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May 18 - 20, 2012

9th Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival

At Casa 0101 in Boyle Heights

"In rasquachismo, the irreverent and spontaneous are employed to make the most from the least."

Youth Showcase

2011 News RRAFF AwardeesGabriela Taglivini& Margaret Garcia Pasadena, California -The 8th Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival (RRAFF) announced today its honorees for 2011 which will be presented on Sunday, May 15th at the Regency Academy 6 Theatres in Pasadena, California. This year the festival is proud to present awards to film director Gabriela Tagliavini and featured artist Margaret Garcia. The 2011 Trailblazer Award, which honors one whose achievements have advanced new practices and/or challenging understandings of the U.S. Latino perspectives and representations, will be presented to Gabriela Tagliavini. Tagliavini is being recognized for her commitment to representing Latinas on the big screen. Beginning with her directorial debut, The Woman Every Man Wants (aka Perfect Lover), Tagliavini was named Best Director at three international film festivals including the New York Independent Film Festival in 2001. In addition, Tagliavini’s Ladies' Night, distributed by Disney/Buena Vista was the #1 movie in Mexico's box office for 2004. Her film won three MTV Latin Movie Awards, including "Best Actress." The film's soundtrack released in the U.S. in 2007 by Sony Music achieved platinum success. In all her scripts, Tagliavini is committed to portraying Latina women of strength and not the stereotypes so often seen in Hollywood.THE 2011 REEL RASQUACHE ART & FILM FESTIVAL: ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ENTRIESPasadena, California, January 19, 2011 -- The 2011 Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival (RRAFF) is back for its 8th consecutive year, returning to the Regency Academy 6 Cinemas in Pasadena, California. The festival will take place May 13 - 15, 2011 and will be presented in association with Latin Heat Entertainment. Publisher of Latin Heat Entertainment and Executive Producer of Lets Talk! Bel Hernandez joins John Ramirez as co-festival director. The focus of the 2011 Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival will be in the spirit of the first Chicano superhero, as embodied in Robert Rodriguezs groundbreaking film Machete. As a popular cultural phenomenon, Machete recasts such tired clichés as the Latin Lover and the Spitfire. Turning the tables on Hollywood conventions of gender, ethnicity, class, labor, and religion, Machete offers a uniquely provocative vision of the Latina/o collective anti-hero, whose heroic abilities are only as strong as the communitys empowering mobilization. The film intersects the performance careers of a virtual constellation of U.S. Latino entertainment industry established talent and rising stars. The Reel Rasquache Art and Film Festival is the only festival of its kind that focuses primarily on films from US Latino independent filmmakers, as well as art from Latino artists. The art component of the festival will be expanded to include a full art exhibition curated by artist and Rasquache Film Festival Art Director, Angela Maria Ortiz. CALL FOR ENTRIESAttention all filmmakers, RRAFF is now accepting submissions for 2011 film festival. Following, please find submission information and deadlines.Call is for Shorts, documentaries, full length features and animation.Submission Deadline Feb. 14th $15 shorts $20 Features Mar 14th late deadline - $25 shorts $30 Features Submission forms can be downloaded online at www.reelrasquache.org Sponsorship opportunities: sponsorships_reelrasquache.orgTo inquire about volunteer opportunities: volunteers_reelrasquache.orgInfo on festival: www.reelrasquache.orgFOR INTERVIEW REQUESTS CONTACT:Brenda HerreraHerrera Communications (626) 841-3699 Brenda_herrera-communications.com

