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March 16, 2007
Ethan van Thillo, Founder and Executive Director of the San Diego Latino Film Festival, 3-16-07
The Media Arts Center San Diego is presenting the 2007 San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 8th through 18th) with more than 185 films from Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain and the U.S. This prestigious and internationally recognized film festival is the longest running Latino festival in Southern California. With a projected audience of over 25,000 and the addition of a fourth screen, SDLFF is also one of the largest.
Featured films include Cansada de Besar Sapos (Mexico), Family Law (Argentina), Wood & Stock (Brazil), and Tortilla Heaven (U.S.). In addition, as part of SDLFF’s "Guest Director" series, Chilean legend Miguel Littin (La Ultima Luna and El Chacal de Nahuel Toro) will curate a series of movie classics that influenced his career (Rebel Without a Cause and Fellini’s Roma).
This year’s SDLFF program includes even more opportunities for the public to share the spotlight with over 100 guest filmmakers and actors onsite. Highlights include - workshops on On-line Filming, Indy Film Promotion, Documentary Production, and Getting Comics Produced for the Screen; "Para la Familia" events (with day-long events and a special appearance by Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer); the "Hecho en Chile” Retrospective of Chilean Films (1957-2006)," SDLFF’s "Top Ten to Watch"; the 1st Annual Cine’mation program; and celebrity tributes to acclaimed director Robert Young (Alambrista), and Mexican screen icons like Germán Robles (El Vampiro) and Damián Alcazar (Un Mundo Maravilloso and Solo Dios Sabe).
"This is a great opportunity for local audiences to see films presented at other major festivals like Cannes, Sundance, San Sebastian and Toronto, as well as many of Latin America’s Oscar contenders," says festival founder and director Ethan van Thillo. "We are also very proud to announce or unique growth into a truly Bi-national Latino film festival with our “Borders on Film” program offerings in Tijuana from March 16-18th at CineMark Minarete in Zona Rio.
Posted by David Lemberg at March 16, 2007 12:00 PM Return to ARTSCAPE home page