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Filmmaker and activist Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dermer, co-founders of the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival (LALIFF) announced the 2007 festival lineup today.
LALIFF, which for the last ten years, has celebrated the rich diversity and artistry of Latino film and films that address Latino realities, will open on Sunday, October 7th, with Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), the spell-binding feature film debut of Mexican director Patricia Riggen. Closing night, Sunday, October 14th, will be highlighted by El Camino de los Ingleses (Summer Rain), the second feature film directed by Gabi Award Winner Antonio Banderas. Presenting the best in Ibero-American cinema from Mexico to Spain, the 11th annual festival is sharply defined, says Dermer by coming of age stories and films from Latina women, an unprecedented coincidence that makes this year’s festival one of the strongest programs ever.
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), the festival opening night feature, earned a standing ovation at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for its poignant, emotionally rich tale of a mother and son living on opposite sides of the U.S.-Mexico border connected by an enduring love. Written by Ligiah Villalobos, the film stars Adrián Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas, Marí Rojo, Mario Almada, and America Ferrera. The film also features a cameo appearance by the legendary Norteño band Los Tigres Del Norte who also contributed to the film’s soundtrack.
Directed by Antonio Banderas, El Camino de los Ingleses takes us to Málaga where a group of young adults find their way through the perilous labyrinths of love, desire, poetry while confronting dark family secrets. “Summer Rain touches on a process we must all go through”¦ the passage from adolescence to adulthood,” says Banderas in his Director’s Notes.
In a potent addition to the opening and closing selections, award-winning director Alfredo de Villa (Washington Heights, Yellow) returns with his second LALIFF premiere, Adrift in Manhattan (USA), starring Heather Graham, William Baldwin, Dominic Chianese, Victor Rasuk and Elizabeth Peña. From Brazil, A Casa De Alice (Alice’s House), directed by Chico Teixeira, and winner of the Special Jury Award at the recent Guadalajara International Film Festival, also premieres at the festival this year.
LALIFF is also pleased to present a selection of North American premieres, among them Radio Corazón (Chile), directed by Roberto Artiagoití based on stories shared on air by listeners of the most successful Chilean radio show host of all time; La Señal (Argentina), the directorial debut by acclaimed actor Ricardo Darín and Martin Hodara, who took over directing the film after the passing of acclaimed director Eduardo Mignogna just before preproduction began; the visually interesting and original Postcards from Leningrad (Venezuela) directed by Mariana Rondón; Una Novia Errante (Argentina) directed, written and acted by newcommer Ana Katz; and Angel (Puerto Rico) directed by Jacobo Morales, whose film, Lo que le pasó a Santiago, earned him an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film Category in 1990.
The documentary portion of the festival includes a broad selection of important works including: award-winning El Telón de AzÚcar (Cuba) directed by Camila Guzmán UrzÚa, daughter of re-known Chilean documentary filmmaker Patricio Guzmán; The Railrod All-Starts (Guatemala) directed by Chema Rodríguez about a group of prostitutes who start a soccer team; the inspirational story about how a man can make a difference in so many lives, Father G and the Homeboys (USA), directed by John Bohn; Hijos de la Guerra (USA) a powerful story about the America’s worst export – gangs in Central America; and Lost and Found in Mexico (USA) directed Caren Cross which brings a different look to the common migration between Mexico and US and features the lives of established American professionals who leave everything behind to start a new life in San Miguel, Mexico. Tell Me Cuba (USA) directed by Megan Williams and The Man of Two Havanas (USA) directed by Vivian Lesnik Weisman offer a better understanding of the constant controversial and divided situation between Cuban and US political situation. Cocalero (Bolivia) directed by Leandro Landes, bring a closer look to the Evo Morales, a man who became the first president of Bolivia with indigenous background.
LALIFF, a qualifying festival in the Short Award Category of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science, will also present 45 titles in its Shorts Program. In addition, the festival will present a Music program with films from Brazil, Spain, USA and Puerto Rico.
In commemoration of the one hundred year anniversary of his birth, Olmos announced that the festival will honor the legacy of Gabriel Figueroa, the Mexican filmmaker who paved the way for the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and for whom the annual festival’s Gabi Lifetime Achievement Award is named, with a retrospective of Mexican films highlighting the world-class work of the acclaimed cinematographer.
The festival also announced that famed Mexican actor Ignacio López Tarso, 82, will be the recipient of the 2007 Gabi Lifetime Achievement Award. A pioneer in Mexico’s development of film and television productions, López Tarso has worked on more than 150 plays and musicals, 50 feature films and 25 television productions.
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival was founded in 1996 when the City of Los Angeles first looked at the possibility of having an official Latino film festival to cater to the cultural needs of the rapidly growing Latino community. The festival was founded by a group of visionaries led by Marlene Dermer, an independent producer with vast knowledge of Latin film and programming, George Hernandez, an independent film and music producer; and actor, director, producer and activist Edward James Olmos.
LALIFF, a 501c3 non-profit organization, has established the LALIFF Collection at the Academy Film Archive, which is open to the public and includes film titles presented at past year’s festivals. At the beginning of 2006, LALIFF announced the creation of the Latino International Film Institute (LIFI), dedicated to mentor, develop and support Latino filmmakers with independent and diverse visions in the United States and internationally; to provide an outlet and distribution opportunities; and to support the development and further education of school children from elementary to junior college in the United States.
The 11th Edition of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival will take place from October 7-14, 2007 at the ArcLight Cinemas, 6360 W Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. Tickets will be available at the ArcLight Cinemas Box office and website: www.arclightcinemas.com.
For more information on LALIFF, please log on to: www.latinofilm.org
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