Latin Wave: New Films from Latin America

Starting on Thursday, April 30 and running all weekend until Sunday, May 3 the Latin Wave film festival unrolls at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Most of the films will feature Q&A's with writers or directors of the respective films attending. Thursday night includes a Latin-themed kick-off party at the museum's Cullen Sculpture Garden.
The eight features includes movies from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, Chile and Peru, along with the first fiction film to be produced in Panama.

Thursday, April 30, 2009
• 5 p.m. Burwa dii ebo (The Wind and the Water)
• 7 p.m. La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman)
• 9 p.m. La Pasión de Gabriel
• 9-11 p.m. Opening Night Party

Friday, May 1, 2009
• 5 p.m. Leonera (Lion’s Den)
• 7 p.m. Chega de saudade (The Ballroom)
• 9 p.m. La nana (The Maid)

Saturday, May 2, 2009
• 11 a.m. El olvido (Oblivion)
• 1 p.m. Burwa dii ebo (The Wind and the Water)
• 3 p.m. La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman)
• 5 p.m. La Pasión de Gabriel
• 9 p.m. Lake Tahoe

Sunday, May 3, 2009
• 1 p.m. El olvido (Oblivion)
• 3 p.m. Lake Tahoe
• 5 p.m. Chega de saudade (The Ballroom)
• 7 p.m. La nana (The Maid)
• 9 p.m. Leonera (Lion’s Den)