11th GAINESVILLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, 2015

 >d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 7KH/DWLQD:RPHQ¶V/HDJXHSUHVHQWV
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>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 /DWLQD:RPHQ·V/HDJXH0LVVLRQ 7KH/DWLQD:RPHQ¶V/HDJXH¶V/:/VWULYHVWRSURPRWHWKHHGXFDWLRQDOSersonal and cultural advancement of the Latino community of Alachua County. In 2004 LWL was
established as a women-led non-profit organization to serve as a forum for the discussion of the experiences of Latina women living in Alachua County. The organization quickly
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GLFF Project The Gainesville Latino Film Festival (GLFF), initiated in 2005, celebrates Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month by bringing together people of all ages for free film screenings, discussions,
musical performances, art exhibits, documentaries and shorts that highlight Hispanic/Latino contributions to the arts.
Welcome!!/ Bienvenidos! / Bem-vindo! >d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 2015GLFF Committee Members Victoria Condor-Williams
GLFF Director
Pilar Morales
GLFF Managing Coordinator
Jordan Fulkerson
GLFF Social Media Coordinator &
Managing Assistant
LWL Interim Treasurer
Ileana McCray
Eliveth Grossteffon
GLFF Programming Coordinator &
Festival Guest Itinerary Coordinator
GLFF Public Relations Assistant
(& Sponsorship Coordinator)
GLFF Opening Night Coordinator
Outreach & Fundraising Assistant
GLFF Events Coordinator
Clara Sotelo
Bilingual Story Time Coordinator
Agustina Bonaventura
Nicole Segnini
GLFF Experimental Film Volunteer
Coordinator
GLFF Graphic design & Print GLFF
Coordinator.
LWL Social Media Assistant
(LWL Newsletter Coordinator)
GLFF Social Media Assistant
Eva Sailly
GLFF Advertising Coordinator
Claudia Navarro
GLFF Venue Coordinator
Gaby Portugal- Bouza
GLFF Venue Coordinator
Lucy Negron
GLFF Volunteer
Carolina Ceballos
Alnycea Blackwell
Mariam Gonzales
Paola Simmons
Laura Cardona
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 MAIN VENUES
The festival screenings and events will take place in the followings venues.
Harn Museum ± Chandler
Auditorium
3259 Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611
Hippodrome Theater-Cinema
25 Se 2nd Pl,
Gainesville, Fl 32601
The Wooly
25 Se 2nd Pl,
Gainesville, Fl 32601
Historic Thomas Center
302 Ne 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino
Culture
1504 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, FL. 32603
UF George A. Smathers Libraries
(East Library)
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 UF Florida Museum of Natural
History
University of Florida Cultural Plaza
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
SF College event-Lecture
Alachua Library Branch
14913 NW 140 Street,
Alachua, FL 32615
Waldo Library Branch
14257 Cole Street,
Waldo, FL 32694
Archer Library Branch
13266 SW State RD 45,
Archer, FL 32618
SF College event-­‐pannel University of Florida
Reitz Union North Lawn
Gainesville Florida 32611
Santa Fe College, Fine Arts Hall
3000 NW 83rd St,
Gainesville, FL 32606
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401 E University Ave,
Gainesville, FL 32601
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GLFF OPENING NIGHT FILM
SEPTEMBER 10@ 6:30pm
Celebrating Women in Film
En Nombre de la Hija
In the Name of the Girl
Harn Museum of Art ± Chandler Auditorium
Director Tania Hermida in attendance.
Tania Hermida
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SEPTEMBER 30 @ 7:00pm
The Historic Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL
The GLFF Closing Night: includes film screening, appetizers, cocktails & live entertainment.
Join us for our Closing Night Festival as we celebrate Peruvian music with Perujax dancer performance!
Sigo siendo (kachkaniraqmi)
Javier Corcuera
I Still Am
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SEPTEMBER
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6
7
8
9
10
13
14
15
16
17
Anina
Uruguay/ Colombia
@ 2:00pm
Archer Library Branch
13266 SW State RD
45,Archer, FL 32618 Habi, The foreigner/ habi
la extranjera
Argentina, Brazil
@ 7:00pm
UF Smathers Library (East)
-‐ University of Florida
Latin American and
Caribbean Collection
(LACC) La Analfabeta
Chile
@ 7:00pm
UF Institute of
Hispanic/Latino Culture
La Casita @ 7:00pm
Distancia /Distance Guatemala
@ 7:00pm
The Wooly Friday
12
En El Nombre de la Hija -‐
Ecuador
@ 6:30pm
Guest presentation & Q &
A
Mr. Kaplan
Uruguay
@7:00pm Hippodrome
Theater
Yvy Maraey: Land
Without Evil Yvy Maraey:
Tierra sin mal
Bolivia
@ 2:00pm
Harn Museum 18
Musical Performance:
Fulanito y Proyecto Uno
7:30pm (TBC)
@ University of Florida,
Reitz Union North Lawn,
Rambleras-‐
Uruguay
@ 2:00pm
Waldo Library
14257 Cole Street
Waldo, FL 32694 27
Anina
Uruguay/ Colombia
@ 2:00pm
Alachua Library
14913 NW 140 Street,
Alachua, FL 32615 21
28
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7:00am-‐9:00pm
The Wolly
22
Chicama
Peru
@ 7:00pm
UF Institute of
Hispanic/Latino Culture
La Casita
29
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Santa Fe College
19
Jaula de Oro/ The
Golden Cage
Mexico
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Harn Museum Lecture:
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11:00am
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Lecture: One day I'll Tell You the Things I've Seen by author Santiago Vaquera 7:00pm SF College, Fine Arts Hall 20
Saturday
23
The Tiger and the Deer |
El Tigre y el Venado ² El
Salvador @ 7:00pm
The Wooly 30
I Still Am /Sigo siendo
(Kachkaniraqmi) -‐ Peru
@ 7:00
Thomas Center
24
Bad Hair | Pelo Malo-‐
Venezuela
7:00pm
@Hippodrome Theater
25
26
Family Event
@ 10:00am ² 3:00pm
Florida Museum of
Natural History
Screening (Family short
film) >d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 VENUES
Harn Museum ²
Chandler Auditorium
Univeristy of Florida,
Smathers Library
(Library East)
University of Florida,
Institute of
Hispanic/Latino
Culture, La Casita
The Wooly
Hippodrome Theater-‐
Cinema
Archer Library Branch
Waldo Library
Alachua Library
University of Florida,
Reitz Union North
Lawn
Florida Museum of
Natural History
Headquarters Library
Branch
The Historic Thomas
Center
Santa Fe College
Fine Arts
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Please plan to arrive as early as possible to improve your chances of admission. We recommend arriving 30 minutes early to your screening.
