The 19th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
May 4 – 8, 2016
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Festival Schedule
| Wednesday, May 4 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Wednesday, May 4 7:00PM |
Magallanes | Magallanes | Salvador del Solar | Peru/ Argentina/ Spain | 109 min | New Releases |
| Thursday, May 5 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 5 4:00PM |
Polski | Polski | Rubén Rojas Cuauhtemoc | Cuba | 22 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 4:00PM |
Cómo ganar enemigos | How to Win Enemies | Gabriel Lichtmann | Argentina | 78 min | New Releases |
| Thursday, May 5 6:00PM |
Ixcanul | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala/ France | 91 min | New Releases |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
No estás soñando conmigo | You’re Not Dreaming With Me | Jorge Y. Leyva Robles | Mexico | 14 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
Te prometo anarquía | I Promise You Anarchy | Julio Hernández Cordón | Mexico/ Germany | 88 min | New Releases |
| Thursday, May 5 10:00PM |
Todo lo demás | Everything Else | Federico Untermann | Spain | 8 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 10:00PM |
Desde Allá | From Afar | Lorenzo Vigas | Venezuela/ Mexico | 93 min | New Releases |
| The Salvage Vanguard Theater | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 5 6:00PM |
Ojo salvaje | The Rate’s Cut | Paco Nicolás | Spain | 15 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 5 6:00PM |
Los habitantes de la casa del diablo | The Squatters of the Devil’s House | Iván Reina Ortiz | Colombia | 87 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
La mar estaba serena | The Sea Was Calm | Pablo Schulkin | Uruguay | 8 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
Amores Urbanos | Restless Love | Vera Egito | Brazil | 95 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Thursday, May 5 10:00PM |
Cuba’s Violin | Cuba’s Violin | Maya Albanese | Cuba/ USA | 18 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 5 10:00PM |
Vergüenza y respeto | Shame and Respect | Tomás Lipgot | Argentina | 81 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 5 4:00PM |
Hija de la laguna | Daughter of the Lake | Ernesto Cabellos | Peru | 88 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 6:00PM |
Indivisible | Indivisible | Hilary Linder | USA | 78 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
Katary | Stand Up | Esteban Lema | Venezuela/ Ecuador | 18 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 5 8:00PM |
The Grandfather of all Treaties | The Grandfather of all Treaties | Candace Maracle | Canada | 57 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 6 2:00PM |
Discriminación | Discrimination | Yarlenis Aténcio, Analicia López, Jorge Caisamo, Ediliano Hernández, Vincente Peréz, Isac Dogiramá | Panama | 5 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 2:00PM |
Allende mi abuelo Allende | Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | Chile/ Mexico | 100 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 4:00PM |
Manna | Manna | D.E. Hyde | Belize | 12 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 4:00PM |
La memoria del agua | The Memory of Water | Matías Bize | Chile/ Spain/ Argentina/ Germany | 88 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 6:00PM |
Las Plantas | Plants | Roberto Doveris | Chile | 93 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 8:00PM |
Cycles of Existential Rhyme | Cycles of Existential Rhyme | Giovanni Solis | USA | 5 min | Music Videos |
| Friday, May 6 8:00PM |
Prometo um Dia Deixar Essa Cidade | I Swear I’ll Leave This Town | Daniel Aragão | Brazil | 90 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Oscar | Oscar | Oscar Martínez Heredia, Lorenzo Shapiro | Mexico | 3 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
La obra del siglo | The Project of the Century | Carlos M. Quintela | Cuba/ Argentina/ Germany/ Switzerland | 100 min | New Releases |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 6 2:00PM |
O Pecado de Quem Nos Ama | The Sin of Those Who Love Us | Vasco de Oliveira | Portugal | 30 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 2:00PM |
Limpiadores | Limpiadores | Fernando L. González Mitjáns | United Kingdom | 40 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 4:00PM |
La verdad bajo la tierra. Guatemala, el genocidio silenciado | The Truth Beneath the Ground. Guatemala, the Silenced Genocide | Eva Vilmala, Miquel Dewever-Plana | Guatemala | 60 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 6:00PM |
Stela | Stela | Ainhoa Menéndez | Spain | 20 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Friday, May 6 >6:00PM |
Made in Bangkok | Made in Bangkok | Flavio Florencio | Mexico/ Germany | 75 min | New Releases |
| Friday, May 6 8:00PM |
Llévate mis amores | All of Me | Arturo González Villaseñor | Mexico | 90 min | Ambulante Showcase |
| North Door | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Valle Moreno | Inland Empire | Deladeso, Jacbo Maschill | USA | 5 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Mel ge’ gi’ nut Epit | Strong Woman Song | Naomi Condo | Canada | 5 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
