Emergencia

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC)

Saturday, May 5th, 2018

Program begins at 11:30am, screening order below

Watch the films then join us for
1:30pm Emergencia Youth Film Festival Pizza Party

FREE and Open to the Public

Cine Las Americas and Latinitas Present: Latinitas Promo Video

Latinitas Latinitas Magazine Educational, 1.5 min, Austin, TX, USA, 2018 LATINITAS is a non-profit organization focused on informing, entertaining, and inspiring young Latinas to grow into healthy, confident, and successful Latinas through media and technology. www.latinitasmagazine.org

 

Cine Las Americas Special Presentation: YouthCam PSA Winners

	TU TIENES EL PODER Jovane, Jaqueline, Datne, Lizbeth, Michael, Gabriela, Jaydon, Adrian, and Justin Manor High School PSA, 15sec, Manor, TX, USA, 2017 1st Place Winner “15-Second” ESP – YouthCam Student PSA Contest
	WATCH Cris, Alexa, and Carlos Lanier Early College High School PSA, 30sec, Austin, TX, USA, 2018 1st Place Winner “30-Second” ENG – YouthCam Student PSA Contest
	VOTING RIGHTS Alexa, Cris, and Carlos Lanier Early College High School PSA, 60sec, Austin, TX, USA, 2018 1st Place Winner “60-Second” ENG – YouthCam Student PSA Contest

 

Emergencia Youth Film Competition, Part One (Audience: All Ages)
	HART IMMIGRATION MOVIE Hart Elementary Students Austin Film Society Drama, 5 min, Austin, TX, USA, 2018 A group of students portray, through their own eyes, the real life situations that surround Immigration.
	A TALE OF FOUR SISTERS Emily Silva Real to Reel Drama, 2 min, Lynn, MA, USA, 2017 Always laughing, smiling, and at home.
	BLANCHE’S BICHON BUZZ Isabella Caroline Sharp Comedy, 2 min, Santa Monica, CA, USA, 2016 Blanche DuBois Sharp accidentally unleashes her bladder on the pristine floor of Grandma’s house. In order to escape her soap-and-watery fate, Blanche must outrun her pursuers.
	RE-PAINTING THE MISSION Akil Carillo BAYCAT Educational, 3.5 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017 A short documentary on the issue of displacement in the actively changing Mission District in San Francisco, CA.
	CELESTIAL ANOMALY Jose Miranda, Abraham Serrano Action, 3 min, Dallas, TX, USA, 2017 Thru the cosmos we find a threat looming in the dark. A threat that was caused by jealousy. One in which Earth will have to pay the price. Will a lesson be learned?
	WHITE NOISE Say Sí Middle School Group Project Say Sí Animation, 0.5 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017 A short animation about a skeleton watching the film of its life.
	FIND A WAY Akil Carrillo, Ellie Aronica BAYCAT Music Video, 4.5 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017 “Find a Way” music produced by the BAYCAT Fall 2017 music performance class. Video produced by the BAYCAT Fall 2017 youth filmmaking class.
	LILLY HITS THE ROAD The Bum Family Animation, 5 min, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2016 Lilly, a 10-foot-tall orange monster, and her adorable friend Fluffle are abducted by aliens. An epic adventure ensues as they try desperately to return home in the nick of time.
	THE RICH MAN Say Sí Middle School Group Project Say Sí Educational, 3 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017 A man takes power and must now take responsibility for his actions and the impact they make on his community.
	THEY SAID, BUT. Marie Lambiase, Rauliz Paez, Rebecca Unubun, Rebecca Vu, Sophia Quigley, Tiffany Cespedes, Yeison DeLeon Real to Reel Educational, 1 min, Lynn, MA, USA, 2017 Why we don’t listen to naysayers.

 

Cine Las Americas and PHS Productions Present: A World in Motion
	PHS Productions is the award-winning work of broadcast and film students at Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas. www.vimeo.com/phsproductions
	A WORLD IN MOTION Khue Tran, Makayla Moore, An Nguyen PHS Productions Educational, 3 min, Pflugerville, TX, USA, 2017 Angela De Hoyos Hart is the IT Project Manager at General Motors and a regular volunteer at River Oaks Elementary in Pflugerville ISD. Angela helped found and now helps coordinate GM’s STEM mentorship program at the school. During the program, GM mentors tutor fourth and fifth grade students in math and science topics.

 

Cine Las Americas and Creative Action Present: The Trail
	Youth Cinema Collective provides a space for teens who are passionate about filmmaking and film’s ability to share stories that may otherwise go untold. www.creativeaction.org/programs/for-the-community/teen-programs/youth-cinema-collective
	THE TRAIL YCC Group Project Creative Action Youth Cinema Collective Magical Realism, 5 min, Austin, TX, USA, 2015 THE TRAIL is the story of a girl forced to walk an empty trail in the woods between her house and school because the City of Austin has yet to build walkable paths for students in the neighborhood. This is based on the true story of the Eastside Memorial High School students who have had to walk this trail for decades, and was shot on location at the trail site.

 

Cine Las Americas Special Presentation: YouthCam PSA Winners

	TIP THE SCALE Brian, Cameron, Joel, Edgar, Henry, Sierra, and Alex Manor High School PSA, 15sec, Manor, TX, USA, 2017 1st Place Winner “15-Second” ENG – YouthCam Student PSA Contest
	NO DEJAS QUE EL MIEDO GANE Alex, Dhruv, Evan, and Nikki Anderson High School PSA, 30sec, Austin, TX, USA, 2017 1st Place Winner “30-Second” ESP – YouthCam Student PSA Contest
	YOU BETTA VOTAR Joseph, Jose, Khile, and Anthony Lanier Early College High School PSA, 60sec, Austin, TX, USA, 2018 1st Place Winner “60-Second” ESP – YouthCam Student PSA Contest

 

Emergencia Youth Film Competition, Part Two (Recommended Audience: 14+)
	ALONE Sara Eustaquio Experimental, 1.5min, Valencia CA, USA/Portugal, 2017 Someone begs for help in a world where the condition of life seems to be just the condemnation to extinction.
	STILL LOVE Alexander Puga, Monica Matute Drama, 5min, Miami, FL, USA, 2017 After attending constant unsuccessful therapy sessions, Sarah struggles to understand why she would be forced by her parents to get help over a relationship her sister had.
	DESCONECTADA (DISCONNECTED) Matheus Bosco Horror, 5min, São Paulo, Brazil, 2017 A girl, home alone, soon finds out she isn’t.
	ENJOY THE SHOW Gabby Fiszman, Dina Katgara Drama, 4min, Delray Beach, FL, USA, 2017 A young girl tragically loses her sister, and something unexpected happens at the movies.
	CARHOP Alexander Puga, Monica Matute, Gabriella Gonzalez, Jewel Berrios Romantic Comedy, 6.5min, Miami, FL, USA, 2017 CARHOP is a romance comedy that comes to show the story of a girl who, as she says it, doesn’t know how to “boy.”
	MEMORIA DE LOS REVOLUCIONARIOS (MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION) Miguel Salazar Say Sí Animation, 1.5min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017 An animated short based on the Día de los Muertos tradition and the history of the Mexican Revolutionary War in the early 1920s.
	CALAVERA Adele Rankin Creative Action Youth Cinema Collective Thriller, 5min, Austin, TX, USA, 2017 A young woman purchases a mysterious book at a yard sale, but gets more than she bargained for.
	WHAT NOW? Gregory Aragon Real to Reel Educational, 3min, Lynn, MA, USA, 2017 Stand with the outcasts or refrain.