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In the future, wars will be fought over water, but in Mexico the war has already begun. This documentary contemplates Mexico’s destiny, telling the story of the struggle of its indigenous people to preserve their natural resources and their cultural identity.
Filmed in the idyllic Mayan Riviera, All Inclusive follows the story of a Chilean-Mexican family during their summer vacation. Facing the imminent arrival of a storm, each of the characters goes through unexpected situations that cause deep changes in their lives, and they have to deal with their innermost fears, conflicts and secrets. The trip will be unforgettable, but it will remind every member of the family of the ups and the downs that make up life. With a stellar cast featuring Jesús Ochoa, Valentina Vargas, Ana Serradilla, Martha Higareda, Jesús Zavala, Leonor Varela, Jaime Camil, Maya Zapata, Mónica Cruz and Edgar Vívar, All Inclusive is an appealing movie that talks about the search of happiness, the things we don’t say, tolerance and family love. Amor, dolor y viceversaLove, Pain, and Vice Versa Alfonso Pineda-Ulloa Mexico, Thriller/Romance, 200985 min, 35mm, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
A story of love, pain, and vice versa. For nearly a year, Consuelo has been obsessing over a man that visits her in her dreams; a knight in shining armor that, according to her friends, doesn’t exist. Ricardo has also been dreaming of Consuelo, only his dreams come in the form of terrible nightmares ending with his murder. Little by little, their subconscious invades their reality, as these two strangers are destined to meet face to face in a world where the line between dreams and nightmares no longer exists.
Regional Premiere
Alfonso Pineda-Ulloa recently completed his MFA (Producer’s Program) at UCLA. He is a graduate of the Los Angeles Film School, where his focus was directing and cinematography. Pineda-Ulloa also studied photography at the Escuela Activa de Fotografia and holds degrees in Entrepreneurship and Latin-American Studies. In 2007, he directed two episodes of the highly successful TV horror series, M13DOS, including “La Escuela,” which earned the highest ratings of the entire series. At the same time, he has partnered with Lemon Films, among others, for a variety of film and television projects.
Producer: Billy Rovzar, Fernando Rovzar, Julio Fernández, Nick SpicerProduction Companies: Lemon Films – FilmaxScreenwriter: Alex MarinoCinematographer: Damián GarcíaEditor: Jorge MacayaSound Design: Andrés FrancoMusic: Roque BañosCast: Bárbara Mori, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Marina de Tavira, Joaquín Cosío, Irene Azuela Alamo South Lamar - Wed. April 28 9:45 PMBuy Tickets Fernando Rovzar and Daniel Rovzar of Lemon Films in attendance.
In 1999, two brothers were deported from the United States to Mexico. Within two weeks, one of them overdosed on heroin in a seedy Tijuana hotel room, his body left unclaimed for two months in a mass grave. These U.S.-raised men, military veterans, were deported from the only country they knew—and had sworn to protect—to forge new lives in Mexico. Against the backdrop of increased attention to the U.S.-Mexico border, filmmaker Monika Navarro draws on her family’s experience to explore national identity and ties, the lives of immigrants, and what happens after deportees are sent to a homeland they don’t consider home.
Arráncame la vida begins its journey during a transformative period in Mexican history. The Revolution of 1910 is over and the country’s rule is open to whatever politician had the audacity to grab it. Dominating men fight ruthlessly for control, manipulating and exploiting others to gain power. Growing up in 1930s Mexico, Catalina Guzmán knows little of the world beyond her father’s house, unaware of the political storm that looming over the whole country.
Bracero Stories explores the personal experiences of five former “guest workers” in the controversial US-Mexican government Bracero Program, which granted temporary work contracts to millions of Mexican laborers between 1942 and 1964. Their stories are interwoven and illustrated with archival materials, creating a composite narrative of the “bracero” experience. Interviews with other participants in the program assess its effectiveness—and its justness. These discussions mirror contemporary concerns about illegal immigration and the possible implementation of a new guest worker program. Ultimately, the film seeks to put a human face on the concept of foreign “guest worker.”
Cárcel de carne Jail of Flesh Roque Azcuaga Mexico, Documentary, 2009 75 min, BD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Cárcel de carne is a documentary that delves into the inner workings of a rare neurological disease that is fatal, incurable and stems from unknown causes. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, attacks the motor neurons, gradually eliminating a person's ability to move. The film is a first person narrative in which the terminally ill patients speak out about their condition. Through their life experiences we try to understand the disease and catch a glimpse into part of the human condition as it relates to death, hope and transcendence.
US Premiere Roque Azcuaga, a native of Mexico City, studied at the UNAM and at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC) in Mexico. In addition to his work as an editor for commercials, short films and feature films, he has also worked for radio and theatre. In 2007, Azcuaga obtained the support of IMCINE in order to produce the feature documentary Cárcel de carne.
Producer: Elsa Reyes Production Company: CONACULTA-IMCINE, FOPROCINE, Zensky Cine Screenwriter: Roque Azcuaga Cinematographer: Enrique Stone Editor: Roque Azcuaga, Elena Pardo Sound Design: Fabiola Ramos Music: Joseph Saint-Remy
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Wed. April 28 7:00PM FREE Cerro de la Cruz Constantino Escandón Mexico, Drama, 2009 10 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English Subtitles
A young man on the verge of death finds himself trapped between his ideals of love and the brutal violence of the revolutionary war.
US Premiere Born in Mexico in 1976, Constantino Escandón studied communication at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He was the director and writer of several short films including Lucio, Philia, El solito. He has also served as location manager on several feature films such as El mago, El cielo dividido and Propiedad ajena. Cerro de la Cruz is his third short film as writer and director.
Producers: Arturo Castelán, Alfonso F. Escandón, Issa Guerra Production Companies: CONACULTA-IMCINE, KODAK, Labofilms, La Manta de México, Libido Screenwriter: Constantino Escandón Cinematographer: Juan Carlos Lazo Editor: Constantino Escandón Sound design: Daniel Hidalgo Music: Antonio Avitia Cast: David Medel, Eduardo Granados, Óscar Ibarra, Neri Paredes, Luis Alberto García, Eduardo Granados
Regal Metropolitan - Thur. April 22 4:00PM (preceding Quanto Dura o Amor?)