Food Stamps Opening Night Film

Harnessing the VisionThe Comedy Food StampsOpened the 2011Reel Rasquache Art & film Festival The only Film Festival SpotlightingFilms by and About U.S. Latinos Pasadena, CA – The 8th Annual Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival announces the world premiere of Food Stamps, written and directed by American Latino filmmaker Alfredo Ramos (Road Dogz) with Danny Trejo (Machete) on May 13th, 2011 at 8:00 PM at the Regency Academy 6 Theatres (1003 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena). Following the screening, a private reception will be held for guests, filmmakers and festival sponsors in celebration of the festival’s opening night. Food Stamps follows the coming-of-age trials and tribulations of a mild-mannered box boy who is forced to live at home because he hasn’t “earned parole” from his over-protective mother and no nonsense construction worker father. Food Stamps is a comedy that in addition to Danny Trejo, stars Emilio Rivera (Anarchy) Dyana Ortelli, Noel Gugliemi and comedian Joey Medina. This year, the festival will also feature 10 film programs consisting of over 20 Latino-produced and/or themed films. Included in this year’s lineup is a Documentary Shorts program featuring Bernardino, an inspiring portrait of strength and dignity in the face of physical challenge. The festival is proud to introduce the first public theatrical showcase of Jesús Salvador Treviño’'s much anticipated and extensive web portal for Latino arts and culture, Latinopia. Horror buffs are sure to enjoy the festival’s late Saturday night horror films with a twist of Latino, curated by horror film writer Antonio ‘Tyger’ Olivas. Back by popular demand, is the Web Series program - Reel Rasquache is one of the first and few Latino film festivals that include Latino-themed web projects. The Youth Filmmakers’ program carries on the festival’s commitment to recognizing young and promising filmmaking talent. The 2011 Youth Filmmakers’ Program is a curated selection of short films produced by local youth in such genres as documentary, drama, music video, and experimental. The youth in this year’s program are from Bell High School, the Echo Park Film Center, Locke High School, and Sylmar High School. The film program includes award presentations and will be followed by a youth filmmakers’ reception. Admission to the Youth Showcase program and reception are free. Also making its world premiere at Reel Rasquache is Revenge of the Bimbot Zombie Killers. Directed by Joe Camareno, produced by Joe Camareno and Stephanie Wiand, and written by Stephanie Wiand, Jeff Folschinsky, Tyler Tanner & Joe Camareno, this Sci-Fi Comedy is sure to thrill fans of Get Smart and Young Frankenstein. When evil Dr. Agatha Von Krahpenpantz attempts to create a zombie army to take over the world with her sidekick, Elmore Leonard, it is up to down-on-his-luck Dr. Warren Oedi of secret agency Department Gamma, to save the world. The Sunday, May 15 line up opens with a stirring program on questions of spirit and faith, featuring the Los Angeles Premiere of The Calling directed by David Ranghelli. Transporting viewers to distant lands and into deep regions of the human soul, The Calling reveals the joys and anxieties of those drawn to religious life. Also Sunday is the program, Lives, In Short, which spotlights five dramatic short films on topics ranging from bullying and youth violence, international and domestic human costs of war, and of course, love and its discontents. Closing the festival this year is the Los Angeles Premiere of The Myth of Time, introducing a new technique of cinema referred to as “Caleidismo,” the combination of spoken and written poetry with audio-visual symbolism, breaking the barriers of language and culture. The Myth of Time has been compared to the films of Terrence Malick, in terms of its epic historical scope and visual majesty. The Myth of Time, filmed over the course of five years entirely in Guatemala with cast and crew spanning three continents from London, New York, Mexico, to Guatemala and El Salvador, narrates the unwritten chapter of the Popol Vuh (Mayan Book of Advice), told through a child’s journey into manhood after the world has ended. The Myth of Time is written and directed by Jaguar X and produced by Scorpion Hernandez. The three-day Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival will also include Directors’ Roundtable, a session not to be missed. Hear straight from as many as fifteen of the 2011 festival’s showcased directors, all about the making of their films in this special Q&A session. Directors’ Roundtable attendance is free and open to all festival goers. To purchase tickets in advance, please go to: HERE All about the Fest The Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival is the only festival of its kind that focuses primarily on films from US Latino independent filmmakers. The Festival will showcase over 20 recent Latino-produced and/or themed films produced nationally and internationally, most of them Los Angeles premieres. Together with guest filmmaker Q&A sessions, panels and a Directors Roundtable, the Festival provides a unique local celebration of films by and about U.S. Latino communities and experiences. Emphasizing a range of media, from feature-length films and documentaries, to short subjects, and animations, the Festivals program will cover a number of themes that focus on the rich diversity of U.S. Latino culture and history. The Festival annually brings a broad base of grassroots and professional community members together with U.S. Latino film and video independents and entertainment industry representatives. The festival will take place May 13 - 15, 2011 and will be presented in association with Latin Heat Entertainment. Official sponsors for the 2011 Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival include the Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures, California State University, Los Angeles and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.For more information about RRAFF please visit: www.reelrasquache.orgRRAFF Directors:John Ramirez: jramire4_exchange.calstatela.edu Bel Hernandez: bhernandez_latinheat.com Volunteer Coordinator:Ashalee Fann ashaleefann_gmail.com

