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Cincuenta Fifty
Manuela Montoya Colombia/Cuba, Drama, 2010 10 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Marina, a 50-year-old Cuban woman, is celebrating her birthday with those who have not left the country. Not only a look at loneliness and aging, Cincuenta also shows the bittersweet act of confronting one's own expectations of their life's work.
North American Premiere
Producer: Leonardo Maia Production Companies: EICTV Screenwriter: Manuela Montoya, Edgar Soberón Cinematographer: Felipe Díaz Editor: Odalie Reyes Sound Design: Denis Godoy Cast: Isabel Santos, Idalmis García, Margarita del Pozo Print Source: Jorge Rey - EICTV, promocioninternacional@eictv.org.cu
Alamo South Lamar - Sat. April 23 7:00 PM Opens for Go For It!
Efecto dominó Domino Effect
Gabriel Gauchet Cuba/Germany, Drama, 2010 28 min, Super16mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
It is evening in a Havana neighborhood, and a group of men are playing a game of dominoes while their wives are chatting. Suddenly a young man stumbles across a young girl injured in the park nearby. It appears as if the girl has been raped. The girl is the granddaughter of Mercedes and Ramón, and soon the chauvinist tendencies of Ramón and the other neighborhood men escalate to shocking levels as they hunt unceasingly for a culprit.
North American Premiere
Producer: Gabriel Gauchet Production Companies: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (Academy of Media Arts) Screenwriter: Gabriel Gauchet, Francisco García González Cinematographer: Christiane Buchmann Editor: Manuel Iglesias, Leopoldo Nakata Sound Design: Gustavo Fioravante Music: Marc Hupfeld Cast: Alina Rodríguez, Enrique Molina, Luis Alberto García, Yoset Puentes Print Source: Oliver Filser - Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (Academy of Media Arts), filmshipper@khm.de
Alamo South Lamar - Fri. April 22 4:00 PM Opens for El agua del fin del mundo
El edificio de los chilenos The Chilean Building
Macarena Aguiló Marchi, Susana Foxley Chile/Cuba/France/Netherlands, Autobiographical Documentary, 2010 96 min, HDV, Color Spanish with English subtitles
By reconstructing her past from memories, letters, childhood drawings and animation, Macarena Aguiló Marchi attempts to understand why her parents sent her abroad to be raised by strangers while they risked their lives back in Chile fighting the Pinochet regime. El edificio de los chilenos is a film about children who lost their parents under the relocation project Proyecto Hogares, as well as the parents who not only lost the Revolution, but any chance of ever seeing their children again. Winner of the Grand Prize at the FIDOCS festival in Santiago, Chile.
North American Premiere www.eledificiodeloschilenos.blogspot.com
Macarena Aguiló Marchi was born in 1971 in Chile. El edificio de los chilenos is her first film, and after this autobiographical production, she also contributed to the work of other documentaries including Final Image and The Other Side of La Moneda. Producer: Macarena Aguiló Marchi Production Companies: Rayo Verde Screenwriter: Macarena Aguiló Marchi Cinematographer: Arnaldo Rodríguez Editor: Catherine Mabilat, Macarena Aguiló Marchi, Ilán Stehberg, Galut Alarcón, Ismael Miranda Sound Design: Mauricio Molina Music: Elizabeth Morris Print Source: Macarena Aguiló Marchi, maguilomar@gmail.com
Alamo South Lamar - Fri. April 22 7:00 PM Buy Tickets
Habana Eva
Fina Torres Cuba/Venezuela/France, Comedy, 2010 100 min, 35mm, Color Spanish with English subtitles
In a Havana shaken by Fidel's retirement, a young seamstress, trapped in a clothing factory, dreams of designing beautiful dresses. With no support from her adorable but lazy Cuban boyfriend, her life takes a turn when she meets a dazzling capitalist who fans her hopes. After many deceptions and surprises, Eva has to choose between the two men she loves. Hers is an unexpected decision; one which makes for a humorous metaphor of Cuba's future options.
Austin Premiere
Fina Torres, born in Caracas in 1951, studied film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. Her directorial debut, Oriana, won la Caméra d'Or award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. To date, she continues to work with film projects related to Latin America.
Producer: Delfina Catala, Marco Mundarain, Fina Torres, Camilo Vives Production Companies: Villa del Cine, ICAIC, Alter Screenwriter: Jorge Camacho, Julio Carrillo, Fina Torres Cinematographer: Héctor Ortega Editor: Robin Katz Sound Design: Erik Brena, Jesus Guevara Music: Barbara Cohen Cast: Fina Torres, Delfina Catana Print Source: Ondamax Films, info@ondamax.com
Alamo South Lamar - Fri. April 22 7:30 PMBuy Tickets
La Salsa Cubana
Eric Joseph Johnson, Sarita Streng USA/Cuba, Music/Dance Documentary, 2011 81 min, MiniDV, Color Spanish with English subtitles
A salsa dance group from Guanabacoa, located on the outskirts of Havana, is attempting to win the Cuban national dance competition. It is a story and event that engrosses the country. Along the group's journey to the competition, viewers can hear Cuban music, delve into the dancers' lives, learn a bit about the history of dance, and of course, see vibrant dancing.
