Sunday, September 26, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
La Plaza del Diamante!!
Hola Chicos,
I hope the semester is going well for everyone!! This week we are showing the Spanish film 'La plaza del diamante': "Two opposing characters--she, docile and sensitive, he, domineering yet childish--are forced to mature when their lives are shattered by a tragic, cruel and violent civil war"
We can confirm that this film DOES have subtitles, and we sincerely apologise for the lack of subtitles on the film two weeks ago!!
This week we are once again in the case room on level 2 in the business school. Introduction of the film will begin around 5.30pm Wednesday with the screening shortly afterwards
See you all there :)
Fiona and Steph
I hope the semester is going well for everyone!! This week we are showing the Spanish film 'La plaza del diamante': "Two opposing characters--she, docile and sensitive, he, domineering yet childish--are forced to mature when their lives are shattered by a tragic, cruel and violent civil war"
We can confirm that this film DOES have subtitles, and we sincerely apologise for the lack of subtitles on the film two weeks ago!!
This week we are once again in the case room on level 2 in the business school. Introduction of the film will begin around 5.30pm Wednesday with the screening shortly afterwards
See you all there :)
Fiona and Steph
Friday, August 6, 2010
Aug 11
Hi Guys,
Hope your weekends are going well.
This week at LAIFS we are trying something NEW and EXCITING.
We are meeting in the business school building in room 317 at 5:30. Firstly we are going to watch a short documentary called Zapatista women - see below for more details. Following this at 6:30 we will start our first conversation class for the year! This will be based around music with activities for you to do and lots of opportunities to practice your spanish.
We look forward to seeing you all!
Steph and Fi
Variant Title(s): Title on cassette label & container: Zapatista women
English title: Zapatista woman
Published: New York, NY : Distributed by Latin American Video Archives, [1998?]
Description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Summary: Interviews in 1994 with women insurgents of the Zapatista National Liberation Army, filmed in the Lacandona jungle in Chiapas, Mexico. They speak of what it means to be an indigenous woman in Mexico, how they came to be in the army, how their lives are within the army, and what they are fighting for.
Monday, August 2, 2010
La casa de Bernada Alba
Hola!
We are super excited to announce that we have a room to begin film screenings this semester!
This week, Wednesday 4 August, from 5pm, we will be watching La casa de Bernarda Alba, based on a play by Federico Garcia Lorca. We are also very lucky to have Professor Jose Colmeiro coming to speak to us about the film before the screening gets underway.
This week, and for most of the semester, we will be in Room 260-223 in the Business School. (The location is Case Room on LEVEL 2 (not the basement!) - after exiting from the lifts turn right and walk to the end).
We are looking forward to seeing you all there!!
We are super excited to announce that we have a room to begin film screenings this semester!
This week, Wednesday 4 August, from 5pm, we will be watching La casa de Bernarda Alba, based on a play by Federico Garcia Lorca. We are also very lucky to have Professor Jose Colmeiro coming to speak to us about the film before the screening gets underway.
This week, and for most of the semester, we will be in Room 260-223 in the Business School. (The location is Case Room on LEVEL 2 (not the basement!) - after exiting from the lifts turn right and walk to the end).
We are looking forward to seeing you all there!!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Starting semester 2 with a bang!!
Hi guys,
Welcome back to semester two. We are looking at starting the semester with a bang, so first week back we thought we could hit up the international film festival - We were planning to head to 'Secrets of the tribe' on Wednesday 21 July.
We will meet at Mezze bar at 7:30 for hot chocolate and a quick look at what is coming up this semester. The film starts at 8:30 so we will head to the Academy cinemas just past 8. It will be $12 for student tickets and $14 for non students - bring anyone who will be interested!
See the links below for all the required details!!
Meeze Bar - http://www.mezzebar.co.nz/location.htm
Academy Cinemas - http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/
Secrets of the tribe - http://nzff.co.nz/n8794.html?region=2
International Film Festival - http://nzff.co.nz/home
Hope to see you all there!
Welcome back to semester two. We are looking at starting the semester with a bang, so first week back we thought we could hit up the international film festival - We were planning to head to 'Secrets of the tribe' on Wednesday 21 July.
