Güeros, a film by Alonso Ruizpalacios
Saturday, February 18th, 2017, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: GÜEROS is the latest film from Ariel Award-winning director Alonso Ruizpalacios. Sombra and Santos are two Mexico City slackers whose drifting is interrupted by the arrival of Tomas, Sombra's little brother. Tomas convinces the two older boys to find an ailing folk singer in the city, and the group sets out on a darkly comic journey that leads them to places none of them ever expected.
Viva Cinema, a new, original film series at the Bullock Museum, celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
Juanicas, a film by Karina García Casanova
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016, 7:00pm
Sunday, September 18th, 2016, 11:00am
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Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: JUANICAS is an intimate and bittersweet portrait of a Mexican immigrant family affected by mental illness. For over ten years, filmmaker Karina García Casanova has been documenting her complex relationship with her mother and brother, both of whom suffer from bipolar disorder. When her brother commits suicide, she attempts to make sense of this event and come to terms with her past.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Austin Film Society presents: Distinto Amanecer (Another Dawn), directed by Julio Bracho
Sunday, August 7th, 2016, 5:00 PM
AFS Cinema (formerly the Marchesa Hall & Theatre)
6226 Middle Fiskville Rd. Austin,TX 78752
Tel: (512) 454-2000
Advance ticket sales HERE.
Synopsis: A movie that is often considered the first Mexican film noir, and, in fact, one of the first noirs made anywhere. Gabriel Figueroa’s extraordinary cinematography lights the way for this savage, political tale set in Mexico City.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
Austin Film Festival presents: El Jeremías (Jeremy), a film by Anwar Safa
Monday, June 13th, 2016, 7:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse Village
2700 West Anderson Lane, Austin TX 78757
Tel: 1-512-861-7030
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Synopsis: El Jeremías tells the story of a precociously bright 8-year-old boy, ostracized by his peers and labeled a misfit for his intellectual and often pedantic tendencies.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
Jean Lauer, CLAIFF19 Director, is traveling to NYC to participate in Ambulante Más Allá!
Thursday, April 21st, 2016, 6:00 PM
National Museum of the American Indian
1 Bowling Green, New York, New York 10004
Get more information and invite your NYC friends HERE!
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center in New York, in collaboration with Ambulante Más Allá, Cinema Tropical, Celebrate Mexico Now and Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, will present “Ambulante Más Allá: The Future in Our Hands.”
