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Latin American Film Festival
2009 LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION |
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Initiated by the Canadian Film
Institute in 1997, the Latin American Film Festival celebrates its 13th
year. His Excellency Mr.
Jean-Daniel
Lafond, a French-born
Canadian documentary filmmaker,
and the husband of the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean,
Governor General of Canada, is the honorary patron
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"Filmmakers are the ambassadors of
culture."
His Excellency Mr. Jean-Daniel Lafond |
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©Photos by
Lois Siegel |
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A filmmaker meeting/roundtable was
organized with visiting Latin American Filmmakers and
Canadian filmmakers on Saturday, March 28 at Carleton
University. Translation was provided by
Zuzana Pick of Carleton Film Studies |
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Tom McSorley
Executive Director of the
Canadian Film
Institute |
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Peruvian Ambassador Jorge
Castañeda |
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Brazilian Ambassador Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto |
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Guatemalan Ambassador Georges de La Roche |
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Zuzana Pick, Professor of Film Studies, Carleton University |
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Leuten Rojas, Canada/Chili
Film Director |
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Giacomo Buonafina, Guatemala
Sound Engineer/Actor |
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Rosa Oliart, Peru
Sound Technician |
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Mark Stewart, Associate Producer
"Project Grey"
El Salvador/Canada
Christian Blaze
Director |
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Maria Yongmee Shin
"Journey to Little Rock"
Canada |
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Albert Xavier, Dominican Republic
Producer/Director |
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©Photo
by
Darren Brown
Lois
Siegel, Canada
Producer/Director
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Frantz Voltaire, Haiti
Director |
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Scott Birdwise, Programmer
Canadian Film Institute |
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Brazilian Ambassador Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto
Rosa Oliart, Peru
Maria Yongmee Shin
Joseline Pujol, First Secretary
Embassy of the Dominican Republic |
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Christian Blaze
Mark Stewart
Brazilian Ambassador Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto
Rosa Oliart |
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Guatemalan Ambassador Georges de La Roche, Maria Shin,
Giacomo Buonafina
"Las Cruces...Poblado Proximo"
Library and Archives |
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Ottawa Rocks |
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Lois
Siegel's Home Page
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