The Angel’s Share

La Parte del Ángel

Ken Loach

UK / France / Belgium / Italy // 2012 // 101 Minutes // Digital / Color // English with Spanish subtitles.

Film Credits:

Director: Ken Loach
Productora: Rebecca O’Brien
Executive Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maraval
Screenwriters: Paul Laverty
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan
Editor: Jonathan Morris
Compositor: George Fenton
Sound Designer: Ray Beckett
Cast: Paul Brannigan, Siobhan Reilly, John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, Scott Dymond, Scott Kyle, Neil Leipar, James Casey

Synopsis

Winner of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, The Angels' Share is a comic fable about wasted talent and what happens when we are given a second chance in life.

Director's Biography

Awards winner filmmaker, Ken Loach made his feature debut with Poor Cow (1967).  The following year, he directed Kes (1969), which is now acclaimed as one of the finest films ever made in Britain. In 90s Loach made a series of award-winning films firmly establishing him in the pantheon of great European directors. Hidden Agenda (1990) won the Special Jury Prize at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival; Riff-Raff (1991),  Raining Stones(1993) won the Cannes Special Jury Prize for 1993, and Land and Freedom (1995) won the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Made in Dagenham

Pago justo

Nigel Cole

UK // 2010 // 113 Minutes // Digital, Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Nigel Cole
Producers: Laurie Borg, Tim Haslam, Elizabeth Karlsen, Chiristine Langan, Norman Merry, Paul White, Stephen Woolley
Screenwriters: William Ivory
Cinematographer: John de Borman
Editor: Michael Parker
Composer: David Arnold
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Lorraine Stanley, Nicola Duffett, Geraldine James, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike

Synopsis

1968. It's a man's world.

But not for long--- From the director Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Saving Grace), Made in Dagenham tells the tale of the 187 women that worked at the Ford Motor companies Dagenham factory - and their struggle to earn equal rights and pay with the 55,000 male workers at the factory.

Director's Biography

Nigel Cole (1959) es un director británico de cine y televisión. Cole comenzó su carrera en los ochenta, dirigiendo shows de actualidad nacional y Documentaryes para Central Independent Television. Saving Grace ganó el Premio World Cinema Audience en el Festival de Cine de Sundance 2000. En 2003 dirigió Calendar Girls. Fue nominado al BAFTA como Mejor Película Británica por Made in Dagenham (2010). También dirigió All in Good Time, y The Wedding Video, en 2012.

Blackfish

Blackfish

Gabriela Cowperthwaite

United States // 2013 // 83 Minutes // Digital/Color // English / Spanish

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Synopsis

Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, a notoriously aggressive orca that killed three people while in captivity. Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite uses shocking footage and emotional interviews to present a convincing case against keeping these wild animals from human entertainment.

Director's Biography

Gabriela Cowperthwaite is a documentary filmmaker who, for more than 12 years, has directed, produced, and written a wide variety of real-life stories for ESPN, DirecTV, National Geographic, and the Discovery and History channels. The inner-city gang documentary City Lax: An Urban Lacrosse Story, which she also wrote, directed, and produced, was recently acquired by ESPN and DirecTV.

Inocente

Inocente

Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

United States // 2012 // 40 Minutes // DCP / Color // English y Spanish with Spanish subtitles.

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Synopsis

A personal and vibrant coming of age story about a young artist's determination never to surrender to the bleakness of her surroundings. At 15, Inocente refuses to let her dream of becoming an artist be caged by being an undocumented immigrant forced to live homeless for the last nine years. Academy Award Winner, Inocente is both a timeless story about the transformative power of art and a timely snapshot of the new face of homelessness in America.

Director's Biography

Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine are Academy Award nominated and three-time Emmy award-winning directors, who have been producing, directing and shooting documentaries for the last decade. Through their work in over thirty countries, Sean and Andrea have been in dangerous war zones to Arctic Circles to bring the unknown human stories to screen. Read More

The Eternal Night of Twelve Moons

La eterna noche de las Doce Lunas

Priscila Padilla

Colombia // 2013 // 87 Minutes // DCP / Color // Wayuunalki with Spanish subtitles.

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Synopsis

In  The eternal night of the twelve moons,  Priscilla Padilla rediscovers the ancient ritual of "lock" with which girls reach adulthood.  Between spectacular scenery of La Guajira and an atmosphere of deep respect, the film manages to document an ancient ritual, lingering only in some communities, which hides much of the magic Wayuu.  In 2013 the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 53^rd Cartagena International Film Festival.

Director's Biography

Documentary filmmaker and screenwriter Priscila Padilla studied cinema in France. Among her works: Los rituales de la ausencia; Ilusiones de radio; Las mujeres cuentan; Como volver a nacer; Los huéspedes de la Guerra  and the awarded Nacimos el 31 de diciembre.

Reportero

Reporter

Bernardo Ruiz

United States / México // 2012 // 90 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

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Synopsis

2012 was the deadliest year on record for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders, and Mexico once again made the top ranks as one of the deadliest countries in the world. A solidly constructed, well-shot documentary about the lethal perils of truth-telling, Reportero focuses on a single journalist, Sergio Haro, and his crusading Tijuana newsweekly, Zeta.

Director's Biography

Bernardo Ruiz is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico. He is the director/producer of American Experience: Roberto Clemente (PBS, 2008), and the co-producer of The Sixth Section (P.O.V. As a director/producer for hire he has directed programs for PBS, MTV, the Discovery Networks, Travel Channel, Planet Green and the National Geographic Channel. In 2007, he founded Quiet Pictures in order to produce aesthetically innovative and socially relevant documentary films for all platforms.

About Face: Supermodels Then and Now

Timothy Greenfield- Sanders

United States // 2012 // 75 Minutes // Digital / Color // English with Spanish subtitles

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Synopsis

Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s lush new film is an intimate view of the women whose images have defined our sense of beauty over the past five decades. An uncensored look at many of the biggest names in modelling, About Face reveals the stories behind the magazine covers displaying these multicultural pioneers.

Director's Biography

Photographer/Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders received his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and M.A. in film from the American Film Institute in L.A. His portraits are in the collections of MOMA, The Metropolitan Museum, The Whitney Museum among others. Contributing photographer to Vanity Fair he directed his first feature documentary Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart in 1997, followed by Thinking XXX in 2004 and About Face in 2012.

Scatter my Ashes at Bergdorf's

Mateo Miele

United States // 2013 // 90 Minutes // DCP / Color // English with Spanish subtitles

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Synopsis

If  Fashion had an address, this would be it! There’s nowhere in the world like Bergdorf Goodman. Itis where Grace Kelly ordered her wedding invitations and Jacqueline Kennedy her Inaugural Ball dress. It is where designers Halston and Michael Kors got their start. Matthew Miele’s sharp documentary features personal recollections, anecdotes and unheard stories from designers, celebrities and employees.

Director's Biography

After a successful career composing music for commercials and a subsequent stint as an accomplished literary agent Matthew Miele began writing and directing films. Previous to Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s, he made Everything’s Jake in 2006, Eavesdrop in 2008 and Symphony for a Suicide in 2010. Recently Miele was hired to pen the life story for the future biopic of the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald.

42

Brian Helgeland

EE.UU. // 2013 // 128 Minutes // DCP / Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Brian Helgeland
Productor: Thomas Tull
Executive Producers: Jason Clark, Dick Cook, Jon Jashni
Screenwriters: Brian Helgeland
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Editors: Peter McNulty, Kevin Stitt
Composer: Mark Isham
Sound Designer: Yann Delpuech
Cast: Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, Ryan Merriman, Lucas Black, Toby Huss, etc.

Synopsis

Hero is the word we hear often in sports, but heroism is not always about achievements on the field of play. 42 tells the story of two men – the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey – whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) wrote and directed this engaging drama starring true Hollywood legend – Harrison Ford.

Director's Biography

Brian Helgeland won an Academy Award in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Curtis Hanson’s acclaimed crime drama L.A. Confidential. Helgeland received his second Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for his screenplay for the drama Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Sean Penn. Heldeland made his feature film directorial debut... Read More

Love is all you need

Amor es todo lo que necesitas

Susanne Bier

Denmark / Sweden / Italy / France / Germany // 2012 // 116 Minutes // Digital / Color // Languages: Danish, English, Italyn with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Susanne Bier
Producers: Vibeke Windeløv, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Executive Producers: Peter Garde, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Screenwriters: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematographer: Morten Søborg
Editors: Pernille Bech Christensen, Morten Egholm
Composer: Johan Söderqvist
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Synopsis

Love Is All You Need is a liberating comedy about simple, yet profound pains and joys, and about moving on in spite of your unhappiness. Warm, funny and life-affirming romantic tale from  Academy Award winning director - Susanne Bier, starring Pierce Brosnan.

Director's Biography

Danish film director Susanne Bier is best known for her feature films Brothers; After the Wedding and the 2011 Academy Award winning In the Better World. Bier is the first, and to date only, female Danish director to have directed two movies nominated for “Best Foreign Language Film” at the Oscars. In 2007 she directed the award winning Things We Lost in the Fire, her first English language film, with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro. Bier recently completed production on Serena starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

Camille Claudel, 1915

Bruno Dumont

France // 2013 // 95 Minutes // Format / Color / White and Black: DCP / Color // French with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Bruno Dumont
Producers: Muriel Merlin, Rachid Bouchareb
Executive Producers: Jean Brehat, Veronique Cayla Screenwriters: Bruno Dumont
Cinematographer: Gaillaume Deffontaines
Editors: Basile Belkhiri, Bruno Dumont
Composer: Phillippe Lecoeur
Sound Designer: Emmanuel Croset
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller, Robert Leroy, Armelle Leroy-Rolland

Synopsis

Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to a mental asylum in the south of France - where she will no longer sculpt - Camille Claudel lives a reclusive life while waiting for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel. Juliette Binoche shines like the genuine star she is - a genius artist played by a brilliant actress.

Director's Biography

Bruno Dumont is a French film director. To date, he has directed seven feature films, Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité (1999) and Flandres (2006) have won the Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival.  Camille Claudel, 1915 is his sixth feature films.

Fruitvale Station

Fruitvale Station

Ryan Coogler

United States // 2013 // 85 Minutes // Digital / Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Ryan Coogler
Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker
Executive Producers: Michael Y. Chow, Lisa Kleiner Chanow, John Kwok, Octavia Spencer
Screenwriters: Ryan Coogler
Cinematographer: Rachel Morrison
Editors: Michael P. Shawver, Claudia S. Castello
Production Design: Hannah Beachler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Ahna O’Reilly, Chad Michael Murray

Synopsis

This is the true story of Oscar Brant, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Fruitvale, the first feature by Ryan Coogler, offers a barometer reading on the state of humanity in American society today.

Director's Biography

Ryan Coogler is a 26-year-old filmmaker from the Bay Area and a graduate of the MFA program at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.  While at USC, Bryan made a few short films including Locks, Gap, and Fig, which won the 2011 HBO Short Film Award at the American Black Film Festival.  His feature script for Fruitvale was selected for the 2012 Sundance Screenwriters Lab.  He also works as a counselor at the juvenile hall in San Francisco.

