The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo La misteriosa mirada del flamenco
Synopsis
The Chilean desert, 1982. It is rumored that a single loving gaze between two men is how the plague spreads—an illness both mysterious and lethal that is tearing through a remote mining town. At the center of the paranoia is a community on the margins: a home where eleven-year-old Lidia grows up among a fierce and loving queer family. As fear and violence begin to spread even faster than the plague, Lidia sets out to find the truth about this mythical epidemic to protect her beloved kin.
With sensuous magical realism and poetic tenderness set against the harsh desert backdrop, director Diego Céspedes draws us into a pivotal moment in queer history as lived by its most marginalized and misunderstood protagonists. An ode to the care and resilience of trans family, this breathtaking debut never loses sight of the power of love in the face of dire circumstances.
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Film Credits
- Giancarlo Nasi, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi
- Diego Céspedes
- Martial Salomon
- Angello Faccini Rueda
- Tamara Cortés, Matías Catalán, Paula Dinamarca, Claudia Cabezas, Luis Dubó
- Florencia Di Concilio
- Quijote Films, Les Valseurs, Weydemann Bros. GMBH Germany, Irusoin, Wrong Men
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Shorts 4: City & State
Synopsis
Chicago and Illinois-based filmmakers experiment with genre, topic, and form in this eclectic program by students, upcoming artists, and established directors.
In Bailey’s Blues, a Chicago-born musician turns up the heat in a confrontational interview. An ugly Christmas dinner leaves a young woman with one worthwhile family member in Madrina. The ever-mounting pressure of high school debate brings out the best and worst of its overachieving students and wise-cracking judges in Debaters. Your Tomorrow Will Be My Song is a vulnerable re-telling by Suni and Alondra, a real-life couple contemplating their trip back home to the Andes. In Chasing the Party, teenage exploration takes an unexpected turn when suburban best friends Melissa and Stephanie make their way into a bar with the fakest of IDs. The usual anxieties plague upcoming artist Anisa as she dodges gossip from art scene contemporaries, questions the value of her work, and navigates flaring tensions in It’s Just a Fucking Opening. In Make No Mistake: These Are the Glory Days, we witness moments of clarity, belonging, and acceptance as the band HOME IS WHERE tours the U.S. as an openly trans group with an openly trans audience.
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Documentary Program Patron
Cynthia Stone Raskin
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Your Tomorrow Will Be My Song
Synopsis
In this heartfelt re-enactment, Suni and Alondra discuss a return to their home in the Andes and what their future wedding could look like. Together, they contemplate blending their new experiences in the U.S., contemporary beliefs, and traditional ceremonial practices.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 4: City & State.
Media
Film Credits
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, Ignacio Cavieres Maragaño
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, Alondra Sullani Soria, Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
- Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
- Alondra Sullani Soria, Suni Sonqo Vizcarra Wood
- Maqui Films
- https://www.maquifilms.com/films/your-tomorrow-will-be-my-song
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