SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 | 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2022 – 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2023

FRIDAY| VIERNES

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 | 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2023

OPENING REMARKS | COMENTARIOS DE APERTURA: MARIACHI & BAILE FOLKLORICO

7:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERÍA EN TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

SCREENING OF CANTINFLAS AND Q&A WITH EDUI TIJERINA | PROYECCIÓN DE CANTINFLAS Y PREGUNTAS CON EDUI TIJERINA

8:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

SATURDAY | SÁBADO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 | 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2023

DOORS OPEN AT 10:00 AM | PUERTAS ABREN A LAS 10:00 AM

ART SHOW: “TIERRA, SANGRE Y RESISTENCIA”

10:30 AM – 8:30 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

TEJANO FILMS | PELICULAS TEJANAS

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

A LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR DIRECTED BY ALEX RAMIREZ

A lifelong film lover stuck in her apartment during COVID-19 recreates the movies she idolizes as a mysterious force outside threatens to drain her world of life, sound, and color.

I’M NEWDIRECTED BY MARLON RUBIO SMITH

A newly-arrived Hispanic immigrant struggles with starting a new school year in the US when a language barrier and a hostile social environment do not welcome her.

THE FIRST COWBOYDIRECTED BY JOSE LUIS RUIZ

Based on historical events, this epic story recounts the collision Mexicans and Americans in the frontier days.

SCREENING OF LOW AND SLOW WORLDWIDE  | PROYECCIÓN DE LOW AND SLOW WORLDWIDE 

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

INDUSTRY PANEL: PRODUCTION | PANEL DE INDUSTRIA: PRODUCCIÓN

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

Speakers: Luke Dorsett, Gino Ayala, Zombie Joe, Josie Lozano, & Danny De La Paz | Oradores: Luke Dorsett, Gino Ayala, Zombie Joe, Josie Lozano, & Danny De La Paz

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS: THE BORDER & POLITICS | DOCUMENTALES CORTOMETRAJE: LA FRONTERA Y POLÍTICA

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

THE SOUTHERN FRONTDIRECTED BY CARLOS EVARISTO FLORES & PATRICIO J SALINAS

A civic-minded community in Laredo, Texas organize to protest the construction of a border wall.

CROSSES IN THE DUSTDIRECTED BY CHRISTINE KANE

At the Arizona-Mexico border, the Sonoran Desert has been weaponized as part of the “Prevention Through Deterrence” policy, which has cost the lives of thousands of migrants since its inception in the mid-1990s. CROSSES IN THE DUST follows a law professor and her students as they assist organizations fighting the ongoing immigration crisis along the border while honoring those who have perished on their journey into America.

LATINO VOICES: EMPOWERING THE VOTEDIRECTED BY HANIA SANCHEZ CORUJO

The Lemus family in Savannah, Georgia reflects on becoming U.S. citizens and having the right to vote.

MERIENDA

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

INDUSTRY PANEL: RACISM IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY | PANEL INDUSTRIAL: RACISMO EN LA INDUSTRIA DE ENTRETENIMIENTO

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

Speakers: Edui Tijerina, Christel Klitbo, Edmundo Vargas | Oradores: Edui Tijerina, Christel Klitbo, Edmundo Vargas

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS: SPORTS & LIFE | DOCUMENTALES CORTOMETRAJE : DEPORTES Y VIDA

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM –ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

HOUSTON UNITEDDIRECTED BY JUAN MEJIA BOTERO

Aron wants to prove to his family that soccer can be a career, and Luis wants it to open doors to further opportunities. HOUSTON UNITED follows the soccer team at Margaret Long Wisdom High School in Houston, TX, made up of 24 players from 12 different countries. Many are immigrants who have fled war, gang violence, and poverty. As they compete for the state title, some must face the anxiety of being undocumented in America, alongside challenges on the pitch.

CACHODIRECTED BY OMAR DIAZ

Step into the two contrasting worlds of Ricardo “Cacho” Diaz, a remarkable MMA fighter hailing from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

SHREDDIRECTED BY GIOVANNA TRUJILLO

A group of queer Latinx skaters struggle with crippling mental health and societal expectations in Southern California. In their local skate community, they find cathartic release, chosen family and mastery of empowerment.

