For those who were unable to attend or for those who want to revisit the event, a recording of the Q&A portion of the CSI 50th Anniversary Screening of El desencanto is now available to view.
The Cinema Studies Institute celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a screening series of films picked by notable CSI alumni. Screenings are followed by a discussion between the alumni and CSI faculty.
El desencanto (The Disenchantment) is a 1976 Spanish documentary film and cult classic written and directed by Jaime Chávarri about the family of famous poet Leopoldo Panero.
Diana Sanchez has over 25 years experience in the International and Canadian film industry. She is the Executive Director of Hot Docs, and previously served as TIFF's Senior Director of Film where she oversaw the organization's Festival and Cinematheque programming strategy, after collaborating at TIFF as a programmer for over 17 years. In 2011, Diana was founding artistic director of IFF Panama (the International Panama Film Festival) where she worked hand in hand with the executive director to create a launching pad for films from Central America and the Caribbean as well as foster the wider film industry through innovative programming initiatives and the creation of new films funds. Diana has held programming and industry roles at several film festivals and organizations, including the Spanish Film Archive, the Rotterdam Film Festival, Miami Film Festival, Los Angeles Latino Film Festival (LALIFF) as well as director of programming for Houston Latin Wave in Collaboration with the Musuem of Fine Arts, Houston. She has participated on several film festival and national film fund juries both in Canada and abroad. Diana has taught at the University of Toronto from where she holds a Master's Degree in Cinema Studies.
Moderator, Angelica Fenner is an Associate Professor at the Cinema Studies Institute and the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.