SEPT. 10 @ 6:30PM
En Nombre de la Hija / In the Name of the Girl
Harn Museum- Chandler Auditorium
3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
Festival guest name/ speaker name: Director Tania Hermida P. Izquierdo
Ecuador| Director Tani Hermida in attendance
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a valley of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador. Manuela, educated according to the communist and atheistic ideals of her beloved
father, believes her parents to be on a revolutionary mission in Colombia, while she and her five-year-old brother Camilo have to
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Yvy Maraey, Tierra Sin Mal / Yvy Maraey, Land
Harn Museum ± Chandler Auditorium
3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
Introduction film and Q& A with : Dr. Susan Paulson
Bolivia | Director Juan Carlos Valdivia
A Bolivian filmmaker and a Guaraní Indian travel together through the forests of southeastern Bolivia to make a film about the
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more intense than the nostalgia for a lost world. In Yvy Maraey, the white man (the director) and the Indian create and interpret
their own characters, walking the thin line between documentary, fiction, and performance. Far from observing another culture, we
are watched and questioned about our identity in a country undergoing enormous social, political, and historical change as it
struggles to create an intercultural society. Yvy Maraey is a quest for the knowledge within, seen through the eyes of the other.
Here learning comes from another form of seeing²listening. The film combines reality with the epic tale of a heroic indigenous
nation.
SEPT. 13 @ 2:00PM
Anina
Archer Library Branch
13266 SW State RD 45,Archer, FL 32618
Introduction by Clara Sotelo
Uruguay, Colombia |Director Alfredo Soderguit
Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome ² it reads the same forwards and
backwards. One day, Anina and her arch-enemy Yisel get into a schoolyard skirmish, so the principal disciplines them with a weird
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understand the contents of the envelope turn into a journey to understand the world and her place in it.
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Habi la extranjera / Habi, The foreigner
Argentina, Brazil |Director María Florencia Alvarez
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UF George A. Smathers Libraries (East Library) -1 Floor
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7000 Located at the northeast corner of the Plaza of
the Americas.
Introduction film and Q& A with: Kevin Funk
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she finds herself taking part in a ritual completely unknown to her. She is given several objects which seem to harbour a
mysterious message: these include a tunic, a map and a recipe in Farsi. Enthralled by the new world she has entered, Analía
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like a Muslim, find a job and make new friends. She is determined to find out what it means to be somebody else.
SEPT. 15 @ 7:00PM
Las Analfabetas / Illiterate
UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture
1504 W. University Ave. Gainesville, FL. 32603
Introduction film and Q& A with Dr. Maria Cody
Chile | Director Moisés Sepúlveda
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to keep her illiteracy a secret. Jackeline, is a young unemployed elementary school teacher, who tries to convince Ximena to take
reading classes. Persuading her proves to be an almost impossible task, till one day, Jackeline finds something Ximena has been
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the two women embark on a learning journey where they discover that there are many ways of being illiterate, and that not
knowing how to read is just one of them.
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 SEPT. 16 @7:00PM
Distancia / Distance
The Wooly
20 N Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Introduction film and Q& A with Elizabeth Getman
Guatemala | Director Sergio Ramírez
Tomás Choc is two days and 150 kilometres away from seeing Lucía, his only living daughter. It has been twenty years since she
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Tomás has kept a journal of his experience of struggle, resistance and survival, hoping that one day he would be reunited with his
daughter and able to give it to her. As this deeply sensitive and beautifully crafted film portrays, a journey of this magnitude must
cover a distance that is not merely physical. The use of non-professional actors adds poignancy and veracity to the images, with
no overwrought emotion to eclipse their dignity. Diana Sanchez.
SEPT. 17@ 7:00PM
Mr. Kaplan
The Hippodrome- Cinema
25 Se 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601
Introduction film and Q& A with Dr. Norman J.W. Goda,
Uruguay, Spain, Germany |Director Álvaro Brechner
Having fled Poland for South America during WWII, curmudgeonly Jacob Kaplan (award-winning Chilean actor Héctor Noguera) is
passing his sunset years in Montevideo with his wife of 50 years, Rebecca (Nidia Telles). With his family lost in the war, he begins
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Intent on creating a legacy, Kaplan fancies himself a Nazi hunter, targeting the reclusive German owner of a seafront restaurant
(Rolf Becker), whom, based on the flimsiest of evidence, he suspects of being a war criminal. Joining the quixotic quest for justice
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investigation ensues, with hilarious and surprising results that will leave audiences contemplating nothing less than the meaning of
life.
