Cine Mas SF/ Latino Film Festival

Description

Cine Mas SF presents the San Francisco Latino Film Festival. The festival showcases new work by filmmakers from Latin America, Spain, and the US.

SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 13, 8pm

Festival Kick-Off Friend Raiser!
La Santa Cecilia in concert. Along with Candelaria and DJ Julicio!
Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street @ 22nd St., San Francisco

SEPTEMBER 14

Filly Brown - Opening Night Film
September 14, 2012 7:30 PM
Opening Night Film- Filly Brown, a young woman with a gift for rhyme goes on a fast track to become a recording artist.

Sin Padre - Opening Night Film
September 14, 2012 9:30 PM
Opening Night Film- A high school writing assignment turns to a quest to understand the past.

SEPTEMBER 15

Miles Away- Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival 2012
September 15, 2012 1:00 PM
On moving day, a mother and her son unpack their differences and discover a new home together.

Smuggled- Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival 2012
September 15, 2012 1:00 PM
Seeking to be reunited with her husband, a mother and son travel concealed in a tour bus.

Amateurs/Aficionados
September 15, 2012 1:15 PM
A feel good quirky comedy from Spain where a theater workshop becomes the meeting point for several socially awkward, lonely people to come alive and express their feelings.

Adverse Reactions/Reacciones Adversas
September 15, 2012 3:00 PM
Daniel is a young man suffering from low self-esteem, who is incapable of defending himself from the abuses of employers and of society in general.

Salt/Sal
September 15, 2012 3:00 PM
A filmmaker longs to make a western only in South America but doesn't have the material. A quick trip to survey the scene lands him in a modern day western complete with gunslingers, rivalries, and love triangles. Humor and drama in this well made western.

Justice for My Sister
September 15, 2012 3:15 PM

Clubbing/De Caravana
September 15, 2012 5:00 PM
Big city photographer meets the shadier side of the club scene in Argentina's second city. Class differences and humor intersect in this fun, youthful, fast paced film.

Bertsolari
September 15, 2012 5:15 PM
Bertsolari is a Basque traditional spoken art form that is a blend of poetry, improvisation, and song.

Not So Modern Times / Tiempos Menos Modernos
September 15, 2012 7:00 PM
A warm and thoughtful dramatic comedy about a sheep herder in an isolated part of Argentina that comes into contact with the outside world through his phone and tv.

Looking for Larisa/ Buscando a Larisa
September 15, 2012 7:15 PM
A find in the antique shop in Mexico City leads to a cross-country investigation into a girl and her family using various research methods.

Dirty Hearts / Corações Sujos
September 15, 2012 9:15 PM
After the defeat of Japan in World War II, a new war began in Brazil. Japanese immigrants became divided between those who accepted Japan's defeat and those who did not.

Filly Brown
September 15, 2012 9:15 PM
Filly Brown, a young woman with a gift for rhyme goes on a fast track to become a recording artist.

SEPTEMBER 16

The Inca, The Silly Girl, and the Son of a Thief / El Inca, La Boba, y el Hijo del Ladrón
September 16, 2012 1:00 PM
Peruvian 'road trip' drama of three different characters escaping their past and intersecting in the big city- all in search of love and a new life.

Niños de la Memoria (Children of Memory) and Every Time I Remember I Forget/ Cada Vez Que Me Acuerdo Me Olvido
September 16, 2012 1:15 PM
Niños de la Memoría is a documentary about children, now adults, who vanished during the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s. Maria is an old lady suffering from Alzheimers who keeps returning to her childhood during the Spanish Civil War.

F*ck My Wedding / Que Pena Tu Boda
September 16, 2012 3:00 PM
Chile's box office hit maker is back with this romantic comedy about our lovable loser fast tracking the relationship to the altar upon learning they're expecting a baby.

Sibila
September 16, 2012 3:15 PM
Sibila is a journey that builds the present by looking at the past. It is also an encounter between two generations looking for dialogue.
Project Reus
September 16, 2012 5:00 PM
An establishment business owner and an ex-con have a score to settle with each other in a public battle to keep or take control of their neighborhood.

Day of the Flowers
September 16, 2012 5:15 PM
Two young, strong-willed Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a born-to-shop fashionista, take their late father's ashes to Cuba, the site of many intriguing family legends.

Sin Padre
September 16, 2012 5:15 PM
A high school writing assignment turns to a quest to understand the past.

Reporter/Reportero
September 16, 2012 7:00 PM
Reportero follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for the media.

Homeboy
September 16, 2012 7:15 PM
A look into the life of gay gang members in Los Angeles.

