DENVER FILM SOCIETY ANNOUNCES DATES FOR CINELATINO
THE DENVER FILM SOCIETY WILL HOST CINELATINO
SEPTEMBER 25-28 AS PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
Denver, CO (August 19, 2014) – The Denver Film Society has announced it will host their inaugural CineLatino Film Festival September 25 – 28 to coincide with Hispanic Heritage month. The four-day long festival will celebrate the best in cinema from Latin America, Mexico, Europe and the United States. CineLatino will kick off Thursday, September 25 at the SieFilmCenter (2510 E. Colfax Denver) with the film Water & Power with Director Richard Montoya in-person for a post screening Q&A.
The Festival will present 8 feature length films, 3 documentaries and one interactive web series. Highlights include:The Man Behind The Mask, with Lucha Libre star and subject of the film, El Hijo del Santo in person, along with the Director, Gabriela Obregon, a special screening of Who Is Dayani Cristal?starring Gael Garcia Bernal, a panel discussion with the Colorado based ProjectEnye team, Denise Cox and Producer Henry Ansbacher and the Closing Night film, Frontera, staring Eva Longoria, Michael Peña and Ed Harris.
“The Denver Film Society is excited for CineLatino’s inaugural year. We are planting the seed for a yearly event that becomes part of the cultural tapestry of Denver during Hispanic Heritage month” says Denver Film Society Programming Manager Ernie Quiroz.
All-access Festival passes are on sale now. A complete Festival pass to CineLatino is $50 for DFS members and $60 for non-members. The pass includes guaranteed seating to all films, as well as access to all special events, receptions and parties. Visit DenverFilm.org for more information and to purchase your tickets. Individual tickets to CineLatino will go on sale September 1.
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FILM DESCRIPTIONS
Water & Power
USA, 2013, 88 min
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Director Richard Montoya in-person
Based on Montoya’s own play, twin brothers nicknamed “Water” and “Power” find themselves on opposite sides of the law in East Los Angeles. One is a decorated cop, the other a corrupt senator, but both are forced to reconcile their differences whenviolence threatens their futures. Official selection of the LA Latino Int’l Film Festival
Heli
Mexico, 2013, 105 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the violent drug cartel as well as the corrupt police force. Official selection of Cannes, Havana, Palm Springs Film Festivals; Mexico’s official Oscar entry in 2013. Winner, Best Director – Cannes Film Festival.
The Man Behindthe Mask
Mexico, 2013, 90 min
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Director Gabriela Obregon and El Hijo del Santo in-person
Lucha Libre fans, here’s everything you wanted to know about El Hijo del Santo, heir to the legendary El Santo. Using interviews with journalists, family members, and the man himself, the documentary narrates the journey of the renowned masked hero. Official selection of the Dallas Int’l Film Festival, Mexican Independent Film Tour
The Desert
Argentina, 2013, 98 min
Spanish with English subtitles
It’s a mad, post-apocalyptic world of brutality and undead outside the confines of a makeshift shelter in The Desert. What begins as a unified trio of survivors – perhaps even an idealistic version of polyamory – splinters under the pressures of fear from the evils outside, and fractures under the loneliness and lies rooted in self-preservation inside. Official selection of SXSW Film Festival and Fantasia Fest.
Que Caramba Es La Vida
Germany, 2014, 88 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Mariachi may be an essential part of Mexican culture but it’s considered a man’s domain. Female mariachis struggle to claim their rightful place in the squares, like Mexico City’s famed Plaza Garibaldi, and sing the music they love. Official selection of the SXSW Film Festival, Canadian Int’l Doc Festival, Chicago Int’l Movies & Music Festival
Thesis on a Homicide
Argentina, 2013, 106 min
Spanish with English subtitles
Acclaimed author and former judge Roberto Bermudez, a specialist in criminal law, is convinced that one of his students committed a brutal murder. It leads him to start an investigation that becomes his obsession. Official selection of the Miami Int’l Film Festival, San Diego Latino Film Festival, and Chicago Latino Film Festival
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
USA, 2013, 85 min
English and Spanish with English Subtitles
An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. Lifting a tattered T-shirt, they expose a tattoo that reads “Dayani Cristal.” The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of the mysterious tattoo. Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival. Winner-Cinematography/World Cinema – Sundance Film Festival.
Project Ñ (Enye)
USA, 2014, 90 min
English and Spanish with English subtitles
Director Denise Cox and Producer Henry Ansbacher in-person.
Project Enye is a multi-platform media project that explores the universal identity question “Who am I, and where do I fit in?” for one of the fastest growing populations in the U.S. today: American/U.S. born Latinos with parents from a Spanish-speaking country.
FronteraUSA, 2014, 90 min
English and Spanish with English subtitles
A former Arizona sheriff’s wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever. Official selection of the USA Film Festival, Baja Int’l Film Festival, and Albuquerque Film & Media Experience
FREE SCREENINGS:
Zoot Suit
USA, 1981, 103 min
English
Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, Zoot Suit follows the various members of a Mexican-American gang, led by Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez), as they’re tried and sentenced to San Quentin for a murder they may not have committed. Miserably contemplating his life sentence, one of the young prisoners copes with his anger by inventing “El Pachuco,” a zoot suit-wearing persona full of youthful machismo and vigor (played by Edward James Olmos).
About the Denver Film Society
Denver Film Society founded in 1978, the Denver Film Society (DFS) is a membership-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution that produces film events throughout the year, including the award-winning Starz Denver Film Festival and the popular, summertime series Film on the Rocks. With a vision to cultivate community and transform lives through film, the Film Society provides opportunities for diverse audiences to discover film through creative, thought-provoking experiences.
The permanent home of the Denver Film Society, the Sie FilmCenter, is Denver’s only year-round cinematheque, presenting a weekly-changing calendar of first-run exclusives and arthouse revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary – over 600 per year, all shown in their original language and format. DFS’s one-of-a-kind programs annually reach more than 200,000 film lovers and film lovers-in-training.
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