The 18th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
April 22 – 26, 2015
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Festival Schedule
| Wednesday, April 22 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Wednesday, April 22 7:00PM |
The Martini Shot | The Martini Shot | Demetrius Navarro | USA | 86 | New Releases |
| Thursday, April 23 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, April 23 4:00PM |
La carta | The Letter | Mara Soler | Mexico | 15 | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 4:00PM |
Los enemigos del dolor | The Enemies of Pain | Arauco Hernandez | Uruguay | 82 | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 6:00PM |
En la orilla | At the Edge | Liza Hoos, Xavier Basurto | Mexico | 13 | Panorama Shorts |
| Thursday, April 23 6:00PM |
Buscando a Gastón | Finding Gaston | Patricia Perez | USA / Peru | 75 | New Releases |
| Thursday, April 23 8:00PM |
Leonard Peres | Leonard Peres | Missy Hernandez | USA | 9 | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 8:00PM |
O Último Cine Drive-in | The Last Drive-in Theater | Iberê Carvalho | Brazil | 100 | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 10:00PM |
Deseo | Desire | Carolina Cortella | Argentina | 15 | Panorama Shorts |
| Thursday, April 23 10:00PM |
Feriado | Holiday | Diego Araujo | Ecuador / Argentina | 82 | New Releases |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Program Section | Director | Countries | Runtime |
| Thursday, April 23 2:00PM |
Anatomía de un vestido | Anatomy of a Dress | Flora Pérez Garay | Puerto Rico | 70 | Panorama Features |
| Thursday, April 23 4:00PM |
2 and 2, are 4 | 2 and 2, are 4 | Pedro Sena Nunes | Portugal | 30 | Panorama Shorts |
| Thursday, April 23 4:00PM |
Asolagados | Flooded | David Vázquez Vázquez | Spain | 60 | Panorama Features |
| Thursday, April 23 6:00PM |
Dona Rosa | Dona Rosa | Mathias Mangin, Lucas Mandacaru | Brazil | 16 | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 6:00PM |
Hotel Nueva Isla | Hotel Nueva Isla | Irene Gutierrez, Javier Labrador |
Cuba / Spain | 71 | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Thursday, April 23 8:00PM |
Una pared | A Wall | Javier Ferreiro | Cuba | 12 | Panorama Shorts |
| Thursday, April 23 8:00PM |
Dos Aguas | Two Waters | Patricia Velásquez | Costa Rica / Colombia | 70 | Panorama Features |
| Jones Auditorium at the Ragsdale Center, St. Edward’s University | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Program Section | Director | Countries | Runtime |
| Thursday, April 23 6:00PM |
Oil & Water | Oil & Water | Francine Strickwerda, Laurel Spellman Smith |
USA | 78 | Panorama Features |
| Thursday, April 23 8:00PM |
El hogar al revés | Upside Down Home | Itzel Martínez del Cañizo | Mexico | 80 | Ambulante Program |
| Friday, April 24 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, April 24 2:00PM |
Bolero para surfear en Moravia | Bolero for Surfing in Moravia | Valerio Mendoza Guillén | Venezuela / Czech Republic | 35 | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Friday, April 24 2:00PM |
El futuro | The Future | Luis López Carrasco | Spain | 67 | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Friday, April 24 4:00PM |
Bloodlines | Bloodlines | Christopher Cegielski | USA | 11 | Panorama Shorts |
| Friday, April 24 4:00PM |
The Lodge | The Lodge | Terril Calder | Canada | 73 | New Releases |
| Friday, April 24 6:00PM |
Indigo | Indigo | Amanda Strong | Canada | 9 | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Friday, April 24 6:00PM |
Viento aparte | A Separate Wind | Alejandro Gerber Bicecci | Mexico | 100 | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Friday, April 24 8:00PM |
La voz en off | Voice Over | Cristián Jiménez | Chile / France / Canada | 96 | New Releases |
| Friday, April 24 10:00PM |
Aceito | I do | Felipe Cabral | Brazil | 21 | Panorama Shorts |
| Friday, April 24 10:00PM |
Castanha | Castanha | Davi Pretto | Brazil | 95 | New Releases |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, April 24 2:00PM |
Nudo | Knot | Juliana Gómez Castañeda | Cuba | 10 | Panorama Shorts |
| Friday, April 24 2:00PM |
Genoveva | Genoveva | Paola Castillo Villagran | Chile | 68 | Panorama Features |
| Friday, April 24 4:00PM |
Elena Asins – Génesis | Elena Asins – Génesis | Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento | Spain | 17 | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Friday, April 24 4:00PM |
La Violencia: The Untold Truths of Guatemala |