Regal Metropolitan - Mon. April 26 8:00PM (preceding Quanto Dura o Amor?) ChamacoThe Kid Miguel Necoechea Mexico/USA, Drama, 200997 min, HD, ColorSpanish, English with English and Spanish subtitles
Chamaco is a contemporary yet timeless story about a father and son who overcome their differences, uniting to mentor a young Mexican teenager with dreams of being a boxer. The father, a doctor, left his home in the U.S. to run a medical clinic in Mexico City. The son, a former U.S. Olympic boxer, burned out too fast as a professional boxer, and is trying to rebuild his life. Abner, coming of age in Mexico, finds himself balancing pursuing his dreams with trying to make enough money to pull his sister and girlfriend off of the streets. Along the way they find each other, find themselves, and face their destinies head on.
Regional Premiere A prestigious producer, editor, and filmmaker, Miguel Necoechea has won Academy Awards (their countries’ respective versions) in Mexico and Spain. He has worked with some of the foremost contemporary filmmakers including Arturo Ripstein, Luis Mandoki, Alfonso Cuarón, María Novaro, and Lawrence Bender, to name a few. Chamaco is Necoechea’s feature film directorial debut.
Producer: Don Franken, Miguel Necoechea, Kirk HarrisProduction Companies: Ivania Films, Rogue ArtsScreenwriter: Kirk Harris, Miguel Necoechea, Carl BessaiCinematographer: Guillermo GranilloEditor: Mario SandovalSound Design: Alberto Castro, Kale DawesMusic: Evan EvansCast: Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Danny Perea, Gustavo Sanchez Parra, Raul Mendez, Michael Madsen Closing Night Alamo South Lamar - Thur. April 29 7:00PM Buy Tickets Director Miguel Necoechea and Producer Don Franken in attendance. When Catalina Lunago falls in love with a fish and gets swallowed by marsh waters, her family will try to rescue her from the world of the “Chimbumbe.” The film is an adaptation of a traditional oral tale from San Basilio de Palenque, a village in northern Colombia declared as “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO.
Before dying, Nora devises a plan to make José, her ex-husband, take care of her funeral during the height of Passover celebration. But despite her meticulousness she misses something—the only flaw in the plan, a mysterious photograph left under the bed, which leads to unexpected outcomes that remind us that sometimes the greatest love stories are hidden in the smallest places. A heartwarming story of love, doubt, faith, and the importance of family.
Away from its body, the cut-off head of Juan Pérez The Great (a fifth class magician from a small circus), starts remembering how he lost his head to a guillotine. After a terrible six year crisis, the Circo Aztlán (where our magician has lived for so many years), had started cutting acts out. In order not to lose his job, Juan Pérez promised to stage a sensational decapitation act, which could return the circus to its glory days. Running out of time, and without a penny to build the machinery needed for his act, Juan Pérez was forced to steal an original Guillotine from a museum, unaware of its terrible curse.
Ana, a 50-year-old woman, falls into a depression when her husband leaves her. Once she finally decides to get over it, she begins to change from the outside in and, led by rekindled desire, starts a process in which she rediscovers her sexuality. Past and present collide as filmmaker Natalia Almada brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother—reminiscences about Natalia’s great-grandfather General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo” (the foremost chief). Today, he is remembered as “el Quema-Curas” (the Burner of Priests) and as a dictator who ruled through puppet presidents until he was exiled in 1936. Through his daughter’s recordings, El General moves between the memories of a daughter grappling with her memory of her family life versus history’s portrait of her father, and the weight of his legacy in the country today.
El informe Toledo The Toledo Report Albino Álvarez G Mexico, Documentary, 2008 85 min, S16mm/HD/HDV, Color/Black & White Spanish, English, Zapoteca with English subtitles
Francisco Toledo made a series of fifteen prints relating to Franz Kafka’s A Report for An Academy. These self-portraits make up the narrative line of this documentary film that searches for the face of the Juchiteco artist. Toledo’s journey takes us from 1960’s Paris to the 2006 teacher's conflict in Oaxaca, Mexico, and interweaves a plot where the passion and mastery of this Mexican artist is inseparable from the chisel in which a man takes part in historical and social matters and struggles against corruption.
US Premiere
Albino Álvarez Gomez is originally from Zacatecas, Mexico. He studied at the University Center of Film Studies and has taught film and television studies at numerous institutions, including at the Casa del Lago in the Mexican Institute of Educational Communication. He was founder and general coordinator of the Workshop on Audiovisual Experimentation at TV UNAM. In 2005 he founded his own production company, Lo Otro Producciones, which has completed fourteen documentaries thus far.
Producer: Martin Burillo Production Companies: Pegaso Films, Lo Otro Producciones Screenwriter: Albino Álvarez G. Cinematographer: Martin Boege Editor: Omar Guzmán Sound Design: Samuel Larson Music: Steven Brown Cast: Francisco Toledo, Carlos Monsiváis, Elisa Ramírez, Elena Poniatowska Regal Metropolitan - Thurs. April 22 8:00 PM Buy TicketsRegal Metropolitan - Fri. April 23 4:00 PMBuy Tickets
El relato de Sam Brennan Sam Brennan's Story Manuel Tonatiuh Moreno Ramos Mexico, Animation, 2008 6 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
While working at his father's tavern, a young boy named Sam is constantly exposed to the stories told by travelers. As a result, Sam imagines himself sailing around the world and visiting strange lands and beautiful places. One day the sailors invite Sam to join their boat crew, but only on the condition that he gives them his father's wine and gold. What will Sam decide?
Texas Premiere Tonatiuh Moreno desires to make traditional 2D animation films of a higher quality and he is particularly interested in themes of fantasy and science fiction. El relato de Sam Brennan is his first animated short, which received mention at several international film festivals including the 2009 Short Film Corner at Cannes.
