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Cine Las Americas Announces Program Sections, Festival Line-Up and Opening and Closing Night Films,
for the 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
AUSTIN, TX (April 7, 2010) - Cine Las Americas announces the full festival line-up for the 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival which runs April 21 - 29, 2010. This year, more than 100 films from over 13 countries will be showcased at the festival, including an unprecedented number of new releases highlighting new and prestigious productions from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States; an impressive selection of narrative and feature films in competition; a great collection of short films, and youth films presented in the Emergencia Youth Film Program.
The 2010 festival will open on April 21 at 7:00 PM at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, with a special presentation of AMOROSA SOLEDAD (Lovely Loneliness, Argentina, 2008) directed by Martín Carranza and Victoria Galardi.
As part of celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Mexican Independence, and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution, Cine Las Americas is honored to host Mexico as the invited country of honor in 2010. The 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival will feature a great selection of contemporary independent Mexican cinema, including the US Premiere of LA PROFECIA DE LOS JUSTOS (2009), starring Ana Claudia Talancón, Diego Martín, Raul Méndez, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., and Federico Luppi.
Also, as part of the Mexican Bicentennial celebrations, the festival will feature a special retrospective of the works of Nicolás Pereda, one of the most notable new talents of Mexican cinema.
In addition, the festival will showcase "Crafts, Humors and Stories of the Mexican Independence and Revolution," a collection of short animated films created in honor of the bicentennial and centennial celebrations in Mexico this year.
The festival will close on Thursday, April 29, with a screening of CHAMACO (The Kid, 2009) directed by Miguel Necoechea and starring Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Danny Perea, Gustavo Sanchez Parra, Raul Mendez, Michael Madsen.
FILMS BY PROGRAM SECTION
NEW RELEASES
Cine Las Americas presents a selection of the latest narrative and documentary features by the finest emerging and established filmmakers to audiences in Central Texas. This year's program represents thirteen countries' participation in production or co-production of the films.
Amor, dolor y viceversa (Love, Pain & Viceversa), Dir. Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Mexico
Amorosa Soledad (Lovely Loneliness), Dir. Martin Carranza & Victoria Galardi, Argentina
Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto (Our Beloved Month of August), Dir. Miguel Gomes, Portugal
Barking Water, Dir. Sterlin Harjo, USA
Chamaco (The Kid), Dir. Miguel Necoechea, Mexico/USA
El regalo (The Gift) Dir. Cristián Galaz & Andrea Ugalde, Chile
El vuelco del cangrejo (Crab Trap), Dir. Oscar Ruiz Navia, Colombia
La profecía de los justos, Dir. Manuel Carballo, Mexico
La vida loca (This Crazy Life), Dir. Christian Poveda, France/Spain/Mexico
Lokas, Dir. Gonzalo Justiniano, Chile/Mexico
Los viajes del viento (The Wind Journeys), Dir. Ciro Guerra, Colombia/Germany/Argentina/ the Netherlands
Miente (Lie), Dir. Rafi Mercado, Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic
Mundo Alas, Dir. Leon Gieco, Sebastian Schindel & Fernando Molnar, Argentina
Norteado (Northless), Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico/Spain
Quanto Dura o Amor?, Paulista, Dir. Roberto Moreira, Brazil
Tres dies amb la família (Three Days with the Family), Dir. Mar Coll, Spain
Vil romance (Vile Romance), Dir. José Celestino Campusano, Argentina
Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo (I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You), Dir. Marcelo Gomes & Karim Aïnouz, Brazil
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Cine Las Americas presents a few special program sections that are separate from their traditional categories. In "Nuevo talento mexicano: Nicolás Pereda" the festival showcases the first five works of one of Mexico's rising directors. The series "Crafts, Humors and Stories of the Mexican Independence and Revolution" collects short animated films created in honor of the bicentennial and centennial celebrations in Mexico this year. In commemoration of the bicentennial of Argentina's Independence, the festival is pleased to present a screening of The Gaucho War (Dir. Lucas Demare). Finally, to highlight new talent from all over the world, Cine Las Americas has invited a series of films from the San Antonio de los Baños International Film and Television School, Cuba (EICTV), one of the most prestigious film schools in Latin America.
Nuevo talento mexicano: Nicolás Pereda
¿Dónde están sus historias? (Where Are Their Stories?), Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico
Entrevista con la tierra (Interview with the Earth), Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico
Juntos (Together), Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico
Perpetuum Mobile, Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico/Canada/France
Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba (All Things Were Now Overtaken by Silence), Dir. Nicolás Pereda, Mexico/Canada
Bicentennial of the Mexican Independence Centennial of the Mexican Revolution
Suertes, humores y pequeñas historias de la Independencia y la Revolución (Crafts, Humors and Short Stories of the Mexican Independence and Revoution), Dir. Various, Mexico
Bicentennial of the Argentinean Independence
La guerra gaucha (The Gaucho War), Dir. Lucas Demare, Argentina
EICTV: Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
El bombillo, Dir. Juan David Soto Taborda, Cuba/Colombia
El peleador, Dir. Pablo José Lozano Hernández, Cuba/Dominican Republic
La tarea, Dir. Milagro Farfan, Cuba/Peru
Memoria de los peces, Dir. Enrique Mencia Medrano, Cuba/Puerto Rico
Tierra incógnita, Dir. Rodrigo Daniel & Alves de Melo, Cuba/Brazil
La sombra del tiempo, Dir. Teddy Barouh, Cuba/France
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Cine Las Americas presents a selection of films from emerging and promising talent. The works screened in this category represent the director's first or second narrative feature film.
