12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Gallery
12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Recap
The 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) was held from April 22-30, 2009 in Austin, Texas. With 3,200 audience members, CLAIFF screened a total of 116 films representing 23 countries including, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Germany, South Korea, Japan, India, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States and Venezuela. This year’s festival also hosted 5 final jury members and 35 international, national and local filmmakers, including directors, producers, actors, screenwriters and music composers.
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The festival received more than 350 films for review, and the Cine Las Americas film selection committee reviewed over 500 films in total. The program sections for the 2009 festival included New Releases, Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Shorts in Competition, Documentary Shorts in Competition, Animation, Hecho en Tejas, Panorama and Emergencia Youth Film Festival. The 2009 festival also presented a film retrospective from the year’s invited country of honor, Chile. The selected program covered a wide range of genres, themes, and styles from the years 1994-2004, in the retrospective entitled “Chilean Cinema of the Post-Dictatorship Era.”
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Closing Night
ARRÁNCAME LA VIDA
TEAR THIS HEART OUT
Directed by Roberto Sneider
Mexico/Spain, 2008
Based on the novel by Ángeles Mastretta
Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, and José María de Tavira
Thursday, April 30, 7PM
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
1120 S Lamar, Austin, TX 78704 (Map)
(512) 476-1320
Tickets are $10. On-line ticket sales are closed. A limited number of tickets will be available at the box office of the Alamo South. These tickets will be sold on a first come-first served basis.
Amidst the political turmoil and machismo of post-revolutionary Mexico, a young woman searches for freedom and identity in an era that would define a nation.
2009 Festival Awards
The 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival announces the winners of the five categories of its jury competition: Best First or Second Narrative Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, and Best Youth Film.
The Festival also recognizes the winners of Audience Awards.
2009 Filmmakers in Attendance
Cine Las Americas is honored to welcome filmmakers in attendance at screenings throughout the festival. These directors, producers, cinematographers and other creative talent travel from near and far to share the experience of viewing their work with audiences in Austin.
Opening Night
ALL INCLUSIVE
Directed by Rodrigo Ortúzar Lynch
Mexico/Chile, 2008
Starring: Jesús Ochoa, Martha Higareda, Maya Zapata, Ana Serradilla, Jaime Camil, Leonor Varela
Wednesday, April 22, 7PM
Paramount Theatre
713 Congress AvenueAustin, TX 78701
(512) 472-5470 Map
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Tickets will also be available the day of the screening at the theater box office. Student discounts available.
All Inclusive is an appealing movie that talks about the search of happiness, the things we don't say, tolerance and family love.
Chile: Guest Country at Cine Las Americas 2009
Cine Las Americas is honored to announce the participation of Chile as the invited country for the 12th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. The festival features a retrospective of films from 1994 to 2004, and a great selection of new titles.
Festival Venues
The 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival will show film at several different venues.
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