Holy Motors

Leos Carax

France / Germany // 2012 // 115 Minutes // DCP / White and Black // French, English, Chinese with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Leos Carax
Producers: Martine Marignac, Maurice Tinchant
Executive Producer: Albert Prévost
Screenwriters: Leox Carax
Cinematographer: Caroline Champetier
Editor: Nelly Pharaon
Composer: Julien Bouchez
Sound Designer: Josefina Rodríguez
Cast: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Leos Carax, Elise Lhomeau, Jeanne Disson

Synopsis

Join Monsieur Oscar on his rollicking, soulful journey by limousine through the streets of Paris as he transforms into multiple characters for a series of mysterious “appointments”. Melding monster movie, film noir, romantic drama,musical, crime thriller, anime, Léos Carax’s mirthful, mind-bending masterwork is a ravishing fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again. Holy Motors is 
a love letter to both the City of Lights and the flickering lights of movie magic
 through the years, as embodied by one of the most mischievously original screen 
protagonists in memory.

Director's Biography

French filmmaker, critic and writer Leos Carax is noted for his poetic style and tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984) and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) which was an homage to the French New Wave where he brilliantly... Read More

Hasta La Vista

Come As You Are

Geoffrey Enthoven

Belgium // 2011 // 115 Minutes // DCP / Color // Dutch, French, English with Spanish subtitles.

Film Credits:

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Productor: Mariano Vanhoof
Executive Producers: Asta Philpot, Jan Vrints
Screenwriters: Pierre De Clercq, Asta Philpot, Mariano Vanhoof
Cinematographer: Gerd Schelfhout
Editor: Philippe Rigolle
Composers: Meuris, Papermouth
Sound Designer: Gervaise Demeure
Cast: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karel Vingerhoets, Katelijne Verbeke, Gilles De Schrijver, Xandra Van Welden, Tom Audenaert

Synopsis

Come As You Are is a story about love, unconditional friendship and a road movie in which the journey is more important than the destination.

Director's Biography

Geoffrey Enthoven graduated from KASK in 1999 with M.A in Audio Visual Arts. His short The Undertaker received several awards. He established the production company Fobic Films together with his fellow film fanatic Mariano Vanhoof. In 2001 he directed their debut feature Children of Love. In 2004 Enthoven together with Jacques Boon wrote the script for his second feature The Only One produced in 2006 followed by Happy Together in 2008.

Jeune & Jolie

Joven y Hermosa

Young & Beautiful

François Ozon

France // 2013 // 95 Minutes // DCP / Color // French with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: François Ozon
Productor: Eric Altmayer
Executive Producer: Nicolas Altmayer
Screenwriters: François Ozon
Cinematographer: Pascal Marti
Editor: Laure Gardette
Composer: Philippe Rombi
Sound Designer: Benoit Gargonne
Cast: Marine Vacth, Geraldine Pailhas, Frederic Pierrot, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen, Charlotte Rampling, Lucas Prisor, Stefano Cassetti

Synopsis

Isabelle is a seventeen year old adolescent, who is beginning to explore her sexuality. The film takes place over the course of a year and is divided into four segments, each separated by a song by Françoise Hardy.  François Ozon beautifully tells us this coming of age story without any judgment or any explanation.

Director's Biography

François Ozon was born in Paris in 1967 and received an M.A in film from FEMIS. His first feature Sitcom premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998. Under the Sand in 2000 marked the director’s maturity on the  international arena. His next feature 8 Women had an unprecedented cast of film legends including Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Cathering Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virgine Ledoyen and turned into a commercial success. Ozon’s other films include In the House (2012); Potiche (2010); Ricky (2009); Angel (2007); Time to Leave (2005); Swimming Pool (2003).

Syngué Sabor


La Piedra de la paciencia

The Patience Stone

Atiq Rahimi


Afghanistan, France, German, England // 2012 // 102 Minutes // DCP/Color
 // Persian with Spanish subtitles.

Film Credits:

Director: Atiq Rahimi

Productor: Michael Gentile
Executive Producer: Belloq Benedicte, Hani Farsi

Screenwriters: Jean-Claude Carriere, Atiq Rahimi

Cinematographer: Thierry Arbogast

Editor: Herve de Luze

Composer: Max Richter

Sound Designer: Noemi Hampel

Cast: Golfshifteh Farahani, Hamidrez Javdan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat

Synopsis

Somewhere, in a country torn apart by a war, a young woman in her thirties (Golshifteh Farahani ) watches over her older husband in a decrepit room. Not only is he abandoned by his companions of the Jihad, but also by his brothers.

Director's Biography

Atiq Rahimi was born in Kabul. He fled Afghanistan in 1984 after the Soviet Union invaded his country, and found political asylum in France, where he studied film at the Sorbonne. He leapt to international prominence with the publication in 2002 of his book Earth and Ashes, which he adapted into a prize-winning film that screened at various Festivals in 2004. Eight years later, he returns with The Patience Stone, adapted from his novel of the same name, which won the illustrious Prix Goncourt in 2008.

Operación E

Miguel Courtois Paternina

France / Spain // 2012 // 108 Minutes // Color / DCP // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Miguel Courtois Paternina
Producers: Luis Tosar, Marisa Castelo, Farruco Castroman
Executive Producer: Cristina Zumárraga
Screenwriters: Antonio Onetti
Cinematographer: Josu Inachaustegui
Editor: Jean-Paul Husson
Composer: Thierry Westermeyer
Sound Designer: Gabriel Gutiérrez
Cast: Samuel Enrique Villar Blanco, Luis Tosar, Martina García, Gilberto Ramírez, Sigifredo Vega, Farruco Castroman, Humberto Rivera, Francisco Pérez

Synopsis

This political thriller with astonishing cinematography presents a stunning performance by Spanish actor Luis Tosar.  The world awaits the release of little Emmanuel, a child born in captivity to Clara Rojas, kidnapped by the FARC. Instead the child is given to a farmer who will fight a lonely battle against the Colombian secret services and the FARC to survive and protect his family.

Director's Biography

Of French and Spanish background Miguel Courtois Paternina is a philosophy teacher and fashion photographer who also worked for the Sygma agency. Preuve D’amour (1987) was his first feature film.  His Spanish debut was El Lobo (2004) which won two Goya awards. His knack for politically charged themes went on with GAL (2006), the documentary on the 11-M terrorist attack, and in 2012 he returned with Operación E.

À perdre la raison

Perder La Razón

Our Children

Joachim Lafosse

Belgium / Luxembourg / France / Switzerland // 2012 // 111 Minutes // DCP / Color // French, Arabic with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Joachim Lafosse
Producción: Jacques-Henri Brockart, Olivier Bronckart
Executive Producers: Sylvie Pialat, Jani Thiltges, Theirry Spicher
Screenwriters: Thomas Bidegain, Joachim Lafosse, Matthieu Reynaert
Cinematographer: Jean-Francois Hensgens
Editor: Sophie Vercruysse
Composers: Henri Maikoff, Ingrid Simon, Thomas Gauder
Sound Designer: Thomas Gauder
Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Baya Belal, Stephane Bissot, Mounia Raoui

Synopsis

Turning a gruesome real-life incident into an arresting portrait of one woman’s gradual slide towards the unspeakable, Our Children (A perdre la raison), represents another tightly wound study of domestic malaise from Belgian auteur Joachim Lafosse.Our Children was critically heralded as one of the top art-house world cinema films of 2012 and Belgium’s official entry for the 2013 Academy Awards. 

Director's Biography

Born in 1975 in Brussels, Joachim Lafosse is a scriptwriter, filmmaker, author and theatre director.  He went from shorts to features in 2004 with his first drama Private Madness. In 2006 he directed What makes you happy and Private Property starring Isabelle Hupert and Jérémie Renier. In 2008, his fourth feature Private Lessons played at the  “Quinzaine des Réalisateurs”. A Perdre la raison (Our Children) is his fifth feature.

Reality

Matteo Garrone

Italy / France // 2012 // 116 Minutes // DCP / Color // Italian, Neapolitan, English, Latin with Spanish subtitles.

Film Credits:

Director: Matteo Garrone
Producers: Matteo Garrone, Jean Labadie, Jean-Charles Mille
Executive Producers: Domenico Procacci, Bernard Tanguy
Screenwriters: Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Ugo Chiti, Maurizio Braucci
Cinematographer: Marco Onorato
Editor: Marco Spoletini
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Sound Designer: Daniela Bassani
Cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Lorio, Nunzia Schiano, Rosaria S’Urso, Claudia Gerini, Raffaele Ferrante, Paola Minaccioni

Synopsis

Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia. Directed by Matteo Garrone, Reality won the Grand Prix of the jury at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Director's Biography

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone. In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah in 2008. His latest film Reality won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Renoir

Gilles Bourdos

France // 2012 // 111 Minutes // DCP / Color // French e Italian with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Gilles Bourdos
Producers: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Executive Producer: Christine De Jekel
Screenwriters: Gilles Bourdos, Jacques Renoir, Michel Spinosa, Jerome Tonnerre
Cinematographer: Ping Bin Lee
Editor: Yannick Kergoat
Composer: Alexande Desplat
Sound Designer: Valerie Deloof
Cast: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret, Rmane Bohringer, Michele Gleizer, Laurent Poitrenaux, Sylviane Goudal, Solene Rigot, Carlo Brandt

Synopsis

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir - son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.

Director's Biography

Gilles Bourdos was born in Nice. In 1998 he made his film début at Cannes Film Festival with Disparus. His second critically acclaimed feature Inquietudes came out in 2003 followed by his first English language film, Afterwards (2008) starring John Malkovich. In 2012 his widely acclaimed film Renoir competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Grandmaster

Yi dai zong shi

Kar Wai Wong

2013 // 130 Minutes // DCP / Color // Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Kar Wai Wong
Producers: Jacky Pang Yee Wah, Kar Wai Wong
Executive Producers: Ye-cheng Chanm, Megan Ellison, Dai Song
Screenwriters: Kar Wai Wong, Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu
Cinematographer: Philippe Le Sourd
Editor: Willian Chang
Composers: Nathaniel Mechaly, Shigeru Umebayashi
Sound Designer: Robert Mackenzie
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hye-kyo Song, Cung Le, Chen Chang, Woo-ping Yuen, Jin Zhang, Benshan Zhao, Julian Cheung, Meng Lo, Qingxiang Wang, Cheung-Yan Yuen

Synopsis

The Grandmaster is the highly-anticipated new film by acclaimed director Wong Kar Wai. Six years in the planning and three years in the making, The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung-fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.

Director's Biography

Born in Shanghai, Wong Kar Wai moved at the age of five to Hong-Kong. He was recognized as one of the most promising filmmakers, in 1988, with his first feature film As Tears Go By. In 1994, Chungking Express was the first of his films to break internationally. He directed Fallen Angels (1995),  Happy Together (1997) which earned him the Best Director Prize at Cannes, In the Mood for Love (2000) , and My Blueberry Nights (2007). His latest films are: The Lady from Shanghai and The Grandmaster.