Don't Let Me Drown, Dir. Cruz Angeles, USA
El acuarelista (The Watercolorist), Dir. Daniel Rodríguez, Peru
El bosque (The Forest) Dir. Pablo Siciliano & Eugenio Lasserre, Argentina
La mujer sin piano (Woman Without Piano) Dir. Javier Rebollo, Spain
Looking for Palladin, Dir. Andrzej Krakowski, USA/Guatemala
Mal día para pescar (Bad Day to Go Fishing), Dir. Alvaro Brechner, Uruguay/Spain
Memorias del desarrollo (Memories of Overdevelopment), Dir. Miguel Coyula, USA/Cuba
Muamba (Petty Smuggling), Dir. Chico Faganello, Brazil
Oveja negra (Black Sheep), Dir. Humberto Hinojosa Ozcariz, Mexico
Tercer mundo (Third World), Dir. César Caro Cruz, Chile/Costa Rica
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Cine Las Americas presents a selection of documentaries on a wide variety of topics, with the common thread of including themes and points of view that are underrepresented in popular media.
B1, Dir. Braga Felipe & Eduardo Hunter Moura, Brazil
Dzi Croquettes, Dir. Tatiana Issa & Raphael Alvarez, Brazil
El informe Toledo (The Toledo Report) Dir. Albino Álvarez G, Mexico
El poder de la palabra (The Power of Speech), Dir. Francisco Hervé, Chile
La asamblea (The Assembly), Dir. Galel Maidana, Argentina
La tierra sin mal (The Land of No Evil), Dir. Anna Recalde Miranda, Paraguay
O Areal (The Sandpit), Dir. Sebastian Sepulveda, Chile/Spain
Tom Zé: Astronauta libertado (Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut), Dir. Igor Iglesias Gonzalez, Spain
Which Way Home, Dir. Rebecca Cammisa, USA
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
The short film competition includes some of the most powerful and compelling work programmed at the festival. These films will screen in two separate short film showcases and/or they will open for features throughout the festival.
Narrative Shorts
Away, Dir. Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, Chile/USA
El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 (The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5), Dir. Chema Garcia Ibarra, Spain
Cerro de la cruz, Dir. Constantino Escandón, Mexico
Jaulas (Cages), Juan José Medina, Mexico
Karai norte (Man from the North), Marcelo Martinessi, Paraguay
Memoria de los peces, Dir. Enrique Mencia Medrano, Cuba/Puerto Rico
Mnemosyne Rising, Dir. Miguel Alvarez, USA
My Father's Son, Dir. JorDan Fuller, USA
Payasos (Clowns), Dir. Marianela Vega Oroza, Peru/USA
Sebastian's Voodoo, Dir. Joaquin Baldwin, USA
Documentary Shorts
Artzainak: Shepherds and Sheep, Dir. Jacob Griswold & Javi Zubizarreta, USA
Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ile Aiye, Dir. Carolina Moraes-Liu, Brazil/USA
El bombillo, Dir. Juan David Soto Taborda, Cuba/Colombia
El peleador, Dir. Pablo José Lozano Hernández, Cuba/Dominican Republic
Finding D-QU: The Lonely Struggle of California's Only Tribal College, Dir. Christopher Newman, USA
Ikwé Dir. Caroline Monnet, Canada
Olhos de Ressaca (Undertow Eyes), Dir. Petra Costa, Brazil
Point of Entry, Dir. Zeus Quijano, Jr., USA
Sueños y sacrificios (Dreams and Sacrifices), Dir. Lotte Haase, The Netherlands/Peru
PANORAMA
Cine Las Americas presents a diverse array of important Narrative and Documentary features and shorts. Collectively, the films represent strong, new and independent filmmakers; they showcase a variety of traditionally underrepresented cultures, personal experiences, new perspectives and aesthetic innovation; they raise issues about aging, disability, the environment, sexuality, policy, politics, and human rights, to name just a few, and reflect local and global perspectives on these issues.
