The 22nd Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
May 1 – 5, 2019
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Festival Schedule
| Wednesday, May 1 | ||||||
| AFS Cinema | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Wednesday, May 1, 7:00pm | Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire | Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire | Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya | USA | 88 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Thursday, May 2 | ||||||
| AFS Cinema | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 2, 4:00pm |
Tarde para morir joven | Too Late to Die Young | Dominga Sotomayor | Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Netherlands/Qatar | 110 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm |
Wakcha | Wakcha | Pierre G. Llanos |
Perú | 20 min | Official Selection Panorama |
| Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm |
Cómprame un revólver |
Buy Me a Gun | Julio Hernández Cordón | Mexico/Colombia | 84 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Thursday, May 2, 8:00pm |
Windows on the World |
Windows on the World | Michael D. Olmos | USA | 108 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| ESB-MACC Black Box | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 2, 3:00pm |
Abrázame | Abrázame | Jas Doyle Pitt | Bolivia/UK | 26 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 2, 3:00pm |
Bakosó: AfroBeats de Cuba | Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba | Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi | Cuba/USA | 52 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Thursday, May 2, 5:00pm |
El vuelo de Michael | Michael’s Flight | Jesús de Frutos Ayaso | Spain | 19 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 2, 5:00pm |
Nos llaman guerreras | They Call Us Warriors | Jennifer Socorro, Edwin Corona Ramos, David Alonso | Venezuela/USA/Mexico/Jordan | 81 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Thursday, May 2, 7:00pm |
ĩuja ɓekea | Swamp | Juan Sebastián Mesa | Colombia | 17 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Thursday, May 2, 7:00pm |
Guerra de Algodão |
The Cotton Wool War | Marilia Hughes, Cláudio Marques | Brazil | 82 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| ESB-MACC Auditorium | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Thursday, May 2, 2:00pm |
After the Silence | After the Silence | Natalie Cubides-Brady | UK/Colombia | 28 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Thursday, May 2, 2:00pm |
Mamacita | Mamacita | José Pablo Estrada Torrescano | Mexico/Germany | 75 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Thursday, May 2, 4:00pm |
Obsidiana | Obsidiana | Camilo Coba Riofrio | Ecuador | 5 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Thursday, May 2, 4:00pm |
Lo que siento por ti |
What I Feel for You | Raúl Camilo | Dominican Republic | 90 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm |
Los ladrones viejos: Las leyendas del artegio |
Old Thieves: The Legend of Artegio | Everardo González | Mexico | 97 min | CineClub México |
| Violet Crown Cinema | ||||||
| Thursday, May 2, 8:00pm |
Vida | Vida | Lourdes Portillo | USA | 18 min | Lourdes Portillo Retrospective |
| Thursday, May 2, 8:00pm |
Columbus on Trial |
Columbus on Trial | Lourdes Portillo | USA | 18 min | Lourdes Portillo Retrospective |
| Thursday, May 2, 8:00pm |
Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena |
Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena | Lourdes Portillo | USA | 47 min | Lourdes Portillo Retrospective |
| Friday, May 3 | ||||||
| AFS Cinema | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 3, 2:00pm |
Libre | Libre | Anna Barsan | USA | 12 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 2:00pm |
Enigma | Enigma | Ignacio Juricic Merillán | Chile | 83 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Friday, May 3, 4:00pm |
Santuario | Sanctuary | Alex Palma | USA | 4 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Friday, May 3, 4:00pm |
La camarista |
The Chambermaid | Lila Avilés | Mexico | 102 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Friday, May 3, 6:00pm |
Es confuso | It’s Confusing | Matthew Bernard | Cuba/USA | 5 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 6:00pm |
Socrates | Socrates | Alexandre Moratto | Brazil | 71 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Friday, May 3, 8:00pm |
