El techo (On the Roof), a film by Patricia Ramos
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, 7:00pm
Sunday, August 27th, 2017, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: In Havana, three young friends gather on a roof every day to tell stories and share their dreams, trying to make time go by without noticing. In the midst of their boredom, without money and dreaming about success, they decide to set up their own business. The cost of this dream will finally lead them to personal maturity, but with some difficulty.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Viva, a film by Paddy Breathnach
Wednesday April 20th, 2016, 7:30 pm
S. Lamar Alamo Drafthouse
1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Tel: (512) 861-7040
Synopsis: A young hairdresser (Héctor Medina) does makeup for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father (Jorge Perugorría), a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As estranged father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again. - Written by aGLIFF
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
Venecia (Venice), a film by Enrique (Kiki) Álvarez
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016, 7:00pm
Sunday, March 27th, 2016, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: Mónica, Violeta and Mayelín work in a beauty salon. On payday they go out to buy a dress for one of them, starting an unexpected journey into the depths of the Havana nightlife. At dawn, exhausted and penniless, they start dreaming of opening a beauty shop of their own which they will call Venecia.
"CineNoche" is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
