BOSTON LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Guys, for all the locals who enjoy good films please take a look at the press release from the Boston Latino International Film Festival and join us!


http://www.bliff.org/

November 17 - 22
6 Days of Over 50 Films from 15 Countries

Boston, October 20, 2011 - The Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF) is proud to announce its 10th annual celebration. The festival will be held from November 17th to the 22nd and will feature 50 films hailing from 15 different countries. This very special 10th edition of the festival will also include the participation of 12 domestic and international directors. After a decade of bringing the Latino experience to Boston through film, the festival again promises to deliver an exceptional selection of projects.

This year the festival will be headed by the presentation of America in a special event that will serve as the opening of the festival and will include the participation of the cast for both the screening and the reception. The opening event will be attended by the cast of the movie: Academy Award nominated actor Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver), Lymari Nadal (CSI-NY) and Yancey Arias (CSI-NY, Burn Notice) The selections this year represent a varied gamut of projects and interests. BLIFF will be presenting Mistura a Peruvian documentary about the power of food, directed by Patricia Pérez and winner of the Best Short Documentary Award in the prestigious International Family Film Festival (IFFF). Unfinished Spaces, another of the selections, narrates the story of how Cubaʼs ambitious National Arts School project, designed by three young artists in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, is neglected, nearly forgotten, then ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece. BLIFF is also proud to present Charly Braunʼs film Por el Camino. Braun combines French, U.S., and South American influences with dramatic Uruguayan landscapes and his lead's relaxed chemistry to create a road movie that captures the airy restlessness of youth, in the tale of two characters who start out digging into their past, only to find they’ve unearthed their present.

“It is an honor to be able to showcase such high quality projects this year, which we are eager to share with the Boston community. It is going to be an unforgettable celebration, we are bringing in 2011 one of the best selections of international films ever projected in the Boston area” - Jose Barriga, Festival Director.

The festival will be held at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, MIT (54-100) and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. All Spanish and Portuguese language films will be subtitled in English. General admission tickets will be sold at the door for $10, $8 for students with ID and senior citizens. BLIFF is the only film festival in the Boston Metro area that brings about 30% of its programming for FREE. A $50 all access pass will also be available which includes all screenings except the opening film and reception.