Huachicolero | The Gasoline Thieves | Edgar Nito Arrache | Mexico/USA/UK/Spain | 94 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| ESB-MACC Black Box | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 3, 3:00pm |
La Flaca | The Bony Lady | Adriana Barbosa, Thiago Zanato | USA/Brazil/Mexico | 20 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Friday, May 3, 3:00pm |
El silencio es un cuerpo que cae | Silence is a Falling Body | Agustina Comedi | Argentina | 76 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Friday, May 3, 5:00pm |
A Cabeça e a Mão | The Head & the Hand | Marc Serpa Francoeur | Portugal/Canada | 23 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Friday, May 3, 5:00pm |
Warrior Women | Warrior Women | Elizabeth Castle, Christina D. King | USA | 65 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Friday, May 3, 7:00pm |
Hombre | Hombre | Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz | Chile | 21 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Friday, May 3, 7:00pm |
Medea | Medea | Alexandra Latishev | Argentina/Costa Rica/Chile | 76 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| ESB-MACC Auditorium | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Friday, May 3, 12:00pm |
Contramaré | Contramaré | Daniel Marenco | Brazil | 29 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 12:00pm |
Councilwoman | Councilwoman | Margo Guernsey | USA | 57 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Friday, May 3, 2:00pm |
San Miguel | San Miguel | Cris Gris | Mexico/USA | 18 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 2:00pm |
Boni Bonita |
Boni Bonita | Daniel Barosa | Brazil/Argentina | 83 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Friday, May 3, 4:00pm |
Bolas Criollas | Creole Balls | Juan Vicente Manrique, Vittorio Dugarte Barbarito | Venezuela | 12 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 4:00pm |
El pueblo soy yo: Venezuela en populismo |
I Am the People: Venezuela Under Populism | Carlos Oteyza | Venezuela/Mexico | 87 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Friday, May 3, 6:00pm |
A morir a los desiertos | To Die in the Deserts | Marta Ferrer Carné | Mexico | 90 min | Ambulante Showcase |
| Friday, May 3, 8:00pm |
Hooghan | Home | Blackhorse Lowe | USA | 11 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Friday, May 3, 8:00pm |
Harvest Season |
Harvest Season | Bernardo Ruiz | USA | 83 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Saturday, May 4 | ||||||
| AFS Cinema | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 4, 12:00pm |
Bentley’s Will | Bentley’s Will | Zachary P Grigg | USA | 83 min | Hecho en Tejas (Feature) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
The Bubbleman | The Bubbleman | Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda | USA | 9 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
First Generation | First Generation | Aaron Chávez | USA | 5 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
Cake | Cake | Esmeralda Hernandez | USA | 9 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
This Feels Like a Setup | This Feels Like a Setup | Patrick Higgins | USA | 10 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
West of Leona | West of Leona | Christopher James Thompson | USA | 16 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
Plane Pretend | Plane Pretend | Sharon Arteaga | USA | 18 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
Cantina | Cantina | Erik Mauck, Daniel Reyes, Paul Del Bosque | USA | 19 min | Hecho en Tejas (Shorts Program) |
| Saturday, May 4, 4:00pm |
Veneno | Veneno | Hugo Rubiano | Colombia | 4 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Saturday, May 4, 4:00pm |
Falls Around Her |
Falls Around Her | Darlene Naponse | Canada | 100 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Saturday, May 4, 6:00pm |
Rojo | Rojo | Benjamin Naishtat | Argentina/Brazil/France/Netherlands/Germany | 109 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Saturday, May 4, 8:00pm |
Empty Metal |
Empty Metal | Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer | USA | 85 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| ESB-MACC Black Box | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 4, 1:00pm |
O Órfão | The Orphan | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil | 15 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 1:00pm |