We will meet at Mezze bar at 7:30 for hot chocolate and a quick look at what is coming up this semester. The film starts at 8:30 so we will head to the Academy cinemas just past 8. It will be $12 for student tickets and $14 for non students - bring anyone who will be interested!
See the links below for all the required details!!
Meeze Bar - http://www.mezzebar.co.nz/location.htm
Academy Cinemas - http://www.academycinemas.co.nz/
Secrets of the tribe - http://nzff.co.nz/n8794.html?region=2
International Film Festival - http://nzff.co.nz/home
Hope to see you all there!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Spanish Speaking
Hey guys,
As we previously mentioned, Steph and I won't be available to come this week to run a film, so LAIFS will be having a spanish speaking week. We understand that many of you are getting into the frantic stages of the semester with final tests and assignments and so may not be able to attend. However, we do highlight how great this opportunity is for those of you studying spanish this semester and may have oral exams coming up. This is an ideal time to practice and prepare for those exams - in a relaxed environment, which generally helps the language flow.
We suggest that you meet as usual around 5pm at Mezze Bar on little high st, though if there are a group of you meeting elsewhere, please reply to this to let people know!! Cheers.
Saludos y suerte a todos!!
As we previously mentioned, Steph and I won't be available to come this week to run a film, so LAIFS will be having a spanish speaking week. We understand that many of you are getting into the frantic stages of the semester with final tests and assignments and so may not be able to attend. However, we do highlight how great this opportunity is for those of you studying spanish this semester and may have oral exams coming up. This is an ideal time to practice and prepare for those exams - in a relaxed environment, which generally helps the language flow.
We suggest that you meet as usual around 5pm at Mezze Bar on little high st, though if there are a group of you meeting elsewhere, please reply to this to let people know!! Cheers.
Saludos y suerte a todos!!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Los ninos de Rusia
Hola amigos,
This week we will be watching a film again. We realise this is slightly out of pattern, but this is because next week steph and I cannot attend and therefore we'll have a spanish speaking group that week.
So this week, we'll be back in Arts 1, Room 206 to learn a little bit about the Spanish Civil War, by watching Los ninos de Rusia (The Children of Russia).
Los niños de Rusia [videorecording] / un film de Jaime Camino ; During the Spanish Civil War, 3 million children were evacuated to the Soviet Union and many never returned home.
Hope to see you all there!
Fiona
P.S this will mean that week 12 will be our last film viewing week. If anyone has a burning desire to watch anything in particular, please do not hesitate to let us know!!
This week we will be watching a film again. We realise this is slightly out of pattern, but this is because next week steph and I cannot attend and therefore we'll have a spanish speaking group that week.
So this week, we'll be back in Arts 1, Room 206 to learn a little bit about the Spanish Civil War, by watching Los ninos de Rusia (The Children of Russia).
Los niños de Rusia [videorecording] / un film de Jaime Camino ; During the Spanish Civil War, 3 million children were evacuated to the Soviet Union and many never returned home.
Hope to see you all there!
Fiona
P.S this will mean that week 12 will be our last film viewing week. If anyone has a burning desire to watch anything in particular, please do not hesitate to let us know!!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Hola
We were hoping to attend the below seminar as a group. Kathryn Lehman will be translating so the main talk will be in a majority of Spanish. We are going to meet at 5 (like normal) on campus to speak Spanish among ourselves before heading over. Fi and Steph will be at the Tables in the foyer level 1 of the business school from 5 (that way if people
want to eat or drink we can head up to spicers (level 3)).
Looking forward to seeing you all again
Seminar Brought to you by UNYANZ:
Dr Edine von Herold Duarte, MP of the Costa Rican Congress:
"Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Disarmament for Development"
Wednesday 21 April, 6:00pm
University of Auckland,
22 Princes Street - Clock Tower - Lecture Theatre
Key Topics for Discussion
(a) nuclear weapons abolition
(b) disarmament for development
(c) the Depleted Uranium issue, especially as New Zealand has not yet
banned such weapons.
