The Virus follows a group of film students who find a top secret test facility hidden in the wilderness. Unknown to them, the hospital was ground zero for a large-scale test of a truth serum based ten years earlier; a test that went disastrously wrong. Now infected with the deadly virus, the students fight against time, guards, each other and an inability to lie to find the truth.
An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend answers questions like, “What is cinema?” as he reveals his thought processes in making great movie’s out of great novels, which happen to include: Moby Dick, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Red Badge of Courage, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, The Man Who Would be King, even Tennessee Williams’ Night of the Iguana. Emmy and Peabody award winning director/editor Allan Holzman interweaves Huston’s bold and daring movie gems of Mr. Huston’s masterful work with the master’s wisdom.
GUERRERO tells the story of Coni, Juan and Mario, three activists that are ready to sacrifice themselves in their struggle against impunity.
Víctor and Fernando are stylists in the city of Mexicali, where they attend to the city’s high society. They decided to marry and become the first gay couple in the state to do so, fighting for their rights in a place filled with homophobia and inequality. Their case went all the way up to the Mexican Supreme Court, and even then the denials continued.
June 1967: the Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, court was assaulted by armed men under the command of Chicano leader Reies López Tijerina. The result of such bold action was the greatest human hunt in the recent history of the United States. Tijerina managed to survive the prison, a psychiatric hospital, and several assassination attempts. The Chicano movement vanished, and everyone thought the same of Tijerina. People talk about him as a saint, an enlightened man, a man who used violence in search of a just cause. They called him King Tiger; however, King Tiger is alive and wants to tell his story.
Jorge, a student of chemistry and boyfriend of Paquita, narrates the crimes of Goyo, his classmate in 1942. Goyo has a relationship with Chela, also a student, but at night he strangles prostitutes. Jorge and Paquita break their love story when a policewoman finds the bodies in the laboratory garden.
Viernes, 18 de Mayo del 2018
4:00 p.m. – Cinito – Película – “Virus”
Plática después de la película con el Productor Troy Scoughton, Sr.
Sábado, 19 de Mayo del 2018
4:00 p.m. – Cinito – Documental – “Etiqueta no Rigurosa”
Plática después del Documental con la Productora y Directora Cristina Herrera Bórquez.
Domingo, 20 de Mayo del 2018
4:00 p.m. – Cinito – Documental – “Guerrero”
Plática después del Documental con el Productor y Director Ludovic Bonleux.
Lunes, 21 de Mayo del 2018
4:00 p.m. – Cinito – Película – “Los Crímenes del Mar del Norte”
Martes, 22 de Mayo del 2018
4:00 p.m. – Cinito – Documental – “They Call me King Tiger”
Plática con el Director Angel Estrada Soto.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Feature Film – TBA
Talk with the Lead Actor Roger E. Mosley.
Friday, May 18, 2018
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Documentary – They call me King Tiger
Talk with Director Angel Estrada Soto, Dr. Dennis Bixler, and Salvador Balcorta.
Saturday, May 19, 2018
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Documentary – Guerrero
Talk with Producer & Director Ludovic Bonleux.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Documentary – Etiqueta no Rigurosa (Unrestricted Etiquette)
Talk with Professor Ilana Lapid and with Director Cristina Borquez.
Monday, May 21, 2018
10:00 a.m. La Fe Culture and Technology Center – Documentary – They call me King Tiger
6:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Competition of UTEP Students shorts
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Feature Film – Virus
Talk with Producer Troy Scoughton, Sr., p.g.a. after the movie.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Public Library – Documentary – They call me King Tiger
7:00 p.m. Union Cinema (UTEP) – Feature Film – Los Crímenes del Mar del Norte
Talk with Actor Juan Carlos Colombo after the movie.
The only truly bi-national festival in the world becomes an adult: we are on our 18th Edition – from May 17 to the 22 we will have a week of films, documentaries, filmmakers, and celebrities from both sides of the border: on both sides of the border!
This year we are celebrating with a very special award – The Beauty of Mexican Action Cinema which is being deservedly awarded to Maribel Guardia, and the lifetime achievement to Mr. Roger E. Mosley.
Roger E. Mosley is mostly known for his role on Magnum P.I., and many other countless appearances on TV, but he is a member of an elite group of African-American pioneers who created a world for themselves during the 60s and 70s with many Independent films where the African-Americans were the heroes, and the leading men and women: and that’s worth celebrating any year!
Maribel Guardia came to Mexico as a beauty contest queen, and then became a Mexican beauty: all of us in Mexico see her as one of ours by now. Singer, Dancer, Actress, Mother, but always Beautiful! With a smile, charm, and presence like no other, she graced the Mexican screen in a series of independent action films back in the 80s and 90s with the body of a Goddess and the face of an Angel: what a combination!
With the same gusto we are promoting, as we do every year, a dialogue in between the United States and Mexico through documentaries, and this year we are bringing some heavy hitters: John Huston (the art of directing), Etiqueta no Rigurosa (Unrestricted Etiquette), The call me King Tiger, and Guerrero/Guerrero. And once more our audiences will have the characters (actors), or the Directors talking to them right after the screenings, which now are going to be, once more, at the UTEP Union Cinema (our original home), and on the Cd. Juarez side at El Cinito (also our original home), so on our Maturity year: we came back home.
