Southern Currents

aluCine has helped to establish contact between Latin American filmmakers living in Latin America and those residing in Canada. In addition to screening films in Canada and abroad, aluCine has been hosting performances and new media installations, symposia, panel discussions and talks from visiting artists since 2002, all of which focus on the state of contemporary image making in Latin America and among Canada’s Latin community.

As a Latin American media festival in Canada, aluCine facilitates a convergence of Northern and Southern aesthetic and cultural sensibilities, broadening common understandings of what it means to be Latino, both in Canada and internationally. aluCine seeks to keep the culture surrounding Latin short film alive and well, be it fiction, documentary, animation or experimental. In 2010, aluCine began to showcase independent feature films by Latino artists as well.