Producer: Karla Uribe Production Company: IMCINE Screenwriter: Manuel Tonatiuh Moreno Ramos Animation: Manuel Tonatiuh Moreno Ramos, Blanca Araceli Mercado Doñate, Ricardo García Paredes Editor: Mario Martínez Sound Design: Mario Martínez Music: Mary Camarena, Saúl "El Muerto" Ledesma Cast: Mary Camarena, Javier Lacroix, Eric “Superman” Ruiz
Regal Metropolitan - Sat. April 24 10:00PM (preceding Dzi Croquettes) El viaje del cometa The Journey of the Comet Ivonne Fuentes Mendoza Mexico, Documentary, 2008 86 min, HD, Color Spanish with English Subtitles
A couple of retired teachers transform an out-of-use school bus into a mobile home. With the help of a few telescopes, their retiree salary and a dream, they begin their cross-country journey to the most isolated places of Mexico in order to teach astronomy to public schools students.
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Ivonne Fuentes Mendoza was born in Mexico City and studied at Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos where she produced the documentary short La Virgen Lupita, which won the Mikeldi prize at the Cinema Festival of Bilbao. She has been nominated for the Ariel prize for best decorator and art director for several films. With the support of the Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad and a grant from FONCA, she shot her first feature film documentary, El viaje del cometa.
Producer: Iván Avila Dueñas Production Companies: Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, 13 Lunas, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Panasonic de México, MCO Studios Screenwriter: Ivonne Fuentes Mendoza Cinematographer: Alejandro Cantú Editor: Elena Pardo Sound Design: Pedro Jiménez Music: Sánchez y Ledezma Cast: Enoc Fuentes López, María Luisa Aguilar Aranda, Víctor Enoch García Fuentes
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Sun. April 25 9:00PM FREEEntrevista con la tierra Interview with the Earth Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Documentary, 2009 18 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
In Entrevista con la tierra, documentary and fiction seamlessly merge to create a hybrid poetic film. Through a series of interviews and enactments we learn the story of Nico and Amalio, two children who lost a friend while climbing a mountain.
Regional Premiere
Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982. His short films Cycle and This Film is not a Thriller have screened in many festivals in Europe, North America and South America. He has made films and videos for several hybrid plays and operas, which have been presented in Mexico and Europe. In 2007 he earned a Masters in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Canada. His award-winning first feature film ¿Dónde están sus historias? has screened at festivals around the world, and his subsequent films have all garnered critical acclaim.
Producer: Nicolás Pereda, Sebastián Hiriart Screenwriter: Nicolás Pereda Cinematographer: Sebastián Hiriart Editor: Nicolás Pereda Sound Design: Nicolás Pereda Music: Marcela Rodríguez Cast: Amalio Miranda, Nico Miranda
Regal Metropolitan - Thur. April 22 8:00PM (preceding El informe Toledo)
Regal Metropolitan - Tues. April 27 10:00PM (preceding Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba)
Epílogo Epilogue Carlos Correa Mexico, Drama, 2009 16 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
When Manuel's lifelong routine is broken, he finds that he must go out and adapt into an unknown world to prevent himself from disappearing.
Texas Premiere Carlos Correa, a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, earned a Bachelors degree in Audiovisual Arts from the Universidad de Guadalajara. He has worked primarily in the areas of direction and photography for various short films, as well as in the areas of television, video and advertising. In 2007 he won a grant from the Academia Jalisciense de Cinematografía to produce Epílogo, his first short film that was subsequently supported by the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
Producer: Kenya Márquez-Alcadef Cortés, Karla Uribe González Production Company: CONACULTA-IMCINE, Academia Jalisciense de Cinematografía - Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerco Rosa Screenwriter: Carlos Correa Cinematographer: Javier Morón Tejero Editor: Felipe Gómez Sound Design: Odin Acosta Music: Mauricio Estrada, Rodrigo Castro, Klaus Mayer, Roberto Sánchez Cast: Germán Robles San Agustín, Candelario Pérez, Sara Isabel Quintero, José de Jesús Hernández, Frank Rodríguez, Eduardo Covarrubias, Denis Corona Ramírez
Panorama Narrative Shorts Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 12:00PM Several characters, feeling isolated and incomplete, share their solitude inside a maze-like house. They desperately seek to find a complement in each other.
The jungle madness known as Grissi Siknis is a contagious, naturally bound syndrome that occurs among the Miskito of Eastern Central America and affects mainly young women. Grissi Siknis is typically characterized by long periods of anxiety, nausea, dizziness, irrational anger and fear interlaced with short periods of rapid frenzy in which the victims lose consciousness, and believe that devils beat them, have sexual relations with them, and run away. Traditional Miskito tradition holds that Grissi Siknis is caused by possession by evil spirits or inflicted by a malevolent evil sorcerer. While Western medicine typically has no effect on those affected with the disease, the remedies of Miskito herbalists or healers are often successful in curing the madness. The lodging house owned by Rosa Carbajal at the corner of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in Mexico City, is a shelter that hides an intimate and passionate story. Twenty years ago Rosa met Jorge Riosse, a young tenant who became her closest friend and for eight years made indelible marks on everyone he knew. But after his sudden death, some dark characteristics emerged. The film is a profound sketch of two lonely characters whose lives become strongly and strangely entwined.
In a nursing home, where nothing is left but memories and loneliness, an elderly woman weaves her fate…. Winner of the 2009 Mexican Ariel for Best Animated Short Film. Jaulas Cages Juan José Medina Mexico, Animation, 2009 10 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Two misfits find it difficult to overcome a cycle of abuse and exploitation in the midst of desolation. Although an animated film, Jaulas focuses on the serious issue of child abuse and exploitation within Mexico, as well as other developing countries. It was awarded the Best Animated Short award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2009.
Texas Premiere Juan José Medina was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1974 and studied at the Guadalajara Plastic Arts University. As a painter and sculptor, Medina has participated in over thirty individual and collective expositions. He directed the short film, El octavo día de la creación (co-produced by IMCINE), which has received awards at several international film festivals. He has also participated in a dozen productions as animator and art director.