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seriocomic tones while maximizing the Latin scenery and music.
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Jaula de Oro / The Golden Cage
Mexico, Spain | Director Diego Quemada-Diez
Harn Museum - Chandler Auditorium
3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
Introduction film and Q& A with Evan D. George
In order to escape from the squalid barrio in which they live, young Guatemalan teens Juan, Sara and Samuel make the decision
to attempt the 1,200 mile-ORQJDUGXRXVERUGHUFURVVLQJLQWR³7KH*ROGHQ&DJH´LH86$YLD0H[LFRLQVHDUFKRIDEHWWHUOLIH,Q
order to blend in with the group and protect herself from the harm a woman can suffer on the journey, Sara initially disguises
herself as a boy named Oswaldo.
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fervent and passionate opposition, Sara insists they allow Chauk to join the gang. A harsh road follows as the four children show
inspiring bravery in the face of relentless danger and obstacles, both natural and manmade. All the while, they risk arrest,
deportation and death. From the first frame to the last hopeless moment, this is a heart-wrenching story of hope, friendship,
survival, love and desperation, and a profound homage to the treacherous journey thousands of immigrants undertake each year.
SEPT. 20 @ 2:00PM
Rambleras/ Promenade Women
Waldo Library Branch
14257 Cole St, Waldo, FL 32694
Introduction film and Q& A with Ericka Ghersi
Uruguay | Director Daniela Speranza
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staring wistfully at her cell phone, hoping for that one phone call that might change her life. Jacqueline, on the other hand, fears
that her relationship with husband Juanca has reached a dead end. Meanwhile, eighty-something Ofelia is still coming to terms
with the death of her sister, her longtime companion; she dares not walk the rambla alone.
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 SEPT. 22 @ 7:00PM
Chicama
UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture
1504 W. University Ave. Gainesville, FL. 32603
Introduction film and Q& A with Krystal Serrano
Peru | Director Omar Forero
Caesar is a young man who has prepared all his life to leave his hometown in the northern highlands and migrate to the coast. He
been preparing for five years in college to become a teacher and is ready to go on with his career. But not everything goes as
planned. The only place where he can get placed for a teaching position is in a small town deep in the Andes. Caesar accepts the
challenge and will teach in this town where he will discover his true vocation.
SEPT. 23 @ 7:00PM
El Tigre Y El Venado / The Tiger and the Deer
The Wooly
20 N Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Introduction film and Q& A with Natalia Ochoa
El Salvador| Director Sergio Sibrián
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(the tiger and the deer).
The man teaches to a young man how the play the flute in order to maintain alive the tradition; at the same time, he tells to his
apprentice the Story about the indigenous massacre in El Salvador, occurred in 1932, and that it was considered the most brutal
repression act against the indigenous culture in El Salvador.
The apprentice learns to play the flute and together with Don Chelino, they play the song and enjoy the music with the traditional
dancers.
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 SEPT. 24 @ 7:00PM
Pelo Malo / Bad Hair
Hippodrome Theater ± Cinema
25 Se 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601
Introduction film and Q& A with Rafael Cruzado
Venezuela | Director Mariana Rondón
Junior is a nine-year-old boy growing up in a working-class housing project in Caracus with his mother Marta, a young
unemployed widow, and his baby brother. Searching for an identity without a father figure, Junior feels marginalised by his
mother's preoccupation with his younger brother. When school term approaches and his yearbook photo is due to be taken, Junior
wishes to change his image and straighten his stubbornly curly hair. This puts him at odds with his mother. Overwhelmed with
searching for a job to provide for the family, she finds it increasingly difficult to tolerate Junior's fixation with his looks. The more
Junior tries to look sharp and make his mother love him, the more she rejects him, until he is cornered, face to face with a painful
decision.
SEPT. 27 -@2:00PM
Anina
Alachua Library Branch
14913 NW 140 Street, Alachua, FL 32615
Uruguay, Colombia | Director Alfredo Soderguit
Anina Yatay Salas is a ten-year-old girl who does not like her name. Each part is a palindrome ² it reads the same forwards and
backwards. One day, Anina and her arch-enemy Yisel get into a schoolyard skirmish, so the principal disciplines them with a weird
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understand the contents of the envelope turn into a journey to understand the world and her place in it.
>d/EtKDE͛^>'hKZW͘ 501(c)(3), NON-­‐PROFIT ORGANIZATION|TAX ID# 35-­‐2259836 P.O. Box 359079 | Gainesville, FL 32635, USA| 352. 378.9787 SEPT. 28 @ 7:00PM- 9:30PM
CINExperimental
Location: The Wooly
20 N Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Co-sponsored by UF English Department
Introduction by Professor Barbara
Mennel and Andrea Medina
Film
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Alexander Quezada
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Dunas is the union of three stages in the life of a man
trying to outrun his past love, represented in the
identification and idealization to finally understand that it
was over.
CÚMULO & NIMBO
Ariel Martinez Herrera
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Cumulus and Nimbus are two puppets who spend their
day lying around in their small film set park watching
cotton clouds drift by in a blue cardboard sky.
One day, however, Cumulus discovers something
mysterious in the behavior of the clouds which Nimbus
links to a strange dream of vast philosophical
implications.
