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    2013 Los Angeles Latino Film Festival

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    By Robin Menken on 10/13/2013 News

    The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Latino Film Festival (LALIFF) presents four days of international features, documentaries and shorts from Spain, North, South and Central America reflect the past, present and future of the Latino Experience. LALIFF also presents four days of Panels, and one on one discussions with iconic figures of the Entertainment Industry.

    FRIDAY, OCT 11
    GREENCARD WARRIORS, 2013, 91 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES
    OPERA PRIMA WORLD PREMIERE
    Language: ENGLISH/ SPANISH
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 1:00 p.m. Mann Theatre #4
    Sunday, October 13th, 7:00 p.m. Mann Theatre #1 
    Director: Miriam Kruishoop
    Producers: Miriam Kruishoop, Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley
    Screenwriter: Miriam
    Kruishoop
    Cast:  Manny Perez (Jesus), Angel Amaral (Angel), Vivica A. Fox (Gabrielle), Page Hurd (Jazmine), McKinley Freeman (LB), Adrian Bellani (Rigo), Christianne Christensen (Rosie), Mario Ardila Jr. (Beto), Richard Cabral (Sharkey), Noel Guglielmi
    The story follows a 14 year old boy Angel, an undocumented Latino teen and his family, who struggle to find a place in American society. With the promise of naturalization papers, the US military presents Angel’s father with the opportunity for a brighter future for his family if he sends his eldest son into the us army. With his brother gone, Angel is left to the designs of a local street gang and his new-found love whilst the family is left to deal with the consequences of the choices they have made. 
     
    OUR BOYS, 2013, 88 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES
    WORLD PREMIERE
    Language: ENGLISH
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 3:00 p.m.  Mann Theatre #1
    Sunday, October 13th , 9:05 p.m. in Mann Theatre #4
    Director:  Leonardo Ricagni
    Producer:  Leonardo Ricagni, Guillermo Escalona
    Screenwriter:  Leonardo Ricagni
    Cast:  Daniel Zacapa, Eddy Martin, Adrian Quinonez, Kendra Jain, Lonnie Hughes, Zeus Mendoza, Eva Tamargo, Norma Maldonado, Darius Cottrell, Ivo Nandi, Christopher Blim, John Charles Meyer
    A Mexican-American widower, Salvador, and his son, Junior, live a simple life in a small section of urban Los Angeles. With his eldest son, Memo, in Afghanistan, and Junior, eager to enlist, Salvador buries himself in the everyday world of landscaping. When a strange letter arrives, followed by an uncivil military visit, Salvador is forced to reexamine the war he supports, and son, he admires. Suspected by the neighborhood, hounded by a local radio host, scorned by his youngest son, Salvador finds his simple, everyday world, tangled, and unjust.   
     
    DETAINED IN THE DESERT, 2013, 95 mins.
    OPERA PRIMA WORLD PREMIERE
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 5 p.m. Mann Theatre #1
    Country: UNITED STATES  Language: ENGLISH
    Director: Iliana Sosa 
    Producer: Frances E. Chang
    Screenwriter: Iliana Sosa
    Cast: Carey Fox, Alexandra Lemus, Enrique Morones, Josh Lutheran, Natalie Camunas, Javier Lezama, Alejandro Antonio Ruiz
    Two people on opposite sides of the immigration debate find each other lost in the desert and discover their humanity and the true plight of migrants crossing the Arizona desert.
     
    SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES, 2013, 101 mines.
    Country: UNITED STATES
    OPERA PRIMA WEST COAST PREMIERE 
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 7:00 p.m. in Mann Theatre #1
    Sunday, October 13th, 12:45 p.m. in Mann Theatre #4 
    Awards: Best New Director, Brooklyn Film Festival 2013
    Language: ENGLISH 
    Director: Nicole Gomez Fisher
    Producer: Courtney Andrialis
    Screenwriter: Richard Montoya
    Cast: Gina Rodriguez, Steven Strait, Ana Ortiz, Priscilla Lopez, Tibor Feldman 
    Sleeping with the Fishes is the story of a woman who finds herself stuck. After the death of her philandering husband, Alexis is both broke and broken-hearted. But it’s not until she is called back to Brooklyn for a distant relative’s funeral that she realizes what she thought was her rock bottom, clearly wasn’t… going home is. Sleeping with the Fishes is the story of one woman’s comedic journey back to where it all went wrong, to face her dysfunctional cross-cultural family and admit that the perfect life with the perfect man wasn’t so perfect after
    all.  

    STAND & DELIVER, 1988,103 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES 
    SPECIAL SCREENING- 25TH ANNIVERSARY
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 5:10 p.m. in Mann Theatre #4  
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Ramon Menendez
    Producer: Igal Weitzman, Nun Melnick, Barnard Steele
    Screenwriter: Ramon Menendez
    Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Philips, Rosana De Soto, Andy Garcia 
    Edward James Olmos’s Oscar-nominated performance energizes this true-life story of a Los Angeles high school teacher who drives his students on to excellence at calculus.

    LA PAZ, 2013, 73 mins.
    Country: ARGENTINA
    LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 7:30 p.m. Mann Theatre #3
    Awards: Best Film, BAFICI; Jury Prize, FIPRESCI, Lima
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Santiago Loza
    Producers: Ivan Eibuszyc, Santiago Loza
    Screenwriter: Santiago Loza
    Cast: Lisandro Rodriguez, Andrea Strenitz, Fidelia Batallanos Michel, Ricardo Felix
    Liso, a young man from the upper middle class, has been released from a psychiatric clinic. He lives with his parents, who treat him like a child. His attempts to revive old relationships fail. The only solace he finds is that which emerges from his friendship with Sonia, their Bolivian maid, and his visits to his grandmother. Santiago Loza’s camera takes a step back again and again, giving every scene the time and space it needs to develop atmosphere, pitch and a cinematic texture. Within the villa’s rooms, we follow the different members of the family, who may live under the same roof, but hardly connect with one another at all. We look on as Liso develops a relationship with Sonia based on only gestures and glances, without a single word being said. And as we follow her on her rounds through the rambling house, we share in the loneliness of a woman who belongs to a different class. It is precisely crafted 
    snapshots such as these that allow the viewer to participate in a life that has fallen out of sync. In this way, everything, even Liso’s joyful motorbike ride with his grandmother, is transferred to the viewer.

