine splits a spotlight on South and Central American cinema between restorations of black-and-white classics and the first area screenings of two exciting new features. The selections begin with Emilio Fernández’ revelatory musical melodrama, Victims of Sin, and the second program is a double feature of Argentine films noir from the late 1940s and early 1950s: If I Should Die Before I Wake and Hardly a Criminal. Our Premiere selections are the Brazilian Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s marvelous essay movie about Recife’s movie theaters, and, from Argentina and Chile, The Settlers.
VICTIMS OF SIN / VICTIMAS DEL PECADO | Mexico | 1951 | Friday, February 9th @ 7:00 pm
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE / SI MUERO ANTES DE DESPERTAR | Argentina | 1952 | Friday, February 16th @ 6:00 pm
HARDLY A CRIMINAL / APENAS UN DELINCUENTE | Argentina | 1949 | Friday, February 16th @ 7:30 pm
PICTURES OF GHOSTS / RETRATOS FANTASMAS | Brazil | 2023 | Friday, February 23rd @ 7:00 pm
THE SETTLERS/LOS COLONOS | Chile & Argentina | 2023 | Thursday, February 29th @ 7:00 pm