Director
Bio
ALEXANDER QUEZADA
Alexander is a social communicator, since 2003
has been working in recognized public television
programs in his country, at the same time he has
served as an Assistant Director and Director in
advertising. In 2011 he founded Quevil Films, a
production company in which is actually developing
some projects.
ARIEL MARTINEZ
Ariel Martínez Herrera is Designer of Image and
Sound (FADU-UBA) and Director of Photography
(ENERC-INCAA). Director of Alas, feature film
released in 2010. Founder and director of
Grandesexitos.tv, editorial, animation and original
content studio that produced animation for TV,
theater, and advertising. And the following series:
FAMOSO (Isat, 2013); El show de Cúmulo &
Nimbo (UN3, 2014); Washington Cósmico
(Personal video, 2014) and FAMOSO 2 (Isat,
2015)
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Melisa Aller
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So was the sky at the beginning of the world. The
sunrises were all ours. Now I lose my nature.
Hopelessness turns into fire. When you remember me,
we will both be far. Yes; we should have stopped time
to equalize ourselves.
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The night is poetically fatalistic. 'She' is in his room
finishing a scary graffiti, is waiting for 'him', his haughty
young boyfriend belonging to the local mafia. 'The
Death' senses a tragic outcome, but what 'The Death'
doesn't know is that this act of redemption is a covenant
between love and life.
MELISA ALLER
Melisa Aller was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
She studied Political Science at the UBA and
Filmmaking and Video in CIEVYC. She also
studied with the directors Claudio Caldini and
Ernesto Baca. In recent years has been spent
working particularly in the super 8 format, filming
and editing all on camera without any intervention
from the digital.
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JEAN PAUL DUBOIS
Peruvian director who explores the human
condition in its entirety. His work has been
projected and awarded around the world. He is
currently preparing his first feature-length film.
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SACRIS PULSO
Ana Vaz
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Sacris Pulso departs from the deconstruction of another
film, Brasiliários, a film which interprets Clarice
Lispector's chronic "Brasília" as her vision of the
modernist capital in 1962. Through the juxtaposition of
Brasiliários with a series of found footage, the film takes
the form of a voyage of remembrance and imagination,
of a past and future dreamt between Brazil and
Australia.
NADIR CARDENAS
Nádir Cárdenas works in the audiovisual
communication field. She was involved in
workshops about photography, graphic design and
art direction in Buenos Aries (Argentina). Currently,
she works in all those areas; she also records and
edits videos. Together with her friend, she works in
a project of musical videos and self-portrait
photography.
AMIR ADMONI
Independent director, animator, designer and
independent dilettante Amir Admoni received his
degree in Architecture from FAU-USP and his
Masters in Design from the Sandberg Instituut
Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has worked in the
Graphic Advertising Department of MTV Brazil and
Disney Channel Latin America in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. He currently works on his own projects,
including short films, theater pieces and video
installations. His latest short, Linear, was exhibited
in more than 170 festivals and has already won
more than 70 national and international awards,
including Anima Mundi's Best Brazilian Film.
ANA VAZ
Ana Vaz is a Brazilian artist and filmmaker whose
films, writing & performances question the
relationships between language & cinema through
the traces of utopian projects, colonial histories
and the politics of (an)other. A graduate from
the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and
Le Fresnoy - Studio National, Ana is presently
engaged in an experimental research group in art
and politics directed by Bruno Latour. Her films
have been showed at a number of international film
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The Ingravidos arises of the need to disassemble
the audiovisual grammar used by the esthetic-tvcinematographic corporatism uses to guarantee a
efficient broadcasting of the audiovisual ideology,
which controls to most of the population.
A woman emerges from the inside of the Mexican
Revolution. She is an armed activist who senses the
immanence of a life outside of the passages where she
walks and where a singularity of the event occurs.
Finally, we contact the beat of the Mexican countryside,
full with colors and walks, in the steps of a woman that
claims for a movement in a fight that does not stop.
It is important to mention how the Ingravidos focus
on the way in which the reflection around the
image and sound heterogeneity bring the
relationship between different policies of esthetic
and audiovisual constructions. The Ingravidos use
the experimentation from various documentary and
cinematographic devices and the interventions
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the Ingravidos are inspired by historical avantgarde, independent and experimental cinema
committed to fight against alienates realities.
English Department
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6:00PM DANZAS PERUJAX 7:00PM Sigo siendo (kachkaniraqmi) / I Still Am
The Historic Thomas Center
302 Ne 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
Introduction film by Jose Mesones
Peru | Director Javier Corcuera
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beautiful and distant locations without turning its back to some of its most pressing social and economic problems.
KIDS DOC PEDIATRICS
Luis E. Scaccabarrozzi, M D, M PH
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Jennifer M unksgard, ARNP
6400 West Newberry Road ± Suite 109
(North Florida Regional M edical Center ± M edical Arts Building)
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Join us for our Closing Night Festival as we celebrate Peruvian music with PERUJAX dancer performance!
Seating is limited so please come early.
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Please plan to arrive as early as possible to improve your chances of admission. We recommend arriving 30 minutes early to your event.
GLFF GOES TO THE LOCAL CLASSSROOMS!
The Gainesville Latino Film Festival is expanding its Teen Producers Project bringing guest film directors directly to the classrooms.
Info: www.GainesvilleLatinoFilmFestival.com
Info: [email protected]
SEPT. 10 @ 6:00pm ² 9:00pm
Museum Nights: Noche de Museo
Harn Museum of Art
3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
7KH/DWLQD:RPHQ¶V/HDJXHSDUWQHUwith the Harn Museum of art again to present the Opening night
Gainesville Latino Film Festival and the Museum Night: Noche de Museo.
