Dora and the Lost City of Gold, a film by James Bobin
Join Cine Las Americas for an evening of Community Cinema, hosted by Mobile Loaves & Fishes at the Community First! Cinema & Amphitheater.
Friday, November 22nd, 2019, 7:30 PM
Movie night at the Mobile Loaves & Fishes Community First! Village. The event is free, however a $5 donation would be highly appreciated. "Doors" at 6:30pm, with events to participate in, followed by screening at 7:30pm.
Community First! Village Amphitheater
9301 Hog Eye Rd, Austin, TX 78724
Synopsis: Dora, a teenage explorer, leads her friends on an adventure to save her parents and solve the mystery behind a lost city of gold.
La sombra del Caudillo (The Shadow of the Tyrant), directed by Julio Bracho
Thursday, November 21st, 2019, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
About the Film: A fierce portrayal of Mexican political power struggles during the 1920s — with darkly etched scenes of death and betrayal — THE SHADOW OF THE TYRANT was banned from public screening until 1990.
Our special guest will be Dr. Samuel Schmidt, political scientist and author.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
The River and the Wall, a film by Ben Masters
Thursday, November 7th, 2019, 7:00pm
Reception at 6:00pm; Seating at 6:30pm.
Q&A following film.
IMAX Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Five friends venture into the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands to document the environment before structural changes are made.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language and Hispanic-heritage movie-making.
Collisions, a film by Richard Levien
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019, 7:00pm
Sunday, November 10th, 2019, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Itan’s promising life in San Francisco is turned upside down when she comes home from school, with her younger brother, to find their apartment ransacked and her mother missing. Suddenly she must rely on her estranged uncle, a big rig truck driver. Itan manipulates him into taking them across the country in his truck, trying to find her mother and stop her deportation.
The film will be preceded by the short film PLANE PRETEND directed by Sharon Arteaga.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Austin Jewish Film Festival presents: The Unorthodox, a film by Eliran Malka
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019, 7:30pm
Regal Arbor Cinemas
9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin TX 78759
Synopsis: Tired of being pushed around, a disenfranchised Sephardic father whose daughter is expelled from a school for her ethnicity, launches the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party.
The feature film will be preceded by the short film A THOUSAND KISSES, directed by Richard Goldgewicht.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this film as a supporter of the AJFF.
Austin Polish Film Festival presents: The Wall of Mexico, a film by Eliran Malka
Sunday, November 3rd, 2019, 2:00pm
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: A Mexican family decides to build a wall around their property to deter the intrusion of poor white people in the vicinity.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this film as a community partner of the APFF.