    ESTHER EN ALGUNA PARTE (ESTHER SOMEWHERE)
    CUBA 2013,  84 min
    Screening: Friday, Oct.11 – 9:00PM – Theater 3
    Directed by Gerardo Chijona
    Lino Catala, a serious and reliable elderly man, is approached by Larry Po, a weird elder, who tells him that his late wife, Maruja, had led a double life. From that moment on, the two old men join in a thorough search of Maruja’s past, while they try to find the whereabouts of Esther, Larry’s great love in life.
    Director -Gerardo Chijona
    Screenwriter – Eduardo Eimil;
    Based on the novel “Esther en alguna parte” by Eliseo Alberto Diego
    Producers   Camilo Vives, Susana Molina, Francisco Adrianzen
    Director of Photography Rafael Solis
    Editor  Miriam Talavera
    Sound Jorge Luis Chijona, Osmany Olivare
    Music Jose Maria Vitier
    Cast Reynaldo Miravalles, Enrique Molina, Daisy Granados, Eslinda Nunez, Paula Ali, Alicia Bustamante, Laura de la Uz, Luis Alberto Garcia, Veronica Lynn, Elsa Camp, Hector Molina
    Film Language Spanish
    Subtitles  English

    KILL THE DICTATOR (EL TENIENTE AMADO), 2013, 106 mins.
    Country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    WEST COAST PREMIERE 
    Screening: Friday, October 11th , 9:15 p.m. Mann Theatre #1
    Language: SPANISH, ENGLISH
    Director: Felix Limardo
    Producer:  Feliz Limaro
    Screenwriter: Huchi Lora  
    Cast:  Amaury Nolasco, Efrain Figueroa, Mercedes Renard, Enrique Castillo, Antonio Jaramillo,
    Liche Ariza, Brett Stimely, Ben Cornish, Karina Noble, Mario Lebron 
    “Kill The Dictator” is an action thriller. Based on the true story of the Lt. Amado Garcia Guerrero, a military aide to the Dominican dictator, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo. After going through dramatic circumstances that personally hurt him, and the preaching of his relative, Salvador Estrella Sadhalá, he decided to participate in the conspiracy to end the dictatorship. Amado was the key figure to perform the feat: First he offered the necessary information to set up an ambush and a chase on the highway that night.  At the scene, with an accurate shot, put out of action Captain Zacarías De La Cruz, Trujillo’s driver and only companion, who had succeeded in stopping the group by emptying two machine guns. Amado went into hiding until he was discovered and fought with the forces of the tyranny. He killed several officers of the Military Intelligence Service before he was killed while they buried the remains of
    the dictator. Amado gave his life on June 2nd, 1961, exactly the day he turned 33. This film also shows the geopolitics of the United States to Latin America in the late 50s and early 60s.  It also presents the other heroes and antiheroes, including the most important men of the tyrannical regime.

    DRAGON DAY, 2013, 95 mins.  
    OPERA PRIMA WORLD PREMIERE
    Country: UNITED STATES, Language: ENGLISH 
    Screening: Friday, October 11th , 9:35 p.m. Mann Theatre #4
    Director: Jeffrey Travis 
    Producers: Matt Patterson, Jeffrey Travis, Alex Sobol
    Screenwriters: Jeffrey Travis, Matt Patterson
    Cast: Ethan Flower, Åsa Wallander, Jenn Gotzon, Eloy Méndez, Hope Laubach,
    William Knight, Scoot McNairy
    Duke, an out-of-work NSA engineer, finds his family stuck in a small mountain town the day a devastating cyber-attack destroys the U.S. as we know it. Every microchip “made in China” has been infected with a virus that rapidly shuts down all modern technology. Duke’s fate becomes intertwined with a Mexican migrant worker as they fight the odds to survive in a chaotic world without water, food or power.

    TIERRA DE SANGRE (THE VINEYARD), 2013, 106 mins.
    Country: CHILE 
    OPERA PRIMA NORTH American PREMIERE
    Screening: Friday, October 11th, 11:20 p.m. in Mann Theatre #4 
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: James Katz
    Producer: Igal Weitzman, Nun Melnick, Barnard Steele
    Screenwriter: Oscar Torres, James Katz
    Cast: Aislinn Derbez, Aurelien Wiik, Cosmo Gonik, Jose Maria de Tavira 
    The legend of the “Tierra de Sangre” vineyard. The tale of a young girl. Magdalena, who marries Louis, the mysterious French owner of an immense vineyard. Their love affair is interrupted by the surprise arrival of Etienne, Louis’ younger brother. Meanwhile, whispers of a terrifying, bloodsucking monster swirl around the deaths of nearby villagers. Magdalena suspects that Etienne and the monster are somehow connected, leading her on a journey where she will discover the extraordinary truth about the ultimate power of not just a wine, but a magical elixir. 

    SATURDAY, OCT 12
    SHORTS PROGRAM  Saturday, Oct.12 – 11:15AM – Theater 3  
    DENTRO DE UNO (INSIDE ONESELF) Oct.12 – 11:15AM – Theater 3  
    MEXICO
    Directed by Salvador Aguirre
    An indigenous boy named Juan faces what, to him, is a terrible monster. His fear grows constantly. Seeing this, his grandmother Mariana believes she has …   8 min 

    DEFECTUOSOS (DEFECTIVE) Saturday, Oct.12 – 11:15AM – Theater 3
    MEXICO
    Directed by Gabriela Martínez Garza & Jon Fernández López
    A conversation in a tavern in ancient Judea, topics as old as they are current; the Exchange is interrupted several times by an outsider and some government representatives.  8 min

    LAS TARDES DE TINTICO (TINTICO’S AFTERNOONS)
    Saturday, Oct.12 – 11:15AM – Theater 3 
    MEXICO Animation
    Directed by Alejandro García Caballero
    Under the beautiful Quebrada cliff in Acapulco, a group of mosquitoes addicted to tropical music are desperately trying to bring happiness back into a rumba director´s life. Join us and come to enjoy great musical numbers superb talent and a lot of Sabor!     8:30 min

    MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES (THE CRAZY MACHINE)
    MIRADAS MÚLTIPLES (LA MÁQUINA LOCA) 2012 -90 min
    FRANCE/MEXICO Documentary
    Screening:  Saturday, Oct.12 – 1:15MP – Theater 4 
    Directed by Emilio Maillé
    An immersion into some of the most symbolic and iconic images of Mexican cinematography, shot by Gabriel Figueroa, along with commentary by the 40 most important cinematographers worldwide.          
    Director  Emilio Maillé
    Screenwriter Emilio Maillé
    Producers Gustavo Ángel, Mónica Lozano
    Director of Photography Diego Rodríguez, Jean Gabriel Leynaud
    Editor Octavio Iturbe
    Sound Jean Guy Veran
    Music Michael Nyman
    Cast Darius Khondji, Javier Aguirresarobe, Giussepe Rotuno, Hideo Yamamoto, Angel Goded, Walter Carvalho, Philippe Rousselot, Gabriel Beristain, Janusz Kaminski                                
    Film Language Spanish
    Subtitles  English

    HOMEBOUND, 2013, 105 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES
    OPERA PRIMA WORLD PREMIERE
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th, 2:50 p.m. Mann Theatre #3
    Awards: Best Actress and Best Actor Award, XicanIndie Film Festival
    Language: ENGLISH
    Director: Fanny Veliz
    Producer: Fanny Veliz
    Screenwriter: Fanny Veliz
    Cast:  Fanny Veliz, Enrique Castillo, Jeremiah Ocanas, Julia Vera, Cristobal Lamas, Kedrick Brown
    Homebound is the story of Richard Lynn, a successful young man who returns to his small hometown, El Campo, Texas. He has to help his father Gilberto who’s ill with cancer, run the family business, a dilapidated bar. Richard Lynn, accidentally falls in love for the first time with Sofia, a Venezuelan immigrant who speaks very little English.

    EL ALCALDE (THE MAYOR)
    MEXICO Documentary 2012, 80 min
    Screening: Saturday, Oct.12 – 7:00PM – Theater 4  
    Directed by Emiliano Altuna, Carlos F. Rossini, & Diego Osorno
    In northern Mexico, the murder of municipal mayors is a common practice in the fight between drug cartels to control territories. Mauricio Fernandez is a controversial Mayor who presents himself as one who takes justice in his own hands in order to keep the peace in one of the wealthiest counties in Latin America. “The Mayor” analyses the complex plot woven from the exercise of power and current policies, within a period plagued by violence, strong economic interests, and the overwhelming discredit of the political class.   
    Director  Emilia no Altoona, Carlos F. Rossini, Diego Osorno
    Screenwriter    Emiliano Altuna, Carlos F. Rossini, Diego Osorno
    Producers Emiliano Altuna, Carlos F. Rossini
    Director of Photography     Carlos F. Rossini
    Editor Pedro G. Garcia
    Sound Emiliano Altuna, Edwin Culp
    Music Daniel Hidalgo                                  
    Cast  Mauricio Fernandez Garza
    Awards: Best Documentary Feature at Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival, Colombia
    Film Language Spanish
    Subtitles English
     
    POLVO (DUST), 2012, 80 mins
    Country: GUATEMALA/ SPAIN/ CHILE/ GERMANY
    LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th , 5:10 p.m. in Mann Theatre #3
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Awards: Butterfly Silver Award- Lille IIFF, Grand Prix du Coeur- Toulouse Latin American Film Festival 2013,
    Best Director Award – International Film Festival Ícaro 2012, Best International Feature Film – Festival
    Internacional de Cine Antofagasta 2012, Special Jury Mention – Valdivia International Film Festival 2012
    Director:  Julio Hernandez Cordón Producers:  Melindrosa Films, Tic Tac Producciones, Fábula, Autentika Films. With: Agustín Ortíz Pérez, Eduardo Spiegeler, Alejandra Estrada, Maria Telón Soc, Fernanda del Nido, Julio Hernández Cordón,
    Pamela Guinea, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Paulo de Carvalho, Gudula Meinzolt
    Screenwriters:  Julio Hernández Cordón, Mateo Iribarren
    Cast:  Agustín Ortíz Pérez, Eduardo Spiegele, Alejandra Estrada, María Telón Soc
    Ignacio and Alejandra are a young couple who are shooting a documentary about the people who disappeared from an indigenous village during the Guatemalan Civil War. From among the families who are still searching for their loved ones, they meet Delfina and her son Juan. Delfina still hopes to find her husband, but Juan is fed up with the search. He knows who was responsible for the disappearance of his father: someone who still lives in the same village. Dust is a contemporary portrait of a Guatemalan society, fragmented and divided, that cannot yet free itself from the brutal legacy of war.
       
    LA PISCINA (THE SWIMMING POOL), 2012, 66 mins.    
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th, 5:20 p.m. Mann Theatre #3
    Country: Cuba/ VENEZUELA
    OPERA PRIMA  LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
    Awards: The World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award – World Cinema Amsterdam IFF 2013, Best Film Award –
    Sopot FF 2013, Prix CCAS – Toulouse Latin American Film Festival 2013, Découverte de la Critique Française –
    Toulouse Latin American Film Festival 2013, Best First Feature – Miami IFF 2013, Best First Film – Havana IFF
    2012, Best First Film – Festival del Cine Pobre 2012, Premio al Riesgo y la Busqueda Artística – Muestra Joven
    ICAIC 2012 
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Carlos Machado  Quintela
    Producers:  ICAIC, Alter Producciones Audiovisuales, Muestra Joven Programa Ibermedia, CNAC, Fundación Villa de Cine. With: Raúl Capote, Mónica Molinet, Felipe García, Carlos Javier Martínez, Marcos Costa
    Screenwriter: Abel Arcos
    Cast: Raúl Capote, Mónica Molinet, Felipe García, Carlos Javier Martínez, Marcos Costa
    It’s not about what we lack. It’s about where we belong to. A phlegmatic swimming instructor, a teenage girl who is missing a leg, a boy with Down’s Syndrome, another one with defective legs and one with no apparent physical disability but who refuses to speak, spend a day at the swimming pool. The five outcasts inevitably struggle, clash, separate – and in the end reunite thanks to their imperfections. 

