AFI Fest features several Latin films this year.

AUGUST WINDS (Ventos de Agosto) Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil
Gabriel Mascaro’s narrative film debut quietly observes the young inhabitants of a small coastal village in Brazil.
Friday, November 7, 3:30pm; Saturday, November 8, 1pm

Um filme de / a film by Gabriel Mascaro. Com/with Dandara de Morais & Geová Manoel dos Santos. Brasil I 2014 I ficção I 77 minutos I cor I HD. ESTREIA INTERNACIONAL / WORLD PREMIERE Locarno Film Festival - Concurso Internzionale - 2014. SINOPSE CURTA / STORYLINE Um estranho pesquisador de som de ventos alísios chega numa pequena vila costeira. Agosto trás o mar revolto e os ventos fortes. Sua chegada tem impacto na relação de dois jovens habitantes da vila, Shirley e Jeison. O filme narra um sutil duelo entre a vida e a morte, a perda e a memória, o vento e o mar. In a small coastal village in Brazil, the month of August brings high tides, strong winds and the arrival of a researcher registering the sound of the trade winds. His arrival coincides with a surprise discovery that takes two of the village’s young inhabitants, Shirley and Jeison, on a journey that confronts them with the poetic duel between life and death, loss and memory, the wind and the sea. ELENCO / CAST SHIRLEY I Dandara de Morais JEISON I Geová Manoel dos Santos AVÓ / GRANDMOTHER I Maria Salvino dos Santos PAI DE JEISON / JEISON'S FATHER I Antônio José dos Santos PESQUISADOR DE VENTOS / WIND RESEARCHER I Gabriel Mascaro VENDAS INTERNACIONAIS & FESTIVAIS / WORLD SALES & FESTIVALS FiGa/Br Films contact@figafilms.com Tel: +1 323 229 9816 www.figafilms.com EMPRESA PRODUTORA / PRODUCTION COMPANY Desvia Produções contato@desvia.com.br Tel: +55 81 3222.7053 / +55 81 9236.9287 www.desvia.com.br http://en.desvia.com.br/August-Winds-Ventos-de-Agosto

THE ABSENT (Los Ausentes) Nicolás Pereda, Mexico
One of the notable voices of New Mexican Cinema, director Nicolás Pereda returns to the festival with this moody modern parable about existence.
Friday, November 7, 9:30pm; Wednesday, November 12, 1:30pm

JAUJA Lisandro Alonso, Argentina/Mexico/USA
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Saturday, November 8, 4pm; Wednesday November 12, 9pm

GÜEROS Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico
After pushing his mother to her limit with a prank involving a water balloon and a baby stroller, teenage Tomás is sent to live with big brother Sombra and his roommate Santos, who are up to their own shenanigans while studying at the local university.
Saturday, November 8, 6:30pm; Sunday, November 9, 12:30pm

WILD TALES (Relatos Salvajes) Damián Szifrón, Argentina/Spain
A sane person may think that when confronted with a difficult situation that tests patience and values, she or he will act rationally. But, when push comes to shove, one may very well end up like the rabid, violent and hilariously crazed characters pushed to deranged savagery in Damián Szifron’s delightfully subversive Wild Tales.
Saturday, November 8, 8:30pm; Monday, November 10, 12:15pm

MANOS SUCIAS Josef Kubota Wladyka, Colombia/USA
For young men in Buenaventura, Colombia – a dangerous area policed by paramilitaries and poisoned by the drug trade – the prospect of a better life requires getting out of Buenaventura. And getting out means getting your hands dirty.
Sunday, November 9, 7pm; Tuesday, November 11, 4:15pm

Los Angeles: Nov. 6 - 13. Full details on the AFI Fest website.