Cinema Tropical is a

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non-profit organization dedicated to the distribution, programming and promotion of

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

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in the

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. The non-profit company was co-founded by Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Monika Wagenberg in 2001. The company serves as a distributor and acquires Latin American films and helps its directors and producers gain national exposure in theaters, institutions, and film festivals. It also curates special series and retrospectives for theaters, institutions, and film festivals.

The Cinema Tropical Film Series

The Cinema Tropical Film Series features one recent Latin American film every month at venues throughout the United States. As of February 2007 the series travels to 12 highly prominent theatres and cultural institutions. The series is currently divided among the following three regions: The Cinema Tropical Series New York: *Cinema Village (

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) *American Museum of Moving Image (Queens) *

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(

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) *Cinema Arts Centre (

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Jacob Burns Film Center The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit cultural arts center located in Pleasantville, New York. It occupies the old Rome Theater, a Spanish mission-style theater built in 1925. Along with independent and documentary films, the cente ...

(Westchester) *Cornell Cinema (

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, NY) The Cinema Tropical Series East: *The Tower Theatre (

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, FL) *The Museum of Fine Arts (

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, MA) *Wadsworth Museum of Art (

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, CT) *International House (

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, PA) *Avon Theatre ( Stamford, CT) The Cinema Tropical Series Midwest/West: *The Wexner Center for the Arts (

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(

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) * The Facets Cinémathèque (

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Distributor filmography

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'' (2001) * '' 25 Watts'' (2001) * '' La Tropical'' (2002) * '' Los Archivos privados de Pablo Escobar'' (2002) * '' A Red Bear'' (2002) * '' El Carro'' (2003) * ''

Suite Habana ''Suite Habana'' is a 2003 Cuban documentary directed by Fernando Pérez. The documentary was filmed with fictional cinema techniques depicting a day in a life of thirteen real people, from a ten-year-old child with Down syndrome to a 79-year- ...

'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Dependencia sexual'' (2003) * '' Más allá del mar'' (2003) * ''

El Perro ''El perro'' (English: ''Bombón: El Perro'' and ''Bombón: The Dog'') is a 2004 Argentine-Spanish drama film, directed by Carlos Sorín, and written by Sorín, Santiago Calori, and Salvador Roselli. The picture features Juan Villegas and Walter ...

'' (2004) * '' Días de Santiago'' (2004) * ''

Al otro lado ''Al Otro Lado'' ("To The Other Side") is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Gustavo Loza. The film follows the story of three children, one from Mexico, Cuba, and Morocco, as they attempt to deal with realities of immigration in their societies ...

'' (2005) * ''

Hermanas ''Hermanas'' () is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature motion picture. The picture has a number of producers, including: Mariela Besuievski, Pablo Bossi, Florencia Enghel, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, ...

'' (2005) * '' Toro negro'' (2005) * '' Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano'' (2005)

External links

Cinema Tropical
Official web site. Organizations established in 2001