Join us at the Harn for a festive and culturally diverse evening of art, music, performances and art activities. This evening is
sponsored by the UF Office Provost, Student Government and the Center for Latin American Studies.
For more information contact:
Elizabeth King [email protected] 352-392-826 x 2172
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Family Film: Anina @ 2:00PM
Family Event!/ Evento para la familia!
Archer Library Branch,
13266 SW State RD 45,Archer, FL 32618
Join us for this family friendly celebration of Hispanic /Latino Heritage Month with the great animation film ANINA. ANINA, will be
shown at the Library Conference Room. The film is in Spanish with English subtitle
Info: Jodie Patterson,
Library Manager: [email protected] (352) 495-3367
SEPT. 16@7:00PM
Lecture: One day I'll Tell You the Things I've Seen by
author Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez
SEPT. 19@ 11:00AM
Lecture: One day I'll Tell You the Things I've Seen by
author Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez
Santa Fe College, Fine Arts Hall
3000 NW 83rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606
Guest: Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez
Headquarters Library Branch
401 E University Ave,
Gainesville, FL 32601
Guest: Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez
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Santa Fe College, International [email protected] 352-395-5030
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Live Concert: Fulanito y Proyecto Uno.
University of Florida, Reitz Union North Lawn, Gainesville, FL
Get Ready For Another Amazing LATIN
NIGHT!
The Gainesville Latino Film Festival partnership with UF
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2015 to bring to the
Gainesville and Alachua County community an
incredible Latin night concert featuring Fulanito and
Proyecto Uno.
Plan on spending the afternoon and evening with us as
live music sets the mood at the UF Reitz Union North
Lawn.
Info: Susel Ramos Executive Director, Hispanic Heritage Month 2015
[email protected]
MERENGUE- HIP-HOP
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GALLERY TOUR: ART OF RESISTANCE
Harn Museum of Art
3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
Gallery Tour by Curator, Kerry Oliver-Smith
Enjoy a short tour focused on works by artists from throughout Latin America.
Admission: Free
Info:
Elizabeth King, Visitor Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected]
352-392-9826 ext. 2172
SEPT. 26th @ 10:00am ² 3:00pm
Family event: THE ANDES
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asistir!
FUN FAMILY DAY SCREENING! FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Hull Road and Southwest 34th Street, Gainesville, FL,32611 THE ANDES
Join us for family- friendly programming with exhibition, activities, short films, & bilingual
story time.
Info: Deanna Kicklighter
Education Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History
352-273-2063 [email protected]
BILINGUAL STORY TIME!
LWL Cuentos en Español program will join this event and present the following stories:
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La boda de la colibrí (La Boda De La Xdzunuúm Leyenda tradicional maya- México)
/The Hummingbird Wedding,
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La Raniposita and
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La sopa de piedra/ Stone soup
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SHORT FILMS
Caminandes short films Gran Dillama and Llama Drama will be viewing throughout the event.
Caminandes is a Creative Commons movie made by Pablo Vazquez, Beorn Leonard, and Francesco Siddi. Music and Sound by
Jan Morgenstern
Info: [email protected] SEPT. 27 @ 2:00PM
Film : Anina
Event for the Family/ Evento para la familia!
Alachua Library Branch, 14913 NW 140 Street,
Alachua, FL 32615
Join us for this family friendly celebration of Hispanic /Latino Heritage Month with the great animation film ANINA. ANINA, will be
shown at the Library Conference Room. The film is in Spanish with English subtitle
Info: Joanne Tremblay [email protected] 386-462-2592
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Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Latino Immigration
Santa Fe College, Building WA 108
3000 NW 83rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606
Panelist guests: Manuel Vasquez and Philip Williams
The Gainesville Latino Film Festival is partner with Santa Fe College to present a panel discussion focuses on Perspectives on
Latino Immigration, with guest speakers Dr. Manuel Vasquez, UF Religion Department Chair and Dr. Philip Williams, UF Center
for Latin American Studies, Director.
Info: Vilma E. Fuentes, Ph.D.
Santa Fe College, Intern ational [email protected] 352-395-5030
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Film Guest Speakers
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TANIA HERMIDA
Tania Hermida, born in Cuenca, Ecuador, is a filmmaker graduated at the International Film
and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión
de San Antonio de Los Baños, EICTV), Cuba. She has been screenwriter and director of the short
films Ajubel (Cuba, 1989);; El puente roto (Cuenca, 1991);; and Alo (Quito, 1999). She has worked
as assistant director of the feature films Prueba de vida (2000);; María llena de gracia ( 2004)
and Crónicas ( 2004).
In addition to study in Cuba, she took a literature course and a postgraduate qualification in
cultural studies, both in Spain. She also has a master degree in cultural studies and work as
senior professor at the San Francisco University of Quito since 1996.
The filmmaker lives in Quito and has expressed his wishes to establish herself in Guayaquil. She
lived in place like Honduras and New York, so that she would be considered citizen of the world.
Nevertheless she cannot not imagine to work in a project that would not be related to Ecuador,
without that means that she has to make social denunciation films as is the general tendency in
Latin America.