2011 Sponsors

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2011 Submissions

Jaguar X

Daniel Maldonado

Jesus Salvador Trevino

jeremiah ocanas

Enrique Castillo

Johnny Kirk

Miguel Torres

Mike Mendez

Kenneth Castillo

Lili Bernard

Edgar Humberto Alvarez

Dennis E. Leoni

Ruth Livier

2011 Filmmakers

Featured Artist

Featured Artist

The 2011 RRAFF Featured Artist was Margaret Garcia . A Los Angeles resident who is currently completing the Masters of Fine Arts program at the University of Southern California, Garcia will be receiving the 2011 Vision Award. She teaches and lectures throughout the region, and has produced a number of murals in the Los Angeles area. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions in California, Texas, and Mexico, including her piece Tree of Califas , which adorns the Universal City Metro Station. In her paintings and mural projects, she attempts to define herself in relation to her community, and vice-versa. "I define Chicano art by making it," she has said, and indeed for Garcia being part of a community is part of being human.

Margaret Garcia
Born in East Los Angeles in 1951, Margaret Garcia overcame significantand devastating personal challenges to emerge in the last decade as arespected and accomplished artist, muralist, teacher, and mentor in theLatino art community of Los Angeles.Her public art began to appear at schools and in public places in the late80s and 90s, most notably in a stunningly powerful mural at the UniversalCity Metro Station in 1999. Her first mural received attention throughAgnes Vardas film Mur Mur. Since then, her paintings and sculptures havebeen acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the LagunaArt Museum, and have appeared frequently as part of group exhibitions,including Angelenos/Chicano Painters of LA at the LA County Museumof Art, the traveling group exhibition The Chicano Collection that visitedvarious locations in Los Angeles, Riverside, La Jolla, Indianapolis, El Paso,San Antonio, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, andmany others, both local and national. Most recently her work has been partof Trail Blazing Women Artists at the Artshare Gallery in Los Angeles andthe Stamp Project at Chimmaya in East L.A. Her solo exhibitions haveappeared at Avenue 50, Lil Frogtown, and the Fremont Gallery. Her worksare also part of a number of private collections, including those ownedby Karen Mary Davalos and Cheech Marin. Ms.Garcia will also be part ofthe upcoming Chicanitas Exhibition, a collection of miniature paintings ofChicana art organized by Cheech Marin that will be touring 2011. She isalso the subject of a multi-part film biography that will be available throughthe UCLA Archives as part of the A Ver Project headed by Chon NoriegaMs. Garcia is currently part of the Masters of Fine Arts program at theUniversity of Southern California; she received her earlier education at theUniversity of California, Northridge and Los Angeles City College.I am most proud of kids I've mentored who now have careers as artists,Garcia says, most of whom haven't received formal training in an artschool or Universities. My focus is not only on the production work andpainting, but survival strategies. She has served as a guest lecturerfor LACMA and the Museum of Latin American Art and has been Artistin Residence for a wide number of schools and museums, includingthe California Arts Council, Artscorpsla, La Tierra de la Culebra, andmany others. Since 2007 she has offered personal lessons in her studio,helping to launch the careers of many Latino artists, including HeribertoLuna, Fernando Barragan, Kikki Eder, David Flury, Michael Rascon, andSusan Irquiza. In her work as a photo tech, she has been responsiblefor organizing many exhibits at Otis Parsons and the Los AngelesPhotography Center; she has also work with Frank Garcia of Da Galleryin Pomona, helping establish an annual exhibit of Southern California art.Graciela Iturbide called her the godmother of my work in 48 Hours inAmerica.Ms. Garcias work has not gone unrecognized. She has received a Louis ComfortTiffany Visual Arts Award (1993), a Feitelson Lundeberg Award, and a LosAngeles Municipal Art Gallery Brody Fellowship in Visual Arts (1989), a GettyAward, Visual Arts in 2001 and most recently COLA Award from the City of LosAngeles (2005), as well as a great many citizenship and public service awardsand commendations.Garcia credits her trips to Mexico as key formative events in her developmentas an artist. It was there that she was exposed to the indigenous popular art ofOaxaca, including the work of artists Rodolfo Morales and Francisco Toledo.Over the past 38 years, my work has been painting from life, Garcia says. Iwant it to be pertinent and meaningful; I invest my energy in the things that Iam in favor of: humanity, ecology, personal healing. She is equally passionateabout her community. An energy and tradition of visual art exists here inEast Los Angeles and it is infectious and growing, she says. Her works as aneducator, a facilitator, and an artist are already a source of inspiration for manycreators and art lovers, and are certain to grow in the years to come.Photo: Angela María Ortíz S.