    MEU PAÍS (MY COUNTRY), 2012, 84mins
    Country: BRAZIL
    LOS ANGELES PREMIERE 
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th,  7:15 p.m.  Mann Theatre #3
    Awards: Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Music, Official Jury at
    44o Brasilia Film Festival; Best Film for The Audience at 44o Brasilia Film
    Festival; Best Film of the Year at The Prize Fiesp/Sesi 2012
    Language: Portuguese, Italian | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director:  Andre Ristum
    Producers:  Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Andre Ristum, Debora Inanov, Gabriel Lacerda
    Screenwriter:  Marco Dutra, Andre Ristum, Octavio Scopelliti
    Cast: Rodrigo Santoro, Cauã Raymond, Paulo José, Debora Falabella, Anita Caprioli, Nicola Siri, Eduardo Semerjian, Luciano Chirolli, Stephanie de Jongh
    Mark (Rodrigo Santoro) lives in Italy and returns to Brazil after the sudden death of his father (Paulo José). Back in the country, he finds his brother James (Cauã Reymond) and discovers he has a half sister (Débora Falabella), who suffers mental problems. While they need to deal with grief, Mark and James also have to live with the differences between them and get used to the new sister.  

    LO AZUL DEL CIELO (THE BLUE OF THE SKY), 2012, 112 mins. 
    Country: COLOMBIA
    OPERA PRIMA LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th, 9:00 p.m. Mann Theatre #4
    Director: Juan Alfredo Uribe
    Producer: Juan Alfredo Uribe
    Screenwriter: Juan Alfredo Uribe
    Cast: Aldemar Correa, John Alex Toro, Maria Gaviria, Ruth Gabriel Sanchez, Noëlle Schönwald, Ana Maria Sanchez, Carlos Arango
    Camilo, is a 23 year old from a single mother home in Medellín, Colombia. After serving the army, he returns home, where he has conflictive issues with his mother and sister. Oscar, his younger brother seems the only one to understand his struggle for independence. Camilo spends most of his time playing indoor soccer at a local league and it is there, where he meets Berri. He presents Camilo with a new set of options on his life. He now must gamble his values and make important decisions. After meeting Sol, a beautiful music student, Camilobecomes obsessed with her. His obsession takes him to reinvent himself, and to start living a double life. There seems to be no limits in his plans to conquer her heart. Camilo and Sol live this idyllic love life. But the past sometimes has its ways to achieve justice and it comes back to haunt Camilo and confront him with new obstacles in his path.

    POTOSI, 2013, 120 mins.
    Country: MEXICO U.S. PREMIERE
    Awards: Best Mexican Opera Prima, Guanajuato International Film Festival
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th , 9:10 p.m. in Mann Theatre #1 
    Director: Alfredo Castruita
    Screenwriter: José Lomas-Hervert 
    Producer: José Lomas-Hervert 
    Cast: Arcelia Ramírez, Aldo Verásregui, Don Margarito Sanchez, Sonia Couoh, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Gerardo Taracena, Francisco Barreiro, Harold Torres, Melissa Alvarado Ramos, Fernando Becerril, José Sefami, Luisa Huertas
    An accident along a deserted road connects three stories, an 82-year-old goat herder that has not shot his gun in 40 years, a woman who is a victim of domestic violence and a humble peasant living on guard to protect his family from the country’s war against organized crime. Potosí, a rural town in Latín América is the crossfire of the bloodshed that has swept the northern part of the country. The lynching on a town, a murder on a desert, and a kidnapping will expose a difficult and tragic story of lives in a country full of violence.
     
    NI UN HOMBRE MÁS (IGUANA STEW), 2012, 83mins
    Country: ARGENTINA WEST COAST PREMIERE  Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Screening: Saturday, October 12th, 9:15 p.m. Mann Theatre #3 
    Awards: Best Screenplay Award, Huelva Film Festival 2012; “Cast Perfomances” Special 
    Jury Award, Huelva Film Festival 2012; “Best Screenplay” Press Award, Huelva Film Festival 2012
    Director:  Martín Salinas
    Producers: Tarea Fina, Martín Salinas, Travesía Producciones 
    Screenwriter:  Martín Salinas Cast:  Valeria Bertuccelli, Martin Piroyansky, Juan Minujin, Luis Ziembrowski, Emme, German da Silva, Vanesa Weinberg 
    Charley was abandoned at birth in a convent. He looks after an inn in the jungle near Iguazu falls. Karla shows up with a dead man and one hundred thousand dollars in the trunk of her car. While an iguana stew is being cooked, life happens in unpredictable ways.       
     
    SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
    SHORTS PROGRAM  Sunday, Oct.13 – 11:00AM – Theater 1
    BORDANDO LA FRONTERA (EMBROIDERING THE BORDER)
    Sunday, Oct.13 – 11:00AM – Theater 1  
    USA/MEXICO
    Directed by René Rhi
    Miguel Canales and his wife learn that their 3-year-old daughter has a brain tumor and needs surgery. Miguel belongs to the 23.6% group of Mexican Citizens that live in extreme poverty and cannot afford to pay for the operation. Running out of options, he decides that his only choice is to work in the United States.            
    Run Time                              27 min

    DESERT ROAD KILL -Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 11:00AM – Theater 1
    UNITED STATES
    Directed by Michael Carreno
    One in seven hitchhikers is potentially dangerous. A family on their way home from an outing pick up a hitchhiker with surprising results.      
    Patino, Jossara Jinaro, Justin Henrickson, David Koff, Jennifer Lynn Buonantony
    Awards   Honorable Mention and Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Reel Film Festival; Best Actor
    Best Actress, Scarlet Waters Film Festival; Audience Choice Award, Everybody Dies Film Festival; Honorable Mention, Riverside International Film Festival 16:57 min

