International Latino Film Festival~ San Francisco Bay Area Wraps Up '2006 10th Edition'
The International Latino Film Festival(ILFF) Wraps Up 2006 10th Edition with 17 Days, Screenings, and Gala Events Throughout Nine Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco, San Jose, Redwood City, Oakland, Berkeley, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Larkspur, San Bruno
San Francisco, CA – December 1, 2006 – The International Latino Film Festival— San Francisco Bay Area, one of the largest and most prestigious international organizations of its kind, wrapped its 10th anniversary celebration and 2006 festival edition on Sunday, November 19th concluding 17 days of film screenings and gala events.
From opening night at the legendary Castro Theatre, to the first-ever Festival edition in Redwood City, San Bruno, and Oakland, to the unforgettable closing night at CineArts, Sanatana Row in San Jose where theater seats were filled and fans were elated.
This year’s Mocte de Oro Award, was presented to the acclaimed and prolific Mexican actor, Damián Alcázar, of Un Mundo Maravilloso/ A Wonderful World by internationally renowned director, Moctesuma Esparza.
The Festival’s 10th ILFF Official Competition winner was Un Franco, 14 Pesetas, the debut work by Director/Writer/Actor Carlos Iglesias of Spain. Un Franco, 14 Pesetas is humorous and tender story based on the Iglesias family‘s emigration to Switzerland when Carlos was a young boy.
The 10th ILFF Audience Award this year was a tie between O Casamento de Romeo y Julieta / Romeo and Juliet Get Married (dir. Bruno Barreto, Brazil) and East Side Story (dir. Carlos Portugal, USA). Romantic screwball comedy, “O Casamento”, retells the Bard’s tragic love story with twists, turns and lots of sports fanaticism- Brazilian-style. In his debut film, East Side Story, Carlos Portugal takes on culture clashes, sexuality and gentrification in East L.A to shake up this hilarious yet heartfelt romantic drama.
ILFF is also pleased to announce the 10th ILFF Jury Award Recipients presented at the closing night festivities on November 19, 2006 before the screening of Jose “Pepe” Bojorquez’s astonishing mystical fable ‘Mar de sueños/ Sea of Dreams (Mexico, USA) at CineArts, Santana Row, San Jose. Thank you to the Jury Award Committee, which includes international and national film industry professionals, filmmakers and scholars.
10th ILFF Official Competition AwardUn franco, 14 pesetas
dir. Carlos Iglesias, 2006, Spain, 105 min.
Sponsored by Subaru
Emerging Latino Filmmaker Jury Award
Two Birds
dir. Juan Jose Rivera, 2006, USA, 8 min.
Sponsored by Yahoo!/Telemundo
Feature Documentary Jury Award
Pancho Villa: La revolución no ha terminado
/ Pancho Villa: The Revolution Has Not Ended
dir. Francesco Taboada Tabone, 2006, Mexico, 102 min.
Sponsored by Subaru
Music Documentary Jury AwardHasta el último trago...corazón!
/ Till the Last Drink... My Heart
dir. Beto Gomez, 2005, Mexico, 90 min.
Sponsored by Continental Airlines
Human Rights Jury Award
Rosita
dir. Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, 2005, Nicaragua / USA, 55 min.
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank
LGBT Film/Filmmaker's Jury Award
Seres extravagantes / Odd People Out
dir. Manuel Zayas, 2004, Cuba / Spain, 54 min.
Sponsored by Mexicana Airlines
Short Film Jury AwardMy Backyard Was A Mountain
dir. Adam Schlachter, 2005, Puerto Rico, 24 min.
Sponsored by City of Redwood City
Student Film Jury AwardMariposa / Butterfly
dir. Elvira Carrizal, 2006, USA, 14 min.
Sponsored by Castellano Family Foundation
Women & Film Jury AwardLa última mirada / The Last Gaze
dir. Patricia Arriaga Jordan, 2006, Mexico, 124 min.
Sponsored by Macy's
The 2006 ILFF Audience Award celebrates the feature film voted best by the audience at the opening weekend of the Festival at the Castro Theatre.
Audience Award (Tie)East Side Story
dir. Carlos Portugal, 2006, USA, 88 min.
Audience Award (Tie)O casamento de Romeu e Julieta
/ Romeo and Juliet Get Married
dir. Bruno Barreto, 2005, Brazil, 90 min.
