 Mickey J. Brijandez and Miguel Rodriguez at SDLFF in 2018 | |
| Location |
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| Established | 1993 |
| Founded by | Ethan van Thillo |
| Most recent | 2023 |
| Website | https://sdlatinofilm.com/ |
The San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF) is an annual film festival founded in 1993 and based in San Diego, California.
The festival helped pave the way for diverse groups and cultures in the film industry. [1] Ethan van Thillo founded the festival in 1993. [2] [3] In 2000, they received over 5,000 attendees [4] and in 2002, van Thillo said the festival really came together with help from participants and media outlets that visit from Tijuana. [5] In 2007, the Arte Latino exhibit was included at the festival's screenings. [6]
Each year, a competition is held with different posters to decide which one will represent the festival. [7] By 2011, the Premio Corazon Award was designed by Lizet Benrey [8] and the festival's 12th annual Cinema En Tu Idioma, a series of films, had a one week run at Ultrastar Mission Valley Cinemas near Hazard Center station. [9] In 2023, the 30th anniversary festival took place at AMC Theatres at Westfield Mission Valley and Digital Gym Cinema. [10]
Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film Mad Love.
Nuevo Cine Mexicano, also referred to as New Mexican Cinema is a Mexican film movement started in the early 1990s. Filmmakers, critics, and scholars consider Nuevo Cine Mexicano a "rebirth" of Mexican cinema because of the production of higher-quality films. This rebirth led to high international praise as well as box-office success, unseen since the golden age of Mexican cinema of the 1930s to 1960s. The quality of Mexican films suffered in the decades following the golden age due in part to Mexican audiences watching more overseas films, especially Hollywood productions. This resulted in the rise of infamous Mexican genres such as Luchador films, sexicomedias and ultimately the low-budget direct-to-video Mexploitation film.
Juan Villegas is an Argentine film actor and director.
The MTV Movie Awards Mexico was an awards show which were established in 2003. The show is based on the US MTV Movie Awards format celebrating local film and actors.
Chilean cinema refers to all films produced in Chile or made by Chileans. It had its origins at the start of the 20th century with the first Chilean film screening in 1902 and the first Chilean feature film appearing in 1910. The oldest surviving feature is El Húsar de la Muerte (1925), and the last silent film was Patrullas de Avanzada (1931). The Chilean film industry struggled in the late 1940s and in the 1950s, despite some box-office successes such as El Diamante de Maharajá. The 1960s saw the development of the "New Chilean Cinema", with films like Three Sad Tigers (1968), Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969) and Valparaíso mi amor (1969). After the 1973 military coup, film production was low, with many filmmakers working in exile. It increased after the end of the Pinochet regime in 1989, with occasional critical and/or popular successes such as Johnny cien pesos (1993), Historias de Fútbol (1997) and Gringuito (1998).
No eres tú, soy yo is a 2010 Mexican romantic comedy directed by Alejandro Springall starring Eugenio Derbez, Alejandra Barros and Martina García and based on the Argentine film No sos vos, soy yo (2004), written by Juan Taratuto. It was produced by Matthias Ehrenberg and filmed in Mexico City.
Antonio Chavarrías is a Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Some of his most recognised films are Childish Games (2012), showed at the 2012 Berlinale (2012), Celia's Lives (2006), exhibited at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and You'll Be Back (2002), which earned him a nomination for the Goya Awards for the Best Adapted Screenplay in 2002.
Aurelia Del Carmen Guarini is an Argentine anthropologist, teacher, film director, and film producer specializing in anthropological documentary films. She teaches visual anthropology and directs documentaries in Argentina and in Cuba. She serves on the documentary projects' evaluation committee at the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts and participates in Cine Ojo projects.
Laura Citarella is an Argentine film director and producer. She has been noted as an emerging voice of the "New Argentine Cinema movement" or el Nuevo Cine Argentino. She is a core producer at the indie production company El Pampero Cine, and produced La flor, which at 868 minutes, currently holds the record for the longest running Argentine film in history.
Our Barrio is a 2016 drama short film directed by Ryan Casselman and written by Casselman and Yvette Angulo. The film stars Angulo, Rick Mancia, Francisco Javier Gomez, Andrea Sevilla and Robby Perez. The film screened at Palm Springs International ShortFest and won awards at Oceanside International Film Festival and Riverside International Film Festival. It was distributed by Indieflix.
Undocumented is a 2016 drama short film directed by Chris Cashman and written by Cashman and Michael Pancer. The film stars Victoria Truscott, Shane P. Allen, Cristyn Chandler and Jesse Keller.
Lizet Benrey is a Mexican-American painter, film director and actress whose artwork has been displayed worldwide at cultural institutions, art galleries and museums. She directed a documentary about Leonora Carrington and designed the Premio Corazon Award for the San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Before the Buzzards Arrive is a 2023 Mexican black-and-white fantasy mystery film written and directed by Jonás N. Díaz in his directorial debut. Starring María del Carmen Félix. It had its international premiere on January 30, 2023, at the Rotterdam International Film Festival as part of Big Screen Competition.
Pulp Friction is a 2021 parody short film directed by Mark Atkinson and Tony Olmos and written by Atkinson. The film spoofs Pulp Fiction and stars Atkinson, Randy Davison and Elliott Branch Jr. The film won the Indie Spirit Award at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema; received nominations at Austin Revolution Film Festival, Oceanside International Film Festival, and Award This!; and screened at San Diego Latino Film Festival.
Digital Gym Cinema is a theater and lounge founded by Media Arts Center San Diego and screens lesser known independent films in San Diego, California.
Anne Beth Accomando Weidinger is a film and theatre critic for KPBS, who formerly worked as an arts reporter for NPR, XETV and The Star-News. She hosts the Cinema Junkie podcast and has curated several film events throughout San Diego County. Accomando edited the 1991 to 1992 sequels of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise and is part of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Her work has been distributed through several publications, including RogerEbert.com.