Under My Nails
September 16, 2012 9:00 PM
Solimar is a young Puerto Rican woman working in a New York City nail salon. In her building, she learns she has new neighbors- a Dominican couple with a penchant for rough sex.

Machete Language / Lenguaje de los Machetes
September 16, 2012 9:15 PM
Ray and Ramona are a young couple, partners in crime, with ambitious revolutionary goals.

SEPTEMBER 17

Looking for Larisa/ Buscando a Larisa
September 17, 2012 7:30 PM
A find in the antique shop in Mexico City leads to a cross-country investigation into a girl and her family using various research methods.

SEPTEMBER 19

Unfinished Spaces
September 19, 2012 7:30 PM
LGBT Shorts - A selection of both fiction and documentary shorts.

SEPTEMBER 20

Dirty Hearts / Corações Sujos
September 20, 2012 7:30 PM
After the defeat of Japan in World War II, a new war began in Brazil. Japanese immigrants became divided between those who accepted Japan's defeat and those who did not.

SEPTEMBER 21

Under My Nails
September 21, 2012 7:30 PM
Solimar is a young Puerto Rican woman working in a New York City nail salon. In her building, she learns she has new neighbors- a Dominican couple with a penchant for rough sex.

SEPTEMBER 22

US Latino Shorts Program
September 22, 2012 1:00 PM
A variety of documentary and narrative shorts by filmmakers from across the USA.

Maestra & The Invisible Line
September 22, 2012 3:00 PM
Two mid-length films. Teacher: About women that were part of a literacy program in 1960's Cuba. The Invisible Line: A unique tourist attraction deep in Mexico that has people role playing an 'illegal border crossing' on a night hike in the hills complete with border patrol, smugglers, and immigrants.

Justice for My Sister
September 22, 2012 5:00 PM
Documentary about a woman who's holding the police and legal system accountable for the prosecution of her sister's murderer.

Clubbing/De Caravana
September 22, 2012 7:00 PM
Big city photographer meets the shadier side of the club scene in Argentina's second city. Class differences and humor intersect in this fun, youthful, fast paced film.

SEPTEMBER 23

Voices of Chile-Voces de Chile
September 23, 2012 1:00 PM
A window into how Chileans see themselves and their country .

Niños de la Memoria / Children of Memory and Every Time I Remember I Forget / Cada Vez Que Me Acuerdo Me Olvido
September 23, 2012 3:00 PM
Niños de la Memoría is a documentary about children, now adults, who vanished during the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s. Maria is an old lady suffering from Alzheimers who keeps returning to her childhood during the Spanish Civil War.

Not So Modern Times / Tiempos Menos Modernos
September 23, 2012 5:00 PM
A warm and thoughtful dramatic comedy about a sheep herder in an isolated part of Argentina that comes into contact with the outside world through his phone and tv.

SEPTEMBER 24

Voices of Chile-Voces de Chile
September 24, 2012 7:30 PM
A window into how Chileans see themselves and their country .

SEPTEMBER 25

Adverse Reactions/Reacciones Adversas
September 25, 2012 7:00 PM
Daniel is a young man suffering from low self-esteem, who is incapable of defending himself from the abuses of employers and of society in general.

SEPTEMBER 26

Latin American Shorts
September 26, 2012 7:30 PM
A selection of shorts from a variety of genres including animation, comedy, drama and period piece drama.

LGBT Shorts
September 26, 2012 7:30 PM
LGBT Shorts - A selection of both fiction and documentary shorts.

SEPTEMBER 27

September 27, 2012 6PM
Free event. RSVP through: http://kqedlatino.eventbrite.com/
Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, (408) 794-6240

SEPTEMBER 28

Reporter/Reportero
September 28, 2012 7:00 PM
Reportero follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for the media.

Sin Padre
September 28, 2012 9:30 PM
A high school writing assignment turns to a quest to understand the past.

Schedule

San Francisco Locations
Artists' for Television Access (ATA) 992 Valencia St San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
Galeria de la Raza 2857 24th St San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
Landmark's Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
Victoria Theatre 2961 16th St San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission St San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
The Blue Macaw 2565 Mission St. San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
SOM. - CLOSED 2925 16th Street San Francisco, CA	Event has passed
Oakland Locations
East Side Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd. Oakland, CA	Event has passed
Richmond Locations
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center 13108 San Pablo Ave Richmond, CA	Event has passed
San Jose Locations
M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana) 510 S 1st St San Jose, CA	Event has passed

More Info

Link

http://www.sflatinofilmfestival.org/