Hola... Father Geek es aqui with word on the very very COOL Film Fest happening down on the playa de Texas this weekend. This is always a fun event, libre de comercialismo y repeticion inutil, sooooo check it out... and if you can't make it THIS weekend, never fear, usted no cuelga cerca de la horca, because they will move the fest around to several valley/border locales in the coming days, don't accept the same old entertainment estancamiento... download their full agenda and make your plans NOW. You won't be disappointed... cowagayas!
Attendees of the 9th Annual CineSol Latino Film Festival will have the opportunity to visit with several film industry professionals at the Premiere Weekend Event at the South Padre Island, Texas Convention Centre, Friday June 14 through Sunday, June 16, 2002.
Venezuelan American Film Director Betty Kaplan and producer Anne Hopkins are flying in from Los Angeles, CA for the Opening Night Presentation of their Film, Almost A Woman, an original film adaptation of the vibrant memoir by Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago. It tells the story of young "Negi" Santiago as she struggles to find an identity between two different cultural traditions and two different worlds- girlhood and womanhood. Uprooted suddenly from Puerto Rico and thrown into the strange new world of New York City, Negi finds herself cast as her family's guide in a chain of events that mirrors the experience of immigrant children throughout America. The film has a beautiful message about hope, about never giving up.
Saturday's program continues with morning panels/workshops, screenings of shorts, narratives, documentaries, throughout the weekend through Sunday at 6:00 pm.
Among those participating in various workshops and panels are Showtime Cable Network Representative Lori Hope; Cora Cordona, Artistic Director, Teatro Dallas; Elizabeth Sykes, Texas Filmmakers Production Fund; Bart Weiss, Executive Director, Dallas Video Festival; Brian Godinez, Godinez Ventures, LLD; John Paul Batiste, Executive Director, Texas Commission on the Arts; Kevin Walker, Location Scout Specialist, Texas Film Commission, and Mary Lampe, Executive Director, SWAMP.
Jesus Nebot, Producer/Director of No Turning Back (the main Saturday night feature); Fernando Ordonez, maker of Hunters and Gatherers; Evelyn Badia, Producer/Director of The Box; Miguel Alvarez, Producer/Director, Abuela's Home; Ramon Lopez, Producer/Director, Entre Dos Tierras; Edward Ornelas, Producer/Director, The Test; Lisa Cortez Walden and Roger Castillo, Producers, A Slight Discomfort: Echoes from The Clinic; Christopher Carmona and Veronica Sandoval, Producers, Celluloid Stanzas; Joey Rey Maldonado, Producer, The Late Show; Brodie O' Brian, Producer, Siente la Ciudad; Joe Cantu, Jr, Producer/Director, Eight Ball Blues; Theadore Collates, Producer, Six Minutes; Alejandro Gomez, Director and Jason de Leon, Producer, Waiting for Trains are among filmmakers expected to be present.
This years sponsors include Southwest Airlines (the official CineSol airline), Texas Commission on the Arts, H.E. B., La M "La Mejor 102.1FM Radio, KRGV-Channel 5 and others as listed on the CineSol website.
The 9th Annual CineSol Latino Film Festival Premiere Weekend will be held at the South Padre Island Convention Centre from Friday, June 14th at 8:00 pm through Sunday June 16, 2002 at 6:00 pm. Festival passes (for all three days) will be available at the door for $30.00. Friday Night Opening Night only tickets are $20.00. Single day tickets for Saturday or Sunday are $10.00. What better way is there to spend Father's Day Weekend than to take the whole family to the CineSol Latino Film Festival!
For more information call (956) 686-3914. Festival Overview
