Cine Las Americas and the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin present:
ARRÁNCAME LA VIDA (Tear This Heart Out)
With author Ángeles Mastretta in attendance
Thursday, March 25th at The Paramount Theatre
Doors/Reception @ 7pm / Show @ 8pm
Tickets: $85 VIP / $15 General Admission
VIP includes pre-screening reception with Ángeles Mastretta, plus a complimentary festival pass to the 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival.
This screening is a benefit for the 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, April 21 – 29, which brings together Latin American, Latino and Indigenous filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters from all across the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula.
13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
April 21 - 29 • Austin, Texas
Film Festival Previews
The Cine Las Americas International Film Festival is pleased to announce the first confirmed films for this year's program. Read on to learn more about these titles, and stay tuned for more festival previews and updates in the coming weeks!
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.
- Click here to see a photo gallery of the festival
- Download a PDF version of the Film Festival Final Report
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.”
Read more: 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival Recap
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.
