Neighboring Scenes 2017

Now in its second year, Neighboring Scenes is the Film Society’s showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema. Highlighting impressive recent productions from across the region, this selective slate of premieres exhibits the breadth of styles, techniques, and approaches employed by Latin American filmmakers today. Neighboring Scenes spans a wide geographic range​, and features established auteurs as well as fresh talent from the international festival scene.

Now in its second year, Neighboring Scenes is the Film Society’s showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema. Highlighting impressive recent productions from across the region, this selective slate of premieres exhibits the breadth of styles, techniques, and approaches employed by Latin American filmmakers today. Neighboring Scenes spans a wide geographic range​, and features established auteurs as well as fresh talent from the international festival scene.

Tickets on sale now! See more and save with a 3+ Film Package or $99 All Access Pass!

Panamerican Machinery

Joaquín del Paso

Panamerican Machinery

2016|

Mexico|

86 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

After discovering that their boss has died and their pensions are nil, the workers at a manufacturing plant decide to lock themselves inside until they reach a decision about how to proceed.

A Decent Woman

Lukas Rinner

A Decent Woman

2016|

Austria / South Korea / Argentina|

100 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

A deadpan comedy that pits a free-spirited nudist colony against an ultra-modernist gated community.

Black Sun

Laura Huertas Millán

Black Sun

2016|

France / Colombia|

43 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

Director Laura Huertas Millán offers an austere look into her family’s history of mental illness, centered on her opera diva aunt. Screening with: Vacio(a) (Carmen Amelia Rojas Gamarra, 6m) and The Grey House and the Green Mountains (Deborah Viegas, 15m).

Dark Animal

Felipe Guerrero

Dark Animal

2016|

Colombia|

107 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

A powerful allegory about the violence of Colombia’s 50-plus-year civil war that follows three women after traumatic events.

Jesús

Fernando Guzzoni

Jesús

2016|

Chile|

82 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

A cocky kid in a boy band parties too hard one night and ends up in a life or death situation his father hopes to protect him from.

El limonero real

Gustavo Fontán

El limonero real

2016|

Argentina|

72 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

Based on the novel by Juan José Saer, this beautifully shot film follows a rural family still crippled by a son’s death six years prior.

The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis

2016|

Argentina|

78 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

During Argentina’s Dirty War, an office worker wrestles with a request from an old girlfriend to protect two dissidents he doesn’t know.

Surire

Bettina Perut

Surire

2015|

Chile|

80 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

A gorgeous and dryly comic survey of the unique geology, people, and animals that exist on a salt flat in the Chilean Andes.

Site of Sites

Natalia Cabra

Site of Sites

2016|

Dominican Republic|

61 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

This documentary about the creation of an artificial beach on a Caribbean resort subtly teases out the intersection of race, class, and environment.

Terra em Transe

Glauber Rocha

Terra em Transe

1967|

Brazil|

111 minutes|

Portuguese with English subtitles

A pivotal film from one of the key figures of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, Terra em Transe is an urgent and poetic account of political corruption, the systems that shape it, and the challenges of active citizenship in times of political upheaval.

This Time Tomorrow

Lina Rodriguez

This Time Tomorrow

2016|

Colombia / Canada|

85 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

A girl at the cusp of womanhood enjoys challenging her parents’ authority until tragedy strikes her family.

La última tierra

2016|

Paraguay / Chile / Netherlands / Qatar|

77 minutes|

Spanish with English subtitles

In this deeply symbolic film, an elderly man undergoes preparations for his partner’s cremation and burial.

Where I Grow Old

Marilia Rocha

Where I Grow Old

2016|

Brazil|

100 minutes|

Portuguese with English subtitles

Two Portuguese friends on the cusp of thirty struggle with questions of identity and nationhood while living in Brazil.

Member
$9
Student & Senior
$11
General Public
$14

Now in its second year, Neighboring Scenes is the Film Society’s showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema. Highlighting impressive recent productions from across the region, this selective slate of premieres exhibits the breadth of styles, techniques, and approaches employed by Latin American filmmakers today. Neighboring Scenes spans a wide geographic range, and features established auteurs as well as fresh talent from the international festival scene.

Organized by Rachael Rakes.

Neighboring Scenes 2017
Neighboring Scenes 2017
Neighboring Scenes 2017
Neighboring Scenes 2017
Neighboring Scenes 2017

Make FLC Your Home for Cinema

Member Discount on All Tickets

NYFF Pre-Sale Access

Pre-sale Access to FLC Series and Festivals

Free Tickets

Exclusive Events

Members-only Newsletter

Film at Lincoln Center Logo

Walter Reade Theater + Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

165 and 144 W 65th Street

New York, NY 10023


212.875.5825

Be the first to hear exciting news and announcements from FLC, including upcoming programming, special offers, added tickets, and more.