La Violencia: The Untold Truths of Guatemala |
Pia Janning, Til Frohlich | Ireland / Guatemala | 69 | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Friday, April 24 6:00PM |
I Was Born in Mexico, But… | I Was Born in Mexico, But… | Corey Ohama | USA | 12 | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Friday, April 24 6:00PM |
Gazelle – The Love Issue | Gazelle – The Love Issue | Cesar Terranova | Brazil / French Polynesia / USA | 93 | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Friday, April 24 8:00PM |
Caballo de mar | Knight of the Seas | Fernando Alcántara, Iñaki Gaztañaga | Spain | 10 | Panorama Shorts |
| Friday, April 24 8:00PM |
Algún lugar | On the Road, Somewhere | Guillermo Zouain | Dominican Republic | 70 | Panorama Features |
| Jones Auditorium at the Ragsdale Center, St. Edward’s University | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, April 24 6:00PM |
Ati y Mindhiva | As the Tree Under the Hurricane | Claudia Fischer | Colombia | 70 | Panorama Features |
| Friday, April 24 8:00PM |
Retratos de una búsqueda | Portraits of a Search | Alicia Calderón | Mexico | 67 | Ambulante Program |
| Saturday, April 25 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Sunrise | Sunrise | Diego Rico | USA | 10 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Yo soy Juan | I am Juan | Patrick Rangel | USA | 5 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
El fuego detrás | The Fire Behind | Leo Aguirre | USA | 16 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Jornaleras | Women Workers | Marcela Moran | USA | 17 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
¿Por qué el recuerdo? | The Solitude of Memory | Juan Pablo González | Mexico / USA | 20 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Morgan Robyn Collado | Morgan Robyn Collado | Danea Johnson, Andrea Zarate | USA | 5 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 2:00PM |
What’s the Use? | What’s the Use? | Nicole Elmer | USA | 83 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
El sermón de la montaña | Sermon on the Mount | Pepe Puertas Piñero | Spain | 19 | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Climas | Climas | Enrica Pérez | Peru | 84 | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Inch’ Allah | Inch’ Allah | Angélica Romanini | Mexico | 14 | Panorama Shorts |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Dólares de arena | Sand Dollars | Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Argentina / Mexico / Dominican Republic | 82 | New Releases |
| Saturday, April 25 8:00PM |
La isla mínima | Marshland | Alberto Rodríguez | Spain | 105 | New Releases |
| Saturday, April 25 10:00PM |
Soberano papeleo | Sovereign Paperwork | Lala Severi | Uruguay | 3 | Panorama Shorts |
| Saturday, April 25 10:00PM |
Viejos amigos | Good Old Boys | Fernando Villarán | Peru | 93 | New Releases |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, April 25 11:00AM |
Cine Joven Latinitas Showcase | Cine Joven Latinitas Showcase | Various | USA | 30 | Emergencia Youth Film Festival |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
A Pirate’s Life | A Pirate’s Life | Isabella Olaguera, Nick Haaf | USA | 4 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
La boda de las calaveras | La boda de las calaveras | Ricardo Miguel Salazar | USA | 3 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Can I Help You? | Can I Help You? | Pedro Salles Leite | Brazil | 4 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Pleasant | Pleasant | Miranda Whitus | USA | 25 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Growing | Growing | Allison Coon-Come | Canada | 4 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Little Red | Little Red | Wynter Rhys | USA | 3 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
The Lonely Baker | The Lonely Baker | Cyntheara Tham, Allison McInerney, Ayanna Marte |
USA | 4 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Never Comes Easy | Never Comes Easy | Naate | Canada | 4 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Kayna Wawaiki Jamuni | Now I Come as Your Son | Nicolas Page | Chile | 6 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Sin madre | Without A Mother | Buffy Almendares | USA | 3 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
