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Monday, August 22, 2016
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas (Bassett Center) – Feature Film – Border Movie
Talk with the Filmmaker and the actors in the movie.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas (Bassett Center) – Shorts Competition – Local Shorts
Talk with the filmmakers and actual competition for the Audience Prize.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas (Bassett Center) – Feature Film – After Words
Talk with Uruguayan Filmmaker Juan Feldman after the movie.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas (Bassett Center) – Feature Film – Antonio Fargas’s Film
Talk with Actor Antonio Fargas after the movie.
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This 2016 we celebrate Supporting Actors, and home-grown filmmakers.
Supporting Actors and Actresses are the backbone of any film. It is the supporting actor’s task to create the believability around the main actors, and so maintain our suspension of disbelief. To their, sometimes, unsung work, this year is dedicated.
From the American side we have Antonio Fargas, who with his many supporting roles created an assortment of African-American characters in countless Blaxploitation movies. He always brought a certain chutzpa and a quite funky style to his characters that actually made it familiar to all, once we knew he was the actor behind the mask. But it was with the role of Huggy Bear in TV’s Starsky and Hutch that he was able to put all those years of experience to work.
From México we have Perla de la Rosa & Benjamín Islas. Both with a prolific Theater background, but it is their filmic work the true testament of their quality as performers. In the case of Perla, her wonderful performance in Mil Nubes de Amor Cercan el Cielo… garnered her the supporting actress Ariel (the Mexican Oscar); and in the case of Benjamín: his unparalleled quality of work in 40 films, has garnered him the respect and admiration of his peers. Perla left the big screen to go back to her roots: bringing quality theater to the border with her company Telón de Arena. Benjamín, on the other hand, continues to juggle in between film, theater, and television.
We are also showing films from local filmmakers (shorts & features): productions that were shot around the El Paso – Las Cruces area, by independent filmmakers that decided to remain in our area: producing and directing movies, thus giving a lot of local talent a chance to be on the big screen without having to leave our area, and that’s something that we are also celebrating this year.
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Benjamin Islas
Perla De La Rosa
Antonio Fargas
Fernando Arau
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
3:00 p.m. El Paso Main Library – – Feature film – Besos de Azúcar
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Documentary – Painting my Miracle
Talk with Producer-Director Dr. Philip Lewis
& Documentary Gitanos: Camino al Flamenco
Talk with Professor Héctor Enriquez
Sunday, April 26, 2015
3:00 p.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Seguir Viviendo
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Movie – Los Reyes del Juego
Monday, April 27, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Viento Aparte
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Documentary – A Pesar de Todo
Talk after the documentary with Dr. Socorro Tabuenca and Director José Aarón
Salgado Diez.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Documentary – La Danza del Hipocampo
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Feature – Sueños de Pasión: Infidelidad Mortal
Talk with Actor-Producer Rodrigo Vidal.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Documentary – The Pie Lady of Pie Town
Talk with Producer and Director Jane Rosemont
& Short Subject Video “Quién es Jim Morrison”
7:00 p.m. Montwood Cinemas 7 – Documentary – Black Beauty Breed
Talk with Director Angie Ruiz and Professor-Director Hector Enriquez.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
11:00 a.m. Andress High School Auditorium – Talk with Actress Gloria Hendry
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Documentary – Domar el Tiempo
Talk with Documentarist Angel Estrada and Dr. Philip Lewis
Friday, May 1, 2015
11:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Los Extraordinarios
Talk with Filmmaker José María Rodríguez
7:00 p.m. Premiere Cinemas – Feature – Black Belt Joe
Talk with Actress Gloria Hendry.
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The XV year sounds like science fiction to me: Fifteen years ago we started this truly binational festival; however, this year the bi-nationality of the same will be more present: only movies and documentaries from The United States and Mexico will be shown. So, this year will be a direct dialogue not just with the documentaries, but also with the movies and the filmmakers: quite a celebration!
We are bringing excellent documentaries, since we want this dialogue to be grounded in facts and serious themes. Additionally, we are going to have our Lifetime Achievement Awards, plus five directors from Mexico, and five directors from the United States throughout the week.
So come on over to the Montwood Seven Cinemas (Yarbrough & Montwood) from April 25 to May 1, and talk to filmmakers, producers, director and actors and actresses, as it is customary in our Festival week. We will have Rodrigo Vidal and Angie Ruiz, Gloria Hendry (the first African-American James Bond Girl), Karla Barahona, Carlos Cuarón, Jane Rosemont, José María Rodríguez, Philip Lewis, Jorge Aaron Salgado Diez, Angel Estrada Soto , and many more. Come also to the documentary showings at the Main Library downtown, where every other day we will have the directors for those documentaries being shown.
Check our schedule of events and enjoy wonderful filmmaking while you help a great cause with your $5.00 Dollar ticket (regular price), and $2.50 (for Students, Seniors, and Military): your money goes to help a local Non-profit to continue its mission. We are so close to the festival week that I can only say one more thing:
Action!