Producers: Ana de la Rosa Zamboni, Juan José Medina, Rita Basulto Production Company: CONACINE Screenwriter: Juan José Medina Cinematography: Sergio Ulloa Editing: Uri Espinosa Sound design: Miguel Hernández Montero, Mario Martínez Cobos Music: Alfredo Sánchez Gutiérrez, Mario Osuna Cast: Alfredo Sánchez, Ángel López Chávez
Alamo Drafthouse South Thur. April 22 10:00PM (preceding El bosque)
Narrative Shorts Competition Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 4:00PM Juntos Together Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Drama, 2009 73 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Gabino, Luisa and Paco live in an apartment in Mexico City. They don't have cold water and the refrigerator has broken. They make a trip to the country to find a lost dog.
US Premiere
Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982. His short films Cycle and This Film is not a Thriller have screened in many festivals in Europe, North America and South America. He has made films and videos for several hybrid plays and operas, which have been presented in Mexico and Europe. In 2007 he earned a Masters in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Canada. His award-winning first feature film ¿Dónde están sus historias? has screened at festivals around the world, and his subsequent films have all garnered critical acclaim.
Producer: Nicolás Pereda Production Companies: En Chinga Films Screenwriter: Nicolás Pereda Cinematographer: Alejandro Coronado Editor: Nicolás Pereda Sound Design: Nicolás Pereda Cast: Gabino Rodríguez, Luisa Pardo, Francisco Barreiro
Regal Metropolitan - Mon. April 26 10:00PM La canción de los niños muertos The Song of the Dead Children David Pablos Mexico, Drama, 2008 38 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
My mother was murdered and my father remained alone with five children to care for. He could not offer us consolation; instead, he isolated us. He took us to the beach to pass the summer in an old cabin and that was where everything changed. My brothers and I became united by depression and alcohol. All I wanted to do was to leave that place.
US Premiere David Pablos received the prestigious Fulbright scholarship and was able to pursue a Master’s degree in the United States, specializing in film direction and screenwriting. He was invited to partake in the 2008 IDF Academy Summer School with his documentary project One Frontier, All Frontiers. David has also been selected to participate in the Visionary Campus Guadalajara, in collaboration with the Berlinale Talent Campus and the International Film Festival of Guadalajara.
Producer: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Production Companies: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Screenwriter: David Pablos Cinematographer: Hatuey Viveros Editor: David Pablos Sound Design: Rodrigo Lira Music: Sergei Prokofiev, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cast: Rubén Pablos, José Martínez, Rodrigo Azuela, Ana Elena Kelly, Sebastián Aguirre, Daniel Corkidi, Flavie Boeda
Panorama Narrative Shorts Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 12:00PM A man remembers a childhood promise, which awakens his curiosity to seek out an old girlfriend again.
A small fishing village in the south of Chile becomes a magnet for hordes of divers, fishermen, merchants, businessmen and prostitutes, who flock in from around the country when the ban on a prized, yet endangered mollusk—“el loco” (the abalone)—is lifted ever so briefly by fishing authorities. Father Antonio is intent on both preventing his flock from running wild as well as raising enough cash for a new antenna that would allow his radio station, “Mother of the Divine Providence” to reach the entire region. The fishing village is also invaded by a small band of hookers led by Norma, a madam who drives her girls in a battered bus to any place around the country where there is action. Carlos Maldonado, a former local diver, comes home after a seven-year absence to join this bizarre group of people so he can buy abalone for a Japanese firm, and also to see Sonia, a love interest from the past.
La profecía de los justos The Last of the Just Manuel Carballo Mexico/Spain, Thriller, 2009 85 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
After becoming implicated in a murder case, and the police’s prime suspect, Teo is forced to flee his home in Mexico after being pursued by strange men who try to kill him. While trying to find out who is after him and why, he stumbles upon evidence linking his date of birth to a millenary sect that believes in the existence of the 36 chosen ones: the 36 Just. The sect prophesizes that Teo is the last of the just and that the fate of humanity is in his hands. There is another group of individuals that have sworn their lives to defend these just men. Teo, trapped in a religious war that has lasted for thousands of years, must try to stay alive long enough to discover his true destiny.
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Born in Barcelona, Manuel Carballo attended the C.E.C.C. and Mirco-Obert, where he studied directing and filmmaking respectively. In 2002, he wrote and directed his first short, Ulises Pesares, which showed in official selection at Málaga and Medina del Campo. In 2003, the short La última vida, screened in official selection at the Festival de Cine Fantástico of San Sebastian to widespread acclaim. This year, Carballo is directing his second film, Exorcismus, a naturalistic nightmare comprised of an international cast, which has been sold to 22 countries.
Producer: Billy Rovzar, Fernando Rovzar, Julio Fernandez, Teddy Villalba Production Companies: Lemon Films - Filmax - CastelaoScreenwriter: Manuel Carballo Cinematographer: Javier Salmones Editor: Xavi Carrazco, Jorge Macaya Sound Design: Jorge Mira, Enrique Grenier, Eric Dounce Music: Zacarias M de la Riva Cast: Diego Martin, Antonio Dechent, Ana Claudia Talancon, Pedro Armendariz, Raul Mendez
Alamo South Lamar - Mon. April 26 7:00 PMBuy Tickets Fernando Rovzar and Daniel Rovzar of Lemon Films in attendance.
La vida loca Christian Poveda France/Spain/Mexico, Documentary, 2009 90 min, HDV/35mm, Color Spanish with English Subtitles
In Central America they are referred to as the : modelling themselves on Los Angeles youth gangs, these groups are now further afield. A childhood at once terrifying and hateful but strangely captivating which typifies the disintegration of family life within Salvadorian society and the despair in which they have grown up. La vida loca is what life is really about in these gangs: youths who suffer; who defy us; who look down on us; who resent and dislike us. So, like cornered dogs, this lost generation responds with pessimism, revolt and death. La vida loca is a documentary about absolute human solitude.
Regional Premiere www.lafemme-endormie.com/vidaloca
Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker, Christian Poveda’s political involvement during the Vietnam War in the 1970’s allowed him to experience the power of images, and the influence they can have over certain events, which inspired his career path. His entire filmography is dedicated to extraordinary political and social situations; it includes over 15 documentaries that have been presented at some of the most prestigious festivals and TV markets worldwide. Poveda was murdered on September 2, 2009 in the suburbs of San Salvador.