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History

History

Honorees
Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival In the summer of 2001, a group of students approached a newly hired Chicano Studies Professor, Richard T. Rodriguez, about the possibility of organizing a film festival. Initially imagined as a student-centered event, and an opportunity to expose new Latina/o talent to the campus community, the idea quickly became a project that had the potential to bridge the gap between the campus and its surrounding communities. Such a festival could enable a space for showcasing work that often was eclipsed both by "all-encompassing" festivals and festivals focusing on particular geographical regions (i.e., Latin America). Such a festival would also have the potential to showcase work by and about U.S. Latinas and Latinos, a population quickly discarding minority status, yet still troublingly scarce, if not absent, in media representation. California State University, Los Angeles, because of the strong student interest and support, as well as the potential to enhance the Department of Chicano Studies, one of the nations first Chicano Studies programs, supported the idea for a U.S. Latino/a film/video festival. The response and the interest that the small scale 2001 effort generated, confirmed that there was not only a campus audience, but also a community audience that would support future such film festivals. Given his shared interest in U.S. Latino/a film making, Dr. John Ramirez, a media studies scholar in the Department of Communications Studies, joined with Dr. Rodriguez to further develop the concept for a film festival that would provide a showcase for independent U.S. Latina/o film makers from across the country. Dr. Ramirez has sustained the Festival as the Executive Director since 2005. Also pivotal to both the success and endurance of the Reel Rasquache Film Festival have been the tremendous contributions to the endeavor by Ms. Bel Hernandez, the CEO and Executive Editor of the long-standing Latino entertainment industry publication, Latin Heat. Since 2004, Ms. Hernandez has served as the industry development consultant to the Festival. The 2004 festival, the first ever Reel Rasquache, the only festival of its kind and scope in Southern California dedicated to U.S. Latina/o films and videos, and each Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival since, have been the product of countless hours of enthusiasm, commitment and perseverance. Beginning in 2010, CASA 0101 shall serve as the fiscal sponsor for the Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival. CASA 0101 is dedicated to providing vital arts, cultural, and educational programs -- in theater, digital filmmaking, art and dance -- to East Los Angeles communities. A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, CASA 0101 was founded by Josefina Lopez who is best known for authoring the play and coauthoring the film, Real Women Have Curves. Playwright, screenwriter, artistic director, and film producer, Ms. Lopez grew up in Boyle Heights and created a vision to bring live theater and her educational and cultural experiences to the predominantly Spanish-speaking immigrant community of Boyle Heights.Our Audience profile:• Diverse audiences, consisting of 80% Latino and 20% other• Age groups range from teens to seniors, with predominant audience between 25-55 years• Equal female and male attendance• Working professionals• Middle to upper middle-class income levels• Bilingual• College-educatedAnnually, the Reel Rasquache Film Festival attracts patrons from a broad Southern California footprintthe communitiesof East Los Angeles as far as San Bernardino, downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood,West Hollywood, South Los Angeles West Los Angeles and Santa Monica, Ventura and Oxnard in the North andSan Diego in the South..
Past Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival Award recipients:2010Ligiah Villalobos Trailblazer (Writer/producer - La Misma Luna, Go Diego Go)Betty Kaplan Career Achievement (Director One Hot Summer, Doña Barbara, Almost a Woman)Enrique Castillo Pioneer Award (Weeds, Blood In Blood Out, Mi Familia, Borderline, Teatro Campesino Member)2009Luis Valdez Career Achievement (Founder El Teatro Campesino, Zoot Suit, La Bamba, The Cisco Kid).2008Sylvia Morales Pioneer (Director Chicano, Seguin, Resurrection Blvd.)Franc.reyes Trailblazer (Director Empire, Illegal Tender, The Ministers)2007Tony Plana Pioneer (Ugly Betty, Zoot Suit)Wilmer Valderrama Trailblazer (That 70s Show, Fast Food Nation,El Muerto)2006Lupita Tovar Career Achievement (Actress Dracula, Spanish 1931)Lourdes Portillo Pioneer (Writer/Director Corpus, Señorita Extraviada/Missing Young Woman)Jesus S. Treviño Tribute (Director Raices de Sangre, Yo Soy Chicano, Prison Break)2005Moctesuma Esparza Career Achievement (Producer Walkout,Selena)2004Miguel Arteta Innovator (Director Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, Youth in Revolt),Lupe Ontiveros Career Achievement (Actor Desperate Housewives, Real Women Have Curves)Evelina Fernandez Pioneer (Writer/Actor Dementia, Luminarias)Robert Young Tribute (Director ¡Alambrista!)

