19th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival presents: Jewish Latino Cinema 2012
The San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to continue its commitment to diversity with this year’s Jewish Latino Showcase. Three features and two documentaries offer a glimpse into the Jewish Latin American experience. These are just a few of many films representing a diverse body of work thats brings light to an underrepresented cultural experience.
While reflecting the Jewish experience, the films first and foremost tell stories that are inextricably Latin American. Like the best of Latin American cinema, they form part of a rich tapestry with a vibrant historical perspective.
In recent years, Jewish Latino Cinema is getting its due in both the form of feature films and documentaries that explore the fusion ... Go to event
This series of documentaries, featuring films made from the 1970s to the present, focuses on the most intimate acts by filmmakers and documentary subjects as they probe into extremely private experiences concerning family, birth, death, loss, and heartbreak. Pushing the genre and subjects into uncharted territories, these films address various issues fundamental to documentary filmmaking: privacy, authority, authenticity, and responsibility. They also offer penetrating contemplations on Japanese society and individual lives.
This series is supported in part by the Japan Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts.
When: March 10-31, 2012
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Tickets: $7 members; $9 students/seniors; $11 nonmembers
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Get carried away at the 36th Cleveland International Film Festival — the premier film event between New York and Chicago. The CIFF includes a full survey of contemporary international filmmaking with approximately 150 feature films and 130 short subject films from over 60 countries.
When: March 22-April 1, 2012
Where: Cleveland, Ohio
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13th HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK (HFFNY) takes place April 12-20, with special events April 20th at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and April 20-22 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. HFFNY features more than 50 highly anticipated and influential films from and about Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinos in the U.S. including Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Venezuela and the U.S. They span a variety of genres and themes, ranging from comedy, thrillers, action, drama and documentaries to children’s tales, as well as films from and about indigenous peoples from Guatemala, Colombia and Bolivia. A complete schedule of events and venues will be available at www.hffny.com
What: HFFNY is a highly anticipa ... 
The Boston International Film Festival was created to celebrate the art of filmmaking and to honor the filmmakers who make it all possible. This is a festival dedicated to rewarding artists for their individual talents and for their creative expression through the medium of film. The festival strives to bring together in Boston local, national and international filmmakers by promoting the world’s most artistic and creative independent and experimental films.
When: April 13 – 22, 2012
Where: AMC Theatres
175 Tremont St, Boston, MA
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Now in its 28th year, the widely acclaimed Philadelphia International Children’s Festival brings professional theater created specifically for children to a variety of performance venues in and around the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Performers and companies from across the globe converge in University City to share theater that goes beyond simplistic themes and cartoon-like characters.
Past years have seen productions from Canada, Britain, Japan, Belgium, China, Uganda and Italy — just to name a few — exploring issues as diverse as the Holocaust, family, love and gender equality. Children and adults alike have been amazed at the acrobatic feats of Cirque Eloize, mesmerized by the rhythms of blues guitarist and storyteller Guy Davis and astonished by the worlds creat ... 
Co-presented by Asia Society and Mar Creation, Inc.
Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, these seven award-winning shorts, including live action and animation, offer rich insight into the imagination and creative impulse of seven U.S.-based filmmakers. Program attended by filmmakers. Reception to follow, sponsored by Asahi Beer.
When: 8 June 2012
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Admission: $7 Asia Society members; $9 seniors and students w/ID; $11 nonmembers.
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The festival represents the great diversity of themes and genres of Latino film making from around the world.
What began in 1985 with 14 films projected onto a concrete wall for 500 viewers, gave birth to the Chicago Latino Film Festival and has developed into a premiere Latino cultural organization with year round, multi-arts programming.
The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC) is a Pan-Latino, nonprofit multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting and increasing awareness of Latino cultures among Latinos and other communities by presenting a wide variety of art forms and education.
When: August 13 – 26, 2012
Where: Chicago, IL
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Cine+Más SF presenters of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival (September 14-30th, 2012) in theaters, museums and cultural centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Screening films from Latin America, Spain, and the United States – popular, independent, and classics.
Entries for 2012 edition open. We’ll be announcing our program in early August 2012. http://www.sflatinofilmfestival.org/
When: September 14 – 29, 2012
Where: San Francisco, Bay Area
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Join AIFI in the launch of the American Indian Film Festival’s 37th Anniversary! The Film Festival is a significant and enduring element of the American Indian Film Institute’s (AIFI) mission to positively change the film industry’s image of Native people, and to create economic opportunities for Indian media enterprises across North America. The American Indian Film Festival provides an opportunity for tribes, media and public to share in the creative experience and witness cinematic accomplishment.
During the 9-day Film Festival, to be presented November 2-10, 2012 in San Francisco, nearly 5,000 participants will witness Native stories and visual testaments to contemporary lives and issues. Through skillful artistry and personal testimony, the films we screen raise awareness about con ... 
