OPENING NIGHT

7:00PM
Top Shelf Shorts:
Festival Award Winners

Café Paraiso / Café Paradise
Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 10 min
Directed by Alonso Ruiz Palacios 
Courtesy of IMCINE
Best Mexican Short at Guadalajara Film Festival

Oda a la Piña / Ode to la Piña
Cuba / Comedy /Color / 2008 / 10 min
Written & Directed by: Laimir Faro Villaescusa
Courtesy of Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de San Antonio de los Baños

Quién es el Verdugo? /
Who's the Executioner?
Peru-Cuba / Experimental / 2008 / 9 min
Written & Directed by Brian Jacobs
Best Experimental Short at Tregor Film Festival, France; Best Director at Shorts Shorts, Mexico

Atlantico / Atlantic
Cuba-Brazil / Fiction / 2008 / 11 min
Directed by Fabio Meira
Produced By EICTV
Best Short at Tolouse Film Festival, France

Tierra y Pan / Land and Bread
Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 8 min
Directed by Carlos Armella
Courtesy of Shorts Shorts Film Festival, Mexico
Best Short at Venice Film Festival

Porque Hay Cosas Que No
Se Olividan /
Because There Are Things You Never Forget
Spain / Fiction / 2008 / 10 min
Directed and written byLucas Figueroa
Courtesy of PromoFest
Awarded in more than 40 festivals around the world

Pucha Vida
Colombia-Cuba / Documentary / 2007 / 12 min
Directed by Nazly Lopez
Courtesy of EICTV
Best Documentary Short at Havana Film Festival, Cuba and Festival Icaro, Guatemala

Hoy No Estoy / Not Available Today
Argentina / Fiction / 2007 /  9 min
Directed by Gustavo Taretto
Courtesy of Rizoma Films
Best Short Film at  Locarno Film Festival; First Coral at Havana Film Festival, Cuba

Running Time: 83 Min.

Special Showcase: Teaserland
An entertaining initiative featuring fake movie trailers by well-known directors such as Isabel Coixet (Elegy, The Secret Life of Words), Jaume Balaguero (Rec), and J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage), alongside up-and-coming filmmakers. Presented by Pragda www.pragda.com
Q & A with Teaserland’s Director Xavi Bru.

Running Time: 30 Min.

Reception Sponsored by
Empanadas Cafe

7:00PM
Trips to Wonderland:
Experimental and Animated

Marea / Tide
Argentina / Animation / 2008 / 7 min
Directed by Pablo Delfini

El Pianografo
Costa Rica / Animation  / 2008 / 3 min
Directed by Edo Brenes
Courtesy Festival Icaro of Central America

Berbaoc
Spain / Animation / 2008 / 5 min
Directed by Animation workshop at Arteleku

El Deseo de Juanita / Juanita's Wish
Colombia / Animation / 2008 / 2 min
Directed by Monica Cifuentes

Carros Rojos / Red Cars
Panama / VideoClip-Animation /
2006 / 3 min
Directed by Marco Luque

Agua / Water
Argentina / Experimental / 2008 / 1min
Directed by Fabian Saria

One by One
Salvador / Animation / 2008 / 3 min
Directed by Lazaro Hernandez

Stories from the Streetwise

Carretera del Norte / North Road
Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 10:30 min
Directed by Ruben Rojo

Sueños de America /
American Dreams
Peru / Fiction / 2008 / 18 Min.
Directed by Danny Cespedes

¡¡¡Todas!!!
Spain / Fiction / 2008 / 25 min.
Directed by Jose Martret

Tiene la Tarde Ojos / The Afternoon Has Eyes
Mexico / Fiction / 2007 / 10 min
Directed by Hari (Carlos Sama)
Courtesy of CCC, Mexico

Olimpíadas / Olympics
Argentina / Fiction / 2008 / 13 min
Directed by Magali Bayon

Running Time: 96 Min.

El Hilo de Oro / The Golden Thread
Spain/ Fiction / 2008 / 19:00 min
Directed by Diego Sanchidrian

Jacinta
Mexico / Animation / 2008 / 9 min
Directed by Karla Castañeda

Blanca
Guatemala / Fiction / 2007 / 11 min
Directed by Alejandro Crisostomo

Interior Bajo Izquierda / Inside Down Basement
Peru / Fiction / 2008 / 10 min
Directed by Diego & Daniel Vega

Dolores
Colombia / Fiction / 2009 / 14 min
Directed by Tatiana Villacob

Gasas en el Útero / Gauses in the Uterus
Ecuador / Experimental / 5 min
Directed by Elsye Suquilanda

El Deseo / The Desire
Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 14 min
Directed by Marie Benito

Dilemas de un Abandono
Argentina / Fiction / 2008 / 19 min
Directed by Cecilia del Valle

7:00 - 9:30PM
Local Color:
Greetings from the Corner Bodega

Lucky Day
Spain-U.S. / Fiction / 2008 / 5 Min
Directed by Laura Amante
Courtesy of PromoFest

Behind the Line
U.S. / Experimental / 2009 / 4 min
Directed by Sandra Llano

The Climate in Cuba
U.S.-Cuba / Experimental / 2009 / 4:26 min
Directed by Bette Wanderman

Telémaco
Spain / Fiction-Experimental / 2009 / 4 min
Directed by Jorge M. Rodrigo
Courtesy of PromoFest

Fictional Truth
U.S.-Mexico / Fiction / 2008 / 8 min
Directed by Jose Velasco

Good Bye
U.S.–Colombia / Fiction / 2009 / 9 min
Directed by Mauricio Montes.
Q & A WITH FILMMAKERS

Love and Lust
Through a Bent Lens

Una Arma Peligrosa / A Dangerous Weapon
Argentina / Animation / 2009 / 8 min
Directed by Mariana Wenger & Paola Murias. Narrated by Eduardo Galeano

Pelo Ouvido / Through the Ear
Brazil / Fiction / 2007 / 17 Min.
Directed by Joaquim Haickel

Lloronas
Argentina / Fiction / 2008 / 12 min
Written & Directed by Lia Dansker

Yo Solo Miro / I Just Want to Watch
Spain / Fiction / 2008 / 18 Min
Directed by Gorka Cornejo

Dossiê Rê Bordosa / The Rê Bordosa Dossier
Brazil / Animation / 2008 / 15 min
Directed by Cesar Cabral
Courtesy of Coala Films
Third Coral of Animation at Havana Film Festival, Cuba; Best Brazilian Animation at Animamundi

Cuestion de Fé / Faith Matters
Spain / Fiction / 2008 / 19 min
Directed by Alvaro Garcia

Running Time: 123 Min.

Reception Sponsored by
Empanadas Cafe