Schedule

SCHEDULE
PROGRAM ONE - $25Friday, May 13th -- 8:00 - 10:00 PMLaloUSA, 10 min., Comedy, 2009Director: Daniel Maldonado, Writer: Daniel Maldonado, Lino Del Core, Producer: Ippei Taniyama, Daniel Maldonado, Cast: Neftali Jurec. Abigail StuckerThe hilarious story of a New York City Mexican delivery worker, who upon discovering hes jeopardized his employment, learns that hes been given one last delivery to salvage his job.World PremiereFood StampsUSA, 85 min., Comedy, 2010Writer/Director: Alfredo RamosCast: Ronnie Alvarez, Danny Trejo, Dyana Ortelli, Noel GugliemiFood Stamps follows the coming-of-age trials and tribulations of a mild-mannered box boy who is forced to live at home because he hasnt earned parole from his over-protective mother and no nonsense construction worker father.Friday, May 13th -- 10:00 11:30 PMOpening Reception - Regency TheaterPROGRAM TWOSaturday, May 14th - Free -- Noon 2:00 PMYouth Filmmakers ShowcaseDocumentary/Mockumentary:Mis Manos by Walter Vargas (4:50) Echo Park Film CenterWinner for Best Documentary/MockumentarysynopsisWork To Live/Live To Work by Ati Hess (4:12) Echo Park Film Center1st Runner up for Best Documentary/MockumentarysynopsisThe Gardner by Eliza Kim (2:47) Echo Park Film Center2nd Runner up for Best Documentary/MockumentarysynopsisExperimental:A Dull Boy by Jason Mordeno (3:01) Echo Park Film CenterWinner for Best ExperimentalsynopsisConstructs by Cord Brooks (4:35) Echo Park Film Center1st Runner up for Best ExperimentalsynopsisEl Pasado, El Presente, El Futuro by Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta (5:13) Echo Park FilmCenter2nd Runner up for Best ExperimentalsynopsisMusic Videos:Yeah 3x by Angel Guzman (4:15) Bell High SchoolWinner for Best Music VideoDance your troubles away is the message of this upbeat music video.Mr. Lonely by Fernando Magallon (2:40) Bell High School1st Runner up for Best Music VideoThe loneliness of a romantic break up set to music.Lost in this World by Allen Renteria (3:25) Bell High School2nd Runner up for Best Music VideoA fighting couple miss the chance to reconcile when tragedy strikes.Narrative:Voices by Gerardo Rocha (5:00) Sylmar High SchoolWinner for Best NarrativeIf you could hear them, would you listen?Revenge of the Rat by Luis Baez (5:00) Locke High School1st Runner up for Best NarrativeLittle do Derek and Karla know that the abandoned warehouse they are visiting has aterrifying secret.Commercial/Newscast:Its Electric by Ismael Garcia (5:20) Echo Park Film CenterWinner for Best Commercial/NewscastsynopsisPROGRAM THREE - $9Saturday, May 14th -- 2:30-4:00 PMLiving DocumentscicLAvia Photomotion(Dir. Edgar Humberto Alvarez/Alter Eddie, USA, 3 min., Documentary/Experimental,2011)Five-thousand photographs animated to the life rhythms of Los Angeles.Bernardino(Dir. Sue May, USA, 25 min., Documentary, 2010)Los Angeles PremiereBernardino is a short documentary featuring the life of a hardworking 56-year-old male Mexican dwarf, living with his extended family in the southwardly shadow of downtown Los Angeles. The core of Bernardinos story is hard work, courage, self- acceptance, family, community, and interdependence. Bernardino will bring warmth to your heart and a