¡Por Fin! Back To Fort Worth¡Por Fin! De Vuelta a Fort Worth
After years based at UNT in Denton, FDCLA returned to Fort Worth — the Fort Worth Report headlined it “at last, the film festival celebrating Latino cinema returns to Fort Worth,” eight years after the festival’s 2015 founding. The 2023 edition ran September 22–24 at the Rose Marine Theater and introduced the festival’s own honor, the Corazón Latino Award.
Tras años con sede en UNT, en Denton, FDCLA regresó a Fort Worth — el Fort Worth Report tituló su cobertura “por fin, el festival de cine que celebra el cine latino regresa a Fort Worth”, ocho años después de la fundación del festival en 2015. La edición 2023 se realizó del 22 al 24 de septiembre en el Rose Marine Theater y estrenó el reconocimiento propio del festival, el Premio Corazón Latino.
At A GlanceDe Un Vistazo
Sept 22–24, 2023
Three daysTres días
Rose Marine Theater
Fort WorthFort Worth
25+
Films screenedPelículas exhibidas
Corazón Latino
Festival honor debutsDebuta el reconocimiento
Programme By DayPrograma Por Día
Friday, September 22
Viernes 22 de septiembre
7:00 PM – Rose Marine Theater Gallery — Opening remarks: Mariachi & Baile Folklorico.
8:00 PM – Rose Marine Theater — Screening of Cantinflas with a Q&A with Edui Tijerina.
Saturday, September 23
Sábado 23 de septiembre
10:30 AM – 8:30 PM, Gallery — Art Show: “Tierra, Sangre y Resistencia.”
10:30–11:00 AM, Theater — Tejano Films: A Life in Technicolor (dir. Alex Ramirez); I’m New (dir. Marlon Rubio Smith); The First Cowboy (dir. Jose Luis Ruiz).
12:00–1:15 PM — Screening of Low and Slow Worldwide.
1:30–2:00 PM — Industry Panel: Production. Speakers: Luke Dorsett, Gino Ayala, Zombie Joe, Josie Lozano, Danny De La Paz.
2:00–4:00 PM — Documentary Shorts: The Border & Politics — The Southern Front (dir. Carlos Evaristo Flores & Patricio J. Salinas); Crosses in the Dust (dir. Christine Kane); Latino Voices: Empowering the Vote (dir. Hania Sanchez Corujo).
3:00–4:00 PM, Gallery — Merienda.
4:00–5:00 PM, Gallery — Industry Panel: Racism in the Media Industry. Speakers: Edui Tijerina, Christel Klitbo, Edmundo Vargas.
4:00–6:00 PM — Documentary Shorts: Sports & Life — Houston United (dir. Juan Mejia Botero); Cacho (dir. Omar Diaz); Shred (dir. Giovanna Trujillo).
6:00–7:30 PM, Gallery — Masterclass: Screenwriting with Edui Tijerina.
6:30–8:30 PM — Narrative Feature: Prime Orbit (dir. Gustavo Cosenza).
Sunday, September 24
Domingo 24 de septiembre
10:30 AM–12:00 PM — Documentary Feature: Eskawata Kayawai – The Spirit of Transformation (dir. Lara Jacoski & Patrick Dequech Belem).
12:00–2:00 PM — Young Filmmakers: Sleepless (dir. Gabriela Elena Gaona); Barrier (dir. Jorge Armando Pattroni); Far From Home (dir. Yoel Rodríguez); Supercut (dir. Natalia Sophia Gonzalez); Serendipity (dir. Emmanuel Molina Rivera); The Fishing Trip (dir. Joaquin Perez Nogueiras); Be Right Back (dir. Arturo Márquez); My One and Only Love (dir. Thomas Groff-Barragan); Hibisco Taqueria (dir. Thomas Emmanuel Groff).
1:00–2:00 PM, Gallery — Panel: Latinos in Comics. Speakers: Eliamaría Madrid & Hector Rodriguez.
2:00–4:00 PM — Documentary Shorts: Art & Heritage — Rubio (dir. Ray Santisteban); The Eye Begins in the Hand (dir. Yehuda Sharim); Conquista (dir. Joshua Moroles & Robert Espericueta); I Am the Queen (dir. Roberto Salvador); The Grotto of Death (dir. Christopher Sperandio, Brian Huberman & Augusto Mora); Benny: Our Musical Lineage (dir. Dave Garcia).
4:00–6:30 PM — Narrative Shorts — A Glow of Incomprehensible Love (dir. Dante Silva); Black Morning (dir. Valentina Hueck); Chasing Reality (dir. Isabel Flores); Doll (dir. Paula Alegría Estrada); Broken (dir. Israel Mirenda); A Very Nice Guy (dir. Minerva R. Bolaños); In a Foreign and Unknown Land (dir. Ricardo Villanueva Avalos).
6:30–7:30 PM, Gallery — Awards Ceremony.
7:30–9:30 PM — Documentary Feature: Catapum: Nowhere to Fall (dir. Palu Abadia).
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Transcribed from the festival’s own award graphics; pending owner verification.
Transcrito de las propias gráficas de premios del festival; pendiente de verificación por el festival.
- Tejano Feature Doc | Documental Largometraje Tejano — Houston United, Juan Mejia Botero (United States)
- Young Filmmakers | Jóvenes Cineastas — Supercut, Natalia Sophia Gonzalez (United States)
- Latino Features | Largometrajes Latinos — Prime Orbit, Gustavo Cosenza (Costa Rica)
- Tejano Narrative Short | Cortometraje Narrativo Tejano — I’m New, Marlon Rubio Smith (United States)
- Latino Shorts | Cortometrajes Latinos — Doll, Paula Alegría Estrada (Ecuador)
- Tejano Short Doc | Documental Cortometraje Tejano — The Southern Front, Carlos Evaristo Flores & Patricio J. Salinas (United States)
- Latino Feature Doc | Documental Largometraje Latino — Eskawata Kayawai – O Espírito da Transformação, Lara Jacoski & Patrick Dequech Belem (Brazil)
- Honorable Mention | Mención Honorífica — Low and Slow World Wide, Luke Dorsett (United States)
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