Wadjda

Haifaa Al- Mansoure

Saudi Arabia / Germany // 2012 // 98 Minutes // DCP / Color // Arabic with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Producers: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
Executive Producers: Christian Granderath, Louise Nemschoff, Bettina Ricklefs, Rena Ronson, Hala Sarhan
Screenwriters: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Cinematographer: Lutz Reitemeier
Editor: Andreas Wodraschke
Composer: Max Richter
Sound Designer: Sebastian Schmidt, Marc Meusinger, Olaf Mehl
Cast: Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf, Dana Abdullilah, Rehab Ahmed, Rafa Al Sanea

Synopsis

The first film ever shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, Wadjda is the story of an independent-minded, cheeky ten-year-old girl growing up in a world of rules and restrictions who wants to buy a bike so she can race with her neighbor, Abdullah, who she shouldn't be playing with.

Director's Biography

Haifaa Al Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia and is regarded as one of the most significant cinematic figures in the Kingdom. The success of her three short films, as well as the international acclaim of her 2005 award-winning documentary Women Without Shadows, became the front-page cover story and influenced a whole new wave of Saudi filmmakers starting the discussion about opening cinemas. Wadjda is her first dramatic feature film which she wrote and directed.

Anina

Alfredo Soderguit

Uruguay / Colombia // 2013 // 80 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Alfredo Soderguit
Producers: Julián Goyoaga, Jhonny Hendrix
Executive Producer: German Tejeira
Screenwriters: Federico Ivanier, Alfredo Soderguit, German Tejeira, Julián Goyoaga, Alejo Schettini
Cinematographer: Juan Carve, Paulo Pérez
Composers: Bruno Boselli, Gastón Otero, Guillermo Pesoa
Sound Designer: Sergio Stempniewicz
Cast: Federica Lacaño, María Mendive, Cesar Troncoso, Cristina Moran, Petru Valenski, Roberto Suarez, Gimena Fajardo, Florencia Zabaleta, Guillermina Pardo, Lucia Parrilla

Synopsis

A fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments.

Director's Biography

Alfredo Soderguit started as an illustrator of children’s books. Specialized in art direction, he has produced many cartoons and illustrated several books, including Anina Yatay Salas, which inspired him for the film.

Besos de Azúcar

Carlos Cuarón

Mexico // 2013 // 87 Minutes // DCP / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Carlos Cuarón
Producers: Alex García, Carlos Cuarón
Executive Producers: Santiago García Galván, Alejandra Guevara
Screenwriters: Carlos Cuarón, Luis Usabiaga
Cinematographer: Kenji Katori
Editor: Mariana Rodríguez
Composers: Pablo Lach, Felipe Pérez Santiago
Sound Designer: Isabel Muñoz
Cast: Cesar Kancino, Daniela Arce, Kristyan Ferrer, Verónica Falcón, Yolanda Martínez, Paloma Arredondo, Enrique Arreola, Héctor Jiménez

Synopsis

Wide-eyed and naive, 13-year-old Nacho (Kancino) is in love with pretty Mayra (Daniela Arce), which would be fine if she weren’t the daughter of Diabla (Veronica Falcon), a corrupted woman who controls the market stalls where Nacho’s iniquitous stepdad (Enrique Arreola) makes a living. After the tremendous success of Y tu mamá también academy award nominated Carlos Cuaron returns with this tale of young love to make us smile.

Director's Biography

Carlos Cuarón (Mexico City, 1966) is a screenwriter and film director. He has been nominated for an Oscar for best original screenplay for the film Y tu mamá también and won in the same category the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. In 1991 he won an Ariel for best original screenplay for Sólocon tu pareja. He debuted as a director in the feature film Rudo y cursi.

Blancanieves

Snow White

Pablo Berger

Spain / France / Belgium // 20212 // 104 Minutes // DCP / White and Black // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Pablo Berger
Producers: Ibon Cormenzana, Jerome Vidal
Executive Producers: Gilles Waterkeyn, Jeremy Burdek
Screenwriters: Pablo Berger
Cinematographer: Kiko de la Rica
Editor: Fernando Franco
Composer: Alfonso de Vilallonga
Sound Designer: Flipe Arago
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Pere Ponce, Macarena García, Sofía Oria, Ramón Barea, Emilio Gaviria, Sergio Dorado

Synopsis

Winner of ten Goyas in 2013, Snow White, is a Spanish black and white adaptation of the eternal fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, but with bullfighting being a major thematic difference.

Pablo Berger silent, black and white, expressionist, virtuoso in his classically vintage mise-en-scene film, is a triumph of real cinema and invention, folk culture and Iberian poetry.

Director's Biography

Pablo Berger was born in Bilbao, Spain. After winning a scholarship for his short film Mama (88), Berger earned his M.F.A. in film from New York University. His first feature Torremolinos 73 (03) was one of Spain’s biggest box-office hits of that year starring Javier Cámara, and Candela Peña. Blancanieves (12) is his second feature film.

Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla

Cinco de Mayo, The Battle

Rafa Lara

Mexico // 2013 // 125 Minutes // Color / DSP Digital y 35mm // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Rafa Lara
Producers: Paco Gallástegui, Rafa Lara, Emilio Azcárraga Jean y Bernardo Gómez
Executive Producer: Paco Gallástegui
Screenwriters: Rafa Lara
Cinematographer: Germán Lammers
Editors: Rafa Lara, Francisco Rivera
Composer: Nacho Rettally
Sound Designer: Pablo Lach
Cast: Christian Vásquez, Liz Gallardo, William Miller, Javier Oliván, José Carlos Montes, Gines García Millán, Angélica Aragón, Mario Zaragoza, Daniel Martínez, Javier Díaz Dueñas, Kuno Bécker

Synopsis

1862: The invincible French army led by Napoleon III has invaded Mexico to install a monarchy with the conservative Mexicans, with the final objective of invading the United States by uniting with the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. General Ignacio Zaragoza prepares to defend his country in the city of Puebla, at the head of an inexperienced army with lesser numbers and inferior weaponry. During the months prior to this decisive battle a romance emerges between Juan and Citlali, two humble Mexicans that have joined the defense, a mission that seems impossible.

Director's Biography

Rafa Lara, born in Mexico City in 1972, directed a political fiction at 22 called Bienestar para tu familia. Afterwards he worked on several documentaries for Discovery Channel. He has made shorts, video clips and marketing campaigns. He created Al filo de la ley (2005) in the United States, the first Latina series made with the same standards of structure, format and quality as other American series. His features include: La Milagrosa; El Quinto Mandamiento;  Labios Rojos and Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (Mexico, 2013).

El Artista y La Modelo

Fernando Trueba

España / Francia // 2012 // 105 Minutos // DCP / Blanco y Negro // Francés, Catalán, Español

Créditos:

Director: Fernando Trueba Productores: Fernando Trueba, Anne Deluz
Productora Ejecutiva: Cristina Huete
Guion: Fernando Trueba, Jean-Claude Carriere
Cinematografía: Daniel Villar
Editor: Marta Velasco
Compositor: Eduardo G. Castro
Diseño de sonido: Pierre Gamet
Reparto: Jean Rochefort, Aida Folch, Claudia Cardinale, Gotz Otto, Chus Lampreave, Christian Sinniger, Martin Gamet, Mateo Deluz

Sinopsis

La leyenda de la pantalla europea Claudia Cardinale, la gran dama del cine español; Chus Lampreave y la maravillosa estrella de cine francés Jean Rochefort, se unen para representar una increíble historia humana en El Artista y La Modelo de Fernando Trueba.

Biografía del Director

El director Fernando Trueba es ganador del Premio de la Academia por Belle Epoque (1993), un Oso de Plata por El Año de las luces(1986), y varios Goyas. Sus películas incluyen Ópera Prima (1980), Mientras el cuerpo aguante (1982), Sal gorda (1983), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985), El sueño del mono loco (1989), Two Much (1995), La niña de tus ojos (1998), Calle 54 ( 2000 ), El embrujo de Shanghai ( 2002 ), El milagro de Candeal (2004), El baile de la Victoria (2009) y Chico y Rita (2010).

Heli

Amat Escalante

Mexico / France / Germany / Netherlands // 2013 // 105 Minutes // DCP / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Amat Escalante
Producers: Jaime Romandia, Amat Escalante, Nicolás Celis
Executive Producers: Titus Kreyenberg, Carlos Reygadas
Screenwriters: Amat Escalante, Gabriel Reyes
Cinematographer: Lorenzo Hegerman
Editor: Natalia López
Composers: Catriel Vildosola, Sergio Díaz
Sound Designer: Vincent Arnardi
Cast: Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios, Kenny Johnston

Synopsis

Estela is a 12-year-old girl who has just fallen madly in love with a young police cadet who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve their dream, her family will experience the violence that is devastating the region. Heli won Best Director award at the 66^th edition of Cannes and was chosen to represent Mexico at the Oscars.

Director's Biography

Amat Escalante, self-taught filmmaker from Guanajuato Mexico, began to work in cinema at the age of 15. After making two short films, he wrote and directed Blood, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2005 and received the FIPRESCI International Critics Award. The Bastards, his second film also premiered at Cannes under Un Certain Regard competition in 2008. Heli is his third feature film.

Inevitable

Jorge Algora

Spain / Argentina // 2013 // 97 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Jorge Algora
Productor: Adivina - Zarlek
Executive Producer: Susana Maceiras
Screenwriters: Jorge Algora, Hector Carré. (Adaptación de la obra de Mario Diament)
Cinematographer: Suso Bello
Editor: Guillermo Represa
Composer: Berrogüetto
Sound Designer: Alberto Suarez
Cast: Federico Luppi, Darío Grandinetti, Mabel Rivera, Carolina Peleritti y Antonela Costa

Synopsis

Fabián (Darío Grandinetti) meets a famous blind writer (Federico Luppi), and following his advises, he embarks himself on a relationship with Alicia (Antonella Costa), a young sculptress that he considers his inevitable love.

Director's Biography

Jorge de Benito Algora was born in Madrid in January 1963. He studied at the Royal Music Conservatory of Madrid and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his first film in 1984 and since then, up until today, he has worked consistently in directing and producing films, documentaries, television programs and advertising spots. His films include: Inevitable (2013), A pesar de todo, te quiero (2011), El niño de barro(2007), Mintiendo a la vida (2005), La mirada de Anna (2009 Documentary), Camino de Santiago and El origen (2004 Documentary).

Irremediablemente Juntos

Together

Jorge Luís Sánchez

Cuba // 2012 // 119 Minutes // 2KDCP // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Jorge Luís Sánchez
Productor: Humberto Hernández
Executive Producers: Isabel Prendes, Jorge Ruiz, Enrique Álvarez
Screenwriters: : Jorge Luís Sánchez
Cinematographer: : Jorge Luís Sánchez
Editor: Manuel Iglesias
Music: Juan Manuel Ceruto
Sound Designer: Olivia Hernández
Cast: Orián Suárez, Ariadna Núñez, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Wilfredo Candebat, Fela Jar, Abelardo López, Mireya Chapman, Luis Ángel Batista, Alfredo Reyes, Monse Duany, Yaikenys Rojas, Carlos Cruz, David Hernández, Annierys Cárdenas

Synopsis

The story Liz and Alexander, whose love is strongly opposed by the families, is told through music, song and dance. Their families’ objective to their love forces them to take a radical decision, without wanting it, that will set them on a path that is very different from the values with which they were raised. Based on a play, Pogolotti-Miramar, defending their love will propel these young people unveil serious conflicts within Cuban reality.

