​Hola Mexico Film Festival presented by DishLATINO, the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, announced the winners of their first ever class of Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today – a 10-day program for emerging Hispanic filmmakers in Los Angeles, CA.

​The 24 applicants selected for the program are Hispanic students based in Los Angeles, and most are current students or recent graduates from universities such as USC, UCLA, NYFA, Pitzer College and Cal Arts. In order to be considered for the program, applicants submitted videos, screenplays of their film work and a personal statement about their commitment to their heritage and culture.

 Winners of the First Class of Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today include: Carlos Aguilar, Esteban Arango, Angie Aurana, Kimberly Bautista, Juan Luis Bravo, Christian Contreras, Fabian Euresti, Eloísa García, Lorena Gordon, Jonathan Francisco Infante, Silvia Lara, Sara Celeste Martin, Juan Martínez Vera, Diego Najera Martínez, Gabriela Paciel, Anthony Pérez, Jackie Pérez, Luis Sánchez, Vladimir Santos, Francisco Tejeda, Andrew Vázquez and Alan Vidali.

​“It has been a highly selective process and only half of our extremely qualified applicants were chosen,” said Samuel Douek, Director of Hola Mexico Film Festival presented by DishLATINO. “Our goal for this program is to give the participants the opportunity to create strong ties within the industry and the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations with industry professionals that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to do.”

The 10-day program will include screenings of the films at the Hola Mexico Film Festival presented by DishLATINO taking place May 13-22, intimate conversations with the directors and actors from the films featured at the festival, a visit to CAA to meet with their senior staff, a panel and tour visit hosted by Fox Audience Strategy and special guest talks from top leaders of the Hispanic film industry including Rodrigo Prieto, Patricia Riggen, Roberto Sneider and Ligiah Villalobos. In addition, the participants will take classes with professors from CSUN and Loyola Law School and meet with important leaders from NALIP, DGA, WGA and Pantelion Films.

The Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today program has been made possible by the East Side Arts Initiative, a grant-making program focused on supporting non-profit visual and performing arts organizations, and fostering collaborations for furthering the arts in the Greater East side, and the collaboration of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Los Angeles.

A very limiting breath experience. As you sit back to enjoy (or stand-as I was), you begin to question if you should even be watching.

As the viewer, you are there to witness the fearful experience of a blind man and what he sees. Writer/director Fede Alvarez told us that while in his previous film Evil Dead, revolved around demons, this film centers a little more on reality, which is just as (if not more) scary. On choosing the title, Don't Breath, he gave an honest and simple answer, 'holding your breath is something you'll be doing a lot in the film'. In fact, he confessed that the idea for the title came from the viewer's feedback after screening the movie. With enough oxygen for all of us, it's safe to say breathing will be allowed during the film. 

​What some are calling “The best film about the life of Jesus since Passion of the Christ” is coming to Blu-ray and DVD. This religious drama follows Clavius (Fiennes), a powerful man who with the help of Lucius (Felton), will put to rest the rumors about the resurrection of the Messiah. That, just weeks after the crucification of Jesus Christ. Risen also stars María Botto (Mad Dogs), Antonio Gil (Quantum of Solace) and Luis Callejo (The Boat). The Blu-ray and DVD (also in digital format, already available) will feature short films and deleted scenes.

In the 3D animated comedy, The Angry Birds Movie, we'll finally find out why the birds are so angry.
The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely.  In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride, This is the End, Eastbound and Down) have always been outsiders.  But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to. 

SHOW OVERVIEW:
"Lopez" revolves around George Lopez (playing himself) as he struggles with wanting to give back to the Latino community where he grew up, but also feeling as though he can never satisfy all the demands placed on him by both the celebrity world and his hometown.  He navigates these worlds with the help of his driver, Manolo (Anthony “Citric” Campos), his manager, Olivia “Olly” Michaels (Hayley Huntley), his annoying and nosy next-door neighbor, Stephen (James Michael Connor), who never seems to be happy with anything George does, his friend and opening act Maronzio (Maronzio Vance), and his expressive teenage daughter Erica (Ashley Zamora). 

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Written by: Ian Edelman & Neel Shah, Puerto Ricans in Paris stars some of the industries favorite and classic latinos, like Luis Guzmán, Edgar Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Alice Taglioni, Miriam Shor and Frédéric Anscombe. 

Directed by Ian Edelman, the film follows NYPD detectives LUIS (Luis Guzmán) and EDDIE (Edgar Garcia) as they visit Paris with one motive, to help a gorgeous French designer COLETTE (Alice Taglioni) catch the black market thief who's ripped off her new handbag design. While Luis' girlfriend VANESSA (Rosario Dawson) and Eddie's wife GLORIA (Rosie Perez) remain in New York, the hopelessly unhip odd couple stumble through a glamorous high-fashion world brimming with charming cafes, wild nightclubs and corporate treachery.

PAPA: Hemingway in Cuba es dirigida por Bob Yari, cuyos créditos como productor incluyen filmes ganadores del Oscar® como mejor pelicula Crash y The Illusioninst. Con su título derivado del apodo del novelista ganador del premio Nobel, PAPA: Hemingway en Cuba, se basa en un guión autobiográfico de Denne Bart Petitclerc. Interpretado por Giovanni Ribisi, el personaje se llama