By Maria Esteves - July 17, 2009 The 2nd Hola Mexico Film Festival 2009 (HMFF09) Tribute to the legendary actress/singer-songwriter Angélica María sponsored by The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York was held at the Quad Cinema, New York, Thursday, June 25, 6:30 pm.  Ambassador Rubén Beltrán, Consul General of Mexico in New York, presented Angélica María with the Recognition of Achievement award. A special presentation screenings of  "Cinco de Chocolate," directed by Ca...

By Maria Esteves - July 16, 2009 The 2nd Hola Mexico Film Festival 2009 (HMFF09) Opening Night Premiere of TEAR THIS HEART OUT (Arrancame La Vida), written/directed by Roberto Sneider, sponsored by NYC Latin Media & Entertainment Commission (LATINYC) was held at the Quad Cinema, New York, Tuesday, June 23, 7:30 pm.  Executive Director Carlos Manzano, NYC Latin Media & Entertainment Commission (LATINYC), presented the Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Proclamation, declaring June 23 - 28,...

By Maria Esteves - May 12, 2009 The Second Hola Mexico Film Festival (HMFF) in New York will take place at the QUAD Cinema, June 23 - 28, 2009. The festival presents the best films of Mexico. This year's 14 feature films include the Opening Night Premiere of TEAR THIS HEART OUT, directed by Roberto Sneider, Tuesday, June 23, 7:30pm with an Opening Night Fiesta to follow, and the Closing Night Premiere of INSIGNIFICANT THINGS, directed by Andrea Martinez and produced by Guillermo Del Toro, Sun...

The opening film of the Latin Cinema Review ongoing currently at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) was "El Violin", a sensational first feature shot in stark Black and White by Mexican director, Francisco Vargas. The story deals with a peasant uprising somewhere in an unamed Latin country (but obviously Mexico) at an unspecified time (but it could be the present or the recent past), which is brutally supressed by the "federales", which is the terrm used in Mexico for the regular arm...

OPENING IN SAN DIEGO ON JUNE 10th! POPULAR MEXICAN COMEDIAN ADAL RAMONES STARS IN MEXICAN COMEDY, SANTOS PEREGRINOS.Media Arts Center San Diego's San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to present Adal Ramones in the popular Mexican comedy, Santos Peregrinos, June 10-16, 2005 at Mann Theatres Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr., San Diego, CA, 92102). There's trouble in the vecindad when it is discovered that a set of holiday statuettes that once belonged to Emiliano Zapata are filled with s...