Director's Biography

Jorge Luís Sánchez, founder of the National Federation of Film Clubs in Cuba, began to work with ICAIC as a camera assistant, director’s assistant then first director’s assistant. He studied drama, aesthetic and history of film. He has worked at ICAIC and the International Film and TV School of San Antonio. His articles on film have been published in the Revista Cine Cubano.

Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi

Witching and Bitching

Álex de la Iglesia

Spain / France // 2013 // 112 Minutes // DCP / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Productor: Enrique Cerezo
Executive Producer: Enrique Cerezo
Screenwriters: Álex de la Iglesia, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Cinematographer: : Kiko de la Rica
Editor: Pablo Blanco
Composer: Joan Valent
Sound Designer: Charly Valent
Principales Actuaciones: Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordoñez, Carlos Areces, Santiago Segura, Secun de la Rosa, Macarena Gómez, Gabriel Delgado, Carmen Maura

Synopsis

When your marriage has you on the brink and your bank account in red, it's time to rob a Cash-for-Gold shop. That's the last-ditch decision made by a group of desperate guys led by divorced dad José… Álex de la Iglesia ‘s new film charms with unexpected twists and unrelenting momentum building a wild peak of zany spectacle.

Director's Biography

Álex de la Iglesia was born in Bilbao and holds a philosophy degree from the University of Deusto. His first feature Acción Mutante, an outrageous sci-fi comedy about disabled terrorists, had a triumphant debut in 1993. Since then, he has become one of Spain's most important directors, making such hits as Ferpect Crime (2004) and The Last Circus (2010).

Lo que queda de vida

Remains of Life

Isaías San Martín

Spain // 2013 // 80 Minutes // Full HD, Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Isaías San Martín
Productor: Isaías San Martín Executive Producer: Isaías San Martín
Screenwriters: Isaías San Martín
Cinematographer: Javier García
Editor: Javier García
Music: Javier García
Sound Designer: Javier García

Synopsis

Bruno is a child who suffers from the constant psychological abuse of his father, who blames him for his own failures. Though this does affect him, Bruno is able to live an almost normal life thanks to the love of his mother. But as the years go by, the love ends and hate is born along with a desire for revenge.

Director's Biography

Isaías San Martín is a Chilean producer who has lived in Spain for the past 7 years. He is a self-taught director with a passion for telling stories about people. Although he has been writing for a long time, this is the first time one of his stories is being told on the big screen. During this creative process, he met Javier García who has the experience and technical know-how to develop this project. Together they made it happen.

Tesis sobre un homicidio

Thesis on a Homicide

Hernán Goldfrid

Argentina / Spain // 2013 // 106 Minutes // Digital/Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Hernán Goldfrid
Producers: Diego Dubcovsky, Gerardo Herrero
Executive Producers: Daniel Burman, Mariela Busuievsky, Jimena Blanco
Screenwriters: Patricio Vega, basada en la novela de Diego Paszkowski’s
Cinematographer: Rodrigo Pulpeiro
Editor: Pablo Barbieri
Composer: Sergio Moure De Oteyza
Sound Designer: Jesica SuárezCast: Ricardo Darín, Alberto Ammann, Calu Rivero, Arturo Puig, Fabian Arenillas, Mara Bestelli, Antonio Ugo

Synopsis

The life of Roberto Bermúdez (Ricardo Darin), a specialist in criminal law, changes when suddenly he becomes convinced that one of his brightest students – Gonzalo (Alberto Amman), is the author of a brutal murder committed in front of the Law School where he teaches. Determined to reveal his version of the crime, Roberto initiates an investigation on his own that haunts him to the darkest thoughts. The truth is close but what is the price to pay for it?

Director's Biography

Born in 1979, Hernán Goldfrid is an Argentinean film director who initiated his career as an actor and who moved behind the camera in 2001as an assistant of director for various television and film productions. Goldfrid gained massive media and audience attention in 2009 after directing the incredibly successful Argentinean romantic comedy Music on Hold.  Thesis on a Homicide is his second feature length film.

Zipi y Zape y el Club de la Canica

Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang

Óskar Santos

Spain // 2013 // 92 Minutes // DCP / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Óskar Santos
Production: Fernando Bovaira, Francisco Ramos, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gamero, Koldo Zuazua
Executive Producers: Fernando Bovaira, Juan Moreno
Screenwriters: Jorge Lara, Francisco Roncal
Cinematographer: Josu Inchaustegui
Edition: Carolina Martínez Urbina
Composer: Fernando Velázquez
Sound Designer: Aitor Berenguer, Gabriel Gutiérrez
Cast: Javier Gutiérrez, Daniel Cerezo, Raúl Rivas, Claudia Vega, Marcos Ruiz, Fran García, Christian Mulas

Synopsis

Two of Spain's favourite comic book characters, Zip and his twin brother Zap have entertained children for decades. Now they come to life in an action-packed adventure full of mystery, friendship, and hilarious turn-outs which for sure will make audiences want more.

Director's Biography

Oskar Santos has worked in both television and film. He is the writer and director of the short films Torre (2000), and El soñador (2004), and director of the feature For the Good of Others (2010). His latest feature is Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang.

Pulling Strings

Amor A Primera Visa

Pitipol Ybarra

United States / Mexico // 2013 // 110 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish/ English with English subtitles y Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Pedro Pablo “Pitipol” Ybarra
Producers: Leonardo Zimbron, Oscar Torres
Executive Producers: Francisco González Compeán, Mónica Vargas Celis
Screenwriters: Oscar Torres, Issa Lopez, Gabriel Ripstein y Georgina Riedel
Cinematographer: Alejandro Pérez Gavilán
Editor: Camilo Abadía
Cast: Laura Ramsey, Jaime Camil, Omar Chaparro, with Tom Arnold and Stockard Channing

Synopsis

Pulling Strings is a bilingual comedy starring Jamie Camil. Alejandro (Jaime Camil) and his loyal best friend Canicas (Omar Chaparro) are hardworking mariachi singers looking for fame in Mexico City.

Director's Biography

Pedro Ybarrra (Pitipol) was born in 1967. At the age of 18 he began his film career in the area of production. By 20, he worked as a director’s assistant for TV commercials. In 1992 he began to work as an assistant under the direction of Pedro Torres. He made around 50 video clips for various artists for which he won various national and international distinctions. Between 2001 and 2004, he worked with two prestigious film companies, Focus and García Bross in Mexico. In 2006 he was invited to direct 4 chapters of the first season of Capadocia for HBO. In 2011 he made his first film, El cielo en tu mirada. Amor a primera Visa is his second feature film.

Hugo, Paco, Luis y tres chicas de rosa

Edmundo H. Rodríguez

Puerto Rico, Argentina // 2013 // 95 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Producers: Sandra Teres, Gilberto A. Rodríguez, Sandra Rivera
Productor Ejecutivos: Iván de Paz, Fernando Huberman, Oscar Azar
Screenwriters: Gilberto A. Rodríguez
Cinematographer: Willie Berríos
Editor: Alberto Ponce
Composer: Ruy Folguera
Sound Designer: Jorge Stavropulos & Alexis Stavropulos
Cast: Nicolás Pauls, Sandra Teres, Fernando Tarrazo, Agustina Lecouna, Camila Monclova, Ezequiel Stremiz, Cristina Sesto y René Monclova.

Synopsis

Hugo, a dispirited English Lit. Professor sets out on a one-way trip in search of a lighthouse. Halfway there he meets Paco, an 18 year-old smart ass hitching a ride West. The road takes the unlikely pair to a greasy spoon in the middle of nowhere, where three peculiar waitresses persuade them to stay the night and unknowingly, change their lives.

Director's Biography

Edmundo H. Rodríguez is an outstanding and disciplined director with a degree from the NYU Film School. He continued studying film in UCLA. He has worked as a producer and director of commercials, documentaries, TV specials and video clips for companies like Guastella, Zaga Films and Latitude 18 Films. Among his most notable work is the short film Una  noche en Hollywood and the films Las dos caras de Jano (2008) and Desamores (2004) based on novels by Wilfredo Mattos Cintrón.

Todas Las Mujeres

All The Women

Mariano Barroso

Spain // 2013 // 90 Minutes // Dcp 1:1,78, B&N y Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Producers: Tnt, Kasbah
Executive Producers: Domingo Corral, Rafael Portela
Screenwriters: Alejandro Hernández, Mariano Barroso
Cinematographer: Raquel Fernández
Editor: Pablo Más
Music: Ray Marhuenda
Sound Designer: David Rodriguez
Cast: Eduard Fernández, Petra Martínez, Nathalie Poza, Michelle Jenner, María Morales, Lucía Quintana, Marta Larralde

Synopsis

This is the story of Nacho, a veterinarian who has decides to confront all the women who have been significant in his life. His list of women includes his lover, his mother, his therapist, his partner, his ex-girlfriend and his sister-in-law. He has unfinished business with all of them and must confront each one of them to resolve it.

Director's Biography

In 1993 Mariano Barroso directed and co-wrote his first feature film, Mi hermano del alma and in 1995 directed Éxtasis, Los lobos de Washington and in 2000, Kasbah. In 2001 he directed Time of the Butterflies withSalma Hayek, Marc Anthony, Edward J. Olmos and Mia Maestro for American television. In 2005, he presented Hormigas en la boca. In 2007 he directed an episode of Invisibles, produced by Javier Bardem Doctors without Borders and won a Goya for best documentary. In February 2012 he showed his second to the last film, Lo mejor de Eva.

CORES

COLORES

Francisco García

Brasil // 2012 // 95 Minutes // Digital / White and Black // Portuguese, English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Francisco García
Producers: André Gevaerd, Sara Silveira
Executive Producers: Guilherme Pinheiro, Maria Ionescu
Screenwriters: Francisco García, Gabriel Campos
Cinematographer: Alziro Barbosa
Editor: André Gevaerd
Composer: Wilson Sukorski
Sound Designer: Tiago Bittencourt
Cast: Acauã Sol, Simone Iliescu, Pedro di Pietro, María Celia Camargo, Guilherme Leme, Tonico Pereira, Graça de Andrade

Synopsis

In his first feature drama Colors director Francisco Garcia sets despair, dreams and experimental electronic music as a background for three young people in their early thirties in the special times of Brazil’s economic growth. These three characters who theoretically should have it all --- become victims of the consumer society, its ignorance and its cruelty.  

Director's Biography

Born in São Paulo in 1980, Francisco García gained attention by directing shorts such as Desequilibrium (2004), and Nanoilusion (2006), scripted by Bráulio Mantovani (City of God; Elite Squad) also The Tail of The Dinosaur winners of national and international awards. Garcia currently is developing the project of the feature film Mara Tara (winner of the prize for Development of Cinematographic Scripts of Feature Films by the Ministry of Culture in 2008) based on characters by cartoon artist Angeli.  Cores is his first feature film.