Producer: Carole Solive, Luis Bellaba, Emilio Maillé, Gustavo Angel Production Companies: La Femme Endormie, Aquelarre, El Caiman Screenwriter: Christian Poveda Cinematographer: Christian Poveda Editor: Merecedes Alted Sound Design: David Enrique Mendez, Sylvianne Bouget Music: Rocca
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 8:00 PMBuy Tickets Teenager Juan crashes his family’s car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest leads him to Don Heber, an old, paranoid mechanic whose only companion is his dog Sica; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band; and to “The One Who Knows,” a teenage mechanic obsessed with martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters engage Juan in a one-day journey during which he will come to accept what he was escaping from in the first place—an event both as natural and inexplicable as a loved one’s death.
Lokas Gonzalo Justiniano Mexico/Chile, Comedy, 2008 95 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Lokas is a comedy about Charly, a con man of sorts and a convinced homophobe who discovers after years of separation from him, that his father is homosexual and is living with his boyfriend. Pedro, Charly's 9-year-old son, reunites the whole family beyond prejudices.
Regional Premiere Gonzalo Justiniano was born in Chile in 1955, and after studying at the Paris University and the Louis Lumière Film School in France, Justiniano moved back to Chile to produce Los guerreros pacifistas (The Pacifist Warriors), a documentary about the punk movement in Chile. His first feature film, Los hijos de la guerra fría, won the award for Best First Feature in Biarritz, among other awards. Since 2000, he has directed the feature films El Leyton, B-Happy--winner of several international awards--and Lokas.
Producers: Daniel de la Vega, Gonzalo Justiniano, Rodrigo Bastidas Production Companies: Sahara Films, Cinecorp, Bastidas S.A. Screenwriter: Rodrigo Bastidas, Gonzalo Justiniano Cinematographer: Andrés Garretón Editor: Carolina Quevedo Sound Design: Andrés Carrasco Music: Cuti Aste Cast: Rodrigo Bastidas, Coco Legrand, Raimundo Bastidas, Fabiola Campomanes, Rodrigo Murray
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 10:00 PMBuy Tickets
In 1930, the American Smelting & Refining Company hired William "Bill" Parker to work at the Angangueo mines in Michoacán. Bill arrived with his girlfriend, Joyce Hartzell, a photographer. Bill and Joyce fell in love with the town and its simple ways and decided to make it their permanent home. Bill was an amateur filmmaker and used his 16mm camera to shoot several documentaries portraying day-to-day life in Angangueo and Joyce’s trips around Spain and South America. But Joyce died in 1975, victim to pulmonary cancer, and 36 days later, Bill shot himself in the head. Bill’s diary describes those last few days: from Joyce’s passing to his own suicide. The movies and photographs made by the Parkers over the years become the material that relives their memories and tells the story of these two lovers that even death couldn’t tear apart.
Los herederos is a portrait of the young children in the Mexican countryside who begin to work at an early age. The film focuses on their daily struggle for survival and their activities in farming, sculpting and painting “alebrijes,” shepherding, making bricks, weaving, looking after their siblings, collecting water, harvesting tomato, chili, maize, and laboring in a myriad of other activities. They have inherited tools and techniques from their ancestors, but they have also inherited their day-to-day hardship because, as generations pass, child workers seem to remain captive in a cycle of inherited poverty.
Mala memoria Bad Memory Alfonso Esquivias Jaime Mexico, Black Comedy, 2009 10 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Don Bartolo is a forgetful old man who no longer knows or cares what is going on in his daily life so long as he has milk, cookies, and his wife Margarita.
Texas Premiere Alfonso Esquivias is a graphic designer by profession but he has been directing films since 2004. He currently holds the position of creative director at an advertising agency as well as teaches film, design and creativity coursework at the university level. Mala memoria is his second short film as writer and director.
Producer: Leticia Ramírez Fregoso Production Company: CONACULTA-IMCINE Screenwriter: Alfonso Esquivias Jaime Cinematographer: Carlos Davis Collín Editor: César Octavio Valdés Sound Design: Agustín Enríquez Music: Mario Osuna, Miguel Chávez Cast: Emilio Balli, Yosi Lugo
Panorama Narrative Shorts Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 12:00PM
Rosa is a Mexican woman who, in 1999, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. In January of 2003, she was arrested for suspicion of murder and then sent to trial in August 2005. Rosa’s imprisonment in a foreign country, the judicial process, the verdict, the separation from her family, and her powerlessness make Mi vida dentro a true and revealing look into the life of Mexican immigrants in the United States.
Morenita Alan Jonsson Gavica Mexico, Drama, 2008 92 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico. Morenita was the official selection at nearly two dozen film festivals around the world and has won many international awards including, Best Film and Best Director at the Festival Cultural Iberoafroamericano in Cologne, Germany.
Austin Premiere
Alan Jonsson was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has studied at various film schools including UCLA, Loyola and Real Academia International de Cine in Barcelona, Spain. Jonsson has also worked as an apprentice in international productions like K9, Medicine Man, Romeo and Juliet, among others. In 2000 he directed the short film Knowing, which received awards at several international film festivals. Jonsson is currently directing commercials and developing his next feature film.
Producer: Ozcar Ramirez Production Companies: Esfera Films Screenwriter: Alan Jonsson Gavica Cinematographer: Emiliano Villanueva Editor: Ana Garcia Sound Design: Miguel Sandoval, Enrique Grainer, Erik Dounce Music: Leoncio Bon Lara Cast: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Maya Zapata, Everardo Arzate, Dagoberto Gama
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 4:00PM Buy TicketsNorteado Northless Rigoberto Perezcano Mexico/Spain, Drama, 2009 95 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Andrés reaches the Mexican border to cross into the United States. Between each attempt, he discovers that Tijuana, the city that adopts him, is a troubled one. As he waits there, Andrés is not only confronted with his feelings and what he left behind, but also with those he meets in Tijuana: Cata, Ela, and Asensio.
Austin Premiere
Born in Zaachila, Mexico, Rigoberto Perezcano's training as a filmmaker is the result of having directed documentaries. His film XV en Zachila participated in different festivals, receiving several national and international prizes. Norteado is his first feature film.