    EL DOCTOR    Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 -11:00AM – Theater 1
    USA
    Directed by Jude Roth        
    EL DOCTOR follows the undocumented day laborer ‘Carlos,’ the family in Arizona that hires him, and the storm of fear that unleashes. Nervously waiting to be hired in a Home Depot parking lot, Carlos practices his English. A married couple – ‘Andrew’ and ‘Jen’ – then hires Carlos and his buddy to repair their desk, despite Andrew’s reticence. During a break, Carlos uses the couple’s bathroom but while washing his hands, the couple’s 7-yr-old son ‘Jonah’ interrupts him. When Jen discovers Carlos with her son, she makes the worst assumption and insists on calling 911. Though her fears are soon proven incorrect, Jen still insists Andrew send the workers away. The couple explodes in marital tension, and the drama that results puts Carlos’s and Andrew’s life at risk, leaving everyone caught between their individual consciences and the law.   
    Awards  Best Drama Short at Riverside International Film Festival; International Film Awards Berlin “Award of Merit”; Invitation to be archived at Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía  11:24 min 

    EL JAZZ (JAZZ) Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 -11:00AM – Theater 1 
    MEXICO
    Directed by Andrés Peralta
    Juan and Mateo have a constant mission, as heavenly angels, to deliver the souls of those who unfortunately pass away. Tonight, both will have to confront the daily dullness of their work as they wait for Jazz to give his final breath. Run Time 10:30 min 

    LLEGAR A TI (TO REACH YOU) Sun, Oct 13, 2013 -11:00AM Theater 1 
    USA
    Directed by Alejandro Torres Rezzio
    An old man learns to let go of his past to start living in the present, and move on to his life’s next chapter. Throughout his personal journey and his family’s help, he’s able to hold to what really matters in life and reunite with his loved one Run Time 8 min

    O AFINADOR (THE TUNER)  Sunday, Oct 13, 2013   11:00AM – Theater 1 
    BRAZIL
    Directed by Fernando Camargo & Matheus Parizi
    Paulo, a young piano tuner who works in his father’s restoration workshop, wants to be a concert pianist. During a day of work, he tries to find the whereabouts of a letter from a music conservatory that he anxiously awaits.15 min

    THE SHOOTING STAR SALESMAN  Sun, Oct 13, 2013  11:00AM Theater1  
    UNITED STATES
    Directed by Kico Velarde
    Set in modern time, The Shooting Star Salesman is the story of a 19th century ageless Salesman who is granted the magical ability to align individuals with their own unique shooting star to wish upon. His rare gift becomes a curse when he outlives his family, turning him into a recluse and breaking the magic of the shooting star machine. As he ventures out to restore people’s belief in shooting stars, he picks up a curious 8 year old tag along named Elijah who starts to question if perhaps it’s the Salesman himself who needs to have his faith restored. An unlikely partnership is formed between the two as they embark on a journey to restore the faith of humanity. But as their friendship grows, the Salesman is torn between continuing his legacy or renouncing his magical gift for the chance to reunite with the family he lost a lifetime ago.  Awards : Film of the Year, Georgia Latino Film Festival 2012; Silver Winner, 34th Telly, 20 min

    YOUR FATHER’S DAUGHTER   Sun, Oct 13, 2013 -11:00AM – Theater 1
    UNITED STATES Directed by Carlos Bernard
    Domingo Santos is a well to do man and a pillar of his community. But when he spies his teenage daughter Luciana kissing a forbidden boyfriend, his actions unearth a long-held secret and turn his seemingly perfect world upside down. Written and Directed by Carlos Bernard, starring Nestor Serrano and Vanessa Marano in this dark comedy set in a small town in Spain.  Run Time                              15:20 min 

    CAPTIVE RADIO (short) Sunday, Oct 13, 2013-11:45AM – Theater 4
    USA/COLOMBIA
    Directed by Lauren Rosenfeld
    Every Sunday morning, men and women in captivity deep in the Colombian jungle listen to messages from their families on The Voices of Kidnapping radio show. Captive Radio tells the story of two families that use the unique radio program to communicate with their loved ones held hostage by rebel guerrilla groups in Colombia.
    Awards Winner Best Short Documentary – San Diego Latino Film Festival; David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award Nominee — International Documentary Association; North Gate Award for Excellence in Reporting in Any Media; Hearst Documentary Award  Runtime 23 min’

    SHORTS PROGRAM  Sunday, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1
    A TRUTH IN SILENCE Sunday, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1
    USA                          
    Directed by Felipe Piña
    “A Truth in Silence” is based on the true story of writer/producer Felipe Piña’s mother and one weekend of the 17 years of domestic abuse and violence she would endure. Based on a true story in Chicago, 1976, Elizabeth is a vibrant young mother. Recently married and pregnant, she faces challenges most young women in this situation should never have to imagine. Elizabeth finds herself under constant mental and physical abuse by her new husband Hector. The only peace she encounters are the moments she is alone caring for her baby Joseph. This weekend is the foreshadowing to seventeen years of abuse and domestic violence she and her children would ultimately endure. 16:23 min

    CLOSE YOUR EYES   Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 12:35PM – Theater 1     
    UNITED STATES
    Directed by Sonia Malfa
    Thirteen-year-old Imani Cortes is a gifted photographer longing to experience her first kiss. She has a crush on a quiet artist, Junito, with whom she has a natural connection, but she also faces an enormous challenge: she is slowly losing her sight to retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic eye disease. Will Imani let her disease stop her or will it be her path towards independence?             14:32 min

    EL COCODRILO   Sunday, Oct 13, 2013 12:35PM – Theater 1    
    UNITED STATES
    Directed by Steve Acevedo
    When Eduardo, a Mexican journalist who has reported on the corrupt ties between the cartels and the military, is pressured to reveal the names of his sources, he flees to the U.S. with his young son. Little does he know that hot on his trail is Raul, a cartel sicario dispatched to assassinate him. In a cruel twist of fate, Eduardo must succumb to his darkest impulses in order to protect himself and his son.     
    Awards  Best Short Film – Honorable Mention, CineFestival; Best Short Film, Action on Film Festival; Best Action Film, Hollyshorts 15 min

