Cine Las Americas and Latinitas Present:
Cine Joven Latinitas Showcase
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The Latinitas Showcase is a selection of short films generated from Latinitas’ after school club, camp, and weekend workshops. Content will include a stop-motion homage to tacos, as presented by girls ages 9-14 in Latinitas’ after school programs, a nod to original filmmaking with a series of silent films reflecting themes girls like and, lastly, a few short documentaries about what college means to young Latinas. |
 LATINITAS. Established in 2002, Latinitas, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, whose mission is to empower young Latinas through media and technology, has been a vital part of young Latinas’ lives through after school programs, teen internships, Saturday and Summer Camps, special events, and the very first and only digital magazine for young Latinas—www.latinitasmagazine.org. The bilingual magazine, written for and by young Latinas, provides a vehicle whereby these girls and young women not only see themselves positively reflected, but are also a part of the production. |
 Emergencia Youth Film Competition
Cine Las Americas has been proud to present the Emergencia Youth Film Competition, a special section of the festival showcasing works by filmmakers 19 years or younger. Members of local youth film organizations and high schools curate and present this section of the festival every year.
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A Harmonious Cacophony
Marielle Boland, Isabela Reid
BAVC, The Factory
6 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2014
A man helps his community build a symbol of togetherness and creativity. |
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A Pirate’s Life
Isabella Olaguera, Nick Haaf
4 min, Deal, NJ, USA, 2014
After reading about pirates, a young boy devises a series of steps to become just like the swashbucklers in his book. |
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Can I Help You?
Pedro Salles Leite
4 min, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014
A high school bully is haunted by her actions. |
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Ella
Elle
David Hebrero
11 min, Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain, 2014
Would it be possible for a relationship between a pianist and a former ballet dancer to work? |
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Growing
Allison Coon-Come
Wapikoni Mobile
4 min, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2014
Growing up is hard when we make the wrong decisions that lead to the only possible outcome. |
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Háblame
Talk To Me
Alba Linares
Digital 104
6 min, Canary Islands, Spain, 2014
How easy it is to lose ourselves, to willingly give up our humanity to the new age of technology. |
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Kayna Wawaiki Jamuni
Now I Come As Your Son
Nicolas Page
6 min, Santiago, MR, Chile, 2014
A vision of the people, landscapes, and customs of Bolivia through the eyes and voice of a Chilean-American high-school student, with dialogue in the native Quechuan language. |
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La boda de las calaveras
The Wedding of Skulls
Ricardo Miguel Salazar
Say Sí
3 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2014
Love is an eternal bond. ‘Til death do us never part. |
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Little Red
Wynter Rhys
3min, North Bend, WA, USA, 2014
This is a dark, controversial and abstract take on the classic Charles Perrault fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood. |
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Never Comes Easy
Naate
Wapikoni Mobile
4 min, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2014
Life is tough, but truly living is worth the struggle. |
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Pleasant
Miranda Whitus
Say Sí
10 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2014
What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? |
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Sin madre
Without a Mother
Buffy Almendares
BAVC, The Factory
3 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2014
My mother is the one person who supports me through life. Without her, life wouldn’t be the same. |
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The Lonely Baker
Cyntheara Tham, Allison McInerney, Ayanna Marte
RAW Art Works
4 min, Lynn, MA, USA, 2014
The love of the stomach is no match for the love of the heart. |
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The Only Road
Sergio Valencia
7 min, Fountain Valley, CA, USA, 2015
Five years after the Great Nuclear War, a man walks the empty roads trying to survive. |