Collisions | Collisions | Richard Levien | USA | 90 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 3:00pm |
Me 3.796 | Me 3.796 | Elaine Del Valle | USA | 9 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 3:00pm |
Ocho de cada diez |
Eight out of Ten | Sergio Umansky Brener | Mexico | 108 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 5:00pm |
Fast Horse | Fast Horse | Alexandra Lazarowich | Canada | 13 min | Documentary Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 5:00pm |
Midnight Family | Midnight Family | Luke Lorentzen | Mexico | 90 min | Documentary Feature Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 7:00pm |
Lo cotidiano | The Usual | David Lara | Spain | 10 min | Narrative Shorts Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 7:00pm |
The Grizzlies |
The Grizzlies | Miranda de Pencier | Canada | 104 min | Narrative Feature Competition |
| ESB-MACC Auditorium | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM | Latinas We Admire | Latinas We Admire | Latinitas Clubs | Austin, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival / Latinitas |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Dear Introvert |
Dear Introvert | Karla Mejia | Lynn, MA, USA | 4 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
The Photograph |
The Photograph | John Cannizzo, Joaquin Gonzalez, Hannah Wilder | San Antonio, TX, USA | 4 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
My Black Is… |
My Black Is… | Miguel Valdez, Eunice Beato | Lynn, MA, USA | 6 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Dreaming | Dreaming | Sage Nelsen | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Elote Empire |
Elote Empire | Nicole Ramon, Sean Padin, Giana Rios, Lilian Martinez | San Antonio, TX, USA | 1 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Lilly and the Baby |
Lilly and the Baby | The Bum Family | Calgary, AB, Canada | 7 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
The Loved Ones |
The Loved Ones | Joaquin Gonzalez, Olivia Garces, Jake Cortez | San Antonio, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Separados | Separated | Aylin Martinez Barrera | Austin, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
God of Cocoa |
God of Cocoa | Maddie Toland, Marcelo Salas, Bacla Siptak, Bjorgvin Arnarson | San Antonio, TX, USA | 1 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Piece of Mind |
Piece of Mind | Noel Pichardo | Lynn, MA, USA | 3 min | Emergencia Competition (All Ages) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Internship Opportunities with E4 Youth | Internship Opportunities with E4 Youth | E4 Youth Team | Austin, TX, USA | 2 min | Emergencia Youth Film Festival / E4 Youth |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Diegesis | Diegesis | Gabriel Ricardo, Angulo Vizcarra | Lima, Peru | 7 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
My Heart Can’t Speak the Way I Want It To |
My Heart Can’t Speak the Way I Want It To | Angel Saenz | Austin, TX, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
I’m Human Too |
I’m Human Too | Jonathan Landeros | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 9 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Still Love |
Still Love | Alexander Puga, Monica Matute | Miami, FL, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Abstinencia | Abstinence | Exe Thawne | Cordoba, Argentina | 7 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
South Central State of Mind |
South Central State of Mind | Timur Bootzin | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 5 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30AM |
Sweet Vengeance | Sweet Vengeance | Quinn Wilson | San Antonio, TX, USA | 17 min | Emergencia Competition (14+) |
| Saturday, May 4, 2:00pm |
Temporada | Long Way Home | André Novais Oliveira | Brazil | 113 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Saturday, May 4, 4:00pm |
La Diaspora | La Diaspora | Cutter Hodierne | USA/Mexico | 7 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Saturday, May 4, 4:00pm |
Vientos del sur |
Southern Winds | Franco García Becerra | Peru | 79 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Saturday, May 4, 6:00pm |
Hasta los dientes | Armed to the Teeth | Alberto Arnaut Estrada | Mexico | 105 min | Ambulante Showcase |
| Saturday, May 4, 8:00pm |
Sweetheart Dancers | Sweetheart Dancers | Ben-Alex Dupris | USA | 14 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Saturday, May 4, 8:00pm |