Qué tan lejos (2006) marked her debut as filmmaker and got the Second Coral Prize in the
Havana film festival and the Silver Zenith award at the section dedicated to First Works of the
Festival des Films du Monde of Montreal
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Kevin Funk is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Center for Latin
American Studies at the University of Florida. He also serves as Co-­President of Graduate
Assistants United, the labor union representing approximately 4,000 graduate assistants at the
University of Florida. His dissertation analyzes the extent to which the economic elites who are
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transnational class consciousness. He has conducted fieldwork in Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates concerning Arab-­Latin American relations and has
interviewed many Latin American business leaders of Arab descent. He is a member of the Red
de Investigación Interdisciplinaria sobre el Mundo Árabe y América Latina (Interdisciplinary
Research Network on the Arab World and Latin America).
MARIA COADY
Dr. Coady is an Associate Professor of ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) and Bilingual
Education. Her research areas include second language and literacy development for English
Language Learners (ELLs);; and teacher education (preservice and professional development)
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immigrant Spanish-­speaking families under a Ford Foundation grant (www.pirsc.org);; and (2)
mainstream, elementary teacher preparation for ELLs under a US Department of Education
grant-­funded study (2007-­14), investigating the relationship between teacher preparation and
achievement outcomes of English Language Learners (Project DELTA,
www.education.ufl.edu/project-­delta). Both of these projects involve the development of
products to facilitate family-­school-­community partnerships (e.g., fotonovelas) and teacher
education (video-­production and guides).
VICTORIA GOMEZ DE LA TORRE
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Liz Getman graduated from the University of Florida in May 2015 with an MA in Latin American
Studies. Her research interests relate to violence against women in Mayan communities and the
intersection of Mayan and Eastern medicine in Guatemala. She has spent a significant amount
of time in Guatemala in recent years, working for various NGOs and studying with local
curanderos (healers). Liz works as a writer with several nonprofits and Spanish annotator with the
University of Pennsylvania, but her real passion lies in healing and wellness work, including
dance/movement therapy and meditation.
NORMAN J.W. GODA
Norman J.W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies. He received
his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies modern European history
and specializes in the history of the Holocaust, war crimes trials, and twentieth century
diplomacy. He teaches a variety of courses on the Holocaust and Nazi Germany from historical
and interdisciplinary perspectives. He is the author of Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest
Africa, and the Path toward America (1998);; Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold
War (2007);; The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews (2013). He has also co-­authored,
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Criminals, US Intelligence and the Cold War (2010). He has edited a volume of international
essays titled Jewish Histories of the Holocaust: New Transnational Perspectives (2014) as well as
To the Gates of Jerusalem: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1945-­1947 (2014),
which concerns Holocaust refugees and the question of Palestine in those years. He has
published articles in various journals including the Journal of Modern History, The International
History Review, and The Journal of Contemporary History, and his work has been the subject of
stories by the The New York Times, the Associated Press, US News and World Report, and other
major news outlets. Goda has served as a consultant to the US and German governments, as
well as for various radio, television, and film documentaries in the US, Europe, and Israel.
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Nathalia Ochoa is currently the Program Coordinator and Undergraduate Advisor at the Center
for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. She has strong rots in El Salvador where all
her family is from. She moved to the United States at age 17 and has been living here since
then.
Nathalia Ochoa has a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Wisconsin-­Madison and
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University of Florida. Her research has mainly focused on the experience and role of peasant
women in high combaW]RQHVGXULQJ(O6DOYDGRU·VUHYROXWLRQ0RUHEURDGO\1DWKDOLDLV
interested in the intersections of gender and feminism, social movements in Latin America and
development studies.
ERICKA GHERSI
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Green State University (BGSU), Ohio, and got her doctorate degree in Latin American Literature
and Society at the University of Florida (UF). She also earned a Latin American Studies
Certificate at the Center for Latin American Studies in UF. Dr. Ericka Ghersi is currently working at
Santa Fe College, teaching Latin American Humanities courses, and Spanish and Portuguese
courses.
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Communication came handy when helping with the coordination of the Latino Film Festival.
Her contacts from Latin America in the film industry helped also to keep up with incoming
information on the field.
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"Born in Gainesville, Florida, Evan George is an attorney with over 11 \HDUV·H[SHULHQFH in
immigration law. Since 2008, Mr. George has operated his own law office in Gainesville, Florida,
dedicated solely to immigration and deportation defense. Previously, Mr. George spent three
years in New York City specializing in political asylum. Mr. George graduated from the University
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American Studies. Mr. George is a happy father of two awesome daughters (both under two
years old)."
KRYSTAL SERRANO
Krystal Serrano grew up in Walla Walla, WA. She always wanted to be a teacher but changed
gears in college after a trip abroad, earning BAs in Spanish and Global Studies from Pacific
Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA in 2007. She then worked with the Latina/o community in
Seattle for three years as a social worker for those living with HIV/AIDS. Looking for a change of
scenery, she came to UF in 2010 to earn her MA in Latin American Studies with a concentration
in Development Studies. Upon graduation, she decided to refocus on her first interest and has
served as an Upper School Spanish teacher at Oak Hall School in Gainesville for the past three
years.
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Rafael Cruzado recently graduated from the University of Florida with his MA in Latin American
Studies. He specialized in Latino Studies and focused on the Dominican diaspora, particularly on
the development of Dominican identities and the (re)definition of Dominicanidad.
Rafael also works at UF as the Office Manager for Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, where he
combines his passion for diversity with his knowledge of finance to help MCDA engage students
of all backgrounds on issues of diversity and social justice. He also serves as the Finance
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SUSAN PAULSON
Susan Paulson explores interactions among gender, class, ethnicity and environment in diverse
contexts, which she has written about in books including Masculinidades en Movimiento,
Transformación Territorial (2013) and Huellas de género en el mar, el parque y el páramo
(2009). Paulson studied anthropology at the University of Chicago, and recently joined the
Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, after living and working for fifteen
years in South America and five years in Europe.
