CORTOCIRCUITO, AN OFFICIAL EVENT OF NYC LATIN MEDIA AND ENTERTAIMENT WEEK – LMEW, BEGINS OCTOBER 6TH, 2011
| WHEN: | Thursday October 6th, 2011 – 7 PM |
| WHERE: | King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of New York University (KJCC, NYU), 53 Washington Square South (between Sullivan and Thompson Streets) |
| TRAINS: | A, B, C, E, F, y M to West 4 and 1 to Christopher Street. |
| MORE INFO: | www.cortocircuito.us / www.nyu.edu/kjc All foreign language films are English subtitled. This is a Free Event. |
| WHAT: | Join us October 6th, at 7 pm, as the 8th Annual CortoCircuito Latino Shorts Film Festival of New York hosts the most exciting films from Latin America, Spain and U.S. Latino. A selection of Festival Circuit Award Winners that includes short films that have won at important festivals such as Guadalajara, Sao Paulo, Los Angeles, Chicago, Havana, Huelva: Amar (Isabel Herguera, Spain); The Swimmers (Carlos Lechuga, Cuba); If your drive at Night, Try to Have Company (Isabel Muñoz, Mexico); Sambatown (Cadu Macedo, Brazil); Our Hospitality (Pablo Abdala – Joaquin Peñagaricano, Uruguay); Desanimado (Emilio Marti, Spain); The Crimes (Santiago Esteves, Argentina); The River (Adrian Saba, Peru); The Bet (Miguel Otalora, Colombia) and, Doll's Factory (Ainhoa Menendez, Spain). Reception to follow, sponsored by Empanadas Café. CortoCircuito is made possible with support from Escuela International de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV), Dirección de Cinematografía – Colombia, Universidad del Cine de Buenos Aires, Shorts Shorts Film Festival – Mexico, La Noche de los Cortos – Peru, Festival Icaro of Centroamérica, Casa Comal Arte y Cultura of Guatemala, Havana Film Festival NY, ICAIC, Telemundo47, Empanadas Café, Enrola TV, Tespis Magazine and, IMCINE, Mexico. |
| About the LMEW: | In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Latin Media and Entertainment Commission (LMEC) announced that the Second Annual Latin Media & Entertainment Week (LMEW) will be taking place from Monday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 9th. The mission of the Latin Media and Entertainment Commission is to establish New York as the leading global economic Latin cultural center and destination. This year, the LMEC proudly releases the first "New York City: The Capital of Latin Media & Entertainment Fact Pack." It compares and contrast New York and other U.S. cities with large Latin populations. Moreover, it shows data pertinent to New York's Latin population growth, increased educational achievements, biculturalism and bilingualism, use of technology, an array of Latin cultural activities, and growing tourism. |
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