MASTERCLASS: SCREENWRITING WITH EDUI TIJERINA | CLASE MAESTRAL: ESCRITURA DE GUIONES

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

Speaker: Edui Tijerina | Orador: Edui Tijerina

NARRATIVE FEATURE | NARRATIVO LARGOMETRAJE6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

PRIME ORBIT – DIRECTED BY GUSTAVO COSENZA

The members of a space mission must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.

SUNDAY | DOMINGO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 | 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2023

DOORS OPEN AT 10:00 AM | PUERTAS ABREN A LAS 10:00 AM

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | DOCUMENTAL LARGOMETRAJE

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

ESKAWATA KAYAWAI – THE SPIRIT OF TRANSFORMATION – DIRECTED BY LARA JACOSKI & PATRICK DEQUECH BELEM

In the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, the Kaxinawá people (self-claimed Huni Kuin, “true people”) are experiencing their cultural and spiritual renaissance.

YOUNG FILMMAKERS | CINEASTAS JOVENES

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

SLEEPLESSDIRECTED BY GABRIELA ELENA GAONA

A young girl struggles to sleep despite her best efforts.

BARRIERDIRECTED BY JORGE ARMANDO PATTRONI

Killa, a young Quechua-speaking girl, approaches Francisco, a wealthy man, but when he does not understand her, a dissonance is generated between their two perspectives.

FAR FROM HOMEDIRECTED BY YOEL RODRÍGUEZ

Teresa is a Peruvian teenager. She is studying at high school in Spain and she feels lonely. Her family cannot fly to Spain from Peru to celebrate Christmas with her due to Peru’s political problems.

SUPERCUTDIRECTED BY NATALIA SOPHIA GONZALEZ

SUPERCUT is the story of a hyper imaginative, thoughtful girl who meets what seems to be all her idealizations come true in a sensitive, yet nonchalant photographer who’s searching for his muse. As she navigates this new relationship, things begin to erratically crumble apart in front of her very eyes.

SERENDIPITYDIRECTED EMMANUEL MOLINA RIVERA

Sylvia Robles, a Creative Writing teacher, is frustrated with her novel due to the constant hustle of everyday life. She can’t handle the routine anymore and goes on a self-searching trip.​

THE FISHING TRIPDIRECTED BY JOAQUIN PEREZ NOGUEIRAS

A simple fishing trip on behalf of their grandfather places two brothers at odds.

BE RIGHT BACKDIRECTED BY ARTURO MÁRQUEZ

In ‘Be Right Back’, we meet Mateo, a young worker, who faces a harsh reality when he realizes that he is not capable of providing for Sara, a wealthy young woman with whom he ran away.

MY ONE AND ONLY LOVEDIRECTED BY THOMAS GROFF-BARRAGAN

After performing with his high school’s Jazz band, Nick learns that his mom is in a hospital. With the help of Grace, a family friend, Nick is able to visit his mother. The night that follows gives the protagonist an opportunity to question his relationship with a parent figure he took for granted.

HIBISCO TAQUERIADIRECTED BY THOMAS EMMANUEL GROFF

A tennis player and his coach go to a Taqueria after a miserable defeat.

PANEL #2 LATINOS IN COMICS | PANEL #1: LATINOS EN HISTORIETAS

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

Speakers: Eliamaría Madrid & Hector Rodriguez | Oradores: Eliamaría Madrid & Hector Rodriguez

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS: ART & HERITAGE | DOCUMENTALES CORTOMETRAJES: ARTE Y HERENCIA

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

RUBIO DIRECTED BY RAY SANTISTEBAN

This video features the life and artwork of San Antonio based, Contemporary Chicano Artist, RUBIO. The idea that “Art Saves Lives’ is showcased in Rubios own story; culminating in a near death experience that forever altered him and inspired his ongoing use of art as a means of sharing folklore, remembering friends, and celebrating the lives of the Westside, San Antonio community he came from.

THE EYE BEGINS IN THE HANDDIRECTED BY YEHUDA SHARIM

El Ojo Comienza En La Mano is a tribute to campesino histories in rural CA through the artwork of an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, Ruben A. Sanchez, as well as an unsentimental reckoning with the fate of many cultural workers that struggle between paying rent and/or creative endeavors.

