Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller may have been a genius, but he clearly didn’t intend for his work to cheer anyone up.

Ten thought-provoking films will be featured in the 2024 Movies That Matter Film Festival hosted by the Lake Chapala Chapter of Democrats Abroad at the Cine+Lago Theater in Ajijic’s Plaza Bugambilias.

Echoes: a Pink Floyd tribute experience is a collaboration of local musicians in the Lake Chapala area presenting the best of Pink Floyd Saturday, March 16, 7 p.m. and Tuesday, April 9, 9 p.m. at the Centro para la Cultura y Las Artes de la Ribera.

The Lake Chapala Chapter of Democrats Abroad 11^th annual Film Festival starts Sunday, March 3 at the Cine+Lago Theater in Plaza Bugambilias in Ajijic. Ten films in the series will run at 2 p.m. every Sunday and Thursday during March.

David Arond, the director of “Bess Meyerson: The First and Only Jewish Miss America,” will speak after the movie presentation this Sunday. 

“Frau Stern,” an award-winning indie film written and directed by Anatol Schuster, is a darkish comedy about a 90-year old Holocaust survivor who wants to die.