MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WINNER OF 2010 17th ANNUAL SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (MARCH 11-21) POSTER COMPETITION

San Diego, CA. MEDIA ARTS Center San Diego is proud announce the winner of 2010 17th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010) poster competition. This year’s winner for the inaugural poster competition is Franko Rosas Pelayo. Mr. Pelayo will receive a $1,000 prize and his winning design will be displayed on all festival print, web, and multimedia marketing materials and at all venues. Over sixty works were entered in the 17th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival’s Poster Competition. Of the sixty, the selection committee chose twelve finalists before making its' final decision. During the upcoming eleven-day festival, the winning poster, along with the eleven other finalists, will be displayed at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr., San Diego, CA, 92108). The poster designs can also be viewed at www.sdlatinofilm.com

This year’s winner, Franko Rosas Pelayo, is a creative designer, art director, illustrator, taco chef and some times “pollero”. Currently working, absorbing & using all the knowledge in the region of Tijuana-San Diego. Franko has worked in different types of media, such as TV, Radio, Web & Print. Focusing his work on creativity, aesthetics and innovation. Franko’s target is mostly focused on entrepreneurs, youth culture, folklore, new trends, and research of the social living of the clash of cultures. Currently Mr. Pelayo is collaborating with: 1tercio, a web design collective & école, an artistic-urban project. In which he is the co-founder of both. Mr. Pelayo’s designs can be view at: www.fr-nko.com .

Media Arts Center San Diego Executive Director and San Diego Latino Film Festival Director, Ethan van Thillo, states, “We want to congratulate this year’s winner and thank the selection committee and all those community members who commented on the twelve finalists. For our first-ever poster competition, we were pleasantly surprised with all of the wonderful entrants. It was a very tough decision, but out of over sixty entrants, we narrowed it down to twelve and then finally to Franko Rosas Pelayo’s innovative design.”

The 17th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21, 2010) will take place at UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center (off 163 Freeway & Friars Rd.). Over 150 feature and short films are scheduled to be screened and close to 100 special guest actors and filmmakers will be in attendance. The festival’s line-up of films and special guests will be announced early February 2010.

Tickets are $9.50, for general audience, and $7.50 for Students, Seniors, Military & MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO Members (ID required). 2010 Film or Festival Passes are now available. Film Pass is $90, which includes entrance to 11 films, no waiting in lines and VIP seating and the Festival Pass, which is $180 and includes OVER 150 programs, no waiting in lines, VIP seating, 4 workshops, 1 year FREE MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO Amigo membership, and entrance into all Festival Galas.

Sponsors for San Diego Latino Film Festival ‘10 include The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Cine Latino, San Diego Padres, San Diego Union-Tribune, Bank of America, Enlace, Northwestern Financial, City Of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, SanDiego.com, MTS, National Endowment for the Arts, County of San Diego, Nickelodeon, Univision KBNT 17, Telemundo 33, MyTV 13, La Invasora 99.7, Pulsar 107.3 FM, La Poderosa 860 AM, Jack FM 100.7, Azteca America San Diego, ABC 10, El Latino Newspaper, El Mexicano, Latino Public Broadcasting, California State University San Marcos, Brazil Today, Gente Bien Magazine, Radio Latina 104.5 FM, La Mejor 99.3 FM, The U.S. Grant, Brazilian Pacific Times, Z90.3 FM, Magic 92.5 FM, EXA 91.7 FM, TijuaNEO, The SE San Diego Hotel, and Yolanda S. Walther-Meade.

For additional information about the film festival, group rates, festival schedule, festival passes or the Media Arts Center San Diego please call (619) 230-1938 or visit the SDLFF website at www.sdlatinofilm.com .

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