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Quince añosFifteen years
Liliana Torres Mexico, Drama, 20127 min, 35mm, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
On her fifteenth birthday, life reminds Vianney that it isn’t easy being different.
Regional Premierewww.imcine.gob.mx/peliculas/4429 Print Source: Ivan Gutierrez - IMCINE, difuinte@imcine.gob.mx
The Language of Love
Marie Clements Canada, Testimonial Documentary, 201211 min, DVD, ColorEnglish
In this deeply moving and raw performance, artist and activist Stephen Lytton poetically recounts the 13 years he endured in one of Canada's residential schools. Through a life of challenges - including physical disability - Lytton's story embodies the strength and perseverance of residential school survivors.
Regional Premierewww.froggirlfilms.com Print Source: Michelle St. John - Frog Girl Films, michelle@froggirlfilms.com
Filme para Poeta CegoFilm for a Blind Poet
Gustavo Vinagre Brazil/Cuba, Biographical Documentary, 201226 min, Digital, ColorPortuguese with English subtitles
Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties for the inexperienced director.
North American Premierewww.pretaportefilmes.com.br/en Print Source: Juliana Vicente - Preta Portê Filmes, juliana@pretaportefilmes.com.br
Los viejosThe Parents
Martín Boulocq Bolivia, Drama, 201173 min, RED/HD, Color/Black & WhiteSpanish with English subtitles Toño sets off on a long journey back to his hometown in the south of Bolivia. Many years have passed since he was kicked out of his home, where things have now changed with his family. Mario, his adopted father, suffers from a crippling disease and cannot speak. Ana, with whom he shared his childhood and who was also his first love, is now a single mother with a 9-year-old boy. With silent characters, recurring dreams, long walks through the countryside, childhood friends with almost nothing in common, Los viejos is a film about absence and loneliness, banishment and abrupt separations, and, above all, it is a story about the attempt to reconcile with the past. Los viejos enjoyed its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival and continues on a successful festival run. North American Premiere Martín Boulocq was born in 1980 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He dropped out of his Philosophy and Social Communication studies in order to write and direct his first feature Lo más bonito y mis mejores años, which garnered awards at the Guadalajara, Havana, and Valdivia film festivals. He later founded the company CQ Films. Producer: Alba BalderramaProduction Companies: CQ FilmsScreenwriter: Martín Boulocq, Rodrigo HasbunCinematographer: Daniela CajíasEditor: Martín Boulocq, Salvy FuentesSound Design: Martín García ServentiMusic: Ronisch, Ramiro Robles, Grillo VillegasCast: Andrea Camponovo, Fabricio Camponovo, Roberto Guihon, Julio Iglesias Print Source: FiGa Films, contact@figafilms.com Sunday, April 29 - 4:30 PM Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Camera obscura
Maru Solores Spain, Drama/Coming of Age/Disability, 201194 min, RED, ColorSpanish with English subtitles
Ane, a blind girl on the verge of puberty, discovers photography and her first love at the hands of her uncle Antonio, a mysterious photographer who returns after a long time to the family home, where they spend the summer. Overprotected by her parents, who want to try another operation to restore her vision, and isolated by other teenagers, Ane spends her time capturing with her camera things that nobody wants to see, and which will shed new light on familial dynamics. Finally, disappointed by the adults in her life, Ane has to finds her own way to navigate the world as a teenager and as a blind person. Camera obscura premiered at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
North American Premiere
Maru Solores (Donosti, 1968) studied at the School of Cinema and Video of Andoain, Gipuzkoa. Also, she took part in film workshops given by the scriptwriter Michel Gaztambide and the director Jose Luis Guerín. Then, she moved to Berlin and studied Film Direction at the Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She directed many short films in 16mm, 35mm and documentaries. Her short film in 35mm, Dortoka Uhartea, won many international awards. After 10 years in Berlin, she returned to the Basque Country. She has worked in television (as a producer, TV director and editor), in film editing, and teaching.
