LATINO CINEMA LINE-UP There’S an Incredible Amount of Talent Exuding from the Works of the Latino Artists This Year
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LATINO CINEMA LINE-UP There’s an incredible amount of talent exuding from the works of the Latino artists this year. These films illuminate the varied and beautiful cultures across Latin America and put their key issues into the heart of the global conversation. BUY ME A GUN (DIR. JULIO HERNÁNDEZ CORDÓN) WED 3/6 7:30 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 FRI 3/8; 5:05 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE SAT 3/16; 11:00 AM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE In an unspecified future, somewhere in Mexico, women are disappearing at an alarming rate and drug cartels run the area. Huck, a 12-year-old girl, lives with her addict father in a trailer, and helps him take care of an abandoned baseball camp where narcos gather to play. Her father tries to protect Huck by disguising her as a boy using a face mask, as daily gunfights erupt all around them, and death and destruction are the norm. TRIPPING-THRU KETA (DIR. JULIO BEKHOR AND FERNANDO SMA) FRI 3/8; 4:30 PM | 3 BELOW THEATERS SAT 3/9 2:15 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 MON 3/11; 5:3O PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 It’s crazy out there today, what with all the drugs, polyamory, and YouTube. Keta, a big girl with bigger dreams, starts selling drugs, and ends up encountering the strange new world that is her neighborhood. From her interactions with swingers, housewives, a telenovela actress, and more, we follow Keta through a world that is sexy, strange, and stylish. LITTLE HISTORIES (DIR. RAFAEL MARZIANO TINOCO) SAT 3/9; 12:35 PM | 3 BELOW THEATERS MON 3/11; 5:00 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE TUES 3/12; 9:35 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 THUR 3/14; 2:45 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 Set in the eventful five-day period of the 2002 Venezuelan military coup, five fictional stories occur between the start of the coup and the return of President Hugo Chavez. As the coup plays out—often seen on the TV or heard through noises in the background—ordinary lives unfold in extraordinary situations. “It’s the perfect festival in a glorious place.” –Neil Gaiman. Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival occurs March 5-17, showcasing 132 World and U.S. Premiere Films and VR from 56 countries starring Bill Nighy, Adam Driver, Dev Patel, Elle Fanning, Katie Holmes, Salma Hayek, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Ana Ortiz, Elizabeth McGovern, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeff Daniels, and more! Celebrations, live performances and creativity experiences round out the excitement. www.cinequest.org CLEAN HANDS (DIR. MICHAEL DOMINIC) SAT 3/9; 3:15 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 SUN 3/10; 4:35 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 WED 3/13; 1:40 PM | 3 BELOW THEATERS At La Chureca, a massive dump in Nicaragua, young Manuel, Zulema, Chico, and Edgar wait eagerly for the dump trucks, hoping to find leftover food. Everything they know is this life of extreme poverty until an American philanthropist steps in and buys them a modest home with land to farm. THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF CELESTE GARCIA (DIR. ARTURO INFANTE) SUN 3/10; 1:25PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 WED 3/13; 7:30 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE SAT 3/16; 1:15 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE A guide at the local planetarium in Havana, Cuba, Celeste has always been curious about life. Her predictable daily routine is boring, but her compassionate, kind soul has made some unlikely friends—one of whom is her weird next- door Russian neighbor...who turns out to be an alien. When this alien invites Celeste to be a part of the expedition to visit her planet, it begins an incredible journey that’s hilarious, exciting, and everything Celeste craved. ORIGINAL SIN (DIR. JEAN LEE) WED 3/6; 5:15 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE SAT 3/9; 12:20 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE SUN 3/10; 10:45 AM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 FRI 3/15; 2:55 PM | HAMMER THEATRE Day 731 of marriage. Why is Eva counting the days since her wedding? She feels neglected and unnoticed and tries to fulfill herself through fantasies. When an unexpected guest, an exceedingly handsome painter enters the picture, all hell breaks loose. WEBISODE M THU 3/14; 9:30 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE FRI 3/15; 7:30 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 SAT 3/16; 3:15 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 An exhilarating horror-thriller from Argentina, M follows Diane and Tim, a young American couple who travel to Patagonia to search for Tim’s father, a biologist who disappeared 10 years earlier. With the help of Alejandro, a con man who knows the area well, they enter the woods with the remote hope of finding him, but soon discover that something supernatural is lurking. “It’s the perfect festival in a glorious place.” –Neil Gaiman. Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival occurs March 5-17, showcasing 132 World and U.S. Premiere Films and VR from 56 countries starring Bill Nighy, Adam Driver, Dev Patel, Elle Fanning, Katie Holmes, Salma Hayek, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Ana Ortiz, Elizabeth McGovern, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeff Daniels, and more! Celebrations, live performances and creativity experiences round out the excitement. www.cinequest.org ENGLISH WITH LATIN FOCUS BRING ME AN AVOCADO (DIR. MARIA MEALLA) FRI 3/8; 7:15 PM | HAMMER THEATRE SUN 3/10; 1:05 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 SAT 3/16; 12:15 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 SUN 3/17; 10:45 AM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE Robin and George are a loving couple raising two lovely daughters. On Robin’s birthday, the family’s life is suddenly thrown in turmoil when Robin is shot by a robber. George desperately tries to maintain a normal life for the daughters, but his frustration and a series of miscommunications begin to complicate and sour relationships. LUPE (DIR. ANDRE PHILLIPS AND CHARLES VUOLO) FRI 3/8; 9:15 PM | 3 BELOW THEATERS SUN 3/10; 8:00 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 MON 3/11; 2:20 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 SAT 3/16; 9:30 PM | REDWOOD CITY CENTURY 20 Rafael, a Cuban boxer, desperately looks for his sister Isabelle—believing her to have fallen into prostitution in New York City. The city’s underworld turns bloody as Rafael continues his quest to liberate his sister from a life of exploitation. And then…something changes, as he begins to present himself as a transgender woman. THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE (DIR. TERRY GILLIAM) SUN 3/17; 6:00 PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE Cinequest’s grand Closing Night—a film almost 30 years in the making—iconic director Terry Gilliam’s adventure-comedy brims with imaginative ideas from the very beginning. Adam Driver (Girl, Star Wars) is Toby, a young artist who is given a copy of a student film he made ten years ago about Don Quixote. Realizing he is not far from where he shot it, he revisits the small village and discovers the profound effects the movie has had there. In fact, the shoemaker (Jonathan Pryce, Brazil) he had cast as his lead actually believes he IS Don Quixote and is now convinced Toby is his Sancho Panza. Thus begins a strange and magical journey across Spain. “It’s the perfect festival in a glorious place.” –Neil Gaiman. Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival occurs March 5-17, showcasing 132 World and U.S. Premiere Films and VR from 56 countries starring Bill Nighy, Adam Driver, Dev Patel, Elle Fanning, Katie Holmes, Salma Hayek, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Ana Ortiz, Elizabeth McGovern, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeff Daniels, and more! Celebrations, live performances and creativity experiences round out the excitement. www.cinequest.org LATINO LUMINARIES THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT (DIR. KIM NGUYEN) SAT 3/16; 9:30PM | CALIFORNIA THEATRE Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood) play scheming cousins Vincent and Anton Zalesky in Academy Award–nominated director Kim Nguyen’s (War Witch) The Hummingbird Project. In the hopes of striking it rich, the cousins try to build a thousand-mile-long, four-inch-wide tunnel from Kansas to New Jersey that will give them an edge on transactions at the New York Stock Exchange. They end up in the crosshairs of their ruthless former employer Eva Torres (Salma Hayek, Frida), a Wall Street lion willing to devour anyone in her path. Time is rapidly running out on the guys’ outrageous plan. VIRTUAL REALITY CROW: THE LEGEND (DIR. DIEGO LUNA ) MARCH 7 - 10, FROM 11AM TO 7PM LOCATION TBD From an old American Indian legend, follow the story of a few early animals who are introduced to their first winter. They must now quickly change their lives in order to survive and bring back summer. “It’s the perfect festival in a glorious place.” –Neil Gaiman. Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival occurs March 5-17, showcasing 132 World and U.S. Premiere Films and VR from 56 countries starring Bill Nighy, Adam Driver, Dev Patel, Elle Fanning, Katie Holmes, Salma Hayek, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Ana Ortiz, Elizabeth McGovern, Alexander Skarsgård, Jeff Daniels, and more! Celebrations, live performances and creativity experiences round out the excitement. www.cinequest.org .