The Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is dressed up with banners welcoming the 14th annual Cine las Americas Film Festival participants when they step into the theater. Filmmakers, film fans and press gathered for the inaugural film.
Mark Saldana, writer from www.trueviewreviews.net was very early to attend the festival for the first time and found Cine las Americas to be a bit more peaceful than the one we attended in March. Marylou Castillo, Board Chair of LUPEArte, and I started to look for seats in the theater as we entered at the same time, and we ran into my friends, Mary Reyna and Sylvia Araiza, who celebrated her birthday at the film festival.
After the screening of the inaugural film, Marimbas del Infierno, we all ran into Cine las Americas board member, David Rice. I had not visited with David for a while due to our busy schedules and found he has a book soon to be released. He is also the screenwriter for the movie directed by Demetrius Navarro, 'Gone Hollywood', that will premiere in Austin Texas at the festival on Easter Sunday, 4pm at the Alamo Drafthouse in the Hecho En Tejas category.
The cast includes Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan born, educated in London and very, very handsome. Talented Valente Rodriguez hails from the Rio Grande Valley as I and we graduated from the same educational institution, University of Texas- Pan American in Edinburg, plus he has many film and television acting credits. Most often, he is remembered as the character, Ernie, in the George Lopez television series, but he has many feature films to his credit as well. There are many other talented cast members, as this film was shot in the Rio Grande Valley.
You can find the 'Gone Hollywood' trailer on YouTube and the festival website under the Festival Program tab. It is great eye candy before arriving at the theater on Easter Sunday!
Much of the programming is at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, where badge holders and individual ticket holders will enjoy great films. Tickets can be purchased individually for each film.
The festival is also holding free screenings and Master Classes at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. For complete listings, visit www.cinelasamericas.org and download or view the festival schedule.
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