Official Selections: Latinx Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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I Love This Arrangement
Romcom
West Coast Premiere
An aspiring chef’s lifelong dream of owning a restaurant is within reach until he learns a devastating secret. Faced with losing the opportunity of a lifetime, he races against time to secure his future, while risking it all, love, career, and the ultimate freedom, a seat at his own table.
Director: Jacquin DeLeon
Producer: Jacquin DeLeon, Nick Alexander, Nadia Abrahams, Lorena Jorge, Natasha Ward, Martel Shaw
Writer: Nick Alexander, Jacquin DeLeon
Cast: Nick Alexander, Efrangeliz Medina, Orlando Leyba, Lorena Jorge
Cinematographer: Snyder Derival
Editor: Itai Levin
Urban Film Festival "Best National Short" award and "Audience Choice" award.
Instagram: @ILTAFILM
Los Chucos Suaves
Los Chucos Suaves is a music video produced and directed by Adelaide Pilar Benavides as an homage to the late Lalo Guerrero and pachuco zoot suit era. As a music artist Adelaide is known for taking classic songs and giving them a modern west coast cumbia sound. As she did with this music video by using the old 40’s black and white movie style while integrating modern Chicano culture as well as Chicana empowerment by having all the main characters depicted as strong women in positions of power. Aside from the storyline and film style, the costume design in this video consists of over 20 custom tailored zoot suits by internationally known business El Pachuco Zoot suit; established in Fullerton, California in 1978. In the end, Adelaide aims to share with the audience a piece of the joyous and colorful culture of the Pachuco and Pachuca without even needing to use color.
Director/Producer: Adelaide Pilar Benavides
Editor: Tony Soto
Cast: Adelaide Pilar, Sophia Barajas, Elsa Estrella, Rockin’ Randy, Ernie Pachuco King Glez, Peter Barajas, Vanesa Esterella
Also recently selected for Cines Las Americas International Film Festival, Chicano Hollywood Film Festival, Intercultural Voices Film Festival and GramoFrame Music Video Awards
IG: @adelaidepilarmusic
YouTube: Adelaide Pilar
website: AdelaidePilar.com