    MUERTE DE UNA AMA DE CASA (DEATH OF A HOUSEWIFE)
     Sunday, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1
    SPAIN
    Directed by Marisé Samitier
    A woman wakes up to a new reality and leaves her kitchen behind. 7:20min

    PHOENIX   Sunday, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1 
    BRAZIL
    Directed by Stefano Capuzzi Lapietra
    Three policemen. Three ways to deal with corruption.      13 min

    THE PRICE WE PAY Sunday, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1
    UNITED STATES
    Directed by Jesse Garcia               Run Time  8:24 min

    ZERO HOUR (LA HORA CERO) 1 Sun, Oct 13, 2013  12:35PM – Theater 1
    Written by polo. Posted in 2013 Shorts
    Directed by Dan Carrillo Levy      
    Lovers Paula and Lorenzo are traveling on a long and desolate road when the unexpected happens. They are forced to make a decision, one that could bring them together or tear them apart forever.    Awards  Silver Ace Award, Las Vegas International Film Festival; Audience Award, HollyShorts   7:20 min

    AMOR CRONICO, 2012, 83 mins.
    Country: Cuba  
    WEST COAST PREMIERE 
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th, 2:35p.m. Mann Theatre #1
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director:  Jorge Perrugoría
    Producers:  Andres Levine, Sarah Green
    Screenwriter:  Jorge Perugorría
    Cast:  CuCu Diamantes, Adela Legra, Liosky Clavero, Andres Levin, Jorge Perugorría, Nestor Jimenez, Enrique Molina, Mirtha Ibarra, Mario Limonta, Carlos Acosta, Wendy Guerra, Laura de la Uz, Albertico Pujols, Luis Alberto Garcia, Broselianda Hernandez
    CuCu Diamantes, a flamboyant singer who defines herself as too Cuban to live in New York and too much of a New Yorker to live in Havana, returns to the island to give what is the first tour in 50 years by a Cuban musician living abroad. Live concert footage is intertwined with a fictional love story in which CuCu is thrown into the arms of a dwarf called Guarapo. A surreal and comic romance directed by acclaimed Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría, Amor Crónico is at once a tribute and an ode to Cuba. Packed with music, flavor, color and laughter, this is a film perfect for watching under the stars.

    NARCO CULTURA Documentary 2012, 102 min
    UNITED STATES
    Screening: Sunday, Oct.13 – 4:25PM – Theater 4
    Directed by Shaul Schwarz
    Narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws, glorified by musicians who praise their new modelsof fame and success. An explosive look at the Mexican drug cartels’ cultural influence on both sides of the border.
    Director                                  Shaul Schwarz
    Producer                                Lars Knudsen,
    Jay Van Hoy, Todd Hagopian
    Director of Photography      Shaul Schwarz
    Editors                  Bryan Chang, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg
    Sound                                     Juan Bertran
    Music                                      Jeremy Turner
    Film Language                      English, Spanish
    Subtitles                                  English

    DREAMER, 2012, 93 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES  
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th, 4:50 p.m. Mann Theatre #1
    OPERA PRIMA  Language: ENGLISH
    Director: Jesse Salmeron
    Producers: Jesse Salmeron, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Michelle Mower
    Screenwriter: Jesse Salmeron
    Cast: Jeremy Ray Valdez, Isabella Hofmann, Cory Knauf, Brit Sheridan, Julio Cedillo, Serena Varghese, Jonna Juul-Hansen, Jake Messinger, Eleese Lester, Ron Jackson
    Dreamer is a narrative feature film about Joe Rodriguez, an All-American young man. He’s amiable, well educated and attractive. He graduated from college and is working and excelling in his field. He’s on the way to achieving the American dream. That is until his employer discovers his undocumented status and the life he’s worked so hard for begins to crumble around him. He must face the possibility of losing his livelihood, his family and, even, himself.

    TANTA AGUA, 2012, 102mins
    Country: URUGUAY/ MEXICO/ NETHERLANDS/ GERMANY
    WEST COAST PREMIERE
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th , 5:00 p.m. in Mann Theatre #3
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Directors:  Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge
    Producers:  Agustina Chiarino, Fernando Epstein
    Screenwriters:  Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
    Cast: Néstor Guzzini, Malu Chouza, Joaquín Castiglioni
    Lucia is 14, but looks younger. She’s thin and has the body of a child. Her parents are divorced. Lucia and her brothers live with their mother. Their father Alberto, a chiropractor, only sees his kids occasionally. He rents a cabin at the hot springs. The holiday is going to be short and it looks like it’s about to rain. Their hearts sink on arrival. It’s forbidden to use the pools because of an electric storm. Alberto tries to keep them amused and make good of their disastrous family break, but the harder he tries the worse it gets.

    JUSTICE FOR MY SISTER (JUSTICIA PARA MI HERMANA) 2012, 69 min
    UNITED STATES/GUATEMALA, 
    Screening: Sunday, Oct.13 – 3:05PM – Theater 4 
    Directed by Kimberly Bautista
    Adela, 27, left home for work one day and never returned. Her ex-boyfriend beat her until she was unrecognizable and left her at the side of the road. Her story is all too familiar in Guatemala, where 6,000 women have been murdered in the last decade. Only 2% of those killers have been sentenced. Adela’s sister Rebeca, 34, is determined to see that Adela’s killer is held accountable. She makes tortillas at home and sells them in order to raise her five children, as well as the three children Adela left behind. The challenges Rebeca encounters in her search for justice are illustrative of the thousands of other cases like this one in Guatemala. However, her willingness to practically take on the role of investigator while she is still mourning is exceptional. She encounters many setbacks during her three-year battle: a missing police report, a judge accused of killing his own wife, and witnesses who are too afraid to testify. Completely transformed by her struggle, Rebeca emerges as a feminist leader in her rural community with a message for others: justice is possible.
    Director  Kimberly Bautista
    Screenwriter  Kimberly Bautista
    Producer Kimberly Bautista
    Director of Photography      Kimberly Bautista, Juan Mejia
    Editor Kimberly Bautista, Michael Flores
    Sound Joe Milner
    Music   Quetzal Flores
    Cast  Kate del Castillo (Narrator)
    Awards   Winner of the 2012 HBO/NALIP Documentary Filmmaker Award First Place Winner, Cuban Hat Transmedia Pitch,
    Sunny Side of the Doc, La Rochelle, France,
    2012 Latino Artist Mentorship, National Association of Latino Independent Producers
    2010-11 Princess Grace Award, Documentary Honorarium,
    2008 Silver Butterfly – Camera Justitia Award – Movies that Matter Festival 2013            
    Film Language Spanish, English
    Subtitles English

