Chulas Fronteras, directed by Les Blank
Sunday, December 16th, 2018, 3:00 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Les Blank’s CHULAS FRONTERAS is a complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most acclaimed Norteño musicians of the Texas-Mexican border, including Flaco Jimenez and Lydia Mendoza. This film was selected by The Library Of Congress to be added to the National Film Registry list.
Morir en el Golfo, directed by Alejandro Pelayo
Thursday, November 15th, 2018, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
About the Event: MORIR EN EL GOLFO is a 1990 film, directed by Alejandro Pelayo, based on the novel of the same name by Héctor Aguilar Camín.
Our special guest will be the General Director of Mexico's Cineteca Nacional, Alejandro Pelayo, who will travel to Austin to present his film, give a brief introduction and moderate a Q&A session.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
My Bolivia, Remembering What I Never Knew, a film by Rick Tejada-Flores
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018, 7:00pm
Sunday, November 18th, 2018, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: A Latino filmmaker travels to Bolivia to find the things his parents told him, and what they never mentioned… the family’s slave-owning past, his grandfather the President’s role in Latin America’s bloodiest war, the relative who was one of the leaders of the Revolution, and connections with a Nazi war criminal… all a far cry from growing up in California and living a life as an activist.
The film will be preceded by the short film SIGO ACÁ (I'M STILL HERE) directed by Tana Gilbert.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Tesoros, a film by María Novaro
Friday, November 2nd, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
El vampiro del lago (The Lake Vampire), a film by Carl Zitelmann
Sunday October 28th, 2018, 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse Village
2700 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018, 6:15pm
Galaxy Highland
6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Ernesto Navarro is an ambitious writer who has yet to achieve success in his career. Desperate to find a subject for his next novel, he follows the tracks of a mysterious killer who decapitates his victims without leaving a trace. The investigation leads him to Jeremias Morales, a retired police detective who came across a similar case back in the 1970s. Without realizing it, Navarro is dragged into a perverse game that began many years ago and from which Morales has never been able to escape.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
Pecado original (Original Sin), a film by Jean Lee
Thursday, October 25th, 2018, 9:45pm
Bethell Hall-St. David's Episcopal Church
301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
Tuesday, October 30th, 2018, 5:30pm
Galaxy Highland
6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: After moving to Spain for her husband, Eva, a Paraguayan woman of class and elegance who always behaves in an appropriate way, finds herself bored, unhappy, and sexually frustrated. After Eva compulsively buys a provocative and offensive piece of art the painter shows up to hand-deliver his work. Their sexual tension grows until they inevitably end up in bed. When Eva’s husband returns home early, an absurd battle of strengths and weaknesses among the three characters ensues.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
