Austin Film Festival presents: Macabro (Macabre), a film by Marcos Prado
Friday, October 25th, 2019, 9:30pm
Galaxy Highland
6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
Monday, October 28th, 2019, 9:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse Village
2700 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story of brutal murders in the 90s, a police sergeant is caught between a broken justice system and his own past as he hunts down a pair of homicidal brothers through the forests of Brazil. Screenwriters: Lucas Paraizo & Rita Gloria Curvo.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
Calabacitas tiernas (Tender Pumpkins), directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares
Thursday, October 17th, 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: CALABACITAS TIERNAS (TENDER PUMPKINS) is a 1949 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring one of Mexico's most renowned actors, Germán Valdés "Tin Tan."
Our special guest will be the Consul General of Mexico in Austin Pablo Marentes.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
La jaula de oro (The Golden Dream), a film by Diego Quemada-Díez
Tuesday, October 15th, 2019, 7:00pm
Reception at 6:00pm; Seating at 6:30pm.
Q&A following film.
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Three teenagers from the slums of Guatemala travel to the United States in search of a better life.
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.
Warrior Women, a film by Elizabeth Castle & Christina D. King
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019, 7:00pm
Sunday, October 6th, 2019, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: WARRIOR WOMEN is the story of mothers and daughters fighting for Native rights in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s. The film unveils not only a female perspective of history, but also examines the impact political struggles have on the children who bear witness.
The film will be preceded by the short film ABRÁZAME directed by Jas Doyle Pitt.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Fantastic Fest presents: Amigo, a film by Óscar Martín
Thursday, September 19th, 2019, 8:00 pm*
Thursday, September 26th, 2018, 11:00 am*
S. Lamar Alamo Drafthouse
1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Tel: (512)861-7040
* Final showtimes subject to change day of screening; check fantasticfest.com/schedule ahead of arriving to theater.
Synopsis: After a serious car accident (for which he’s responsible), David decides to care for his best friend Javi at a remote house. It doesn’t take long until the animosity insidiously builds between them.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with Fantastic Fest.
La calle de la amargura (Bleak Street), a film by Arturo Ripstein
With director Arturo Ripstein in person
Saturday, September 21st, 2019, 4:00pm
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: We are honored to welcome Arturo Ripstein to Austin and to present his most recent feature, BLEAK STREET (2015), a skid row story of elderly prostitutes, little-people wrestlers, and murder that proves that Ripstein’s strong interest in the outsider, and his filmmaking powers, are as strong as ever.
A presentation of Austin Film Society. A co-presentation of CineClub México, by the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin and Cine Las Americas International Film Festival.