El Verano de los Peces Voladores

The Summer of Flying Fish

Marcela Said

Chile / France // 2013 // 87 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Marcela Said
Productor: Bruno Bettati
Executive Producer: Tom Dercourt
Screenwriters: Marcela Said, Julio Rojas
Cinematographer: Inti Briones
Editor: Jean de Certeau
Composer: Alexander Zekke
Sound Designer: Nicolas Leroy
Cast: Gregory Cohen, Francisca Walker, María Izquierdo, Emilia Lara, Bastián Bodenhofer, Carlos Cayuqueo, Roberto Cayuqueo, Guillermo Lorca

Synopsis

Manena is the headstrong adolescent daughter of Pancho, a rich Chilean landowner who devotes his vacation to one thing: the invasion of his artificial lagoon by carps fish. While he employs increasingly radical methods, Manena has her first romantic experiences and heartbreak discovering a silent world in the shadow of her own.  

Director's Biography

Marcela Said was born in Santiago, Chile. In 1995 she graduated from the Catholic University of Santiago with a degree in Aesthetics. In 1998, she got a Master’s Degree in Media and Language at La Sorbonne University. After four documentary films, including El Mocito, selected at the Berlinale Forum in 2011. The Summer of Flying Fish is her first feature.

Fin

The End

Jorge Torregrossa

Spain // 2012 // 90 Minutes // DCP / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Jorge Torregrossa
Production: Fernando Bovaira, Enrique Lavigne, Belén Atienza
Executive Producers: Juan Moreno, Ricardo García Arrojo
Screenwriters: Sergio G. Sánchez, Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Cinematographer: José David Montero
Editor: Carolina Martínez Urbina
Composer: Lucio Godoy
Sound Designer: Daniel Urdiales
Cast: Miquel Fernández, Antonio Garrido, Daniel Grao, Clara Lago, Eugenio Mira, Blanca Romero, Carmen Ruiz, Maribel Verdú

Synopsis

Based on a novel by David Monteagudo, Fin, a heartbreaking thriller with elements of drama, suspense and intense emotions follows a group of old friends gathering for a weekend getaway in the mountains. Years have gone and yet nothing seems to have changed between them. However behind the laughter and old stories, there is a dark episode from the past that continues to haunt them.

Director's Biography

Although Fin is his first feature, Jorge Torregrossa has been directing for over 20 years. In early 90s after receiving the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmaker Award Torregrossa moved to New York City to study filmmaking at the Tisch School of Arts. There he made several shorts including Family Pictures and Desire which won over 25 international. Currently he is finishing his second feature Unexpected Life starring Javier Camara.

Las Mariposas de Sadourní

Sadourni’s Butterflies

Darío Nardi

Argentina / UK / Italy // 2012 // 94 Minutes // DCP / Black and White // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Darío Nardi
Producers: Darío Nardi, Donald K. Ranvaud
Executive Producers: Enrica de Biasi, Pier Navoni
Screenwriters: Darío Nardi
Cinematographer: Mariano Cuneo
Editor: Alberto Ponce
Composer: Pablo Crespo
Sound Designer: Federico Billordo
Cast: Antonella Costa, Cristian Medrano, Alejandro Sergi

Synopsis

In this stunningly visual homage to the silent cinema with a touch of film noir, an alienated dwarf clown goes to extreme measures to change his physical appearance and fit in with society following his release from prison for murder. An astonishing Felliniesque delve into murder, passion, betrayal and reinvention, Dario Nardi's ambitious Sadourni's Butterflies is a beautifully strange and at times surreal bit of cinema.

Director's Biography

Born in Rosario, Argentina, Dario Nardi studied filmmaking at the Escuela de Cine de Avellaneda in Buenos Aires and animation with filmmaker Luis Brass. In 1992 he made his debut with the short Confutatis, Sadourni's Butterflies is his first feature. After spending years in Mexico City, Nardi is currently teaching at the Instituto Superior De Comunicacion Visual in his hometown Rosario.  

Melaza

Molasses

Carlos Lechuga

Cuba / France / Panama // 2013 // 80 Minutes // Color / DCP // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Carlos Lechuga
Producers: Claudia Calvino, Inti Herrera
Executive Producers: Alejandro Tovar, Bernardo Kenny, Alejandro Brugués.
Screenwriters: Carlos Lechuga
Cinematographer: Ernesto Calzado, Luis Franco
Editor: Luis Ernesto Donas
Composer: Jesús Cruz
Sound Designer: Rubén Valdés
Cast: Yuliet Cruz, Armando Miguel Gómez, Luis Antonio Gotti, Ana Gloria Buduen, Carolina Márquez, Yaite Ruiz, Augusto Posso, Jorge Caballero, Doris Gutiérrez

Synopsis

With the closure of the sugar mill, the little town of Molasses is devastated and lifeless. Aldo and Monica form a young married couple that do not find a way to survive. By supporting each other, they try to save their world without loosing their faith. New talent Carlos Lechuga tells this critical story with humor and sparse dialogue, taking us on a journey to the beauties of rural Cuba.

Director's Biography

After graduating as a film director from the Institute of Superior Arts in Cuba, Carlos Lechuga continued his studies as a screenwriter at the International School of Film and Television. Eventually he made his first steps with shorts such as Los Banistas and Cuca y el pollo for which he was praised by critics and received several international awards. Melaza is Lechuga’s first feature drama.

Tanta Agua

So Much Water

Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge

Uruguay / Mexico / Netherlands / Germany // 2013 // 102 Minutes // DCP/Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Directores: Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
Producers: Agustina Chiarino, Fernando Epstein
Executive Producer: Agustina Chiarino
Screenwriters: Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
Cinematographer: María Secco
Editors: Yibran Assaud, Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge
Composer: Maximiliano Angelieri
Sound Designer: Daniel Yafalian
Cast: Néstor Guzzini, Malú Chouza, Joaquín Castiglioni, Sofía Azambuya, Andrés Zunini, Romina Rocca, Valentino Muffolini

Synopsis

Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Things don't turn out as planned as the non-stop rain forces them to stay indoors, away from the pools and with no TV. Alberto's efforts to entertain his children are met with indifference by Federico, his youngest son, and Lucía, his teenage daughter.

Director's Biography

Ana Guevara was born in Montevideo in 1980 and Leticia Jorge in 1981. They became close friends while studying Communication Sciences at the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Catholic University of Uruguay. They began writing together and in 2006 directed their first short El cuarto de fondo under the production company “Half Lemon Films”. In 2008 they joined forces once again to produce their second short  Corredores de Verano  already associated with “Control Z Films”. So Much Water is their first joint feature drama.

Everyone has a Plan

Todos Tenemos Un Plan

Ana Piterbarg

Argentina / Spain / Germany // 2012 // 118 minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Ana Piterbarg
Producers: Mariela Besuievski, Vanessa Ragone, Gerardo Herrero
Executive Producers: Mariela Besuievski, Vanessa Ragone
Screenwriters: Ana Piterbarg, Ana Cohan
Cinematographer: Lucio Bonelli
Editors: Irene Blucua, Alejandro Lázaro
Composers: Lucio Godoy, Federico Jusid
Sound Designer: Eduardo Esquide
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego, Javier Godino, Sofía Gala, Oscar Alegre, Joaquín Daniel, Carolina Román

Synopsis

Agustín, a man living an unfulfilled life in Buenos Aires, returns to the Tigre Delta land of his childhood to assume the identity of his recently deceased identical twin, only to fall into the local criminal underworld in which his brother had become involved.  Vigo Mortensen gives an excellent performance playing identical twin brothers in Ana Piterbarg’s first film.

Director's Biography

After graduating from the film school ENERC in Argentina, Ana Piterbarg started her career as an assistant to a variety of directors on several local TV channels producing many shows as well as documentaries. In 2004 she directed her first short titled Don’t Look. Everybody has a plan received an important support from the Bunuel Institute from Spain which helped her  produce and direct her first feature.

Workers

José Luis Valle

Mexico / Germany // 2012 // 130 Minutes // Blu Ray / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: José Luis Valle
Productor: José Luis Valle
Executive Producer: Elsa Reyes
Screenwriters: José Luis Valle
Cinematographer: Cesar Gutiérrez Miranda
Editor: Oscar Figueroa
Composer: Pablo Tamez
Sound Designer: José Miguel Enríquez
Cast: Susana Salazar, Jesús Padilla, Bárbara Perrin Rivemar, Sergio Limón, Vera Talaia, Adolfo Madera, Giancarlo Ruiz

Synopsis

Set in the sprawling metropolis of Tijuana, Workers tells the beautifully conceived and impeccably acted downer-with-humor story of Rafael and Lidia who become victims of injustice against their own rights.

Director's Biography

Salvadorian naturalized as Mexican, Jose Luis Valle directed the documentary film The Pope's Miracle, that premiered at the Critics Week of the 62th Locarno International Film Festival. Workers is his first feature fiction film.

Biodegradable

Juan Basanta

Dominican Republic // 2013 // 86 Minutes // HDCAM /Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Juan Basanta
Productor: Fernando Medina
Executive Producers: Jochi Vicente, Julio Caro
Screenwriters: Juan Basanta, Marcel Fondeur
Cinematographer: Claudio Chea
Editor: Raúl Marchand Sánchez
Sound Designer: Valeria López Mancheva
Cast: Hemky Madera, Liz Gallardo, Cesar Évora, Francisco Cruz, Rayniel Rufino, Liche Ariza, Héctor Then

Synopsis

In a not too distant future when enemies are more than friends, survival is the only thing that counts. Starring Cesar Évora, this magical thriller tells a story of lives with no value but straightforward compassion.

Director's Biography

Juan Basanta has a prominent and successful career directing Latin music videos for musical artists and producers such as Emilio Estefan, Angelo Medina, Juan Luis Guerra, Maná and many others. Basanta has combined directing and producing  being nine time nominee and six time winner of the "Premios Casandra." Basanta was also nominated for the MTV Music Awards as producer for Daddy Yankee's "La Gasolina" video. His first feature film Biodegradable is an adaptation of the novel "Una Rosa en el Quinto Infierno" (A Rose in Fifth Hell) by William Mejia. This script won the "Premio Nacional de Cine" in 2006.

Encargo

The Order to Coronel

Juan Ramón Martínez

Dominican Republic // 2012 // 88 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Juan Ramón Martínez
Productor: Juan Ramón Martínez
Executive Producers: Juan Ramón Martínez / Mirope Ramírez / Espimart Films
Screenwriters: Lusínqui Hernández / Juan Ramón Martínez
Cinematographer: Juan Ramón Martínez
Edition: Lusínqui Hernández / Juan Ramón Martínez
Composer: Habitación del Pánico
Sound Designer: Leyvis Hernández Cerda
Cast: Juan Fernández, Johnnie Mercedes, Dayana Gassete, Mirope Ramírez, Francisco Cabrera, Harley Dorado, Lusínqui Hernández

Synopsis

The precarious misery and desperation of a young man, Francisco Cabrera (Willi), will change when he receives a wrong number that will propel him on an unimaginable journey that will totally change his life. All of this simply because he wanted to change his lifestyle, he was dragged along by his best friend Harley Dorado (Jose Manuel) to pick up a package.