About Dr Edine von Herold Duarte
As an MP in the Costa Rican Congress, Dr von Herold has passed a number of bills adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including one to prohibit Depleted Uranium weapons manufacture in its Free Trade Zones. She has been appointed onto the Global Council for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament (PNND). At von Herold's proposal, the entire Costa Rican Parliament has voted to endorse a declaration in support of a nuclear weapons convention.
About Costa Rica's Peace Initiatives
Costa Rica has a number of international peace initiatives – abolition of armies, disarmament for development (implementing Article 26 of the UN Charter), promotion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention, regional restrictions on small arms and light weapons, as well as a global arms trade treaty. They have also just adopted legislation banning Depleted Uranium weapons.
Please contact Wilson Chau if you have any questions regarding this event: auckland.uni@unyanz.co.nz
Event brought to you by BANG: Ban All Nukes Generation Aotearoa and the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand.
want to eat or drink we can head up to spicers (level 3)).
Looking forward to seeing you all again
Seminar Brought to you by UNYANZ:
Dr Edine von Herold Duarte, MP of the Costa Rican Congress:
"Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Disarmament for Development"
Wednesday 21 April, 6:00pm
University of Auckland,
22 Princes Street - Clock Tower - Lecture Theatre
Key Topics for Discussion
(a) nuclear weapons abolition
(b) disarmament for development
(c) the Depleted Uranium issue, especially as New Zealand has not yet
banned such weapons.
About Dr Edine von Herold Duarte
As an MP in the Costa Rican Congress, Dr von Herold has passed a number of bills adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including one to prohibit Depleted Uranium weapons manufacture in its Free Trade Zones. She has been appointed onto the Global Council for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament (PNND). At von Herold's proposal, the entire Costa Rican Parliament has voted to endorse a declaration in support of a nuclear weapons convention.
About Costa Rica's Peace Initiatives
Costa Rica has a number of international peace initiatives – abolition of armies, disarmament for development (implementing Article 26 of the UN Charter), promotion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention, regional restrictions on small arms and light weapons, as well as a global arms trade treaty. They have also just adopted legislation banning Depleted Uranium weapons.
Please contact Wilson Chau if you have any questions regarding this event: auckland.uni@unyanz.co.nz
Event brought to you by BANG: Ban All Nukes Generation Aotearoa and the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Uni Break
Hola...
Just a reminder that due to the university break we are also having a break this week and next week. We are planning on continuing with our Spanish speaking club the first Wednesday back (21st April) - most likely at Mezze Bar again. Keep an eye here for confirmation of details closer to the time.
Felices Pascuas a todos!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Hola a todos!!
This Wednesday we are heading back for our second movie screening. Weare watching Venezuelan Film - El Sistema. We will start the filmaround 5:20 in Arts 206.
‘El Sistema’ is a network of children’s and youth orchestras, musiccentres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000children and young people are currently learning to play aninstrument.It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who wasdriven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous andpoverty-stricken shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out ofpoverty through music, changing both people and structures. The story,which has all the makings of a fairytale, is the extraordinary accountof a vision that has become reality. Several of the system’s younggraduates now rank amongst the most coveted young talent in Europe -the most prominent being the 26-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel andthe double bass player Edicson Ruiz, who at the age of 17 became theyoungest musician ever to join the Berlin Philharmonic.
The film ‘El Sistema’ shows how Abreu’s astonishing ideas have led theway out of the vicious circle of poverty - and how the power of musichas been able to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of youngpeople.Check it out on http://www.el-sistema-film.com/
See you thereLAIFS
This Wednesday we are heading back for our second movie screening. Weare watching Venezuelan Film - El Sistema. We will start the filmaround 5:20 in Arts 206.
‘El Sistema’ is a network of children’s and youth orchestras, musiccentres and workshops in Venezuela, in which more than 250,000children and young people are currently learning to play aninstrument.It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio Abreu, who wasdriven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous andpoverty-stricken shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out ofpoverty through music, changing both people and structures. The story,which has all the makings of a fairytale, is the extraordinary accountof a vision that has become reality. Several of the system’s younggraduates now rank amongst the most coveted young talent in Europe -the most prominent being the 26-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel andthe double bass player Edicson Ruiz, who at the age of 17 became theyoungest musician ever to join the Berlin Philharmonic.
