27th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
Team
STAFF
Gabriel Ornelas – Executive Director
Giselle De La Rosa – Associate Festival Director, Conference Coordinator & Hecho en Tejas Program Associate
Leti Bueno – Grants & Development Coordinator
Laura Donnelly – Development Consultant
Andrea Zarate – Communications Coordinator
Fabiana Montenegro – Social Media Coordinator
Damaris Llanos – Social Media Assistant
Julio Toledano – Creative Director and Graphic Designer
Ernie Quiroz – Film Program Co-Lead
Florencia Choto – Film Program Co-Lead
Maribel Falcon – Film Program Associate: Music Videos
Tom Cavanaugh – Technical Director & Hecho en Tejas, Film Program Associate
Christian D. Nelson – Emergente Youth International Film Festival Co-Director
Miguel Briones – Education Coordinator & Emergente Youth International Film Festival Co-Director
Alexa Ornelas – Box Office Coordinator & Elevent Support
Anoush Crane – Events & Hospitality Coordinator
Justina Walford – Public Relations
Alexa Ornelas – Box Office Coordinator
Vanessa Alvarado Flores – Volunteer Coordinator
Josh Stauffer – Web Designer
Jackie Mackey, Sophie Niles, Madison Snelling – Juice Consulting (Public Relations)
Christian D. Nelson, Austin Film Society – Video Services
Mari Hernandez – Photographer
David Neahusan – Accountant
Joseph Ornelas – Program Assistant
Cerise Saucedo – Student Intern
Elena Bessire – Portuguese Translator
David Lopez – Venue Manager
Alyssa M Pineda – Box Office Assistant & Support
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
John Estrada
Giselle De La Rosa
Hector Gonzalez
Laura Donnelly
Jeannelle Ramirez
James Rodriguez
FILM SCREENERS
Elena Bessire
Erin Campbell
Sarah Clawson
Dino Costa
Nicholas Dauster
Val Florez
Chris Green
Viviana Guerrero
Diana Patricia Guizado
Chantal Lackan
Olivier Lapuente
Alexis Page
Paul Smith
Joan Tuttle Vargas
Harold Urteaga
Carlos Zapata
EXECUTIVE BOARD
John Estrada
Jeannelle Ramirez
Cassandra Sanchez-Barrera
Francisco Garcia
David Gil
Enrique Duran II
Meghan Cleary Rauker
Hector Gonzales
Daniel Maldonado
ADVISORY BOARD
Sergio Alcocer, Rest of the World
Cynthia Benitez, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Charles Ramirez Berg, The University of Texas at Austin
Jason Borge, The University of Texas at Austin
Christine Davila, TV Development Executive and Film Producer
Stephen E. Jackson, Blue 62 Entertainment
AJ Johnson, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
Chale Nafus, Austin Film Society (ret.)
Daniel Northway-Frank, Northway-Frank Consulting
Tracy Rector, Longhouse Media/Clearwater Film
David Rice, Author, Lecturer, Film Producer
Patricia Vonne, Musician and Filmmaker