Director's Biography

Juan Ramon Martinez Feliz was born on April 28, 1984 in San José de Ocoa. He is a Systems Engineer. Inspired by the idea of writing a story full of suspense and intrigue, he ended up writing and directing his first opus, El Desvio - Pacto Incumplido. Currently he is writing new screenplays, which he hopes to see in film.

Greencard Warriors

Miriam Kruishoop

United States // 2013 // 90 Minutes // Digital / Color // English and Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Miriam Kruishoop
Producers: Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Catherley, Miriam Kruishoop
Executive Producers: Bertrand Lipworth, Cliff Curtis, Jan Peters, Kyle Jackson, Marco Pieters
Screenwriters: Miriam Kruishoop
Cinematographer: Helle Jensen
Editor: Zacharey Kashkett
Composers: Toni M. Mir & Voodoo Highway
Cast: Manny Pérez, Ángel Amaral, Paige Hurd, Vivica A. Fox

Synopsis

The battle is real! Greencard Warriors shows the struggle of an undocumented family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.

Director's Biography

Miriam Kruishoop won the Citroen Award at the Dutch Film Festival for Best Graduation Film while still a student. She directed the feature, Unter den Palmen with childhood idols Helmut Berger and Thom Hoffman. Kruishoop has won several awards including the Culture Prize of the City of Amsterdam. In addition, she has directed commercials and music videos, has exhibited and published her photography, and has written and developed a number of film scripts.

La Montaña

The Mountain

Tabaré Blanchard e Iván Herrera

Dominican Republic // 2012 // 80 Minutes // Color // Spanish e English

Film Credits:

Directors: Tabaré Blanchard, Iván Herrera
Producers: Funglode Films / Visual Sonora / Aguaviva
Executive Producers: Marco Herrera / Laura Castellanos
Cinematographer: Iván Herrera y Tabaré Blanchard
Editor: Tabaré Blanchard
Music: Pavel Núñez

Synopsis

In May 2011, a Dominican and Caribbean expedition made history when they placed the Dominican flag on the highest mountain in the world – Mount Everest. Their amazing achievement inspired three young surfers, sons of fishermen in the coastal town of Nizao, who decided to scale the highest mountain in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean – Pico Duarte. This is the story that unites a naïve story with an epic one, both inspirational and motivating as both groups set their sites on achieving the extraordinary. This is adventure story that carry us from the sea to sky and shows us that we all have a dream, a goal and a mountain to climb.

Director's Biography

Tabaré Blanchard (Director)
Musician, photographer and film director.
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Iván Herrera (Co-Director)
More than 15 years experience in film and audiovisual production.
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Tabaré Blanchard (Director)
Musician, photographer and film director, Tabaré Blanchard is the founder and owner of La Visual Sonora Film Studio where they edit, make TV commercials, music videos and documentaries. He has been nominated five times for a Casandra Prize and was once a recipient. He was selected by the London International Advertising Awards (LIAA) and won a prize at the International Advertising Festival and Iberoamerican Ojo. Iván Herrera (Co-Director)
Iván Herrera has more than 15 years experience in film and audiovisual production. He has directed numerous music videos for artists in Puerto Rico, France, Guadalupe, Morocco, Lebanon, England and, of course, the Dominican Republic. His vast experience includes film production in various French and American movies and TV shows such as Miami Vice, as assistant director with Michael Mann; The Good Shepherd, assistant to Rob Legato and Bandoleros, directed by Vin Diesel, among others.

The Second Cooler

La Segunda Nevera

Ellin Jimmerson

United States // 2013 // 79 Minutes // Digital / Color / English y Spanish with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Ellin Jimmerson
Producers: Ellin Jimmerson, Rosa Toussaint
Executive Producer: Handy Avery
Screenwriters: Ellin Jimmerson
Cinematographer: Adam Valencia, Bill Schweikert
Edition: Ellin Jimmerson
Composer: Joseph Harchanko
Sound Designer: Bill Jackson
Cast: Martin Sheen

Synopsis

The Second Cooler is a migrant justice documentary for English and Spanish speaking audiences which unravels why twelve million Latin American migrants are in the U. S. illegally and brings major implications into focus. Martin Sheen narrates. The film has won awards in film festivals across the United States.

Director's Biography

Ellin Jimmerson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She has a Ph. D. in Twentieth-Century U. S. History from the University of Houston and a Masters in Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School with a focus in Latin American Liberation Theology. She is Minister to the Community at Weatherly Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

A South Bronx Family

Una Familia Del Sur Del Bronx

Nelson Peña

Dominican Republic // 90 Minutes // Digital / Color // English y Spanish with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Nelson Peña
Producers: José Cruz Fernández Craig, Blair Armando Guareño, Nelson Peña
Executive Producers: Nelson Peña
Cinematographer: Nelson Peña
Editor: Nelson Peña
Composer: Robert JuliánSound Designer: Derek Somaru
Cast: Elba Pérez, María Ortiz, Tania Morales, Louis Lugo, Joseph ‘Chukie’ Suarez, Wendy Pérez, Carlos Vásquez, Xiomara Pérez

Synopsis

A South Bronx Family is a feature length documentary that spotlights a struggling family that is half Dominican, half Puerto Rican and that resides in the tough Melrose Projects, one of the poorest public tenements in the South Bronx, New York.

Director's Biography

Nelson  Peña was born in New York. His parents immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic. He graduated from The City College of New York (CCNY) Film Program. A Voracious reader, Nelson has written extensively and has accumulated a wealth of feature screenplays, including four with Dominican story lines. Nelson’s next project will be Limonada a Dominican feature film that will be shot in New York and Miami, starring Manny Perez and Pachy Mendez.

Noche de Circo

Alan Nadal Piantini

Dominican Republic // 2013 // 85 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Alan Nadal Piantini
Productor: Ángel Muñiz
Executive Producer: Miguel Ángel Muñiz
Screenwriters: Alan Nadal Piantini, Manuel Aranda, Ángel Muñiz
Cinematographer: Peyi Guzmán
Editors: Angélica Salvador, Alberto Matos
Music: Alexander Nadal Piantini
Sound Designer: Alexander Nadal Piantini
Cast: Richard Douglas, Cheddy García, Georgina Duluc, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Alfonso Rodríguez, Luis José Germán, Tony Almont, Pericles Mejía, Sandy Hernández, Javier Grullón.

Synopsis

Ten people who don’t know each other wake up locked in a warehouse. Little by little, they learn what they all have in common.

Director's Biography

Alan Nadal Piantini was born in 1978 in Santo Domingo. He was a creative in the advertising industry until he decided to migrate into film, figuring that making a film is like making a 20-second ad. Big mistake. But he persisted and this is his first film, Noche de Circo. He is already working on his second. He writes, paints, dances but does not sing, thankfully for those around him. He is working on El Manuscrito, a personal project he began in 2008, followed by a documentary about the “making of” this movie, most popular film in the Dominican Republic that no one has seen.  

Ana

Roni Wolf

9 Minutes

Film Credits:

Screenwriters: Catherine Martínez
Productor: Cristina Liriano
Cinematographer: Nelson Flores
Director de Arte: Estefani Hasbun
Editor: Camilo Santana
Sound: Brandon Argento
Makeup: Eliim Ko, Katherine Feliz
Teacher’s Assistant: Roni Wolf
Cast: Paloma Cristina Hungría as Ana, William Simon as José, Jeanne Marie Perdomo as Natalia y Rosemary Quezada as María
Agradecimientos: The Martínez Díaz Family

Susurros de Adentro

Brandon Argento

12 Minutes

Film Credits:

Screenwriters: Amna Ahmad
Productor: Juan Carlos Moreno
Cinematographer: Nelson Flores
Director’s Assistant: Danielle Angel
Art Director: Estefani Hasbun
Sound: Ysaulis Alfonseca
Music: Mario Bautista
Editor: Amna Ahmad
Continuity: Leonovy Benito
Makeup: Eliim Ko
Teacher’s Assistant: Jacques Princivil
Cast: Katherine Feliz as Shenielle, Fransico Sánchez as Dr. William, Yamil Fuentes as Dr. Matthew, Venecia Arias as Mother, Anny Pichardo as Nurse Hayley, Erlyn Saul QuemeliJan as Lawrence, Alexis and Argenis Herrera as Security
Special Thanks: Sol Mercedes Jorge, Daniel Figueroa, Virginia Castillo, Irving Vincent, and George Argento.

D76

María Victoria Hernández

12 Minutes, 36 segundos

Film Credits:

Screenwriters: María Victoria Hernández
Productor: Cristina Liriano.
Cinematographer: Luis Argelis
Director’s Assistant: Abelardo Guridy
Assistant DP: Ivanovich Espinosa
Art Director: Estefani Hasbun
Director’s Assistant de Arte: Yanny Cáceres, María José Contreras
Editor: Camilo Santana
Sound: Juan Carlos Moreno
Music: Mario Bautista
Makeup: Eliim Ko, Ana María Andrickson
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Synopsis

1955. While developing photos documenting human rights violations during the Trujillo dictatorship, a dissident photographer, Juan U. Bonelly, receives an unexpected visit from two secret police agents who come to his clandestine dark room. Inspired by a true story.

El Cast

Shea Best

15 Minutes

Film Credits:

Productor: Jonathan Pimentel
Cinematographer: Rigoberto Genao
Sound: Mario Bautista
Screenwriters: Edna Lerebours
Editor: Pierre Sophiyair, Jennyver Caraballo
Assistant Producer: Leonovy Benito
Makeup: Atabeyra Cordero
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Synopsis

Two children are looking for a solution to a problem. They have the opportunity to leave reality behind and try new things.

Zombie Mom

Pierre Sophiyair

Film Credits:

Screenwriters: Sabrina Whyte
Producers: Moises Abreu, Anaick Calif , Jonathan Pimentel
Cinematographer: Luis Argelis
Assistant DP: Aldo Martínez
Art Director: Estefani Hasbun
Sound: Aldo Martínez
Music: Mario Bautista
Editor: Pierre Sophiyair
Continuity: Anaick Calif
Makeup: Eliim Ko , Ana María Andrickson
Teacher’s Assistant: Sabrina Whyte
Cast: Judith Rodríguez, Francisco Sánchez, Brandon Argento, Jules J.D. Bensher, Zacarys Heredia

La chica de mis sueños

Danielle Angel

11 Minutes

Film Credits:

Screenwriters: Ysaulis Alfonseca
Productor: Ivonne Vásquez
Cinematographer: Aldo Martínez
Additional Camera: Shea Best
Director’s Assistant: Brandon Argento
Assistant DP: Nelson Flores
Editor: Amna Ahmad
Sound: Shea Best, Nelson Flores, Juan Carlos Moreno.
Teacher’s Assistant: Ivonne Vásquez
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Synopsis

Esteve has a boring accountant’s life. His only escape is his dreams when he’s sleeping. This is how he meets Ysabel, the idea girl he’s been looking for all this time to break the monotony of his life. They fall in love. Esteve becomes addicted to dreaming until one day he realizes that Ysabel is a real person and not a dream and that she too is trying to escape from her own reality.

