Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Note change in date and location for this Special Presentation of CineClub México and the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019, 6:30 PM
Texas Union Theatre
UT's Texas Union Building
2247 Guadalupe St, Austin TX 78712
FREE and open to the public!
About the Film: ROMA, the 2018 film by renowned award-winning Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, portrays a vivid and emotional description of domestic life throughout Mexico's turbulent 70s decade.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Vidas errantes (Wandering Lives), directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva
Thursday, March 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: WANDERING LIVES is a 1985 film directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva. It won three Ariel awards, including best film, best lead actor, and best original screenplay. It also received awards at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the Bogotá film biennial and at La Habana, Cuba, International Film Festival of New Latin American Cinema.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Pájaros de verano (Birds of Passage), a film by Cristina Gallego & Ciro Guerra
Opens: Thursday, March 14th, 2019
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: From the Oscar-nominated team behind the genre-defying EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, comes an equally audacious saga centered on the Wayúu indigenous people during a crucial period in recent Colombian history.
La pasión según Berenice (The Passion of Berenice), directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Thursday, February 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: THE PASSION OF BERENICE is a 1976 film written and directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. José Emilio Pacheco, one of Mexico's most distinguished and prolific writers of all time, collaborated in the script. The film won five Ariel Awards, including best film, best director, and best lead actress.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Miss Bala, a film by Catherine Hardwicke
Monday, January 28th, 2019, 7:30 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Also starring Anthony Mackie (THE HURT LOCKER, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR). MISS BALA opens in theaters on February 1.
