Editor

The 9th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival has announced its program, which is available online at www.cinelasamericas.org. (Please see attachments for full schedule and film info.)

At the Web site, users can navigate films by title, program section, venue, and country of origin. Festival passes ($60) and tickets for individual screenings ($5 to $7) are also available online, as well as at the box office.

This year’s festival program runs from Wednesday, April 19, through Sunday, April 23, and includes fiction and documentary films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Russia, Uruguay, and the United States.

Films will screen at the Regal Metropolitan 14 (at the Southwest corner of I-35 and Stassney), the Hideout Theater (617 Congress Ave) and The Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex (1156 Hargrave St.).

PROGRAM SECTIONS:

Dramatic Features
First Features (in Competition)
Documentary Features (in Competition)
Dramatic Shorts (in Competition)
Documentary Shorts (in Competition)
Panorama
Special Screenings

Special areas of interest in this year’s program include:

IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
A vida de André (The Life of André)
Al otro lado (To the Other Side)
Apaga y vamonos (Switch Off and Go)
Casa Del Migrante (Migrant House)
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
Crossing Arizona
De nadie (No One)
Everyone Their Grain of Sand
La vida de las mujeres en resistencia (The Lives of Zapatista Women) Mirando hacia adentro (Eyes on What’s Inside)
Rosita
Trespassing


MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES
A Pessoa e para o que Nasce (Born to be Blind)
Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)
Hasta el último trago…Corazón (To the Last Drink…Heart!)
Jorjão
Mestre Humberto
O mundo é uma cabeça (The World is a Head)
Si sos brujo, una historia de tango (Sis sos brujo, A Tango Story)


NATIVE AMERICAN/INDEGENOUS FILMS
Muxes
Apaga y vámonos (Switch Off and Go)
La medicina del perdon (Medicine of Forgiveness)
La Vida de las Mujeres en Resistencia (The Lives of Zapatista Women) Mirando Hacia adentro (Eyes on What’s Inside)
Sierra Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)


JURY AND AWARDS

The 9th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival grants Jury awards for Best First Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Dramatic Short, and Best Youth Film. Audience Awards are also granted for Dramatic Features and Documentary Features. Jury members are:


NARRATIVE JURY

Jameson West
Editor in Chief, EMULSION
Co-founder of the Union Cinematheque Series

Guillermina Zabala
Media Arts Director of San Antonio¹s SAY Sí
Curator at the 28th Annual CineFestival in San Antonio.

DOCUMENTARY JURY

Paco Link
Terra Incognita

Jim Kolmar
Austin Film Society

YOUTH FILM JURY

The Youth Film competition jury is composed by students who participate in Cine Las Americas’ after school program at Johnston High School in East Austin.
This year’s committee includes Angel Luna, Kelly Garcia, Louie Mata, Leo Gonzalez, Maria Chavez, Victoria Gonzalez, and Kristin Dominguez