La Luna en el Jardín

Moon in the Garden

Yemelí Cruz, Adanoe Lima

Digital // Animation // 2012 // 11 Minutes

Film Credits:

Executive Producers: Estudios de Animación del ICAIC
Production: Ariel Blanco, Aramís Acosta
Screenwriters: Yemelí Cruz, Adanoe Lima
Cinematographer: Mairelis Aldama, José E. Aldama, Alejandro Rodríguez
Edition: Raymundo Crespo
Music: Alejandro García Caturla, interpretada por la Camerata Romeu, violinista Yadira Cobo
Art Director: Yemelí Cruz, Adanoe Lima, Alejandro Rodríguez
Animation: Yemelí Cruz, Adanoe Lima (stop motion), Jerzy Pérez (3D)

Doble impacto

Double Impact

Alejandro Arango

Documentary
Format: Mini-DV
Año: 2012
Running time: 13 Minutes

Film Credits:

Executive Producers: EICTV
Production: Ingrid Stalling
Screenwriters: Mauricio Quirós
Cinematographer: Laura Corrales
Edition: Joao Gabriel Riveres
Sound: Leo Dolgan
Music: Mota El Desobediente
Cast: Osviel Rodríguez, Gladis Camejo

Felicidad

Happiness

Jorge de León Amador

Documentary // HDV // 2012 // 24 Minutes

Film Credits:

Executive Producers: EICTV
Production: Jorge de León, Edgard Fernández, Eva García
Screenwriters: Jorge de León
Cinematographer: Andrés Trapp
Edition: Martín Contreras, Jorge de León
Sound: Rubén Valdés

Knock out

Liber Drey

Fiction // HDV // 2012 // 25 Minutes

Film Credits:

Executive Producers: ICAIC, Luz Joven
Production: Annielsis Pérez Dieppa
Screenwriters: Liber Drey
Cinematographer: Pedro Vázquez
Edition: Pedro Vázquez
Sound: Adrián García
Soundtrack designer: Liber Drey
Music: Armando Fuentes, Liber Drey
Art Director: Pepe Reyes
Cast: Raúl Bravo, Zurell, Juan Miguel Valero, Noslén Sánchez, Josh Suazi

Oslo

Luis Ernesto Doñas

Fiction // HDV // 2012 // 13 Minutes

Film Credits:

Executive Producers: EICT
Production: Saana Rantilla
Screenwriters: Lony Welter
Cinematographer: Marcos Attila
Edition: Alonso Renato
Sound: Denis Colina
Cast: Carlos Pérez Peña, Nilda Collado

To Kill a Roach

La Cucaracha

Laura Gómez

United States / Dominican Republic // 2012 // 5 Minutes 58 Seconds // Digital / Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Laura Gómez
Production: Laura Gómez
Executive Producers: Laura Gómez
Screenwriters: Laura Gómez
Cinematographer: Edwin Lagan
Edition: Laura Gómez
Cast: Laura Gómez, Jenniffer Diaz, Gabriela Garcia, Puy Navarro, Rosie Berrido, Gabriel Gutierrez, Ivan Camilo

Synopsis

Alicia just had a bad breakup. When a cockroach invades her kitchen, she is forced to confront her fears and insecurities, and deal with unexpected visitors, while finding the strength to face her feelings under unlikely, yet amusing circumstances.

Director's Biography

Laura Gómez started acting in Santo Domingo and trained professionally in New York. She has a recurring role in the Netflix hit show Orange is the New Black.

She is also an established VO Artist and has starred in several short films, including To Kill a Roach, that she both wrote and directed, which received an award from NYU. In 2011, Laura was a recipient for a screenwriting grant from the Carolina Foundation in Spain. 

El Seno de La Esperanza

Milk of Hope

Freddy Vargas

Dominican Republic // 2013 // 19 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Freddy Vargas
Productor: Mario Alejandro Núñez
Executive Producers: Freddy Vargas, Rosendo Álvarez III
Screenwriters: Freddy Vargas
Cinematographer: Francis Adamez
Editor: Francisco Rodríguez
Composer: Raymond Jaquez
Cast: Cheddy García, Alicia Ortega, Gaia Mercedes, Rria Mercedes, Luis Bryan Mesa, Joel Hilario

Synopsis

Based on a true story El Seno de La Esperanza tell a tale of a mother who gave so much to ease someone else’s pain.

Director's Biography

Freddy Vargas studied film at St. John’s University, where he won multiple awards for his shorts Uptown (1994) and Victor (1995). Since graduating he has directed, produced, and written multiple award-winning films. His screenplay for Hispaniola (2007) won the HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition.  Currently, he is developing his feature film debut Pinchos y Rolos a musical comedy from his 2008 short of the same title. Milk of Hope is his 9th short film.

Mi turno

Reyvin Jáquez Grullón

Dominican Republic // 2012 // 9 Minutes // HD, DVD // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: Reyvin Jáquez Grullón
Productor: Ángeles Rodríguez
Executive Producer: OEI Dominican Republic
Screenwriters: Sarah Aristy Camejo
Cinematographer: Mario de Moya
Editor: Bandin de Moya
Cast: Franklin Rojas, Laura Díaz

Synopsis

A worker at a mini market finds himself in a terrifying situation: a robbery. The robber is not your typical tough, intimidating thief we see in the movies. Our protagonist is not bullied or frightened by his games or threats, which ends in a very interesting resolution to the situation. The short film was based on the film script by Sarah Aristy Camejo, a Dominican high school student who won 1^st place in the “School, Writing and Film” Screenwriting Contest sponsored by the Organization of Latin American States and the Dominican Ministry of Education, MINERD.

Director's Biography

Film and TV writer, Reyvin Jáquez Grullón has written screenplays for features, documentaries, TV programs, commercials and video clips. He has given various workshops for film, TV and writing at the School for Artistic Expression. Mi Turno won the National Screenwriters Competition. In 2012, he won the first version of the Fonprocine Competition, under the auspices of the General Directorate for Film, for his short film 5 Minutes Atrás.

A tiro limpio

Jean Guerra

Dominican Republic // 2013 // 23 Minutes // 1920x1080 / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Productor: Milbert Pérez
Executive Producers: Jean Guerra, Milbert Pérez
Screenwriters: Gustavo López
Cinematographer: Francis Adamez
Editor: Mariano Pichardo
Music: Joel Berrido
Sound Designer: Frankin Hernández
Cast: Frank Perozo, Solly Durán, Tony Almont, Manuel Varet (Vakeró), Jalsen Santana, Félix Germán, Antonio Melenciano

The Caterpillar

La Oruga

Cristina Tamez Rodríguez

United States y Mexico // 2012 // 6 Minutes 30 Seconds // Color // English/Spanish with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Cristina Tamez Rodríguez
Productor: Oscar Hernández
Executive Producers: Reyes Tamez & Cristina Rodríguez
Screenwriters: Cristina Tamez Rodríguez
Cinematographer: Shan Spitler
Editor: Cristina Tamez Rodríguez
Composer: Gregory Rogove
Sound Designer: Manuel G. Aguirre
Cast: Laura Montana, Pascal Yen-Fister, Patricia Olvera

Synopsis

Jimena, a 10 year old kid, realizes her dad is cheating on her mom and has to make a choice; to tell or not to tell.

Director's Biography

Cristina Tamez Rodriguez is a writer/director/actress originally from Monterrey, Mexico.
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Tiempo al tiempo

In Due Time

Tati Barrantes

United States // 2011 // 12 Minutes // HD / Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Tati Barrantes
Productor: Samina Akbari
Screenwriters: Tati Barrantes
Cinematographer: Josef Wladyka
Editor: Tati Barrantes
Composers: Adam Cimino y Ricardo Barrantes
Sound Designer: Scott Hirsch
Cast: Jaime Tirelli, Arturo Castro

Synopsis

Jesus and Cisco work together as cooks in a New York City restaurant, each with a dream of some day owning their own business. Suddenly caught between personal success and family obligation, Jesus must choose: will he lead the life he's always imagined or return to his awaiting family?

Director's Biography

Tati Barrantes was born in Lima, Peru, in the early 1980’s, during the rebel uprising of the Shining Path and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Her work is inspired by this multi-cultural heritage. Films include: Adirake (short), Coney (short) and Tiempo al Tiempo (short). She is currently working on a feature script set along the Texas/Mexico border.

Waking Olguita

La Luz del Atardecer

Nicolás Calzada

United States // 2004 // 12 Minutes // Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Productor: Nicolás Calzada
Screenwriters: Nicolás Calzada
Cinematographer: Danny Vecchione
Editor: Nicolás Calzada
Cast: Altagracia Guzmán, Elizabeth Schmidt, Wanda Arriaga

Synopsis

When Olguita, a reclusive widow, is forced to host an American exchange student in her home, the old woman hopes that ignoring her unwelcome young guest will make her go away.  But as Katherine, the young girl, seeks to befriend her host, Olguita must either give up the safety of her quiet world or risk shutting out life forever.  

Director's Biography

Nicolas Calzada is a multiple-award-winning writer/director of feature films and commercials. Sunset Bakery, his first feature film, is a winner of the Columbus-Vague Production Grant, an award hand-picked by legendary filmmaker Chris Columbus.
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Q

Felipe Vara de Rey

Spain // 2012 // 7 Minutes 53 Seconds // Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Felipe Vara de Rey
Productor: Millicent Cho
Screenwriters: Felipe Vara de Rey
Cinematographer: Sheldon Chau
Editor: Felipe Vara de Rey
Composer: Víctor Magro
Sound Designer: Miguel “Maiki” Calvo, Erik T. Jensen
Cast: Nelson Avidon, Juan Francisco Villa, Soto Silva

Synopsis

A Knight-errand in Brooklyn. Q has a goal: conquering the heart of the beautiful Dolores. However, his loyal friend Santos doesn't think it will be that easy. They are going to need a strategy to get to Dolores. After all, who knows what fierce adversaries they might encounter on their way?

Director's Biography

Felipe Vara de Rey is a 34 year-old writer and director born in Madrid, Spain. He graduated in Political Science in Madrid’s Universidad Complutense, and studied cinematography and screenwriting at the Cinema Institute of Madrid and in San Antonio de los Baño’s International School of Film and Television (EICTV, Cuba). Felipe is now pursuing his career in New York, where he is attending the Graduate Film Program at NYU under a Fulbright scholarship.

La Pileta

The Pool

Zelmira Gainza

Argentina // 2011 // 27 Minutes // Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Producer: Carolina Krasnansky
Executive Producers: Zelmira Gainza
Screenwriters: Zelmira Gainza y Angelica Erhart
Cinematographer: Ivan Gierasinchuk
Editor: Jarrah Gurrie
Composer: Phil Servati
Sound Designer: Chris Stangroom
Cast: Ines Efron, Gabriel Ferndandez, Valeria Lois, Nestor Sanchez

Synopsis

Teenage Ana returns to Argentina with her parents to wait for her father’s new diplomatic posting. A tomboy by nature with no interest in boys or femininity, she clashes with her aspirational mother who wishes she were like other girls. When an old flame of her mother’s shows up, Ana finds herself falling for him.