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
3:00 p.m. El Paso Main Library – – Feature film – Besos de Azúcar
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Documentary – Painting my Miracle
Talk with Producer-Director Dr. Philip Lewis
& Documentary Gitanos: Camino al Flamenco
Talk with Professor Héctor Enriquez
Sunday, April 26, 2015
3:00 p.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Seguir Viviendo
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Movie – Los Reyes del Juego
Monday, April 27, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Viento Aparte
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Documentary – Por Encima de Todo
Talk after the documentary with Dr. Socorro Tabuenca and Director José Aarón
Salgado Diez.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Documentary – La Danza del Hipocampo
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Feature – Sueños de Pasión: Infidelidad Mortal
Talk with Actor-Producer Rodrigo Vidal.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
10:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Documentary – The Pie Lady of Pie Town
Talk with Producer and Director Jane Rosemont
& Short Subject Video “Quién es Jim Morrison”
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Documentary – Black Beauty Breed
Talk with Director Angie Ruiz & Professor-Director Hector Enriquez.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Documentary – Domar el Tiempo
Talk with Documentarist Angel Estrada and Dr. Philip Lewis
Friday, May 1, 2015
11:00 a.m. El Paso Main Library – Movie – Los Extraordinarios
Talk with Filmmaker José María Rodríguez
11:00 a.m. Andress High School Auditorium – Talk with Actress Gloria Hendry
7:00 p.m. Cinemas Montwood 7 – Feature – Black Belt Joe
Talk with Actress Gloria Hendry.
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Angie Ruiz
Benjamin Islas
Carlos Cuaron
Gloria Hendry
Karla-Barahona
Rodrigo Vidal
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Best Feature:
“Soy Mejor que Vos”
Country: Chile
Producer: Che Sandoval
Audience Award:
“Las Armas del Alba”
Country: México
Producer: Luis Bekris
Documentaries/Documentales:
Abiertos en Español:
Ganador: (México) “Lejanía”
English – Open:
Ganador: (Argentina) “The Rise of Hope”
Libretos de Cortometraje en Español:
Ganador: Pedro Vera (España) “Esta Noche”
Segundo Lugar:
Basilio Flores (Perú) “El Libro Abierto”
English short scripts:
Winner: Freddy Gómez (San Diego) Buy The Time
Second place: Harold Stein (Philadelphia) Give Him Ten
Documentaries/Documentales:
English – Students:
Winner: James Benítez (Chicago) Grow Your Own
Second place: Phillip Dennis (New York) Falling Up
Estudiantes en Español:
Ganador: Joaquín Rojas (Paraguay) “Llegando”
Segundo Lugar: Fernando Ortiz (Guadalajara) “La Lluvia”
Cortometrajes/Shorts
English – Open:
Ganador: Gilbert Diaz (Chicago) The Fire
Segundo Lugar: Kevin Spencer (Sacramento) Foresting
Abiertos en Español:
Ganador: Miguel Díaz (República Dominicana) “Voy de Mi Cama”
Segundo Lugar: Santiago Acosta (Argentina) “Llorando”
English – Students:
Ganador: Jeremy Lewis (Los Angeles) The Broken Sword
Segundo Lugar: Filliberto Mendoza (Denver) Taking the Whole Thing
Special Mention:
Diego Rico (El Paso, Texas) Gift of the Gab
Estudiantes en Español:
Ganador: Claudia Quevedo (España) “Tarde o Temprano”
Segundo Lugar: Fernando Gómez (Uruguay) “De Donde Es?”
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Sábado
12 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Película “Implacable” (México)
Domingo
13 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Documental “The Paw Project” (USA)
Plática con la Directora Jennifer Conrad.
Lunes
14 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Película “Soy Mejor Que Vos” (Chile)
Plática con el Director Che Sandoval
Martes
15 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Película “Generación Spielberg” (México)
Miércoles
16 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Película “Las Armas del Alba” (México)
Plática con el Director José Luis Urquieta y la Actriz Carmen Cardenal.
Jueves
17 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Documental “El Papa Francisco” (Argentina)
Viernes
18 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Documental “Rosario” (México)
Sábado
19 de Abril del 2014
Telón de Arena
7:00 p.m. Película “Inercia” (México)
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Saturday
April 12, 2014
El Paso Main Library
3:00 p.m. Documentary Lejanía (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Soy Mejor que Vos (Chile)
Talk with Director Che Sandoval
Sunday
April 13, 2014
El Paso Main Library
3:00 p.m. Documentary El Hombre detrás de la Máscara (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Movie Spaghetti Story (Italy)
Monday
April 14, 2014
El Paso Main Library
10:00 a.m. Movie La Batalla del Cinco de Mayo (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Documentary The Paw Project (United States)
Talk with Director Jennifer Conrad
Tuesday
April 15, 2014
El Paso Main Library
10:00 p.m. Documentary The Paw Project (United States)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Movie “Tres Veces Mojado” (México)
Talk with Director José Luis Urquieta and Actress Carmen Cardenal
Wednesday
April 16, 2014
El Paso Main Library
10:00 p.m. Documentary Rosario (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Documentary Generación Spielberg (México)
Thursday
April 17, 2014
El Paso Main Library
10:00 a.m. Movie Implacable (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Movie Las Armas del Alba (México)
Talk with Director José Luis Urquieta and Actress Carmen Cardenal.
Friday
April 18, 2014
El Paso Main Library
11:00 a.m. Documentary Maguey (México)
Talk with Dr. Philip Lewis
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Documentary El Papa Francisco (Argentina)
Talk with Dr. Philip Lewis
Saturday
April 19, 2014
El Paso Main Library
3:00 p.m. Documental La Piedra Ausente (México)
Premiere Cinemas Montwood 7
7:00 p.m. Movie Red Sun Rising
Talk with Don “The Dragon” Wilson Recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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