Country: México
Director: Shula Erenberg
Producer: Nerio Barberis
Screenplay: Shula Erenberg, Natalia Bruschtein
A portrait of the life of a woman who had suffered from the disappearance of his son in 1975, in the city of Monterrey. From then on, she became a tireless fighter, and that fight for the search of his missing son propelled her to a project dedicated to the defense of human rights in Mexico.
Country: México
Director: Sandra Rozental y Jesse Lerner
Producer: FOPR OCINE, INAH, El Egipto Americano, S.A.
Screenplay: Sandra Rozental
In 1964, the largest stone carved of America was transferred by means of an impressive maneuver of engineering from the town of San Miguel Coatlinchan, in the municipality of Texcoco, up to the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. The removal of the monolith, which represents a prehispanic water deity, detonated a rebellion among the villagers and the consequent intervention of the army.
Country: Argentina
Director: Brian Maya
Producer: Brian Maya
Screenplay: Brian Maya
A Pope from Latin America and a Jesuit Pope sounded like science fiction just five years ago, but now is a reality. Pope Francis has been a new breath of fresh air for the Catholic Religion, and this documentary explains to us why he is the way he is, and not a new way of being a Pope, but a whole life dedicated to the same principles. We get to meet Pope Francis through his family, his friends, and people that worked with him, from the time he was an Argentinian kids playing soccer in the streets, all the way to the head of the Jesuit order in the South of Latin America.
Country: México
Director: Gabriela Obregón
Producer: IMCINE / CONACULTA / Hijo del Santo / ECHASA
Screenplay: Gabriela Obregón
The 70th anniversary of the birth of El Santo and the wrestling debut of his son Mark was the starting point from which The Son of Santo will take us into his story. His family history goes beyond the ring through personal memories and records, and brings us closer to his childhood with a father who had a double identity, to the discovery of the hero at home, and the reasons for wanting to continue this legacy.
Country: USA
Director: Jennifer Conrad
The film is by Jennifer Conrad, a California exotic-animal veterinarian who explains that she first became concerned about declawing, due to all the pain and suffering it causes felines, pain and suffering that she witnessed through her work with tigers and other big cats that had ended up in sanctuaries. From there she began a push to ban declawing of domestic cats, a campaign that became national news in 2003 when West Hollywood, Calif., outlawed the procedure, and then five more Cities in California started debating to do the same.
Country: Belguim
Director: L. Gustavo Cooper
Producer: Jonathan Shepard
Screenplay: Jon Bosworth, L. Gustavo Cooper
Cast: Graci Carli, Rod Luzzi, Emily Rogers
A newlywed couple encounter the remains of an ancient curse only to reawaken its dark legacy.
Now on our 13th year with movies from the United States, México, Perú, England, and Germany, with an excellent repertoire of talent from the United States, Mexico, and the rest of the world. As in past years we are here to strengthen the bond between the United States and Mexico: with the lively dialogue of documentaries as its language. As the main course, we have one of the pioneers of American-independent cinema Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, a legend of Mexican Cinema Mr. Eric del Castillo, and with this year being her 50th Anniversary as an actress Mrs. Norma Herrera.
This year’s wonderful cast of actors, directors, producers, and distributors will be here to talk to the audience, to talk to students, and give us a glimpse of how it really is inside the world of film and filmmaking.
Highlights: Boss (United States) this movie’s main actor Mr. Fred Williamson will be present to talk to the audience, La Generala (México) after watching this wonderful movie from the “Golden Age” of Mexican cinema we will have a talk with one of the main actors Mr. Eric del Castillo, Homage (United States) this movie’s Director Mr. Ross Marks will be present, as well as its writer Mr. Mark Medoff, and of course Mrs. Norma Herrera, plus directors, distributors, and producers will be here to talk to the audiences, as well.
But that’s not all: we also have the competition of shorts, documentaries, and short screenplays, with entries from all over the world. We already know that this year’s festival will be one of our best, not only in films, talent, and content, but in the quality and quantity of our audience that grows every year. We hope to see you all there to enjoy a truly bi-national event in our area!
For information contact: Laura Rojo de Zamora (915) 585-4566
Best Feature:
“La Cebra”
Country: México
Producer: Cinemágico Producciones/FOPROCINE
Special Mention:
“Ella”
Country: Perú
Producer: Elart Coello
Mejor Película:
Dead End
Country: England
Producer: Oceanstorm Films/Whyte Booth Pictures
First-time Directors Special Mention:
“Todo el Mundo Tiene a Alguien, menos yo”
Director: Raúl Fuentes
Country: México
Producer: CUEC/FOPROCINE
Documentaries/Documentales:
Abiertos en Español:
Ganador: (México) “Gimme the Power”
Segundo Lugar: (México) “El Alcalde”
English – Open:
This year all the English documentaries were out-of-competition
THE MAURICE KANBAR STUDENT WRITER’S COMPETITION
LA COMPETENCIA DE ESTUDIANTES ESCRITORES DE MAURICE KANBAR
Libretos de Cortometraje en Español:
Ganador: Diego Sabatia (España) “Quijoteando”
Segundo Lugar:
Juan Luis Rodriguez (Nayarit) “El Paricutín”
English short scripts:
Winner: Robert M. Jones (San Francisco) In the know
Second place: Brendan Miles (Miami) Give him Ten
Documentaries/Documentales:
English – Students:
Winner: Erik Stephens (Detroit) Move the Worldl
Second place: Luis Yañez (New York) Who’s the Winner?
Estudiantes en Español:
Ganador: Paloma Zamarripa (Oaxaca) “La Lucha”
Segundo Lugar: Arturo Méndez (Colombia) “Otro Lugar”
Cortometrajes/Shorts
English – Open:
Ganador: Robert Kellam (Chicago) ThreeLakes
Segundo Lugar: Mark Wintenberg (Detroit) Rapping
Abiertos en Español:
Ganador: Julián Hojuelas (Argentina) “Que Tango!”
Segundo Lugar: Esteban Cubillas (Cuba) “El Mar”
English – Students:
Ganador: Herbert Lowes (Los Angeles) One More Star
Segundo Lugar: Luis Heriberto Randón (Colorado) This is the one!
Special Mention:
Sam Pool(Las Cruces) The Harp
Estudiantes en Español:
Ganador: Julio Raúl Dacascos (España) “Toda la Noche”
Segundo Lugar: Luisa Fernanda Landin (Guadalajara) “Nunca, Nunca, Nunca”
Special Mention:
Raúl Sebastian Quintanilla (México DF) “La Habitación”