CONQUISTADIRECTED BY JOSHUA MOROLES & ROBERT ESPERICUETA

In 2012, a man calling himself “Conquista” walked into the Menil Collection museum in Houston, Texas, and spray-painted over a rare 1929 Picasso painting–this is his story.

I AM THE QUEENDIRECTED BY ROBERTO SALVADOR

A journey through the words of Mixe soprano María Reyna, traveling from a childhood scarred by domestic violence and the ultraconservative views of indigenous communities in the south of Mexico, to the desire of going out into a world “beyond the mountain”.

THE GROTTO OF DEATHDIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER SPERANDIO, BRIAN HUBERMAN, & AUGUSTO MORA

A beautifully drawn black and white comic, THE GROTTO OF DEATH, is presented episodically as the Octogenarian comic book artist slowly draws a grimacing skull and tells the story of his life and work.

BENNY: OUR MUSICAL LINEAGEDIRECTED BY DAVE GARCIA

Three generations, spanning 70 years, sharing their passion for music, family and purpose.

NARRATIVE SHORTS | NARRATIVOS CORTOMETRAJE

4:00 PM – 6:30 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

A GLOW OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE LOVEDIRECTED BY DANTE SILVA

One morning Aymé suffers the abandonment of her partner.

BLACK MORNINGDIRECTED BY VALENTINA HUECK

On Christmas night, after discovering her mother reading her diary, Teresa runs away from home and is left with nowhere to go. Now in solitude, with her secret crush on her best friend exposed, Teresa divulges her fear and shame. Such is the plot of mañana negra, which is a collection of vignettes that attempts to epitomize a teenage girl’s emotional skepticism. The film’s name and setting is a visualization of the merging of subconscious and consciousness: the black morning or the time when night seeps into morning. A reckoning without light. A sleepless dream. The film aims to show how the trauma of immigration fuses the past with the present, and affects the discovery of Queerness. Teresa is haunted by her estranged family, a home that exists only in the past and the oncoming reaction of her Catholic mother. All the while, she dearly holds unspoken feelings for her best-friend, Jeimy, who is also leaving. The battle to be won is between the fear of loss and the will to love.

CHASING REALITYDIRECTED BY ISABEL FLORES

A painter learns to accept the presence of imperfections in her art and her life after being pulled into one of her own paintings.

DOLLDIRECTED BY PAULA ALEGRÍA ESTRADA

“Make Your Doll” Corporation designs Dolls in order to be sold for male pleasure. Ana, one of them, decides to escape the fabric when she hears that Lourdes, the manager, wants to shut her down, because she is a defective product.

BROKEN DIRECTED BY ISRAEL MIRENDA

The TV show begins. Three very different celebrities have been invited to the party. What nobody imagines is that one of them is about to make a terrible scandal. Or maybe it’s even more serious.

A VERY NICE GUYDIRECTED BY MINERVA R. BOLANOS

A prestigious film director is publicly accused of rape, and he makes a documentary to prove his innocence.

IN A FOREIGN AND UNKOWN LANDDIRECTED BY RICARDO VILLANUEVA AVALOS

A family who has recently moved from Mexico to Utah following a job opportunity struggles to adapt to their new circumstances. At the end of the day, they come together to share a burnt meal, but each are lost in their own reflections on the difficult day they’ve had. After a tense silence and display of emotions, Carolina suggest that instead of eating the burnt dinner, they all go out for pizza. The family ultimately realizes that vulnerability will allow them to shoulder their burdens together instead of alone.

AWARDS CEREMONY | CEREMONIA DE PREMIACIÓN

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM – ROSE MARINE THEATER GALLERY | GALERIA DE TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | DOCUMENTAL LARGOMETRAJE

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM ROSE MARINE THEATER | TEATRO DE ROSE MARINE

CATAPUM: NOWHERE TO FALL- DIRECTED BY PALU ABADIA

From the Colombian coast to New York City, this film is the powerful story of 3 women from 3 generations, who found in the Bullerengue -an ancestral musical tradition- a way to resist, heal and celebrate life. From their routines and their songs, they tell the story of their lives bringing out themes like race, immigration, legacy, and identity. Their personal experiences converge in a collective memory, offering a narrative of the Colombian armed conflict that honors the reconciling power of music.