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BINATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL PRESS RELEASES
En Espanol
THE BINATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL | Released Jan. 3 2011
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| Chabelo | Seymour Cassel |
The eleventh edition of the Binational Independent Film Festival is here
from January 7 to January 15, 2011, and this year bringing movies from
Ireland, Chile, Norway, Argentina, Canada, The United States, and Mexico.
Once more, the ticket prices make our festival the most affordable in the
world:
$2.00 for Students, Seniors, and Military.
$4.00 for the general public.
The only festival in the world that happens in two countries, two cities, at
the same time and with the same importance, and that dedicates uniquely and
exclusively to "true" independent cinema from all over the world is proud to
bestow the lifetime achievement this year to Seymour Cassell one of the
original cast members of John Cassavettes's troup, and the first actor from
that famous group to be nominated for an Oscar, precisely for the movie
Faces, that we will be watching and enjoying with him present at UTEP's
Union Cinema, Friday, January 7, at 7:00 p.m.
On the other side of the border we are also very proud to bestow the
lifetime achievement to Xavier Lopez "Chabelo." A comic phenom that stormed
into movies at a very young age, and was able to work with just about
everybody in the Comedic-Mexican firmament: Cantinflas, Tin-Tán, Antonio
Aguilar, Kitty de Hoyos, Chespirito, Viruta y Capulina, Luis Aguilar,
Ricardo Montalbán, etc. But that has also made an iconic mark with his
still popular TV program En Familia, on the air for over 50 years!
By bringing Chabelo we are opening a new door within our festival and
finally we have a couple of films for the whole Family (FREE OF CHARGE).
First Dog (PG) on Saturday, January 8, at 4:00 p.m., and Chabelo y Pepito
Contra los Monstruos on Friday, January 14, at 4:00 p.m., both at the Union
Cinema.
This time the Documentaries are going to be shown, again FREE OF CHARGE at
the El Paso Main Library Auditorium at 5:15 p.m. every day starting on
January 7 and finishing on January 15. For four of those presentations
we're going to have the directors present and will have a Q&A with the
audience at the end of the Documentary.
Additionally, we are including a new section at the Union Cinema for first
time directors Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the first week, and Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday on the second week, at 4:00 p.m., Union Cinema, and
also FREE OF CHARGE. The Directors will be on hand at the end of the movie
to talk to the audience.
And finally, the festival is a festival made by filmmakers for filmmakers,
and we are proud to introduce four more names to our Boards: Robert M. Young
(Roosters, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Extremities, Dominic and Eugene,
Caught, etc), Eric del Castillo (Los de Abajo, Tunco Maclovio, Emboscada,
etc.), Michael Paszt, VP Raven Banner, and Arturo Chavez, VP of Acquisitions
for Olympusat Satellite, both of them veterans of video and cinema
distribution for over 15 years.
Our Schedule of events is available on this website, so please come and
enjoy the festival, since it is YOUR FESTIVAL!
For more Information call at: (915)585-4566 and (915)491-3030
2011 BINATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL AROUND THE CORNER | Released Jan. 1 2011
Invitees:Producer/Writer/Director Zalman King (9 ½ Weeks). Singer/Actor Little Joe, Producer/Director Bob
Clark, Director/Producer/Writer/Editor Jeff Scheftel, Olympusat Acquisitions VP Arturo Chavez, Actor Rafael
Inclán, Producer/Writer/Director Sergio Arau, Actor Silverio Palacios & Director Emilio Portes.
With presentations at UTEP's Union Cinema, and La Fe Clinic.
This year we have movies from: United States, Mexico, Canada, and South Africa.
Every day at UTEP's Union Cinema, there will be a talk with a Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, or Actress
after the 7PM Movie, and on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the Documentaries as well.
Come and enjoy the Festival, since it is Your Festival.
For more Information call at: (915)585-4566 and (915)491-3030