Frontera Filmmakers

Local Media Makers Shine at 2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival

March 17, 2010, 6:30PM

UltraStar Mission Valley Center Hazard Center

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Here's a few of the films by Frontera Filmmakers to be screened this year:

Atmosphere: An Aerial Haiku
Dir. Neil Kendricks
(2009, 4 min., USA, No Dialogue)
A visual poem to the abstract beauty of aerial photography.

Waiting
Dir. Patricia Rincon and Paula Zacharias
(2008, 8 min., Argentina/USA, Spanish w/ English Subtitles)
A young girl in Buenos Aires is alone and heartbroken. She would like to tango to release her pain, but doesn't know how. However, she figures out another way.

The Colonel
Dir. Mario Garcia
(2010, 10 min., USA, English)
The screenplay is a short film adaptation of a poem by critically acclaimed writer, Carolyn Forché, about an American human rights advocate, horrified by the atrocities of the civil war in El Salvador. It is based on her real-life experience of confronting a Salvadoran colonel who was complicit in war crimes.

Letters Lost
Dir. Dorian Iribe
(2009, 15 min., USA, English)
A young boy, Andrew, falls in love for the first time. The object of his affection is a young girl who frequents a lake after school. Unable to speak to her due to his shyness, he resorts to writing letters. He stumbles upon his parent's old love letters which he uses for inspiration. The past and present collide in this modern coming of age film.

All About Martha
Dir. Antonio De Jesus Sanchez
(2009, 15 min., USA, English)
This journey through time explores the relationship between an elderly American widower, John, and his Latina caregiver, Martha. When Martha is let go by John's jealous daughter, he soon finds that his life is meaningless without Martha. John's doctor invites Martha back in order to save him.

St. Jacques
Dir. Giancario Ruiz
(2009, 17 min., Mexico/USA, Spanish w/ English Subtitles)
A story of a man and a woman trying to figure out which one of them is dead as they both intuit that they might have been each other's lovers.

Mediocre Masterpiece
Dir. Dexter Gareau
(2009, 9 min., USA, English)
A mediocre artists attempts to paint his masterpiece without letting his girlfriend's aspirations stand in his way.

Mario Garcia's The Colonel