Director's Biography

Zelmira Gainza grew up in the U.K. with Argentine parents. She studied filmmaking at New York University, where her thesis film was awarded 1^st Prize, as well as the prizes for Best Screenwriting and Best Directing. A writer/director and a cinematographer, she has worked in Cuba, Vietnam, Myanmar, Germany, Abu Dhabi, the U.S. and U.K. She lives in New York.

Nasceu Maria

Nació Maria

Elena Greenlee

EE.UU./Brasil // 2013 // 17 Minutes // Color // Portuguese & English with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Producers: Elena Greenlee, Caroline Oliveira, Shruti Rya Ganguly, Tati Barrantes, Ed McDonald
Screenwriters: Elena Greenlee
Cinematographer: Bradford Young
Editor: Patrick DeVine
Composers: Scott Thorough, Katy Pfaffl
Sound Designer: Eli Cohn
Cast: Georgina Castro

Synopsis

A Brazilian single mother trying to get by in New York City; Maria's mind is constantly elsewhere and she's starting to lose touch with her young daughter Renata. Stuck in a scary situation together, mother and daughter discover that dreams can be a place of connection as well as escape.

Director's Biography

Elena Greenlee was born in Brooklyn and her influences reflect the diversity of her hometown. Greenlee holds an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she wrote, directed and produced numerous shorts. In 2012 Greenlee became a Film Independent Producing Fellow for her first feature production Manos Sucias.

Luna Vieja

Old Moon

Raisa Bonnet

Puerto Rico // 2013 // 11 Minutes // DCP - Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Raisa Bonnet
Producers: Raisa Bonnet, Juan Esteban Suárez
Executive Producers: Luis H Bonnet, Victor M Ocasio
Screenwriters: Raisa Bonnet
Cinematographer: Cristian Carretero
Editor: Raisa Bonnet
Sound Designer: Carlos Velázquez, Ramón Martínez
Cast: María Velázquez, Julio Ramos, Laura Cardona

Synopsis

Raisa Bonnet's naturalistic short sketches an almost wordless tale of the relationship between a young girl and her grandmother. Beautifully shot, it never tries to do too much within its limited running time.

Director's Biography

Growing up in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico among story tellers in a book store owned by her parents, Raisa Bonnet became interested in telling stories as well.

During her bachelor’s degree in Audio Visual Communication at the University of Puerto Rico, Raisa made her first short film, Volver a Sentir. She was accepted at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she is finishing her master’s degree in filmmaking.

Currently, she’s writing her first feature film which will be filmed in Puerto Rico.

Casino Royale

Martin Campbell

UK, Czech Republic, United States, Germany, Bahamas // 2006 // 144 Minutes // White and Black / Color // English, French with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Martin Campbell
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Executive Producer: Callum McDougall
Screenwriters: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis, Ian Fleming
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
Editor: Stuart Baird
Composer: David Arnold
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino

Synopsis

The British Establishment has an ally, in the guise of newly appointed double-00 James Bond. He's back with a vengeance. His introduction is a sparing partner of both intelligence and brutality, his mission is to take the ultimate gamble and place his life on the line in the arenas of terrorism and the ivory towers of power. Taking Bond around the world once more but it is in Casino Royale where this battle of wit and cunning will take place, taking no prisoners and leaving nothing but death in his wake.

Director's Biography

Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro, the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Quantum of Solace

Marc Forster

UK, United States // 2008 // 106 Minutes // Color

Film Credits:

Director: Marc Forster
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Executive Producers: Callum McDougall, Anthony Waye
Screenwriters: Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
Editors: Matt Chesse, Richard Pearson
Composer: David Arnold
Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour, Jesper Christensen

Synopsis

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love.

Director's Biography

Marc Forster is a German-Swiss filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace, and World War Z. Forster's first feature-length film Everything Put Together (2000), was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance. Forster directed the twenty-second James Bond film, Quantum of Solace which began shooting in January 2008, shortly before his 39th birthday, making him the youngest director in the series' history.

Skyfall

Sam Mendes

UK, United States // 2012 // 143 Minutes // Color // English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Sam Mendes
Producers: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson Executive Producer: Callum McDougall
Screenwriters: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Editor: Stuart Baird
Composer: Thomas Newman
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney

Synopsis

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. While MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Director's Biography

Sam Mendes was born in 1965 in Reading, England. After graduating from Cambridge University he joined Chichester Festival Theatre. He directed Judi Dench in The Cherry Orchard, then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where he directed Troilus and Cressida with Ralph Fiennes and Richard III. In 1992, he directed The Glass Menagerie and Cabaret. He directed The Blue Room with Nicole Kidman and American Beauty, which earned 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. 

Ayiti the Pearl

Ayiti la Perla

Myriam L.Pitte

2013 // 70 Minutes // HD/Color // French, Creole, English with Spanish subtitles

Film Credits:

Director: Myriam L. Pitte
Productor: Wandro Quiroz
Executive Producers: Myriam L. Pitte
Screenwriters: Myriam L. Pitte
Cinematographer: Watson Balmyr
Editor: Watson Balmyr
Composers: Yole Derose, Ansy Derose, Spaïcy Bazile
Sound Designer: Lourna Felisca
Cast: Eddy Lubin, Hardy Jean Gardy, Charles Antoine Proface, Frantz Jean Raymond, Jean Bernard Simonnet, Dorival Lex Dominque, Dupoux Marie Garléne, Yole Derose, Pierre Gabriel Joseph, Wel Davidson Olivier, Kimberly Coquillon, Gerad Fonbrum,Verlene Jeudi, Dieudonne Luma Etienne, Jean Max, Michael Craane, Jean Rene Figaro, Jean Ferjuste, Maurice Léonce.

Synopsis

We travel through Haiti and meet with Haitians to find out how they view their country. Each meeting gives us a new outlook on Haiti with a variety of beautiful landscapes and monuments as a backdrop.

Director's Biography

Myriam L. Pitte, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was raised between New York and Paris. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and studied Film Production at the New York Film Academy. She has held various jobs in journalism, video production and editing. In 2013, Myriam completed a documentary about her country of origin: Haiti, the Pearl. She is currently working on her first feature film. She is also an accomplished artist and has had exhibitions in Italy and Paris.

La novia de Akira

Akira’s Lover

Marian García Alán

Cuba // 2011 // 56' // Color // Spanish with English subtitles

Film Credits:

Directors: Marian García Alán
Productor: Rene Arencibia
Executive Producer: Marian García Alán, Mario Piedra
Screenwriters: Marian García Alán
Cinematographer: Emilio Lluveras
Editors: Alián Hernández
Music: Giordano Serrano
Sound Designer: Antonio Montejo
General Asistant: Luis Rodríguez

Synopsis

Documentary based on the unpublished memoir of the 1968 Cuban-Japanese film production La novia de Cuba (Kyuba No Kohibito), by Kazuo Kuroki based on memories of the Cuban participants.

Director's Biography

Marian García Alán (Cuba, 1983) is a graduate in Social Communication from the University of Havana. She worked as a reporter for Cuban TV, gaining experience as a screenwriter for various news programs. Since 2008, she has worked as a journalist and editor for the International Latin American New Film Festival of Havana.

No todos somos culpables

We Are Not All Guilty

David R. Cavada Oruña

Dominican Republic // 2013 // 60 Minutes // Digital / Color // Spanish

Film Credits:

Director: David R. Cavada Oruña
Productor: Jesús Abreu Montero
Screenwriters: Ana Blanco
Cinematographer: David R. Cavada
Editor: David R. Cavada
Cast: Baltazar Garzon, Vanja Abreu, Testimonios varios

Synopsis

This is the story of a Dominican psychologist, Dr. Vanja Abreu who was sentenced last October, 2012, to nine years in prison for conspiracy and her alleged involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme. There is scant evidence against her. She is the victim of an unjust sentence and is awaiting appeal.

Director's Biography

David R. Cavada Oruña (1968) was born in Cantabria, Spain. He studied Film Production and Directing at the New School for Social Research in New York and multimedia and cinematography at New York University and Parsons School of Design. He has made various shorts such as El triste precio del olvido (2006); La Ruta (2006), and Un problema sexual (1993). He made TV documentaries, Diario de una travesía: Marcos Díaz and Los Congos de Villa Mella.

Maestra

Catherine Murphy

United States, Cuba // 2012 // 33 Minutes // DVD/ Color / B/W // Spanish

Film Credits:

Producers: The Literacy Project/Tres Musas Producciones
Screenwriter: Eve Goldberg, Catherine Murphy
Cinematography: Ivan Napoles, Roberto Chile
Editor: Eve Goldberg
Original Music Composer: Heyleen Williams
Sound Designer: Eve Goldberg/Elise Lebec

Synopsis

The Cuban Literacy Campaign of 1961 dramatically changed the nation’s literacy levels within one year by organizing over 250,000 volunteers – more than half of whom were women and many under 18 years old. They lived with their students for up to one year, teaching classes in the rural mountains and urban shantytowns across the country. They taught their nation to read and write - and were profoundly transformed in the process.

Director's Biography

Catherine Murphy, native of San Francisco, spent 20 years living and working in Latin America including Cuba in the 1990s where she earned a Masters in Sociology at Havana University. She works mostly in documentaries with social messages, such as: Gay Cuba, The Greening of Cuba, Venezuela Rising, Robo de América, Out and Refusenicks. She researched Harry Belafonte for Susanne Rostock’s film. She also worked with TeleSur, Pacifica Radio, Ávila TV WBAI. En 2009, Murphy founded Tres Musas Productions.

One Night in Vegas

John Uche

EEUU/Ghana // 95 Minutes // BLU-RAY / Color // English

Film Credits:

Producers: Koby Maxwell, Jimmy Jean Louis, Evenold Guillomaitre
Executive Producer: The Group
Screenwriters: B.J. Winfery
Cinematographer: Black Magic Tim
Editor: Black Magic Tim
Sound Designer: Black Magic Tim & Koby Maxwell
Cast: Jimmy Jean Louis, Sarodj Bertin, John Dumelo, Van Vicker, Yvonne Nelson, Micheal Blackson, Koby Maxwell, Moese Efret, Sahndra Fon Dufe.

Synopsis

James Foster, a man at a crossroads with himself and his marriage. Coming out on top after a high profile case with a band of thugs; James has been sober for 18 months. He decides a trip to Vegas with his wife Genie would be a good way to rekindle their relationship as well as an opportunity to employ his bodyguard friend, Nick, a few more days as a holiday "thank you" for their security in the case.

Director's Biography

John Uche is a graduate of the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. He became an acclaimed filmmaker in 1995, when he produced Ashes of Hatred, a popular Nigerian feature film in a local Nigerian local (Igbo) and subtitled in English.

Before getting into the movie industry, John worked as a stage artist and producer from 1992 to 1995. He later became a director and a screenwriter. He made his debut as a director in 2001 with Jessica. In 2004, he single handedly plotted, wrote and directed Brave Heart. He has since directed a number of films. His most recent film as a director is One Night in Vegas