This year’s jury was made up of prominent leaders in education, arts and film organizations located in the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally. They are as follows:
Tamara Alvarado - Executive Director - MACLA
Janet Austin – Assistant Film Coordinator - Oakland Film Office
Stefanie Coyote - Executive Director - San Francisco Film Commission
Michael Fox - Film Critic and Journalist
Julien Hernandez - Write/Director/Producer
Kathy Huang - Writer/Director/Producer
Robert Koehler - Film Critic- Variety
Jorge Magaña Molina - Int'l Film Festival Coordinator- IMCINE
Jennifer Morris – Director of Programming, - San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival
Silvia Nakkach - Vox Media
John Petrovsky Carvajal – Professor Language, Marin Academy
Lourdes Portillo - Writer/Director/Producer
Carlos Rodriguez - Asst. Prof. English - Dominican University of California
Cathleen Rountree – Author and Film Journalist- UC Santa Cruz
Hector Cruz Sandoval - Writer/Director/Producer
Arthur Kane Scott - Professor Int'l Studies- Dominican University of California
Bruce M. Smith - Dean Liberal Arts- City College of San Francisco
Lidia Szajko - Chair, Film Dept.- City College of San Francisco
Gustavo Vasquez - Asst. Prof. film & Digital Media- UC Santa Cruz
Hyon-Chu Yi-Baker- Director MOSIAC Cross Cultural Center - San Jose State University
Ami Zins – Film Coordinator- Oakland Film Office
The Int’l LFF San Francisco Bay Area is proud to announce: Subaru of America, Inc. as Festival Presenting Sponsor and Official Vehicle of the ILFF.
Official Sponsors: Dominican University of California, Macy’s, Castellano Family Foundation, Latino Leadership Council/City of Redwood City and Continental Airlines.
Major sponsors: VISA, Wells Fargo, Union Bank, Don Julio, Prudential of California, PruLatino, JW Marriott and Mexicana Airlines.
Supporting Foundations Sponsors: Grants for the Arts, James Irvine Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Fullerton Family Foundation, County of Marin Board of Supervisors, Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.
INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
The International Latino Film Festival was founded in 1997 by Sylvia Perel to benefit the San Francisco Bay Area and the world by promoting cinematography of significant artistic merit created by, or about Latinos, and to celebrate cultural understanding through the art of film and filmmaking. The International Latino Film Festival began in Marin County with eight films over three days in one venue and has grown to 92 films over 16 days in 17 venues and nine cities across the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. For additional information visit: www.LatinoFilmFestival.org
Contact:
Eric Thomas
International Latino Film Festival (ILFF)
(510)238-8336
pr@latinofilmfestival.org
Clara Garza
Lighthouse Media Group
(408)391-7617
cgarza@lighthousemediagroup.biz
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San Francisco, San Jose, Redwood City, Oakland, Berkeley, San Rafael, Mill Valley, Larkspur, San Bruno
San Francisco, CA – December 1, 2006 – The International Latino Film Festival— San Francisco Bay Area, one of the largest and most prestigious international organizations of its kind, wrapped its 10th anniversary celebration and 2006 festival edition on Sunday, November 19th concluding 17 days of film screenings and gala events.
From opening night at the legendary Castro Theatre, to the first-ever Festival edition in Redwood City, San Bruno, and Oakland, to the unforgettable closing night at CineArts, Sanatana Row in San Jose where theater seats were filled and fans were elated.
This year’s Mocte de Oro Award, was presented to the acclaimed and prolific Mexican actor, Damián Alcázar, of Un Mundo Maravilloso/ A Wonderful World by internationally renowned director, Moctesuma Esparza.
The Festival’s 10th ILFF Official Competition winner was Un Franco, 14 Pesetas, the debut work by Director/Writer/Actor Carlos Iglesias of Spain. Un Franco, 14 Pesetas is humorous and tender story based on the Iglesias family‘s emigration to Switzerland when Carlos was a young boy.
The 10th ILFF Audience Award this year was a tie between O Casamento de Romeo y Julieta / Romeo and Juliet Get Married (dir. Bruno Barreto, Brazil) and East Side Story (dir. Carlos Portugal, USA). Romantic screwball comedy, “O Casamento”, retells the Bard’s tragic love story with twists, turns and lots of sports fanaticism- Brazilian-style. In his debut film, East Side Story, Carlos Portugal takes on culture clashes, sexuality and gentrification in East L.A to shake up this hilarious yet heartfelt romantic drama.
ILFF is also pleased to announce the 10th ILFF Jury Award Recipients presented at the closing night festivities on November 19, 2006 before the screening of Jose “Pepe” Bojorquez’s astonishing mystical fable ‘Mar de sueños/ Sea of Dreams (Mexico, USA) at CineArts, Santana Row, San Jose. Thank you to the Jury Award Committee, which includes international and national film industry professionals, filmmakers and scholars.
10th ILFF Official Competition AwardUn franco, 14 pesetas
dir. Carlos Iglesias, 2006, Spain, 105 min.