    JARDĺN DE AMAPOLAS (FIELD OF AMAPOLAS), 2012, 86 mins.
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th, 6:45 p.m. Mann Theatre #4
    Country: COLUMBIA 
    OPERA PRIMA U.S. PREMIERE
    Awards: Primer Corte, Ventana Sur, Argentina 2011; Special Young Jury Prize at the 15th Latin American Film Encounters in Marseille
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Juan Carlos Melo
    Guevara
    Producer: Alexandra Yepes, Maja Zimmermann, Juan Carlos Melo Guevara
    Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Melo Guevara
    Cast: Luis Burgos, Paula Paez, Carlos Hualpa, Juan Carlos Rosero, Luis Lozano
    In Colombia cultivating poppies (Amapolas) is a dangerous, but lucrative business. Farmer Emilio and his 9 year-old son Simon, are exiled by rebels and find refuge in cousin Wilson’s home. Emilio is forced to work in the Amapola crop while Simon befriends Luisa, a girl of his age. She is obsessed with playing with a puppy dog she can’t afford. Simon steals it for her every day, but returns it each night.        
    One day, Wilson discovers Simon’s secret to use him for his own greedy plan

    A PUERTA FRÍA    2012. 80 Min.       
    SPAIN
    Screening: Sunday, Oct.13 – 7:00PM – Theater 3
    Directed by Xavi Puebla
    Salva is a Sevillian salesman in trouble because he does not know how to solve his problems. At a sales-fair, Salva meets Agnes, a beautiful stewardess who he asks for help. Both organize a plan in which Battleworth is involved.
    Director Xavi Puebla                           
    Screenwriters Xavi Puebla, Jesús Gil Vilda             
    Producers  Antonio Pérez           
    Director of Photography Mauro Herce Mira
    Editor  Isabel A. Valcarce                 
    Sound Pablo Demichelis      
    Cast  Antonio Dechent, María Valverde, Nick Nolte, José Luis García Pérez, Héctor Colomé, José Ángel Egido, Sergio Caballero, Cesáreo Estébanez, Alex O’Dogherty      
    Awards  Best Actor award, Malaga Spanish Film Festival
    Film Language Spanish         
    Subtitles English                                                 

    CARNE DE PERROS (DOG’S FLESH), 2012, 81 mins.
    Country: CHILE/ FRANCE/ GERMANY 
    OPERA PRIMA  LOSANGELES PREMIERE
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th,  9 p.m. Mann Theatre #3
    Awards: Best Film: San Sebastian, Valdivia, Havana, Gotheborg
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Fernando Guzzoni
    Producer: Adrian Solar
    Screenwriter: Fernando Guzzoni
    Cast: Alejandro Goic, Amparo Noguera, Daniel Alcaino, Sergio Hernández, María Garcia Omegna, Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farias, Cristian Carvajal
    Dog Flesh deals with a complex period in the life of Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man who is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past. The story is that of a man searching for a new identity, but who becomes lost among his own ghosts and obsessions: a man who begins to dangerously unravel and whose perception of reality is warped. Carne de Perro tells the tale in 2012, of one of the torturers of the Pinochet dictatorship as he attempts to redefine and give purpose to his existence

    PRINCESAS ROJAS (RED PRINCESSES), 2013, 100 mins.
    Country: COSTA RICA/ VENEZUELA 
    OPERA PRIMA LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th  9:10 p.m. in Mann Theatre #4
    Director: Laura Astorga Carrera
    Producer: Marcela Esquivel Jimenez
    Screenwriter: Laura Astorga Carrera, Daniela Goggie
    Cast: Valeria Conejo, Aura Dinarte, Fernando Bolaños, Carol Sanabria, Ivette Guier, Patricia Velásquez, María José Callejas, María Marta López, Álvaro Marenco, Marta Matamoros
    Claudia is eleven years old and has always played the game of being a revolutionary. When her family moves from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, in the middle of the Sandinista revolution, politics turn out not to be such a funny game. 
     
    WATER & POWER, 2012, 87 mins.
    Country: UNITED STATES  OPERA PRIMA
    Language: ENGLISH
    Screening: Sunday, October 13th , 11:05 p.m. in Mann Theatre #1  
    Director: Richard Montoya
    Producer: Mark Roberts
    Screenwriter: Richard Montoya
    Cast: Enrique Murciano, Nicholas Gonzalez, Emilio Rivera, Roger Guenveur Smith, Wanda de
    Jesus, Robert Beltran, Jacob Vargas, Barry Shabaka Henley, Lupe Ontiveros and Clancy Brown
    Twin brothers nicknamed “Water” and “Power” from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince’s through the city’s political and police ranks to become players in a complex and dangerous web of the powerful and corrupt of Los Angeles. One a decorated cop – the other a senator, find themselves in a seedy motel room on the eastern edge of Sunset Boulevard on a dark and rainy night. Something has gone very wrong. Can Power exist without Water? The Fixers and Powers of the city need answers. Everybody is looking for the Twins. Viva Chicano Noir!               

