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Posted on: October 14th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Art y Culture ] [ Entertainment ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Indiana ]
Tags: Film, Spanish-language
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“Heartland, which opens Thursday, has always had an international flavor, with movies from a variety of countries and languages. This year, more than a quarter of the 47 films have a foreign influence, with a special emphasis on Spanish-language films that organizers hope will lure the local Hispanic community.
Jeffrey Sparks, the festival’s president and chief executive officer, decided the 2007 event should have a Latin theme. The result is five films in Spanish or with Hispanic stories, including two of the five movies in contention for Heartland’s $100,000 Grand Prize: “Bella” and “Mia Sarah.”
“This is actually the first year that Heartland has focused on Latin-based films,” said Malissa Escalante, a festival volunteer. “Hopefully we’ll get a pretty good turnout from the Latin community.”"*
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