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Barbara Mennel is an Associate Professor of Film Studies in the Departments of English and
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Florida.
ANDREA MEDINA
Andrea Medina graduated from UF in May 2015 with a degree in English specializing in Film and
Media Studies. Her involvement with the Gainesville Latino Film Festival began in her sophomore
year. Along with another UF student, Andrea created the CINExperimental program to bring to
light the works of experimental Latin American directors from around the world.
KERRY OLIVER-­SMITH
Kerry Oliver-­Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, will lead a short discussion of work on view by
three major contemporary Latin American artists.
Kerry Oliver-­Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, was born in Argentina and brought up in Latin
America. She oversees a collection of international art in all media and has curated, lectured
and authored publications for over thirty exhibitions. Oliver-­Smith is the recipient of several
grants and awards, including major support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for Project
Europa: Imagining the (Im) Possible, which travelled to New York. She has served as an Adjunct
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worked internationally on film and theater projects.
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The Gainesville Latino Film Festival is partner with Santa Fe College to present a panel discussion focuses on Perspectives on
Latino Immigration, with guest speakers Dr. Manuel Vasquez, UF Religion Department Chair and Dr. Philip Williams, UF Center
for Latin American Studies, Director.
MANUEL VASQUEZ
Manuel Vasquez is Professor of Religion at the University of Florida.
He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Temple University. He is the
author/editor of eight books and numerous other publications on
Latin American religions, sociology of religion, and transnational
migration. Currently, Vásquez is co-­directing with Philip Williams a
new initiative on immigration, religion, and social change in the
US South, supported by the Ford Foundation. He is also a member
of the planning committee for "The Religious Lives of Migrant
Minorities," a project based at the Social Science Research
Council.
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Philip Williams is Director of the Center for Latin American Studies
and Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. He
received his M.Phil in Latin American Studies and D.Phil in Politics
from the University of Oxford in 1986. He is author/editor of five
books and numerous other publications on Latin American
politics, democratization, and transnational migration. Williams
has received a number of prestigious fellowships and grants from
Fulbright, North-­South Center, United States Institute of Peace,
Pew Charitable Trusts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ford
Foundation.
Lecture Guest
The GLFF is partnering with Santa Fe College to sponsoring a reading by Santiago Vaquera-­ Vasquez entitled 2QH'D\,·OO
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SANTIAGO VAQUERA-­VASQUEZ
Santiago Vaquera-­Vásquez is an Assistant Professor of Creative
Writing and Hispanic Southwestern Literatures in the Department
of Spanish, and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. He
has taught and lectured at the University of Iowa, Penn State, the
Universidad de Salamanca, the Universidad de Alcalá de
Henares, the Universidad Pompeu Fabra, and at Texas A&M
University. Dr. Vaquera-­Vásquez has published extensively in
Spanish. 2QH'D\,·OO7HOO<RXWKH7KLQJV,·YH6HHQ is his first
collection of stories in English. He has discussed his work with
Eduardo Halfón and Daniel Alarcón in The Believer, and with
Edmundo Paz Soldán and Santiago Roncagliolo in The Arizona
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Musical Groups
The GLFF is partnering with the UF Hispanic Heritage Month 2015, to bring to the Alachua County community a free concert
with the best Dominican-­American musical group.
FULANITO
Fulanito is a Dominican-­American musical group that combines traditional merengue with
other styles (specifically house, hip hop, and bachata among other genres). With over 5 million
albums sold throughout the world, they were at one time the top selling act in Colombia, and
were placed on other charts including those of Japan, Switzerland, United States, and Chile.
Their name means "so-­and-­so" (i.e. unknown) in Spanish (see Fulano + -­ito). Members of Fulanito
were formerly with popular groups such as 740 Boyz and 2 in a Room.
PROYECTO UNO
Proyecto Uno (English: Project One) is a Dominican-­American latin house group which helped
popularize a style of music which blends merengue with rap, techno, dancehall reggae and
hip-­hop music.The band was founded in New York City's East Side in 1989 by Nelson Zapata
and managed by Porfirio "Popi" Piña. Originally formed as traditional merengue band,
Proyecto Uno received recognition in the 1990s after incorporating modern Afro-­American and
North American music.The group won Billboard Latin Music Awards, Premios Lo Nuestro, and an
Emmy award. The current members are Nelson Zapata, Josue Cedeño, Kid G, and Paolo
tondo
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folk dances of Peru and stablish the presence of the Peruvian people in the United States.
The group consists exclusively of passionate volunteers in the Jacksonville area. The group
members get together to learn and rehearse the different dances of the different regions of
Peru;; from the coast, the mountains or the wilderness.