This Cannot Be | This Cannot Be | Michael Beserra | USA | 5 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Mi encuentro | Found | Angela Rosales Challis | Bolivia | 4 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Ella | Her | Shireen Alihaji | USA | 5 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 10:00PM |
Strut | Strut | Destiny Mata | USA | 3 min | Music Videos – Competition |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
American Dreams | American Dreams | Diego Lozano | USA | 6 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Looking for Some Action | Looking for Some Action | AJ Vallejo | USA | 4 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Frida’s Heart | Frida’s Heart | Daniela Riojas, with Laura Varela | USA | 6 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Trouble in Paradise | Trouble in Paradise | Tina Rivera | USA | 3 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Ego Altar | Ego Altar | Javier Antonio Avellan | USA | 4 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Tomorrow | Tomorrow | CJ Vinson, Aaron Brown | USA | 5 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Friday, May 6 11:00PM |
Where I Live | Where I Live | Priscilla Villegas | USA | 4 min | Music Videos – CLAIFF + AMVF Showcase |
| Saturday, May 7 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
Ana con Elisio | Ana con Elisio | Lizette Barrera | USA | 6 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
Squeezebox | Squeezebox | Sam Lerma | USA | 21 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
Dead Sites | Dead Sites | Jason Outenreath | USA | 10 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
Ignition | Ignition | Sebastián Bisbal Rivas | USA | 13 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
Get the Hell Out | Get the Hell Out | Comedia A Go-Go [CAGG], Jess Castro, Regan Arevalos, Larry Garza | USA | 26 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 2:00PM |
Just Flow | Just Flow | Tania Romero | USA | 27 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 2:00PM |
Marisol | Marisol | Eugene Martin | USA | 75 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 4:00PM |
Harbinger | Harbinger | Cody Duckworth | USA | 94 min | Hecho en Tejas |
| Saturday, May 7 6:00PM |
Paris Trance | Paris Trance | Patricia Vonne | USA | 3 min | Music Videos |
| Saturday, May 7 6:00PM |
Siembra | Siembra | Angela Osorio, Santiago Lozano | Colombia | 83 min | New Releases |
| Saturday, May 7 8:00PM |
2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99 | 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99 | Thirza Cuthand | Canada | 5 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Saturday, May 7 8:00PM |
Mekko | Mekko | Sterlin Harjo | USA | 84 min | New Releases |
| Saturday, May 7 10:00PM |
Tu p*** banco | Your F****** Bank | Jose Luis Santos Perez | Spain | 13 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Saturday, May 7 10:00PM |
Embarazados | We Are Pregnant | Juana Macías | Spain | 103 min | New Releases |
| The Salvage Vanguard Theater | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 7 2:00PM |
Hasta que regrese | Until I Return | Luisa García | Peru | 18 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 2:00PM |
Tú y yo | You and Me | Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada | Dominican Republic | 87 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 4:00PM |
Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People | Maiden of Deception Pass: Guardian of Her Samish People | Tracy Rector, Lou Karsen | USA | 27 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 4:00PM |
Juanicas | Juanicas | Karina García Casanova | Canada/ Mexico | 78 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 6:00PM |
Os Meninos do Rio | Children of the River | Javier Macipe | Portugal/ Spain | 14 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 6:00PM |
Tan distintos | An Ocean Between Us | Pablo Arturo Suárez | Ecuador | 90 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 8:00PM |
Sirenas | Mermaids | Maryulis Alfonso | Cuba | 20 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 8:00PM |
H.O.M.E. | H.O.M.E. | Daniel Maldonado | USA | 73 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 10:00PM |
Leche | Milk | Gabriella Moses | USA | 13 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 10:00PM |
Rosa Chumbe | Rosa Chumbe | Jonatan Relayze Chiang | Peru | 73 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
What I Never Told Her | What I Never Told Her | Theo Moers | USA | 9 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival – Out Youth |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
You’re Dead to Me | You’re Dead to Me | Wu Tsang | USA | 13 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival – Out Youth |
| Saturday, May 7 12:00PM |
A Place in the Middle | A Place in the Middle | Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | USA | 24 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival – Out Youth |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Listen | Listen | Julianne Evangelista, Violet Lam | Austin, TX, USA | 11 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Alluvium | Alluvium | Ruda Santos | London, UK | 4 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
El Levantamiento de los Muertos | El Lavantamiento de los Muertos | Miguel Salazar | San Antonio, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Trees Count | Trees Count | Maximilian Shatan | New York City, NY, USA | 4 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
