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we’re here with the general counsel of

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Mexico mr. Morici Otis and it’s a great

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honor for us to have him here so i just

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wanted to ask him what is a latina mean

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to you this year well scene is important

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for us as a very renowned festival in

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toronto promoting latin american cinema

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but mexico this year is the focus of a

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lucini so we are very proud that the

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mexican movies will be exhibited here in

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order to the people of of toronto will

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know how the new mexican the

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contemporary mexican cinemas and tell us

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what are you looking forward to in this

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festival i know that the consulate is

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helping us with two co-presenting two of

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her films and other programs well this

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year we celebrate we commemorate 70

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years of the relationship diplomatic

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relationship between Mexico and Canada

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and that’s a good motive in order to

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promote the Mexican culture here in

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Canada as well as Canada is promoting a

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cannabis culture in Mexico and so we

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think that one of our best proves all

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that the Mexican culture is not only the

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old and ancient cultures but this

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contemporary this new culture so we are

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trying to promote and to show the new

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image of Mexico and how Mexico is a a

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mother and and and a very rich

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a nation regarding fall arts expression

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both cinema especially

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my name is Hector Centeno and I’m a son

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artists and music composer and also

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worked with a new media art as a

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technician and interactive system design

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I was invited to participate in

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Abyssinia festival to do a performance

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of Sun art multi-channel sonar and I was

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also involved in the production of a

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couple of installations working on the

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interactivity and soundless design my

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son our presentation consists of a live

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improvisation where I use a system my

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program that allows me to take feel

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recordings that I’ve done in the

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previous days and then process them in

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real time and also utilize the surround

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sound system to place them in the space

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around the audience what does a loose in

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a min to me through words it’s crazy

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resourceful and so loving the energy

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that setup comes to me right now that is

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is the one that I can’t describe like

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honestly I don’t have any words to

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express the level of the family that we

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have here and the energy that we have

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here as the Latin community as something

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that is really beautiful hi my name is

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belong and i’m here from funny United

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States I’m originally from Guatemala and

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I’m participating with Alison in

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presenting and interactive art work

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there is a relationship between touch

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sound and audio visuals and Cal

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technology has become so available to a

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lot of cultures and I’m very happy to be

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here in Toronto which I love the series

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beautiful city I think allison is very

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important to the community because it

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exposes Toronto to a international

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audience and I will soon as pushing the

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sense of our Latin Americans not just

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term also supporting the creation of new

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works and the development of new ideas

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and incorporation into a more

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contemporary culture something that I

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love about listening that they do care

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about contemporary artworks and

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contemporary artists my heartfelt

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gratitude goes out to the extra dinner

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allison is staffed and to the many

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volunteers forget it is yours festival

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of the ground you are my extended family

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my beloved community muchas gracias

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you

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