    MONDAY, OCTOBER 14
    SHORTS PROGRAM OCT 14 Monday, Oct.14 – 4:45PM – Theater 4
    LA CALLE ESTÉREO (THE STEREO STREET) Mon, Oct.14 – 4:45PM Theater 4
    COLOMBIA
    Directed by Santiago León Cuéllar
    The Stereo Street is a story about survival and friendship between Alex and Boris. Two rappers friends, whose biggest dream is to record an album. One day Alex foreseeing their future without any opportunities decides to do things in a different way, but the circumstances are worse than they expect.    30 min

    MUERTE DE UNA AMA DE CASA (DEATH OF A HOUSEWIFE)
    Monday, Oct.14 – 4:45PM – Theater 4  
    SPAIN
    Directed by Marisé Samitier
    A woman wakes up to a new reality and leaves her kitchen behind.  7:20min

    NOSOTROS LOS NOBLES (THE NOBLE FAMILY), 2013, 95 mins.
    Country: MEXICO 
    OPERA PRIMA U.S. PREMIERE 
    Screening: Monday, October 14th, 7:30 p.m.  The Orpheum
    Language: SPANISH | Subtitles: ENGLISH
    Director: Gaz Alazraki
    Producer: Gaz Alazraki, Leonardo Zimbron
    Screenwriter: Gaz Alazraki, Adrian Zurita, Patricio Saiz
    Cast: Gonzalo Vega, Luis Gerardo Mendez, Karla Souza, Juan Pablo Gil, Ianis Guerrero, Carlos Gascon
    When successful construction Mogul, Herman Noble realizes his children are spoiled beyond
    redemption, he stages the company bankruptcy and seizure of all their assets. And tricks them into believing they are fugitives from the law. He moves them into their grandfather’s dilapidated home in a poor neighborhood and makes them do something none of them have ever done before… work. 

    LALIFF presents Hollywood Connect.  PANELS
    A series of panels and conversations created to build bridges between participating filmmakers and the Hollywood film community.   All panels and conversations are Open to the Public This year LALIFF will be hosting one-on-one conversations with top innovative professionals in the Film and Television industry.   “Café con…” will be scattered over the course of the Festival as – so be sure to check in, re-energize and be inspired. You don’t want to miss this!

    Friday, October 11, 2013 / 4:30pm Cafecito @Kmart Layaway- Filmmakers Lounge 
    Open to the Public.
     
    October 11, 2013 / 5:30 pm Loews Hollywood Hotel – 3rd level meeting rooms 
    WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MEDIA PANEL in commemoration of Domestic
    Violence Awareness Month Presented by Artevista Films Moderated by Mandalit del Barco, NPR  
    The panel will explore the possibility for films and television to serve as a tool to educate, empower, and mobilize women and girls to be leaders in their communities. In a time when women’s bodies are commified and objectified through mainstream pop culture and social media, it is urgent that we get more women in the storytelling role. What tools are available to the community of women filmmakers? What are the needs for more
    representation?
     
    Saturday, October 12, 2013 / 12:00 pm Loews Hollywood Hotel – 3rd level meeting rooms
    Using Financial Data to Package Your Film
    Co-presented with FILMQUOTRA
    Before you raise your first dollar for production, what kinds of financial information
    should you prepare?  How do you prepare such numbers on a shoestring budget?  What kinds of numbers are investors looking for?  How does the typical film investor view an investment in a film?  What kinds of investors are there currently?  How do you get access to sales estimates,
    government tax credits and loans?  Join this discussion by film finance veterans and producers for an insider look at how investors and distributors view a film project.
     
    October 12, 2013 / 2:00 pm Loews Hollywood Hotel – 3rd level meeting
    rooms
    CAFÉ CON…Pablo Ferro – award winning Cuban Title Designer & Graphic
    Artist is this year’s LALIFF GABI 
    Come and celebrate his great artistic achievement and join us in an intimate and compelling discussion with Pablo Ferro, Cuban born title designer Pablo Ferro will be honored with the 2013 Gabi Lifetime Achievement Award at the 16th Anniversary of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. In 1963, Ferro worked with Stanley Kubrick to create the title sequence for the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to
    Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Throughout the years his title designs have been the opening platform for numerous films. His intricate title designs not only introduce a film, but they also embody the overall magnitude of a film.  Join us in an intimate and compelling discussion with Pablo Ferro, as we celebrate his great artistic achievements.
     
    October 12, 2013 / 4:00 pm Loews Hollywood Hotel – 3rd level meeting
    rooms
    FILM INCENTIVES PANEL
    Co-presented with NALIP
    Moderated by: Dama Claire of the Incentives Office at Ease 
    Do not miss this opportunity to meet film commissioners from New Mexico, California and Puerto Rico as they discuss the latest tax credits, rebates and opportunities their states have to offer!  Every filmmaker must know how to maximize every opportunity to stretch their production budget for a successful production – DO NOT guess how it all
    works… KNOW the facts and DO as the pros do!
     
    October 12, 2013 / 6:00pm Cafecito @Kmart Layaway Filmmakers Lounge
    – Open to the Public.
     
    Sunday, October 13, 2013 / 1:30 pm Loews Hollywood Hotel – 3rd level meeting
    rooms
    IBEROAMERICAN FILM FINANCING 
    Moderated by Sydney Levine, IndieWIRE, SydneysBuzz
    How do Latin American films get financed?  Each country has its system, and most countries are offering financing as incentives for local filmmakers.  Are they offering nationals living in the U.S. these incentives?  Find out at this panel moderated by Sydney Levine who is in the process of writing Iberoamerican Film Financing to be published in
    English and Spanish in 2014.  Participants will be filmmakers from various Latin American countries.
     
    October 13, 2013 / 3:15 pm Chinese theater – Theater 3
    A CONVERSATION WITH HISTORY
    A Conversation with History explores the ongoing issue of immigration, and national identity. The films n this year’s festival present portraits of immigrants and their stories of suffering and triumph in their quest to create a better life for themselves and their families. The national dialogue on immigration, particularly as it relates to immigrants
    from Latin America, has raised the question of what is an American. As the US demographics change we see the struggle to understand and accept a new national identity. 
    The conversation will follow a special presentation HUELGA at the Chinese theater on Sunday October 13 @3:15 PM
     
    October 13, 2013 / 4:30pm Cafecito @Kmart Layaway Filmmakers Lounge – Open to the Public.

    ALL HOLLYWOOD CONNECT EVENTS PRESENTED BY Film LA, Inc                                                        
    Please visit www.latinofilm.org for updated calendar of panels, information and additional events. You may also write to industryoffice@latinofilm.org or call 323.446.2770

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