Vancouver Latin American Film Festival celebrates 2017 guest country with Cuban Film Night

by Craig Takeuchi on January 18th, 2017 at 5:28 PM

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The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival announced today (January 18) that this year's guest country of their festival will be Cuba.

To celebrate, VLAFF is holding a Cuban film night on January 31 at the Cinematheque.

The 2015 Cuban-Irish coproduction Viva will screen at 6:30 p.m.

In Paddy Breathnach's drama, a gay Havana hairdresser named Jesús discovers a passion for drag performances at a nightclub. But when his macho estranged father re-enters his life after being released from prison, Jesús' homophobic father forbids him from performing as the two men struggle to figure out to relate to one another.

Nada+

It'll be followed at 8:30 p.m. by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti's 2001 feature Nada+, in which Carla, a bored postal worker in Havana, longs to be reunited with her exiled parents who are in Miami.

While Carla awaits approval for a U.S. green card, she opens random letters and replies to them on a mission to help her fellow Cubans find happiness and love.

This year's VLAFF will be held from August 24 to September 3.

Tickets are $12 for one show or $20 for a double-bill. For tickets or more information, visit the VLAFF website.