Sponsored by Subaru
Emerging Latino Filmmaker Jury Award
Two Birds
dir. Juan Jose Rivera, 2006, USA, 8 min.
Sponsored by Yahoo!/Telemundo
Feature Documentary Jury Award
Pancho Villa: La revolución no ha terminado
/ Pancho Villa: The Revolution Has Not Ended
dir. Francesco Taboada Tabone, 2006, Mexico, 102 min.
Sponsored by Subaru
Music Documentary Jury AwardHasta el último trago...corazón!
/ Till the Last Drink... My Heart
dir. Beto Gomez, 2005, Mexico, 90 min.
Sponsored by Continental Airlines
Human Rights Jury Award
Rosita
dir. Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, 2005, Nicaragua / USA, 55 min.
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank
LGBT Film/Filmmaker's Jury Award
Seres extravagantes / Odd People Out
dir. Manuel Zayas, 2004, Cuba / Spain, 54 min.
Sponsored by Mexicana Airlines
Short Film Jury AwardMy Backyard Was A Mountain
dir. Adam Schlachter, 2005, Puerto Rico, 24 min.
Sponsored by City of Redwood City
Student Film Jury AwardMariposa / Butterfly
dir. Elvira Carrizal, 2006, USA, 14 min.
Sponsored by Castellano Family Foundation
Women & Film Jury AwardLa última mirada / The Last Gaze
dir. Patricia Arriaga Jordan, 2006, Mexico, 124 min.
Sponsored by Macy's
The 2006 ILFF Audience Award celebrates the feature film voted best by the audience at the opening weekend of the Festival at the Castro Theatre.
Audience Award (Tie)East Side Story
dir. Carlos Portugal, 2006, USA, 88 min.
Audience Award (Tie)O casamento de Romeu e Julieta
/ Romeo and Juliet Get Married
dir. Bruno Barreto, 2005, Brazil, 90 min.
This year’s jury was made up of prominent leaders in education, arts and film organizations located in the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally. They are as follows:
Tamara Alvarado - Executive Director - MACLA
Janet Austin – Assistant Film Coordinator - Oakland Film Office
Stefanie Coyote - Executive Director - San Francisco Film Commission
Michael Fox - Film Critic and Journalist
Julien Hernandez - Write/Director/Producer
Kathy Huang - Writer/Director/Producer
Robert Koehler - Film Critic- Variety
Jorge Magaña Molina - Int'l Film Festival Coordinator- IMCINE
Jennifer Morris – Director of Programming, - San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival
Silvia Nakkach - Vox Media
John Petrovsky Carvajal – Professor Language, Marin Academy
Lourdes Portillo - Writer/Director/Producer
Carlos Rodriguez - Asst. Prof. English - Dominican University of California
Cathleen Rountree – Author and Film Journalist- UC Santa Cruz
Hector Cruz Sandoval - Writer/Director/Producer
Arthur Kane Scott - Professor Int'l Studies- Dominican University of California
Bruce M. Smith - Dean Liberal Arts- City College of San Francisco
Lidia Szajko - Chair, Film Dept.- City College of San Francisco
Gustavo Vasquez - Asst. Prof. film & Digital Media- UC Santa Cruz
Hyon-Chu Yi-Baker- Director MOSIAC Cross Cultural Center - San Jose State University
Ami Zins – Film Coordinator- Oakland Film Office
The Int’l LFF San Francisco Bay Area is proud to announce: Subaru of America, Inc. as Festival Presenting Sponsor and Official Vehicle of the ILFF.
Official Sponsors: Dominican University of California, Macy’s, Castellano Family Foundation, Latino Leadership Council/City of Redwood City and Continental Airlines.
Major sponsors: VISA, Wells Fargo, Union Bank, Don Julio, Prudential of California, PruLatino, JW Marriott and Mexicana Airlines.
Supporting Foundations Sponsors: Grants for the Arts, James Irvine Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Fullerton Family Foundation, County of Marin Board of Supervisors, Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.
INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
The International Latino Film Festival was founded in 1997 by Sylvia Perel to benefit the San Francisco Bay Area and the world by promoting cinematography of significant artistic merit created by, or about Latinos, and to celebrate cultural understanding through the art of film and filmmaking. The International Latino Film Festival began in Marin County with eight films over three days in one venue and has grown to 92 films over 16 days in 17 venues and nine cities across the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. For additional information visit: www.LatinoFilmFestival.org
Contact:
Eric Thomas
International Latino Film Festival (ILFF)
(510)238-8336
pr@latinofilmfestival.org
Clara Garza
Lighthouse Media Group
(408)391-7617
cgarza@lighthousemediagroup.biz
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