The Race | The Race | Austin Film Society Film Club | Austin, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
You Are Not Alone | You Are Not Alone | Adolfo Jimenez | NY, USA | 3 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Domar: To Tame | Domar: To Tame | Benjamin Ades | Uruguay | 7 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Drawing Inspiration | Drawing Inspiration | Audrey Larson, Shay Martin | MA, USA | 4 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Lilly Gets a Pet | Lilly Gets a Pet | The Bum Family | Alberta, Canada | 5 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
The Storm | The Storm | Tyla Levesque, Yunior Crispin, Daymian Mejia | Lynn, MA, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Wiikwemkoong Mide-Dabaan | Oil Wells of Wikwemikong | Leo Peltier | Montréal, QC, Canada | 5 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
I Don’t Need U | I Don’t Need U | Alyssa Peguero | Lynn, MA, USA | 4 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Lorena | Lorena | Tony Trevino | Coahuila, Mexico | 3 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Letters | Letters | Nick Fichter | Austin, TX, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
What’s the First Step | What’s the First Step | Ayanna Marte | Lynn, MA, USA | 6 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
O Cabeçudo | The Big-Headed Boy | Nelson Fernandes | Portugal | 9 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Everything Has Its Time | Everything Has Its Time | Marylys Merida | Lynn, MA, USA | 6 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 1:00PM |
Camping Trip | Camping Trip | Audrey Larson | MA, USA | 6 min | Emergencia Youth Film Competition |
| Saturday, May 7 4:00PM |
Chapa | The Grill Man | Fabio Montanari | Brazil | 14 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Saturday, May 7 4:00PM |
Make No Noise – The Story of a Skatepark | Make No Noise – The Story of a Skatepark | Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo | USA | 80 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Saturday, May 7 6:00PM |
Ayotzinapa: Crónica de un crimen de estado | Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime | Xavier Robles | Mexico | 101 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Saturday, May 7 8:00PM |
The Man Who Saw Too Much | The Man Who Saw Too Much | Trisha Ziff | Mexico | 89 min | Ambulante Showcase |
| Sunday, May 8 | ||||||
| The Marchesa Hall & Theatre | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, May 8 12:00PM |
Normal | Normal | Vadim Lasca | Venezuela | 17 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Sunday, May 8 12:00PM |
Una noche sin luna | A Moonless Night | Germán Tejeira | Uruguay/Argentina | 81 min | New Releases |
| Sunday, May 8 2:00PM |
The Propaganda Game | The Propaganda Game | Alvaro Longoria | Spain | 98 min | New Releases |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Hasta que te encontre | Until I Found You | Olmeca | USA | 4 min | Music Videos |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Le Dep | Le Dep | Sonia Boileau | Canada | 75 min | New Releases |
| Sunday, May 8 7:00PM |
Viaje | Viaje | Paz Fábrega | Costa Rica | 71 min | New Releases |
| The Salvage Vanguard Theater | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Countries | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, May 8 12:00PM |
Libertad | Libertad | Brenda Avila-Hanna | USA | 10 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Sunday, May 8 12:00PM |
Playing Lecuona | Playing Lecuona | Pavel Giroud, JuanMa Villa Betancort | Spain/Colombia | 110 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Sunday, May 8 2:00PM |
Soñar el otro | Dreaming the Other | Abril Schmucler Iñiguez | Mexico | 16 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Sunday, May 8 2:00PM |
La extinción de los dinosaurios | The Extinction of the Dinosaurs | Luis Ayhllón | Mexico | 98 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Short Stop | Short Stop | Fanny Veliz, Risa Machuca | USA | 18 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Through the Water | Through the Water | Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia | USA | 6 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
A Few Hundred Blows | A Few Hundred Blows | Iris Almaraz | USA | 11 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
OK Hello This Is Michael | OK Hello This Is Michael | Jessica Leza | USA | 1 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
The Moon Song of Assassination | The Moon Song of Assassination | Dolissa Medina | USA | 7 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Possessed by the Beat | Possessed by the Beat | Rachel Estrada | USA | 6 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Toñita se va de la casa | Toñita Runs Away | Terri Carson | USA | 6 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
House Cleaning | House Cleaning | Julia Camara | USA | 6 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Mis quince | Mis quince | Brenda Cruz-Wolf | USA | 12 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |
| Sunday, May 8 4:00PM |
Paradise Exhaust | Paradise Exhaust | Stephanie Saint Sanchez | USA | 11 min | Señorita Cinema Roadshow |