The film ‘El Sistema’ shows how Abreu’s astonishing ideas have led theway out of the vicious circle of poverty - and how the power of musichas been able to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of youngpeople.Check it out on http://www.el-sistema-film.com/
See you thereLAIFS
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hola a todos,
This week (Wednesday 24th) we will be having our first casual spanish speaking get-together at Mezze Bar/Cafe in Little High St - so be ready to brush up on your Spanish over a glass of sangria (or what ever your hearts desire) with a great group of native and non-native speakers!!
We welcome people with ALL levels of Spanish (new and existing members too).
A group of us will meet outside the general library on campus between 5 and 5.10pm, to head down to Mezze Bar together. If you are coming later, feel free to meet us there!! Contact us on 0276646676 should you get lost or have any quieres :)
Nos Vemos Pronto!
This week (Wednesday 24th) we will be having our first casual spanish speaking get-together at Mezze Bar/Cafe in Little High St - so be ready to brush up on your Spanish over a glass of sangria (or what ever your hearts desire) with a great group of native and non-native speakers!!
We welcome people with ALL levels of Spanish (new and existing members too).
A group of us will meet outside the general library on campus between 5 and 5.10pm, to head down to Mezze Bar together. If you are coming later, feel free to meet us there!! Contact us on 0276646676 should you get lost or have any quieres :)
Nos Vemos Pronto!
Monday, March 15, 2010
This week at LAIFS
Hey guys,
For this weeks screening we'll be watching: Linha de Passe!
All students and staff from Auckland University are welcome to join us this Wednesday 17th March from 5pm at room 206 in the Arts I building.
Linha de Passe (2008)Directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas.
In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier; Dinho is a converted Christian and works as attendant in a gas station; Dario is an aspirant soccer player that is getting older without the expected chance in a team; and the youngest, Reginaldo, is obsessed about finding his father who works as a bus driver, and spends most of his spare time traveling by bus. Along the months, each brother experiences new deceptions and expectations while the family fights to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Film is in Portuguese with English Subtitles.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!!
For this weeks screening we'll be watching: Linha de Passe!
All students and staff from Auckland University are welcome to join us this Wednesday 17th March from 5pm at room 206 in the Arts I building.
Linha de Passe (2008)Directed by Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas.
In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a middle-class family. Each of her sons has a different unknown father: the oldest, Dênis, has a baby son that lives with his mother and he works as motorcycle courier; Dinho is a converted Christian and works as attendant in a gas station; Dario is an aspirant soccer player that is getting older without the expected chance in a team; and the youngest, Reginaldo, is obsessed about finding his father who works as a bus driver, and spends most of his spare time traveling by bus. Along the months, each brother experiences new deceptions and expectations while the family fights to survive. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Film is in Portuguese with English Subtitles.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
LAIFS 2010!!!
Welcome back everyone!!
LAIFS is about to get underway for another awesome year of watching great films, discussing them and of course socialising with a great group of people.
For those of you that are new to LAIFS and considering joining, you are more than welcome!! LAIFS gathers weekly to watch and discuss films, practice spanish and talk about issues affecting Latin America and Spain. It is also a great way to socialise with your classmates and meet students from other areas of the university. 2009 was a very successful and enjoyable year and we would love to have even more people join us for 2010 and allow the group to grow and evolve as you would like it to!! Membership is only $1 for the entire year. Please note that due to copyright reasons, we are only able to show films to university students or staff. However, others are more than welcome to join the group and participate in any other activities we may have during the year.
We will be meeting Wednesday 10 March at Fordes, Anzac Ave, bar to take stock of the year ahead - everyone is welcome. Come from 5.00pm and grab yourself a drink. We'll get the official discussion underway by 5.30pm.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!!
P.S. If you haven't already, check out the current documentary film festival on at Rialto: http://www.documentaryedge.org.nz/2010/
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