Producer: Edgar San Juan Production Companies: Tiburón Filmes, IMCINE, FOPROCINE, McCormick de México Screenwriter: Edgar San Juan, Rigoberto Perezcano Cinematographer: Alejandro Cantú Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger Sound Design: Pablo Tamez Sierra Music: Ruy García Cast: Harold Torres, Sonia Couoh, Alicia Laguna, Luis Cárdenas
Alamo South Lamar - Mon. April 26 9:45 PMBuy Tickets
Oveja negra Black Sheep Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz Mexico, Thriller, 2009 85 min, 35 mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
José and Kumbia work as shepherds at Leandro’s ranch. Sick of his animosity and their own helplessness, they come up with a plan to change their future: steal the herd and sell it at the Mexican-American border. But Leandro’s son Jerónimo is always at their heels, and will do anything to catch them and protect his inheritance. Their plan comes under greatest threat when José’s first love, María, comes between Jerónimo and José.
Regional Premiere
Born in Mexico City in 1981, Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz began his career in television commercials as an actor and assistant director. He studied communication sciences at Iberoamericana University where he made the successful short 16mm film El viejo which won the 7th International Festival of Film Schools in Kinoki, Mexico. After working with various directors and producers, he decided to establish his own production company Tigre Pictures with Pablo García . Oveja negra is his feature film debut. He is currently writing his second film AI LOV IU and making commercials.
Producer: Pablo García Gatterer Production Companies: Tigre Pictures Screenwriter: Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz Cinematographer: Kenji Katori Editor: Quim Marti Sound Design: J. Juárez, M. A. Blanco Music: Ernesto Paredano Cast: Christian Vásquez, Ximena Romo, Rodrigo Corea, Iván Arana
Regal Metropolitan - Sat. April 24 10:00 PMBuy Tickets
Beto is the custodian of a house in Mexico City, left empty for several years, in which he used to work as a domestic helper. The solitude of the last ten years coupled with the monotony and routine of his job have led him to develop a pathological fear of the world outside, to the point of limiting his contacts to only two people: the owner of the house, for whom he has a feeling of deep gratitude and respect that is translated into obedience; and Lupe, a friend, a confidante, and a lover. News that the house is to go on sale causes a dilemma for Beto, who doesn't know whether he should dare to set forth and live or seek a way of remaining in his confinement.
Perpetuum Mobile Nicolás Pereda Mexico/Canada/France, Drama, 2009 90 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Gabino is a 24-year old man who still lives with his mother and works as a moving truck driver in Mexico City. He constantly witnesses the perils and distress that others have to endure as they move out of their homes and out of other people's lives. Gabino and his mother have a distant relationship that comes to a climax when they stumble upon an unexpected discovery. Perpetuum Mobile was recently awarded the Best Mexican Feature award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Regional Premiere www.ondamaxfilms.com/new-films.php?page=film-perpetuum
Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982. His short films Cycle and This Film is not a Thriller have screened in many festivals in Europe, North America and South America. He has made films and videos for several hybrid plays and operas, which have been presented in Mexico and Europe. In 2007 he earned a Masters in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Canada. His award-winning first feature film ¿Dónde están sus historias? has screened at festivals around the world, and his subsequent films have all garnered critical acclaim.
Producers: Nicolás Pereda, Catalina Pereda Production Companies: En Chinga Films Screenwriter: Nicolás Pereda Cinematographer: Alejandro Coronado Editor: Nicolás Pereda Sound Design: Alejandro de Icaza Cast: Gabino Rodríguez, Teresa Sánchez, Francisco Barreiro
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 8:00PM
Point of Entry Zeus Quijano, Jr. USA, Documentary, 2009 27 min, MiniDV, Color Spanish, English with English subtitles
Carlos is an illegal immigrant living in the United States with his wife and two children. His decision to leave Mexico, his parents and siblings weighed heavily on him, but he knew that for them to get ahead he would have to leave to America. He was 15 years old at the time. Today, Carlos is 30 and continues sending money home to his family. Accolades for Point of Entry include numerous Official Selection entries in festivals as well as awards for Best Short Documentary at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, and Best Non-Scripted Drama at NexTv Entertainment Web Series and Short Film Competition.
Texas Premiere
Zeus Quijano, Jr. is a graduate Film Production student at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. Zeus grew up in the suburbs of New York City. He was introduced to the craft of visual media while interning and eventually working as a production assistant on the sitcom, Spin City. He attended the University of Hawai'i and developed his craft of visual arts. USC has enabled him to integrate his love of still photographic storytelling and translate that to a fluid cinematic art.
Producer: Zeus Quijano, Jr. Cinematographer: Zeus Quijano, Jr. Editor: Zeus Quijano, Jr. Sound Design: Zeus Quijano, Jr. Music: Jake Monaco
Documentary Shorts Competition Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sat. April 24 4:00PM
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Wed. April 28 5:00PM (preceding Stages) Rehje Anaís Huerta, Raúl Cuesta Mexico, Documentary, 2009 70 min, HD CAM, Color Spanish with English subtitles
After living in Mexico City for 40 years, Antonia longs to go back to her hometown, a Mazahua village in the state of Mexico. When she finally decides to do so, she encounters a lot of things that she didn't expect, like the scarcity of water threatening life in her community. This documentary was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at Mexico's Academy Awards.
Texas Premiere Anaís Huerta was born in Toronto, Canada. She studied political science in Canada and France, as well dramatic arts in several theater companies. Raúl Cuesta was born in Mexico City where he studied international business and photography. In 2002 he founded Lunave, a digital media agency, where he has created several communication projects. Together they created Amaina, a documentary production company, where they produced their first short film, Máximo. Rehje is their first feature documentary.
