Film enthusiasts the Phoenix Film Festival is around the corner April 5 -15 to be exact. This year it will show case independent films by Latino filmmakers, so please go out and support them! For showtimes visit www.phoenixfilmfestival.com
PALACIOS
Run Time: 77 minutes
Screening Times:
Friday, April 6 at 5:45pm
Saturday, April 7 at 9:15am
Wednesday, April 11 at 7:15pm
Directed by: Robert T Herrera
Cast: Libby Bibb, Olajuwon Davis
Synopsis: A widowed woman and an inner-city teen spend the 4th of July holiday together on a Midwest city rooftop where they create an unlikely bond that forces them to stop ignoring the circumstance that placed them there together.
RICH KIDS
Run Time: 97 minutes
Screening Times:
Friday, April 6 at 11:10 am
Saturday, April 7 at 3:05 pm
Sunday, April 8 at 4:15 pm
Directed by: Laura Somers
Cast: Gerardo Velasquez, Justin Rodriguez, Michelle Magallon, Ulysses Montoya, Naöme Antoinette, Alessandra Mañon
Synopsis: A group of troubled teens from a low-income community resolve to break into “Los Ricos”, the local mansion with a border fence, in order to forget their difficult lives and experience a different one.
Amazing short films you must watch:
Latino-American Shorts
Run Time: 87 minutes
Screening Times:
Friday, April 6th at 7:45 PM
Monday, April 9th at 9:20 PM
Wednesday, April 11th at 5:00 PM
One More Kiss/Un Besito Mass
Directed by: Simon Brand
Synopsis: The music video for Jesse & Joy’s “Un Besito Más” follows the narrative of one family’s undocumented journey and their sudden, tragic separation.
Instinct
Directed by: Maria Alice Arida
Synopsis: Isabelle, a lonely gallery owner meets a dangerously seductive performance artist and discovers they have more in common than expected.
Desde El Pincipio
Directed by: Miguel J. Soliman
Synopsis: In a soundproof recording studio, a conversation sparks between two voice actors dealing with a shared tragedy.
Carol
Directed by: Rogelio Almeida
Synopsis: A young man with moderate to severe autism that has been searching the country to reunite with his lost mother.
Towards the Sun
Directed by: Monica Santis
Synopsis: Under the threat of deportation, an unaccompanied minor at an immigrant children’s shelter in Texas learns to express herself through the power of art.
Sell Your Body
Directed by: Jaanelle Yee
Synopsis: A millennial horror story about student debt, dating apps, and a threesome gone wrong.
Valentina
Directed by: Mary Angelica Molina
Synopsis: During the hottest day ever recorded in human history, a fastidious maid’s duties are interrupted when her vagina comes to life
Until next time,
Sandra