smile to your lips.LatinopiaUSA, 42 min., Documentary, 2011Director/Producer: Jesús Salvador TreviñoJesús Treviños long-anticipated and newly 2011 launched Latinopia, is a video-driven website designed as a one-stop web destination for all things Latino. Mr. Treviño explains, We are launching modestly with a few dozen videos, but we add new videos each week and will grow the site into more than a hundred videos by the end of the first year. Seeing is believing. Check us out at www.Latinopia.com. Once we establish an audience of regular visitors, we plan to expand beyond short videos into original webisodes and longer form dramas geared to the Latino public. The potential is as rich and limitless as is the life and culture of Americas 47 million Latinos.Latinopia Music: Olmeca "No Vengo Solo" (5:00)Rapper and song stylist Olmeca (David Barragán) performs his original song "No Vengo Solo" (I am Not Alone) at the inauguration of the Tía Chucha book store in Sylmar, California.Latinopia Music: Los Pochos (3:53)Los Angeles based conjunto group Los Pochos (Oto o Lujan, Eliot Baribeault and Miguel González) perform their original composition, "Margie."Latinopia Word: Tito Rios "Theater of Night" (2:39) Arizona poet Alberto Ríos, who has published ten books of poetry, three short story collections and a memoir, reads his award winning poem, "The Theater of Night."Latinopia Word: Monica Ortiz "Enlistment Papers" (2:33) Austin based poet Monica Teresa Ortíz reads her poem "Enlistment Papers" at the Flor y Canto literary festival held at USC in September of 2010.Latinopia Event: Chicano Moratorium in the Rain (4:27) This Latinopia Event chronicles the march against the Vietnam war held on February 28, 1970 in which more than 5,000 people came out to voice their concerns in spite of a pouring rain. Latinopia Theater: Josefina Lopez (3:46)Josefina López, who play "Real Women Have Curves" was made into a motion picture which she co-authored, talks about how she came to write the play.Latinopia Art :"What is Chicano Art?"(4:56)Artists from California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas speak out on the question of what is Chicano art?Latinopia Theater: "Ricardo Acuna" (3:17) Poet Ricardo Acu a reads his poem "Mujer" (Woman) at the New Los Angeles Theater center. He is accompanied by David Strother on violin. Latinopia Showcase: "Inudation" (11:10) Latinopia showcases an original short drama written, directed and edited by El Paso high school student Daniel Ríos, which takes on the theme of drug violence in the border cities of El Paso and Juarez, Mexico.PROGRAM FOUR - $9Saturday, May 14 - 4:30 6:00 PMWEB SERIES: The Future is HereNo Kids. No Cry. "A baby mama drama"(Writ./Dir. Jeremiah Ocañas, Cast: Fanny Véliz, USA, 5:20 min., Web Series, 2011)A humorous look at the issue of child support through the eyes of three single dads forced to share a small apartment because of child support. Today is payday... for the baby mamas that is. Police Chicks(Writ./Dir. Carlos Zelaya, Exec. Prod. Nicole Ortega,Carlos Zelaya, Prod. MiguelMouchess, Nicole Ortega, Carlos Zelaya, Cast: Nicole Ortega, Miriam Peniche, USA, 13min., Web Series, 2011)A gritty, ball-busting crime drama set in the back alleys of London's underbelly. Justkidding. Its a comedy set in L.A.s Eastside, the real Eastside. Two female undercovercops strive to keep their city safe while battling gangsters, hipsters, traffickers andanything else that ends in ers. Latinas en L.A.