Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival presents: Your Way Back to Me, a film by Alexandra Dietz
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018, 7:30 pm
South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse
1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Synopsis: Hannah Sheridan is half Cheyenne and half Kiowa, born in El Reno, Oklahoma. On the night of her high school graduation she saw a Navy recruitment commercial and joined the next day, despite the fact that she was a lesbian, or Two Spirit, in the era of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Ten years later, after the deaths of her father and grandmother and her recent discharge from the Navy, Hannah returns to her Native-American community to fulfill her role in the mourning rituals that honor her deceased relatives and to try to find her place again within her culture and family.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
Austin Film Society presents: Brimstone & Glory, directed by Viktor Jakovleski
Sunday, January 7th, 2018, 6:00 PM
Wednesday, January 10th, 2018, 7:30 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: In the small Mexican town of Tultepec there is a single industry, the manufacture of fireworks, a sometimes dangerous business. This gorgeous new doc shows us the town’s preparation for, and celebration of, its yearly pyrotechnics fest.
Presented in Partnership with Cine Las Americas
El Futuro Perfecto (The Future Perfect), a film by Nele Wohlatz
Sunday, December 10th, 8:00 pm
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Recently arrived in Argentina, 18 year-old Xiaobin (Xiaobin Zhang) is struggling with her Spanish: at her job in a market she does okay with the names of things but struggles with quantities. She enrolls in Spanish classes with her saved wages and as her grasp of the language improves, her world expands, and our glimpses of her life become richer and more expressive.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Asian American Film Festival.
Chavela, a film by Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi
Theatrical run opening Weds. 11/22/17
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Through its lyrical structure, CHAVELA takes viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing Mexican musician Chavela Vargas.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
Jonas e o Circo sem Lona (Jonas and the Backyard Circus), a film by Paula Gomes
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017, 7:00pm
Sunday, November 19th, 2017, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Jonas is a 13 year old boy whose life dream is to maintain the circus he created in his backyard. While Jonas’ circus crumbles, he realizes he is powerless to change things. This provokes the question: What do we do with our dreams when we grow up?
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Historias de Mexico
Five short films presented in English or with English Subtitles
Titles: Towards the Sun (UK, 20 min), These Colors Don’t Run (USA, 10 min), El Almuerzo (USA, 16 min), We Need to Talk (Mexico, 8 min), Between Us (Mexico, 25 min) [more info]
Sunday, October 29th, 2017, 8:30pm
Galaxy Highland
6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
Monday, October 30th, 2017 4:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse Village
2700 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
