The Garden Left Behind

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2cZ9DGjIc&feature=emb_logo”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]The Garden Left Behind traces the relationship between Tina, a young Mexican trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina’s transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Director: Flavio Alves[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Runtime: 88 Mins[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Year: 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]Saturday, November 14, 2020. 6:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][edgtf_button size=”huge-full-width” type=”” enable_prettyphoto=”” target=”_self” icon_pack=”” font_weight=”” text=”Tickets” link=”https://theatricalathome.com/products/centrefilmfestival”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10″][edgtf_separator type=”full-width”][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]

About The Director

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Flavio Alves

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Flavio Alves is a Brazilian writer, film director and producer. He was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998 with the help of the Immigrants and Refugee Rights Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law. In 2007, Flavio returned to school to study film production at New York University, where he received the Technisphere Award for Outstanding Achievement.  Since then, he has produced over 20 films and directed 6, including The Secret Friend (2010) and Tom in America (2014). His debut feature film, The Garden Left Behind (2019), which is an IFP Narrative Lab (2017) selected project, premiered at SXSW, where he was nominated for the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award. In 2018, Alves received The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Artist Academy fellowship. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”19131″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://centrefilm.org/directors-panels/”][/vc_column][/vc_row]