América | América | Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside | USA | 76 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Nomad Bar | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Saturday, May 4, 10:00pm |
Atiza | Atiza | Arturo Segoviano |
Mexico/USA | 3 min | Music Video Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 10:00pm |
La Victoria | La Victoria | Lido Pimienta, Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea | Canada/Colombia | 4 min | Music Video Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 10:00pm |
Por encima | Above Mountains | Camilo Iguarán, Liliana Conde Sierra | Colombia/USA | 5 min | Music Video Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 10:00pm |
Fantasia | Fantasia | Caitlin Díaz | USA | 4 min | Music Video Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 10:00pm |
Una Casita | A Little Home | Tatiana del Fuego | USA | 4 min | Music Video Competition |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30pm |
La sombra | La sombra | Hugo Rubiano |
Colombia | 4 min | Music Video / Oro Pictures |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30pm |
All I Can Say | All I Can Say |
Hugo Rubiano | Colombia | 5 min | Music Video / Oro Pictures |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30pm |
Conexión | Conexión | Hugo Rubiano | Colombia | 3 min | Music Video / Oro Pictures |
| Saturday, May 4, 11:30pm |
Hoy para siempre | Hoy para siempre |
Hugo Rubiano | Colombia | 5 min | Music Video / Oro Pictures |
| Sunday, May 5 | ||||||
| AFS Cinema | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, May 5, 12:00pm |
The Ronaldo-over | The Ronaldo-over | Hugh Mitton |
UK/Portugal | 11 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Sunday, May 5, 12:00pm |
El baile de la gacela |
The Gazelle’s Dance | Iván Porras Meléndez | Costa Rica/Mexico | 90 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
Ánima | Ánima | Fátima Tamayo Anchuelo | Spain | 2 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
El silencio de otros |
The Silence of Others | Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar | Spain/USA/Canada/France | 96 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Sunday, May 5, 4:00pm |
La Llorona | The Weeping Woman | Tanya Marin | USA | 5 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Sunday, May 5, 4:00pm |
Segunda estrella a la derecha |
Second Star to the Right | Ruth Caudeli | Colombia | 82 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Sunday, May 5, 7:00pm |
No me digas solterona |
Don’t Call Me a Spinster | Ani Alva Helfer | Peru | 110 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| ESB-MACC Auditorium | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, May 5, 12:00pm |
Marinos | Marinos | Omar Zuñiga | Chile | 4 min | Official Selection Music Video |
| Sunday, May 5, 12:00pm |
Rutas en febrero |
Roads in February | Katherine Jerkovic | Canada/Uruguay | 83 min | New Releases (Narrative) |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
Birth on the Border |
Birth on the Border | Ellie Lobovits | USA/Mexico | 24 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
Before I Forget |
Before I Forget | Razan Hassan | Syrian Arab Republic | 11 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
7 Planets |
7 Planets | Milda Baginskaite | UK | 6 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
Hashtł’ishnii | Mud | Shaandiin Tome | USA | 9 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
Salt in Wounds |
Salt in Wounds | Alison Adriano | Australia | 10 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 2:00pm |
En la Frontera del Arte |
On the Margins of Art | Miranda Harris-Martinez, Mike Curran | USA/Mexico | 15 min | Femme Frontera |
| Sunday, May 5, 4:00pm |
Sin vergüenza | Without Shame | David E. Valdez | USA | 13 min | Official Selection Panorama Short |
| Sunday, May 5, 4:00pm |
Singing Our Way to Freedom |
Singing Our Way to Freedom | Paul Espinosa | USA | 87 min | New Releases (Documentary) |
| Originator Studios | ||||||
| Start time | Original Title | English Title | Director | Country | Runtime | Program Section |
| Sunday, May 5, 1:00PM – 4:00PM Open Walk-in |
Lionhearted | Lionhearted | Ricarda Saleh | Germany | 12 min | Originator Studios / 360º Video |
| Sunday, May 5, 1:00PM – 4:00PM Open Walk-in |
Tragicomedia | Tragicomedia | Vadim Lasca | Venezuela | 5 min | Originator Studios / 360º Video |