Producer: Carlos Juárez, Raquel PereaProduction Companies: Basque FilmsScreenwriter: Ruth Rehmet, Maru SoloresCinematographer: Frank AmannEditor: Juan OrtuosteSound Design: Martín GuridiMusic: Pablo CervantesCast: Jaqueline Duarte, Leyre Berrocal, Víctor Clavijo, Josean Bengoetxea, Pello MadariagaPrint Source: Carlos Juárez, info@basquefilms.com Friday, April 27 - 12:30 PM Sunday, April 29 - 5:00 PM Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Morir de pieDie Standing Up
Jacaranda Correa Mexico, Biographical Documentary, 201174 min, HD, ColorSpanish with English subtitles The son of Mexican communist militants, living with increasing disability, continues to promote socialism and the Cuban Revolution; identifying with the ideologies of Che Guevara and even resembling Che physically, he embraces the cause. Surprisingly, his disability is not the greatest challenge he will face in his life. Handicapped and discriminated against, Irina Layevska defies adversity and faces life with her true self supported on this journey by her lifelong partner, Nelida. A story of courage to live and love that has no gender, and leaves no audience unmoved. Morir de pie won Best Mexican Documentary, Guadalajara International Film Festival. Texas Premiere Jacaranda Correa studied Journalism at UNAM. She also has a degree in Political Sociology from the Université de Sorbonne in Paris. Ms. Correa has been a journalist, hostess and editor-in-chief of the Journalistic Investigation program on Canal 22 since 2001. Producer: Martha OrozcoProduction Companies: Mediam9, Martfilms, FOPROCINE, with the collaboration of Canal 22Screenwriter: Jacaranda CorreaCinematographer: Dariela LudlowEditor: Rodolfo Santa M. TroncosoSound Design: Bernart FortianaMusic: Taniel MoralesCast: Irina Layevska, Nélida ReyesPrint Source: Iván Gutierrez - IMCINE, difuinte@imcine.gob.mx Friday, April 27 - 6:00 PM MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center) Free
Olhe Pra Mim de NovoLook at Me Again
Claudia Priscilla, Kiko Goifman Brazil, Documentary, 201179 min, HD, ColorPortuguese with English subtitles This documentary tells the story of a transsexual living in the northeast part of Brazil. We see him, Sillvyo Luccio, in a journey from Ceará to Paraíba looking for his daughter, Maria Tereza. Tereza does not accept her mother's sex transformation, and they live far away from one another, which is why Sillvyo has to travel for days in order to reach her. The film uses Sillvyo's own voice to tell his story, his sufferings, and his misfortunes, including his desire to have a biological family. He finds solidarity in the lives of other people who have suffered discrimination, such as transvestites and patients of a rare muscle disease. This film had its world premiere at Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente and also screened in the Berlin International Film Festival. North American Premiere www.lookatmeagain.wordpress.com Claudia Priscilla is a journalist that lives in São Paulo. Claudia is the director of several short films including Parachacal, Sexo e Claustro, and Phedra. Claudia is the writer of the screenplay (together with Kiko Goifman) of the documentary, 33, and has worked as producer and designer on several audio-visual productions.Kiko Goifman, an outstanding Brazilian director, has directed the award-winning feature films, 33, Atos dos Homens, and FilmeFobia, winner of the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro (2008). FilmeFobia screened in competition at Cine Las Americas in 2009. Producer: Jurandir MullerScreenwriter: Claudia PriscillaCinematographer: Pedro MarquesEditor: Pedro MarquesSound Design: Livio TragtenbergPrint Source: FiGa Films, contact@figafilms.com Wednesday, April 25 - 8:15 PM MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center) Free
Open Your Eyes
Adolfo R. Mora USA, Social Issue Drama, 201113 min, HD, ColorEnglish, Spanish with English subtitles What is being normal? This question resonates in Ponchin, an eleven-year-old who tries to answer it while playing with his friends. Through his self-reflective journey, the complex yet personal answer lies closer to home than he can imagine. Open Your Eyes was awarded the Red Wasp Social Consciousness Award by the Brazos Progressives Red Wasp Film Festival Austin Premiere Producer: Adolfo R. MoraProduction Companies: ARM's StudiosScreenwriter: Adolfo R. MoraCinematographer: Adolfo R. MoraEditor: Adolfo R. MoraSound Design: Adolfo R. MoraMusic: Moby GratisCast: Judith Kilburn, Rolando Santos, Mario SanchezPrint Source: Adolfo R. Mora, arm_productions@yahoo.com Sunday, April 29 - 11:00 AM Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar With director Adolfo Mora in attendance Opens for In The Shadow
Memorias del vientoGuiding Sight
Katherina Harder Sacre Chile, Biographical Documentary, 201118 min, Mini DV, ColorSpanish with English subtitles Rafael Egaña is going blind. With us, he goes through the images that his father, a passionate photographer, has collected over the past 50 years. Each image represents a particular memory, but what happens with them when losing sight? Do they disintegrate together with the visible world or do they become clearer when being unable to generate new ones? Memorias del viento screened in Official Competition at the Guadalajara International Film Festival. US Premiere www.facebook.com/memoriasdelviento Katherina Harder Sacre was born in Iquique in 1988. She graduated from the University of Chile with a degree in Film and Television and is the founder of the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Iquique (FICIIQQ). Recently, Katherina won the Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual 2012 award to attend a screenwriting workshop at the EICTV in Cuba. Producer: Catalina DonosoScreenwriter: Katherina Harder Sacre, Catalina Donoso, Natalia Cabrera, Isabel OrellanaCinematographer: Catalina DonosoSound Design: Roberto Carlos CollioMusic: Roberto Arancibia Cast: Rafael Egaña, Javier Luis Egaña, Pilar Vial Beatriz BarajaPrint Source: Katherina Harder Sacre, katherina.harder@gmail.com Wednesday, April 25 - 8:15 PM MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center) Free |
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