Panorama Narrative Features
Adopción (Adoption), Dir. David Lipszyc, Argentina
Morenita, Dir. Alan Jonsson Gavica, Mexico
Sincronía (Synchronicity), Dir. Jorge Iván Morales, Mexico
Panorama Documentary Features
Cárcel de carne (Jail of Flesh), Dir. Roque Azcuaga, Mexico
De ollas y sueños (Cooking Up Dreams), Dir. Ernesto Cabellos, Peru
El Sistema, Dir. Paul Smaczny & Maria Stodtmeier, Germany
El viaje del cometa (The Journey of the Comet), Dir. Ivonne Fuentes Mendoza, Mexico
March Point, Dir. Annie Silverstein & Tracy Rector, USA
Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy, Dir. Renée Bergan & Mark Schuller, Haiti/USA
Rehje, Anaís Huerta & Raúl Cuesta, Mexico
Ser y no ser (To Be and Not to Be), Oscar Serrano, Mexico
Sowing the Seeds of Justice, Dir. (Abby Ginzberg), USA
Stages, Dir. Meerkat Media Collective, USA
Panorama Narrative Shorts
Cleats, Dir. Maria Carter, USA
¿De qué color es el cielo? (What Color Is the Sky?), Dir. Juan Pablo Richter, Bolivia
El relato de Sam Brennan (Sam Brennan's Story), Dir. Manuel Tonatiuh Moreno Ramos, Mexico
Epílogo (Epilogue), Dir. Carlos Correa, Mexico
La canción de los niños muertos (The Song of the Dead Children), Dir. David Pablos, Mexico
La sombra del tiempo, Dir. Teddy Barouh, Cuba/France
Mala memoria (Bad Memory), Dir. Alfonso Esquivias Jaime, Mexico
Red Mesa, Dir. Ilana Lapid, USA
Señal de vida (Sign of Life), Dir. Diana Peñaloza, Mexico
Tierra incógnita, Dir. Rodrigo Daniel Alves de Melo, Cuba/Brazil
Panorama Documentary Shorts
(ke na de en), Dir. Marc Arellano, Canada
CuBata, Dir. Kevin McSorley, Ireland/Cuba
La tarea, Dir. Milagro Farfán, Cuba/Peru
Solidarity In Saya: An Afro-Bolivian Music Movement, Dir. Maya Jensen, USA
HECHO EN TEJAS
"Hecho en Tejas" presents a series of films Made in Texas, to showcase the wide variety of work being produced in the state by filmmakers with varied backgrounds. Two features (one narrative and one documentary) as well as a showcase of short films are scheduled during this year's festival. This year, Cine Las Americas is pleased to announce the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) award for the best "Hecho en Tejas" film.
Amateur, Dir. Daniel Treviño, USA
Death Rattle, Dir. A.J. Garces, USA
Shades of the Border, Dir. Patrick William Smith, Dominican Republic/Haiti/USA
Son & Moon (Diario de un astronauta) Son & Moon (The Astronaut Diary), Dir. Manuel Huerga, Spain
Taco! Taco! Taco!, Dir. John Estrada, USA
The Red Queen, Dir. David Carren, USA
Whales of Gold, Dir. Lucia Duncan, USA
When I Grow Up, Dir. Sharon Arteaga, USA
EMERGENCIA
As a celebration of young filmmakers, Cine Las Americas presents the Emergencia Youth Film Competition, a special section of the festival open to filmmakers ages 19 and under.
A Crecer Como Una Persona (To Grow as a Person), Dir. Bryan De Leon,USA
Adrift, Dir. Yesenia Deleon & Edwin Cabrera, USA
Alex Rubio, Dir. Sergio Ramos & Emileigh Potter, USA
America's Next Top Immigrant, Dir. Chrystian Rodriguez, USA
Dancing in the Snow, Dir. Jessica Torres & Olivia Hinojosa, USA
(Forgive) and Forget You, Dir. Tyler Mc Cardle & Emileigh Potter, USA
Give Up Now, Dir. Yoomi Park, USA
In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman, Dir. Camille Manybeads Tso, USA
Lucky, Dir. Robert Castaneda & Yvonne Hernandez, USA
My World, Dir. Zane Stearman, Daniel Riggins, Michael Hood, Shana Lombard, Michelle Lombard & Christy Foster, USA
No Safe Place, Dir. Chrystian Rodriguez, USA
Nothing At All, Dir. Christopher Perez, USA
Parasomnia, Dir. Edwin Cabrera, USA
Shadows, Dir. Julian Moreno-Peña, USA
Skye, Dir. Yoomi Park, USA
VENUES FOR THE 13TH CINE LAS AMERICAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Regal Metropolitan 14 901 Little Texas Ln., Austin, TX 78745 (512) 447-0101
Alamo Drafthouse South 1120 S. Lamar, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 476-1320
Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) 600 River Street, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 478-6222. All screenings at the MACC are FREE.
TICKETS AND PASSES
Cine Las Americas Film Passes are available for purchase online at www.cinelasamericas.org. The Cine Las Americas Film Pass grants access to all film festival screenings, including Opening Night and Closing Night as well as special events and after parties.
Tickets for individual screenings are available at the box office of each theater, and online at www.cinelasamericas.org
Single screening tickets are $6 for shows before 6 PM and $8 for shows after 6 PM
Opening and Closing Night Tickets are $10
Film Passes are $70
ABOUT THE FILMS
All films are subtitled in English. The films screened at the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival are not rated. Personal discretion is advised. The screening schedule is subject to change without notice.
For more information please go to www.cinelasamericas.org
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