Cine Las Americas presents EMERGENCIA, its annual youth film competition, on Saturday, April 22 at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex.

Saturday’s event will begin at 12 PM with a free short film competition for filmmakers no older than nineteen years of age. Participants of the Cine Las Americas after-school program at Johnston High School produce, judge, market, and organize this event. This opportunity allows students to determine which films best reflect the views of their generation. The result is a program full of engaging and meaningful work.

At 3 PM, free screenings of short films for youth will be shown, and at 5 PM will begin the free program of short films for the entire family.

All screenings include English Subtitles.

The Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex
1156 Hargrave St.
512-472-6932
Saturday April 22, 12 Noon to 7 PM




6th Annual Youth Film Competition

Dream of the Invisibles
Inside the Horror
Living From The Land and Sea
Locked Up
Master Anti-smoker
Mi Historia Es Tu Historia
Muertitos
Pipeline
Raizing NY: The Disappearance of Affordable Housing
Say Si Vision of Art
Survival in the Weave - Kumeyaayu
The Bravery

Complemented by a selection of works from Tell It Like It Is 2004: Target Hollywood.


SHORT FILMS FOR YOUTH:

Beyond Borders: History Lessons
Alex Cheng, Daniela Glusberg, Danielle Strandburg-Peshkin, Chelsea Vaught USA, Documentary, 2005 57 min., Digital Video, Color Spanish and English with English Subtitles While still a student in suburban Illinois, Daniela Glusberg became enamored with American History. Sensitive to the issues faced by her parents in their native country of Argentina and the new threats of the Patriot Act at home, Daniela and her fellow students organized the largest student walkout of the high school anti-war movement in the U.S.

Beyond Borders: Rapping at Fear
Colombia, Documentary, 2005
7 min., Digital Video, Color
Spanish and English with English Subtitles
In Andrés’ barrio in Colombia, where “social cleansing” groups wage war, this thirteen-year-old writes and performs rap to speak out against violence. He now hosts his own Saturday morning variety show on Colombian national television.

Beyond Borders: Diana’s Story
Deivi Aiel Lorenzana, Juan Carlos Maldonado, Carlos Bacu, Francisco Cifuentes, Diana Cabrera Guatemala, Documentary, 2005, 6 min., Digital Video, Color Spanish and English with English Subtitles Diana Guevara began hanging out with the gang members who controlled her impoverished barrio on the outskirts of Guatemala City who seemed to provide the only available safety net. Sadly, she paid a high price for her involvement. In moving past that tragedy however, Diana has been able to develop inner strength and create alliances to truly break her isolation. www.listenup.org/beyondborders

Asveq - The Walrus Hunt
Frank Francis
USA, Documentary, 2005
8 min., Digital Video, Color
English
Alaska Native youth, separated from their traditional home and living in an urban center, maintain their connections with their traditions and Native culture by participating in the Alaska Native Heritage Center's after school program. www.alaskanative.net


5 PM
A special selection of international short films for the whole family,
MI RADIO, Mexico
O GRANDE DIA, Brazil
VIAJE A MARTE, Argentina
EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Canada
EXIJO SER UN HEROE, Chile
FLAT, USA
TADPOLES, USA Austin
GESTURE DOWN, USA
HUELLAS EN LA NIEVE, Spain

Invited filmmakers in attendance.