Event

THE RADIO & OPPOSITE DIRECTION

The Radio

Northwest Coast Premiere

Directed by Carlos Novella

2021

Venezuela

Drama

Duration: 14'

Spanish w/ English subtitles

Cast: Luis Baralt

Synopsis:

A grocer tries to save the radio that accompanied him for practically his entire life. His pilgrimage
through the streets in search of a solution confronts him with a city that has accepted the disappearance of ways of life and the loss of scenes from the past in the memory.

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Opposite Direction

Northwest Coast Premiere

Directed by Alejandro Bellame

2020

Venezuela

Drama, Road Movie, Migration, Youth

Duration: 120'

Spanish & Italian w/ English subtitles

Cast: Claudia Rojas, Christian González, Erick Palacios, Diana Volpe, Alberto Alifa

Synopsis:

Eugenia, 17, wants to leave chaotic and crisis-ridden Venezuela,. To obtain the long-awaited European passport, she goes on a 500 km road trip in search of her unknown Italian grandfather. Her road partner is Luis, an intriguing and inaccessible young man, with whom she lives a brief and tragic teen love. He accompanies her with promise of an appointment in Rome, 13 years later. Eugenia, now an adult, debates whether to fulfill that promise. A story of the Venezuelan diaspora scattered throughout the world. A celebration of memory. A journey that explores nostalgia, uprooting and the complex and unpredictable pursuit of happiness.

* Seattle Latino Film Festival will strictly follow federal, state and local Covid-19 protocols. Hand sanitizers and masks will be provided on site. Attendees regardless of vaccine status should plan on wearing masks for the movie theater screenings where social distance is not possible.

*Parking available on the street or at the Walgreens's parking crossing the Rainier Ave.