A Harmonious Cacophony | A Harmonious Cacophony | Marielle Boland, Isabela Reid | USA | 6 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Ella | Elle | David Hebrero | Spain | 11 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Háblame | Talk to Me | Alba Linares | Spain | 6 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
The Only Road | The Only Road | Sergio Valencia, Nathan Miguel, Alan Bagh |
USA | 7 | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 2:00PM |
Chuy, El hombre lobo | Chuy, The Wolf Man | Eva Aridjis | Mexico | 94 | Panorama Features |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Nuestro hogar | Our Home | Detsy “Mara” Barrigon, Iván Jaripio | Panama | 4 | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Poder e impotencia, Un drama en 3 actos |
Power and Impotence: A Drama in 3 Acts |
Anna Recalde Miranda | Paraguay / France / Italy | 103 | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Flor de la mar | Flower of the Sea | Jorge Thielen Armand | Venezuela | 24 | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Tres mujeres guerreras | Three Women Warriors | Alexander Preuss | Germany / Colombia | 55 | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Saturday, April 25 8:00PM |
YO, la PEOR de TODAS | I, the WORST of ALL | Francisco Lupini | USA | 22 | Panorama Shorts |
| Saturday, April 25 8:00PM |
BKLYN 11211 | BKLYN 11211 | Zac73dragon | Spain / Bolivia / USA | 76 | Panorama Features |
| Jones Auditorium at the Ragsdale Center, St. Edward’s University | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, April 25 12:00PM |
Icaros | Icaros | Georgina Barreiro | Argentina / Peru | 71 | Panorama Features |
| Saturday, April 25 2:00PM |
Movimientos espectaculares | Spectacular Movements | Mateo Hinojosa | Bolivia / USA / Venezuela | 78 | Panorama Features |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Late | Late | Christi Bertelsen | USA | 2 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco |
Search for the World’s Best Indian Taco |
Steven Judd | USA | 15 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Poi Dogs | Poi Dogs | Joel Moffett | USA | 12 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Smoke Break | Smoke Break | Sally Kewayosh | USA | 3 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Mohawk Midnight Runners | Mohawk Midnight Runners | Zoe Leigh Hopkins | Canada | 16 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Día 2 | Day 2 | Dante Cerano Bautista | Mexico | 23 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 4:00PM |
Roberta | Roberta | Caroline Monnet | Canada | 9 | Indigenous Shorts Program |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Beyond Recognition | Beyond Recognition | Michelle Grace Steinberg | USA | 27 | Panorama Shorts |
| Saturday, April 25 6:00PM |
Les indiens, l’aigle et le dindon |
The Indians, the Eagle and the Turkey |
Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier, Karine van Ameringen | Canada | 50 | Panorama Features |
| Saturday, April 25 8:00PM |
H2Omx | H2Omx | José Cohen, Lorenzo Hagerman | Mexico | 72 | Ambulante Program |
| Sunday, April 26 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, April 26 12:00PM |
El marinero y la sirena | The Sailor and the Mermaid | Patricia Vonne | USA | 4 | Hecho en Tejas / Music Videos |
| Sunday, April 26 12:00PM |
Whispers and Dreams | Whispers and Dreams | Sharon Arteaga | USA | 4 | Hecho en Tejas / Music Videos |
| Sunday, April 26 12:00PM |
Agave is Life | Agave is Life | David Brown, Meredith Dreiss | USA | 60 | Hecho en Tejas |
| Sunday, April 26 2:00PM |
C.T.R.L | C.T.R.L | Mariana Conde | United Kingdom | 4 | Music Videos |
| Sunday, April 26 2:00PM |
Nitahkôtân | I Have Arrived | Moe Clark | Canada | 3 | Music Videos |
| Sunday, April 26 2:00PM |
La ciudad | The City | Javier Orman, Tom Farrell | USA | 4 | Music Videos |
| Sunday, April 26 2:00PM |
This May Be the Last Time | This May Be the Last Time | Sterlin Harjo | USA | 90 | New Releases |
| Sunday, April 26 4:00PM |
Tres D | Three D | Rosendo Ruíz | Argentina | 88 | New Releases |
| Sunday, April 26 7:00PM |
Mr. Kaplan | Mr. Kaplan | Álvaro Brechner | Spain / Uruguay / Germany | 95 | New Releases |
| Jones Auditorium at the Ragsdale Center, St. Edward’s University | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Program Section | Director | Countries | Runtime |
| Sunday, April 26 12:00PM |
Salgán & Salgán: A Father-Son Tango | Salgán & Salgán: A Father-Son Tango | Caroline Neal | Argentina | 83 | Panorama Features |
| Sunday, April 26 2:00PM |
Flory’s Flame | Flory’s Flame | Curt Fissel | USA | 59 | Panorama Features |