Producer: Anaís Huerta, Raúl Cuesta Production Companies: CONACULTA-IMCINE, FOPROCINE Screenwriter: Anaís Huerta Cinematographer: Carlos Hidalgo, Raúl Cuesta Editor: Anaís Huerta, Samuel Larson, Raúl Cuesta Sound Design: Pablo Fernández Music: Pascual Reyes Cast: Antonia Mondragón
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Tues. April 27 5:00PM FREESix months after Bob Mader passed away in 2005, his son, Austin filmmaker Berndt Mader, discovers his father’s camera loaded with a last roll of film. In an attempt to deal with his grief, Berndt decides to finish this final roll in the small Mexican village of Tlacotepec—a town his father had visited and photographed 40 years before. On his journey to this obscure Mexican village, Berndt is diverted to the country of Belize where his sister has run into legal trouble in her adoption of a Belizian baby. After this detour and other misadventures, Berndt finally makes it to the town in Mexico. There he discovers there are possible connections to the past and answers to the questions of his own memory.
Señal de vida Sign of Life Diana Peñaloza Mexico, Drama, 2008 10 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Destiny comes closer to two strangers: a pregnant girl and a lonely man. Each one of them discovers an echo of their own fear and hope within each other.
Regional Premiere Diana Peñaloza was born in Mexico City in 1983. In 1994 she moved with her family to San Cristobal las Casas in Chiapas, where she lived for 7 years. She then returned to Mexico City and studied cinema at the Universidad del Cine. Señal de vida is her directorial debut.
Producer: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Production Companies: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Screenwriter: Diana Peñaloza Cinematographer: Damián Aguilar Editor: Diana Peñaloza Sound Design: Diana Peñaloza Music: Johannes Brahms Cast: Luisa Pardo, Rodolfo Arias
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 6:00PM (preceding Tres dies amb la família) When Ramona’s son, Osvaldo, disappears, she loses her calm and begins a search that leads her to contact the coroner, and to maybe even accept the possibility that her son is dead. With special appearances by Ana Ofelia Murgía and Damián Alcázar.
Ser y no ser To Be and Not to Be Oscar Serrano Mexico, Documentary, 2009 75 min, Video, Color/Black & White Spanish with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival In the city of Mérida, during the 1970’s, Raúl García Santinelli was born with a female body. A journey, a story, a debate between the church and science, between mind and body, this documentary invites one to think about social standards, love between humans, tolerance, respect and courage.
US Premiere Producer: Cristina Barbachano Production Companies: Goliat Films Screenwriter: Cristina Barbachano Cinematographer: Aram Diaz Editor: Eun Hee Ihm Ahm Sound Design: Oscar Serrano Music: Ellenor Music
Regal Metropolitan - Thur. April 22 6:00PMBuy Tickets Sincronía Synchronicity Jorge Iván Morales Mexico, Romantic Comedy, 2009 83 min, DVCPro HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
When Arturo is offered a job outside of the country, he is forced to reevaluate his feelings for Sandra, a girl with whom he shares a platonic relationship. Yet now, Arturo feels he needs to decide whether or not to ask her to move with him. Even if he does decide to ask her, she must consider her choices due to the new found responsibilities in her home. Both Arturo and Sandra carefully evaluate their feelings towards one another in order to make a decision that might change their lives forever. They must decide between career and love, but also realize that things will happen when they happen, whether it's the right time or not.
World Premiere
Jorge Iván Morales was born in Mexico City in 1981 and studied at the New York Film Academy and at the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico City. His professional career began in the offices of Cine Premiere magazine, the leading film publication in Mexico, where he worked as chief copy editor. In 2007 he decided to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Sincronía is his first feature film.
Producer: Celeste North, Samuel Sosa Production Companies: Don't Panic Films Screenwriter: Adan Lerma, Jorge Iván Morales Cinematographer: Yaasib Vazquez Editor: Jorge Iván Morales Sound Design: Omar Juárez Music: Paulina Villavicencio Cast: Luis Gerardo Mendez, Marisol Centeno, Mario Heras, Marifer Malo, Hugo Catalan
Regal Metropolitan - Wed. April 28 6:00PM Director Jorge Iván Morales in attendance. The near future. The world is divided by closed borders but connected by a digital network that ties together people around the world. Memo Cruz lives in an isolated farming community in Mexico, the kind of place that seems frozen in time—except for the hi-tech, militarized dam that was built by a corporation, and now controls the town’s water supply. Memo dreams of leaving his small pueblo and finding work in the hi-tech factories in the big cities in the north. On his journey north, he meets Luz, an aspiring journalist who dreams of writing a story that might one day change the world. Unwittingly their fates are manipulated by a chain of events emanating from the highest levels of technological advances.
Suertes, humores y pequeñas historias de la Independencia y de la Revolución Crafts, Humors and Short Stories of the Mexican Independence and the Revolution Crafts, Humors and Short Stories is a collection of 26 one-minute-long short films; 13 inspired by events from the Independence, and 13 related to the Mexican Revolution. This project brings together five of the most talented Mexican animation directors: Luis Téllez, Karla Castañeda, Rigoberto “Rigo” Mora (1965-2009), René Castillo and Rita Basulto, who worked with a team of over 150 illustrators, cartoonists and voice-over artists, in re-creating some of the most significant episodes of Mexican history.
CINEMINUTOS SOBRE LA INDEPENDENCIA MINUTE FILMS ABOUT THE INDEPENDENCE El Tartufo de Hidalgo Hidalgo’s Tartuffe La linterna mágica a la inquisición Magic Lantern of the Inquisition El país del juego The Land of Gaming Viruela o bizcocho Smallpox or a Sweet El arte de la fuga de Fray Servando Friar Servando the Escape Artist Insurgente por suerte de dados Insurgent by Luck at Dice Mil fusiles A Thousand Rifles La compañía de los emulantes The Company of Emulators El orden en bata y chinelas Order in a Robe and Slippers Fusilaron a la Virgen They Executed the Virgin La corona de Agustín Primero Agustin the First’s Crown El decreto de excomunión de Hidalgo Hidalgo’s Excommunication Decree Se prohíbe volar papalotes Kite Flying is Forbidden CINEMINUTOS SOBRE LA REVOLUCIÓN MINUTE FILMS ABOUT THE REVOLUTION El telégrafo y Villa The Telegraph and Villa El primer ataque aeronaval The First Air to Sea Attack La mano, la pistola y los bigotes de Obregón Obregon’s Hand, his Gun and his Moustache Cañón del parque The Cannon in the Park Los espíritus de Madero Madero’s Spirits La marca del Zorro The Mark of Zorro La bandera de Flora Russell Flora Russell’s Flag La silla de mal agüero The Unlucky Chair El dinero de Villa Villa’s Money El tesoro nacional The National Treasury El cometa del Centenario The Centennial Comet Los calzones del General The General’s Underwear Los colgados y Francisco Goitia The Hanged Men and Francisco Goitia
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Sun. April 25 8:30PM FREE
Also preceding various screenings throughout the festival.
Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence Nicolás Pereda Mexico/Canada, Drama, 2009 61 min, HDV, Black & White Spanish with English subtitles
Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba is a film about the filming of a monologue from Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem First I Dream. It shows actress Jesusa Rodríguez patiently awaiting between takes as the director and crew decide shots, setup lights and move the camera around. The film is a meditation on filmmaking and its process.
US Premiere
Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982. His short films Cycle and This Film is not a Thriller have screened in many festivals in Europe, North America and South America. He has made films and videos for several hybrid plays and operas, which have been presented in Mexico and Europe. In 2007 he earned a Masters in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Canada. His award-winning first feature film ¿Dónde están sus historias? has screened at festivals around the world, and his subsequent films have all garnered critical acclaim.
Producer: Nicolás Pereda Screenwriter: Nicolás Pereda Cinematographer: Gerardo Barroso, Lisa Tillinger, Alejandro Coronado Editor: Nicolás Pereda Sound Design: Nicolás Pereda Music: Marcela Rodríguez Cast: Jesusa Rodríguez
Regal Metropolitan - Tues. April 27 10:00PM
Un fragmento de intimidad tells the story of two Mexican immigrant cross dressers in Montreal who are part of a show in which they portray famous Latin American women artists. Voodoo Bayou tells the oddball tale of a Voodoo doll that springs to life after being stung by an electrified mosquito. Then, after discovering that he’s been used for evil purposes, he decides to escape—but it won’t be easy, since his master, a mysterious witch doctor, will not stop chasing him until he’s back in the villain’s wrinkled hands.
Whales of Gold Lucia Duncan USA, Documentary, 2009 39 min, Mini DV, Color Spanish, English with English subtitles
Every winter tourists, scientists, and conservationists descend upon the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California, Mexico following the migration of grey whales. Their presence--and the establishment of Latin America's largest biosphere reserve--brings profound change to the lagoon’s small fishing community. Whales of Gold voices local people's concerns about these changes and what the future will bring. It also raises questions about how to conserve the habitat and the species in a way that sustains the livelihoods of local people, as well as including them in decisions regarding the use of natural resources. Best Documentary, Next Frame Student Film Festival & U. Frame Student Film Festival.
Austin Premiere
Lucia has directed films about labor, tourism, culture, and the environment. Her film Making History: SEIU and the Labor Movement won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. As a Fulbright Fellow in Brazil, she made Olinda: World Cultural Heritage Site and Lord of Olinda, and worked for Video in the Villages, teaching documentary production to indigenous youth. She has a BA in Development Studies and Portuguese/Brazilian Studies from Brown University and an MFA in Film and Video from the University of Texas.
Producer: Lucia Duncan Cinematographer: Lucia Duncan Editor: Lucia Duncan Sound Design: Greg Armstrong Music: Jim Hershman
Hecho en Tejas Shorts Showcase Regal Metropolitan - Sat. April 24 12:00PM
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) Tues. April 27 5:00PM (preceding Rehje) Director Lucia Duncan in attendance. Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa USA, Documentary, 2009 83 min, HD Cam, Color Spanish with English subtitles
As the United States continues to build a wall between itself and Mexico, Which Way Home shows the personal side of immigration through the eyes of young Central American and Mexican children who face harrowing dangers with enormous courage and resourcefulness as they endeavor to make it to the United States on freight trains. The film is a gripping documentary about a situation that adults should never have to endure, let alone children. Which Way Home was an Academy Award nominee for Best Feature Documentary.
Texas Premiere
A native of Sleepy Hollow, New York, Rebecca Cammisa became a filmmaker in 1998 when she teamed up with Rob Fruchtman to co-direct, co-produce and shoot the feature documentary film, Sister Helen, which aired on HBO's Cinemax Channel and won the 2002 Documentary Directing Award at Sundance as well as the Gold Hugo for Best Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival. Which Way Home is her second feature documentary as a director and cinematographer.
Producer: Rebecca Cammisa Production Companies: Mr Mudd, Documentress Films Cinematographer: Lorenzo Hagerman, Eric Goethals Editor: Pax Wasserman, Madeleine Gavin Sound Design: Luis Mercio, Gabriel Coll Barberis, Jesus Sanchez Padilla, Eduardo Trejo Music: James Lavino, Alberto Iglesias Regal Metropolitan - Fri. April 23 8:00PMBuy Tickets
Regal Metropolitan - Sun. April 25 12:00PM ¿Dónde están sus historias? Where Are Their Stories? Nicolás Pereda Mexico, Drama, 2007 73 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
¿Dónde están sus historias? is the story of a young farmer’s journey to Mexico City in a search for justice. It has screened in festivals around the world and won the Best Feature Film Award at the Morelia International Film Festival and the French Critics Discovery Award at the Rencontres Cinemas d’Amérique Latine de Toulouse.
Texas Premiere
Nicolás Pereda was born in Mexico City in 1982. His short films Cycle and This Film is not a Thriller have screened in many festivals in Europe, North America and South America. He has made films and videos for several hybrid plays and operas, which have been presented in Mexico and Europe. In 2007 he earned a Masters in Fine Arts from York University in Toronto, Canada. His award-winning first feature film ¿Dónde están sus historias? has screened at festivals around the world, and his subsequent films have all garnered critical acclaim.
Producer: Nicolás Pereda Production Companies: En Chinga Films Screenwriter: Nicolás Pereda Cinematographer: Alejandro Coronado Editor: Nicolás Pereda Sound Design: Nicolás Pereda Cast: Gabino Rodríguez, Teresa Sánchez, Juana Rodríguez
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