Regional Premiere
Dancers and directors Eric Joseph Johnson and Sarita Streng were co-teachers and performers before filming La Salsa Cubana. Johnson currently works as a freelance engineer, and Streng runs the Community Dance Program in Albuquerque, NM. Producer: Eric Joseph Johnson Production Companies: Me Priva Pictures Screenwriter: Eric Joseph Johnson Cinematographer: Alvaro Rangel Editor: Eric Joseph Johnson, David Leach Sound Design: Eric Joseph Johnson, David Leach, Eduardo "Tatico" Collazo Music: David Calzado y su Charanga Habanera, Beny Moré, Chucho Valdés y su Cuarteto, Orquesta Aragón, Adalberto Alvarez y su Son, Elio Revé y su Charangón, Issac Delgado y su Orquesta, Pachito Alonso y sus Kini Kini, Pupy y los que son son, Grupo Changui de Guantanamo, and many more Print Source: Eric Joseph Johnson, ericjjohnson@hotmail.com
Mexican American Cultural CenterMon. April 25 1:00 PM FREE!
Paraíso Paraiso
León Ichaso USA, Thriller/Drama, 2009 100, HD, Color/Black & White Spanish, English with English subtitles The monotonous life of Miami radio personality Remigio Gallegos changes abruptly when he answers the phone to find out that a son he has never met is waiting for him at the immigration office. Along with his mother's cross, the young man brings with him a haunted past. Paraiso explores generational and class divides within the Cuban exile community in southern Florida. Part thriller, drama, and existential romance, the film explodes with heart, color, music, and a desperate tale. Regional Premiere www.paraisothefilm.blogspot.com Leon Ichaso was born in Havana, Cuba. He left the island for exile in the United States with his mother and sister at age 14; his father joined them 5 years later having stayed behind to support the Cuban Revolution. Ichaso is known as "an actor's director," as a writer and director who does not compromise as he tells his tales, and as a filmmaker who specializes in gritty urban realism. Producer: León Ichaso, Lisa Rhoden Boyd Production Companies: Camino Verde Films Screenwriter: León Ichaso Cinematographer: Henry Vargas, Henry Lynk Editor: Juan Carlos Garza, Sebastián Jiménez Sound Design: Bruno Canale Music: Alfredo Triff Cast: Miguel Gutiérrez, Adrián Más, Tamara Melián, Lili Rentería, Ariel Texido, Juan David Ferrer, Aliani Sánchez, Larry Villanueva, Sandra García, Rosie Iguanzo, Roberto Poveda Print Source: León Ichaso, Lichaso1@aol.com
Mexican American Cultural Center Black Box Theater Tuesday, April 26, 9pm Free!
Si seguimos vivos If We Stay Alive
Juliana Fanjul Espinoza Mexico/Cuba, Documentary, 2010 23 min, HD, Color Spanish with English subtitles
Si seguimos vimos offers a brief look at the life of an elderly group that lives in a shelter. Their bodies, their voices, their time, their rituals, and their obsessions all make the viewer question their sanity, their quality of life and whether it can be considered a life being lived.
North American Premiere
Producer: Miguel Iván González, Carmen Méndez Production Companies: EICTV Screenwriter: Juliana Fanjul Espinoza Cinematographer: César Zayas Editor: Fernanda Pires Gurdel Sound Design: Denis Godoy Print Source Contact: Jorge Rey - EICTV, promocioninternacional@eictv.org.cu
Vecino Neighbor
Argenis Mills Cuba/Dominican Republic/Brazil, Drama, 2010 11 min, 35mm, Color No dialogue
Samuel is a Latino immigrant who goes to Europe searching for a better life. Shortly after moving into his apartment, an upstairs neighbor complains about the noise and threatens to turn him in to immigration. As Samuel becomes more obsessed with not making any noise, he goes to great extremes to quiet each and every sound.
Texas Premiere
Producer: Viana González Production Companies: EICTV Screenwriter: Daniel Rodríguez de Castro Cinematographer: César Zayas Editor: Rocío Gattinoni Sound Design: Salomé Román Music: Luís Díaz Cast: Yarién Rodríguez, Osvaldo Doimeadiós Print Source: Jorge Rey - EICTV, promocioninternacional@eictv.org.cu
Mexican American Cultural CenterMon. April 25 1:00 PM FREE!
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