The Latin American Women Filmmakers Observatory (Observatório Latino-Americano de Realizadoras, OLAR) is a platform that fosters dialogue between critical thought and audiovisual production across Latin America through a gender perspective. It supports initiatives dedicated to the circulation, preservation, and memory of films made by women, non-binary, and trans filmmakers from all countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The third edition of our biennial festival, OLAR 3 – Latin American Women Filmmakers Observatory, will take place in November 2026 as an in-person event in the city of Carpina, Pernambuco, Brazil. The program will include open-air screenings, cinema screenings, school screenings, as well as educational activities and panel discussions.
OLAR does not provide airfare for participating filmmakers. However, we will seek to host filmmakers who are in Carpina during the festival screenings.