Dances:
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Members: Patricia Millard, Margot Loechle, Paola Guerrero, Miriam Bellido, Kathy Kim, Alicia
Guerrero, Janet Panez, Shallymar Balarezo
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CHRISTIAN GRANGER
Born: Sept. 13, 1991
Hey there, this is Christian Granger speaking. I was raised in the small town of Havana, FL., 15
miles north of our capitol Tallahassee. My hobbies are drawing, photography, hiking, camping,
exploring, playing any and every sport, discovering new music, playing drums and bongos, and
spending my time with some very positive, determined, like-­minded people. Growing up I was a
very spontaneous kid ready to compete in every activity that took place. Attended a tiny high
school by the name of Robert F. Munroe where I met some great people that I will forever stay
connected with. In 2011, I came to Gainesville to attend Santa Fe College, where I discovered I
wanted to become a Graphic Designer. Ever since the day I chose to take this path I have
been gratefully blessed with guidance and success. Thanks to the best parents ever created,
some incredibly helpful friends, and countless nights of strenuous work,·YHEHHQDEOHWR
become the designer I am today. I love clean, simple design that is able to portray its message
in a complex ZD\)RUWKHSDVWIHZ\HDUV,·YHEHHQZRUNLQJZLWKVRPHRIP\EHst friends and a
local band by the name of Morning Fatty. Being able to combine my art and photography with
music has been DGUHDPFRPHWUXH,MXVWUHFHQWO\JUDGXDWHGIURP6DQWD)H·V'LJital Media
Program and plan to make big things happen from it. This summer I will be taking a life
changing road trip across America where I will engulf in some of the most beautiful places on
this planet and do things that many people say they were unable to do, due to whatever
restrictions took place in their OLIHWLPH,·PWUXO\EOHVVHGIURPP\SDVWDQG present success and
cannot wait to see what the IXWXUHKDVLQVWRUHIRUPH7KHSDVWIHZ\HDUV,·YHXOWLPDWHO\FRPH
to realize that success is not a accident, but a choice, and to become the best you must work
extremely hard and improve in something every single day. And simply, through that method,
dreams become reality.
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Thanks to the following sponsors, partners, supporters, staff and volunteers whose help made possible the 11th Gainesville
Latino Film Festival.
FESTIVAL SPONSORS
UF Center for Latin American Studies
UF Center for Humanities and Public Sphere
UF International Center
Visit Gainesville
Tioga Center
Law Office of Evan D. George
The Williams Condor-­Family
Josh & Sally Dickenson
Amalia Alvarez
Walt Disney World
Milagros Peña
Victorina Basauri
Kinnon & Janice Thomas
City of Gainesville
Sabore
Gainesville Commission on the Status of
Women
Paul & Polly Doughty
Coni Gesualdi
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HOTEL
Sweetwater Branch Inc
RESTAURANTS SUPPORTERS
Sweetwater Branch Inc
Saboré
(PLOLDQR·V&DIH
Mi Apa Latin Café
FILM SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
UF Center for Jewish Studies
Florida Museum of Natural History
UF Smathers Library
RegionsBank
UNA Gainesville Chapter
Ideas + Medios
Momento Films International
UF Center for African Studies
UF Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
Santa Fe College
Kids Doc Pediatrics
Dr. Luis Eduardo Scaccabarrozzi
Omar Forero
Cineplanet
Maneshma Films
UF Department of English
UF Spanish & Portuguese Department
The Best Restoration
Sergio Sibrian
CAMINANDES
Antorcha Films
El Tigre y el Venado/ The Tiger and the Deer
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DM Creative Studios
CREATIVE SERVICES
Neutral7
Paola Simmons
Shelby N. Taylor
Mariam Gonzales
VENUES
UF Harn Museum
Alachua County Library District
Peruvian American Association
of Jacksonville, Florida
UF Hispanic Heritage Month 2015
Hippodrome State Theater
UF Smarther Library
The Wooly
UF Institute of Hispanic-­ Latino Culture
DANCE PERFORMANCE
Jose Mesones
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Gilberto de Paz and TROPIX
MEDIA
WUFT/WJUF FM
Gainesville Sun
WCJB-­ TV20
Hola Noticias-­ Jacksonville
Gainesville the CM
ECO LATINO
GUEST SPEAKERS
Tania Hermida
Liz Getman
Ericka Ghersi
Susan Paulson
Kerry Oliver Smith
Santiago Vaquera-­Vasquez
Kevin Funk
Norman J. W. Goda
Evan George
Barbara Mennel
Manuel Vasquez
Andrea Median
Maria Coady
Natalia Ochoa
Krystal Serrano
Andrea Medina
Philip Williams
Victoria Gomez de la Torre
SPECIAL THANKS
Mary Risner
Maria del Pilar Paz
Ruth Steiner
Rafael Cruzado
Jocelyn Peskin
Ileana McCray
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Carmen Diana Deer
Vilma Fuentes
Gloria Schwartz
Vanessa Reigosa
Tiffany Ireland
Magdalena Raszka
Olivia Garcia
Raquel Vallejo
Lillian Guevara-Castro
Polly Doughty
Gilberto de Paz
April FitzGerald
Elizabeth Fiori
Erik Breuer
Clara Sotelo
Eric Segal
Genesis Lara
Sara Alvear-Cottman
Sally Dickinson
Jorge Ibañez
Wanda de Paz
Agustina Bonaventura
Catherine Carey
Pepe Mesones
Elizabeth King
Pilar Morgin
Mabel Cardec
GLFF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Victoria Condor-­Williams
Ileana McCray
Eliveth Grossteffon
Mariam Gonzales
Claudia Navarro
Lucy Negron Blessington
Pilar Morales
Jordan Fulkerson
Clara Sotelo
Nicole Segnini
Eva Sailly
Carolina Ceballos
Alnycea Blackwell
Paola Simmons
Laura Cardona
Gabriela Portugal-­Bouza
LWL BOARD MEMBERS
Maria Eugenia Zelaya, Martha Berdat
Ileana Mccray Clara Sotelo Victoria Condor-Williams Sara Alvear- Cottman
TO OUR 2015 GLFF VOLUNTEERS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!!
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