Ambulante

Cine Las Americas and Ambulante Present:
Ambulante Showcase

Thursday, May 3th, 2018 || Friday, May 4th, 2018 || Saturday, May 5th, 2018
6:00PM each evening
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC)
FREE and OPEN to the public

Cine Las Americas presents a special showcase in partnership with Ambulante, a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting documentary film as a tool for social and cultural transformation. Each of the documentary films in this series tackles issues that resonate not only in Mexico, but also internationally. The films selected reflect both organizations’ missions, in particular, support of documentary filmmaking as a means to promote discourse around important contemporary issues.

Ambulante Org. is a non-profit organization, founded in 2005 by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Elena Fortes. It is committed 
to supporting and promoting documentary film as a tool for cultural and social transformation. Ambulante brings documentaries and training programs to places where they are rarely available in order to foster a cultural exchange, encourage a participative, informed, and critical attitude in their audience, and open new channels of expression in Mexico and abroad. Each year, Ambulante organizes an international film festival, which tours Mexico for two months with a lineup including about 100 titles from 30 countries. Currently, Ambulante is the widest-reaching documentary film festival in Mexico, and a unique exhibition space in the world. This is a non-competitive festival that offers about 50% of its programming for free.

For more information, please visit www.ambulante.org.

SPECIAL GUEST LUCÍA GAJÁ studied cinematographic studies with a specialty in directing at the University Center of Cinematographic Studies, CUEC–UNAM in Mexico City. She attended the Santiago Álvarez documentary workshop at the San Antonio de los Baños Film school in Cuba. She has a Diploma in Narrative Practices. Since 2002 she has worked in documentary filmmaking as her main activity, and since 2008 as a teacher. She has been nominated 3 times for a Silver Ariel and won for her short documentary SOY in 2005. She is an active member of the Mexican Film and Arts Academy. Her first feature film MY LIFE INSIDE won awards at numerous festivals including Morelia, the Paris Human Rights Film Festival, BAFICI in Argentina, and Documenta Madrid. It was nominated for best documentary at the Mexican Film Academy at the Ariel Ceremony.

 

Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center (ESB-MACC)
Thursday, May 3
Start time	Original Title	English Title	Director	Countries	Runtime	Program Section
Thursday, May 3, 6:00PM	Mi vida dentro	My Life Inside	Lucía Gajá	Mexico	120 min	Ambulante Feature Documentary
Friday, May 4
Start time	Original Title	English Title	Director	Countries	Runtime	Program Section
Friday, May 4, 6:00PM	Nos faltan	Missing	Lucía Gajá, Emilio Ramos	Mexico	5 min	Ambulante Short Documentary
Friday, May 4, 6:00PM	Batallas íntimas	Intimate Battles	Lucía Gajá	Mexico	87 min	Ambulante Feature Documentary
Saturday, May 5
Start time	Original Title	English Title	Director	Countries	Runtime	Program Section
Saturday, May 5, 6:00PM	El sembrador	The Sower	Melissa Elizondo	Mexico	86 min	Ambulante Feature Documentary