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Latin Connections 2026: From Our Shore to Yours
Latin Connections 2026 is about place and what it means to belong to one. From the Bolivian Andes to Manzanillo in Costa Rica, from urban neighbourhoods in Venezuela to communities living under the shadow of mining, the festival brings together stories where landscape is not just a backdrop, but a protagonist. Through feature films, short […]
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Volunteer with us!
We are looking for new volunteers based in the Edinburgh or Glasgow areas to support our year-round programme of events, as well as the upcoming Catalan film festival. Volunteering with CinemaAttic is a great way to meet like minded people, gain experience working in film events and festivals, and of course enjoy some great cinema. […]
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From the Land to the Moon
From the Land to the Moon November and December, we present a selection of films that explore creative identity through cultural heritage, resistance, authenticity, and social experience. From Ecuador with Alberto and Frida Muenala to Mexico with Luna Marán, these stories traverse Latin America, revealing how art allows us to remember, pay tribute, and reflect […]
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Colombia Presente! 2025 – Cinema Showcase – Programme
Colombia Presente! 2025 This October we return with Colombia Presente!, a programme that, for the fifth time, opens a window to Colombian cinema in Scotland. At the same time, it invites audiences to reflect on what we think of as COLOMBIA and its filmography. This is hardly a surprise, as Cinemaattic has been showcasing an […]
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Glasgow Film Festival – Our advice on Latin titles
At CinemaAttic we’re always excited to see what’s on at the Glasgow Film Festival, particularly when it comes to their Spanish, Portuguese and Ibero-American offerings. With their 2025 edition starting next week, we’ve dug into their 2025 programme to unearth five films from Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Spain. ¡Nos vemos allí! Mexico 86 Mexico […]
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Volcano Cinema: Of Eruptions and Other Stories – 2024
Volcano Cinema: Of Eruptions and Other Stories is a season showcasing the diverse ways volcanoes have been documented and reimagined through film. Displacing the central role of the disaster movie, the programme approaches volcanoes and their metaphoric power from different landscapes, cultural mythologies, and with potency and provocation. Volcanoes have persistently ignited the imagination and […]
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FRAMES OF COLOMBIA: Political Memory and Archive Film
SCREENINGS AND CONVERSATIONS Thursday 31 of October (17.30) Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Suit 237B / 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW Free entry (registration recommended) Friday 1 of November (17.00) Screening Room G.04 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU Free entry (registration recommended) CinemaAttic, Glasgow Latin American Research Network (GLARN) and […]
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Latin Connections Film Festival First Edition
Welcome/Bienvenidxs/Bem-vindes to the first edition of LATIN CONNECTIONS FILM FESTIVAL! PROGRAMME HERE! Following our May and June seasons in 2022-23 (Adrift) and CinemaAttic’s unstoppable exhibition of Latin American and Iberian cinema during the course of the year, we are excited to announce the Latin Connections Film Festival. This new initiative presents us with […]
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Propriedade by Daniel Bandeira / Interview by Julio Cavani
BRASIL: A Slow Film Festival proudly presents Propriedade, a film by Daniel Bandeira, that paints a picture of a society in which the rift between the elitist individualism of the rich and the collective rage of the poor seems insurmountable. The film, which was part of the Panorama section of the 2023 Berlinale, will be screened […]
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CURSED FLOWERS AND SACRED LEAVES: The Militant Cinema of Marta Rodríguez
Marta Rodriguez, a true trailblazer in the world of Latin American documentary filmmaking, has cemented herself as a formidable force over her remarkable five-decade career. Committed to shedding light on pressing social issues, Marta Rodríguez uses her lens to amplify the voices of marginalised communities. Her documentaries tackle themes of gender, identity, social justice, and environmental […]
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Toro: The Artist and His Model Prisoners
By Brian Beadie Enter Hernando Toro Botero, the remarkable Colombian artist who is the subject of a new documentary by Adriana Bernal-Mor and Ginna Ortega, and an exhibition presented by Cinemaattic, his first in Scotland. Born in 1948 to a working class family, he would develop an interest as a child in one of the […]
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We Rent Washing Machines and Other Colombian Curiosities
Between 4 October and 9 November, Colombia will take over CinemaAttic again, an event that is becoming an annual custom to celebrate this country through film, food, music and other artistic expressions. This year will have a particular emphasis on photography and tropical-horror short films, offering a glimpse into a wide range of aesthetic proposals […]
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CHILE 50 YEARS 0N
For a Better Understanding of Latin America This September, we gather to remember and reflect upon a significant event in Chile’s history – the 50th anniversary of the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. This event marked a turning point in our nation’s trajectory, leaving an indelible impact on the lives of countless Chileans. […]
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Latin-American Animation | Carlos Santa & Colombian Contemporary Animation
Colombia comes to Scotland! 8-10 February Cinemaattic and Manipulate Festival celebrates Colombian Art and Animation with the retrospective Carlos Santa & Contemporary Colombian Animation. Edinburgh and Glasgow will see a weekend long retrospective into contemporary Colombian animation including the presence of the great artist Carlos Santa. Considered the father of artistic animation in Colombia, Santa […]
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SCAT 2018 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT | CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL IS BACK!
CINEMAATTIC ANNOUNCE DATES AND FIRST TITLES FOR SCAT CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL 2018 Scotland Catalan Film Festival returns to Scotland bigger than ever with ten days celebrating Catalan culture. The festival runs from 2-5 November in Glasgow and 13-18 November in Edinburgh. Scotland Catalan Film Festival is back with a new name – SCAT – and […]
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