Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
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The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival includes feature film
s, documentaries, and short films from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora
. The six-day festival was established in 1997. The festival was founded by Marlene Dermer (a native of Peru
) and Edward James Olmos
.
The 13th year of the festival in 2009 included 75 films such as a screening of Spanish director's Pedro Almodódvar's Broken Embraces at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
. Almodóvar received the frestival's Gabi lifetime Achievement Award. Other films screened at the 2009 even included Josh Crook's La Soga
from Santiago in the Dominican Republic
, Down for Life
about a Latina gang leader in Los Angeles, Santos by Nicholas Lopez Salvador, Sebastian Gutierrez
's Women in Trouble
from Venezuela and the documentary La Vida Lova about gang war in El Salvador
(where the movie'sFrench director Christian Poveda
was murdered). The festival is also trying to expand opportunities for young filmmakers. Short films play a substantial role at the festival, allowing lower cost entries to take part.
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
s, documentaries, and short films from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora
Diaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...
. The six-day festival was established in 1997. The festival was founded by Marlene Dermer (a native of Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) and Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos is an American actor and director. Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lt...
.
The 13th year of the festival in 2009 included 75 films such as a screening of Spanish director's Pedro Almodódvar's Broken Embraces at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a movie theater at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. It is on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame.The Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre which opened in 1922...
. Almodóvar received the frestival's Gabi lifetime Achievement Award. Other films screened at the 2009 even included Josh Crook's La Soga
La Soga
La Soga is a 2009 action film directed by Joshua Crook starring Manny Perez and Denise Quiñones. It tells the story of Luisito, a brave man who risks everything to find justice...
from Santiago in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, Down for Life
Down for Life
Down for Life is the only album by Southern rap group D4L. The album was released on November 8, 2005 on Mike Jones' record label, Ice Age Entertainment. The album debuted at #22 in the US, selling 40,000 copies in its first week. The entire album is produced by DJ Pooh...
about a Latina gang leader in Los Angeles, Santos by Nicholas Lopez Salvador, Sebastian Gutierrez
Sebastian Gutierrez
Sebastián Gutiérrez is an award-winning Venezuelan-American film director, screenwriter, film producer and occasional actor...
's Women in Trouble
Women in Trouble
Women in Trouble is a 2009 American comedy film, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, and starring a cast consisting of Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Marley Shelton, Connie Britton and Emmanuelle Chriqui.-Plot:...
from Venezuela and the documentary La Vida Lova about gang war in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
(where the movie'sFrench director Christian Poveda
Christian Poveda
Christian Poveda, also known as Christian Gregorio Poveda Ruiz, was a Hispanic-French photojournalist and a film director.- Life :...
was murdered). The festival is also trying to expand opportunities for young filmmakers. Short films play a substantial role at the festival, allowing lower cost entries to take part.