INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
Landfall will screen virtually from October 2-12, 2020. This film will be only available to viewers in the United States.
Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico points towards an all too common threat on the island: a devastating capitalistic-racist system that moves at its convenience, leaving many innocent lives behind. In LANDFALLthe actual fear of a shaky soil ready to fall on its cities takes multiple meanings. At times there may be cryptocurrency evangelists parachuting into the island with the ambition to profit from the catastrophe, other times it may be devastating austerity measures by the government. In the midst of this, the common denominators are young activists, farmers, and community-based relief efforts put forth with an electrifying energy. Cecilia Aldorando’s powerful kaleidoscopic portrait disarms colonial legacies and co-creates the possibilities of resilience with strength and lyricism in this cinematic essay. (MG)
- Year2020
- Runtime94 minutes
- LanguageSpanish, English
- CountryUSA
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorCecilia Aldarondo
- ProducerInes Hofmann Kanna
- CinematographerPablo Alvarez-Mesa
- EditorTerra Jean Long
- MusicAngélica Négron
INTRODUCING CIFF LOVE LETTERS: Valentines day has come early! We’ve thought a lot this year about how we can build connections between audience members and filmmakers within a virtual space. One of the hardest things about this year for filmmakers, is that they have not been able to forge spontaneous connections with audiences and hear from them directly. If you’ve seen a film you have loved, click HERE to write a love letter to a filmmaker!
Landfall will screen virtually from October 2-12, 2020. This film will be only available to viewers in the United States.
Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico points towards an all too common threat on the island: a devastating capitalistic-racist system that moves at its convenience, leaving many innocent lives behind. In LANDFALLthe actual fear of a shaky soil ready to fall on its cities takes multiple meanings. At times there may be cryptocurrency evangelists parachuting into the island with the ambition to profit from the catastrophe, other times it may be devastating austerity measures by the government. In the midst of this, the common denominators are young activists, farmers, and community-based relief efforts put forth with an electrifying energy. Cecilia Aldorando’s powerful kaleidoscopic portrait disarms colonial legacies and co-creates the possibilities of resilience with strength and lyricism in this cinematic essay. (MG)
- Year2020
- Runtime94 minutes
- LanguageSpanish, English
- CountryUSA
- PremiereNew England Premiere
- DirectorCecilia Aldarondo
- ProducerInes Hofmann Kanna
- CinematographerPablo Alvarez-Mesa
- EditorTerra Jean Long
- MusicAngélica Négron