(Prod./Writ./Dir./Creator Felix Pire, Cast: Susan Artigas, Ana Asencio, Karla Menjivar,Sasha Ramos, Emrhys Cooper, Christopher Senger, USA, min., Dramady, 2011)An anthology webisode series dealing with the often times hysterical socio-cultural upsand downs of young Latina women in Los Angeles looking to make it big in life and inlove. Nina (a documentarian), Valentina (a high end fashion model), Anita (a recentcollege graduate), and Lydia (a bikini maker) let you peek into their Almodóvar-esqueLatina love in L.A.Ylse: El Mercado/The MarketUSA. 7 min., Comedy. 2011Director: Marlene Forte, Creator/Executive Producer/Writer: Ruth Livier,Producers: Joe Camareno, Stephanie WiandCast: Ruth Livier, Marlene Forte, Alejandro De Hoyos, Gabriel RomeroYlse, a not so politically correct dramedy about an ambitious, single, thirtysomething American Latina on her bumpy quest up the journalistic ladder. Think: Bridget Jones with a bicultural twist. Ylse, Blanca, Alex and Sergio navigate the landmines that are their personal relationships as they struggle to bring their new talkshow to life.Encounters: ReposadoUSA, 7 min., Drama, 2011Director: Kenneth Castillo, Writer: Ruben Padilla, Creator/Executive Producer: Miguel Torres, Producer: Mauricio Mendoza, Associate Producers: Lorena Alvarado, Armando AcevedoCast: Yeniffer Behrens, Javier DiazEncounters: My AbuserUSA, 7 min., Drama, 2011Writer/Director: Miguel Torres, Creator/Executive Producer: Miguel Torres, Producer: Mauricio Mendoza, Associate Producers: Lorena Alvarado, Armando AcevedoCast: Jay Montalvo, Erick CarrilloEncounters is an Original Web Series, which revolves around giving individuals an opportunity to meet with a loved one from the afterlife for a brief moment to ask for forgiveness and understanding.Los AmericansUSA, 17 min., Drama, 2011Writer/Director: Dennis LeoniCast: Esai Morales, Raymond Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros & Yvonne de la Rosa A journey of a middle class Latino family in Los Angeles as it tackles the not often spoken about family difficulties.Let's Talk!USA, 14 min., Talk Show, 2011Director: Enrique CastilloProducer: Miguel Torres, Bel Hernandez, Enrique Castillo. Cast: Marabina Jaimes, Dyana Ortelli, Kikey Castillo & Bel HernandezAn only English-language talk show with the Latina perspective on unniversal issues featuring four intelligent, opinionated, hilarious, and dynamic Latinas. PROGRAM FIVE - $9Saturday, May 14 - 6:30 8:00 PMLos Angeles PremiereNicky & Jackie: Confession of a GangsterUSA, 90 min., Drama, 2010Writer/Director: Kenneth CastilloCast: Vanessa Alderete, Ivan Basso, Yeniffer Behrens Two girls, Nicky and Jackie, share an intense friendship and a dream of moving to Hawaii. They decide that the best way to raise the money they need, is to rob the most prolific drug dealer in their neighborhood.PROGRAM SIX - $9Saturday, May 14th - 8:30 10:30 PMLos Angeles PremiereReel Plastilina CreativaColombia, 3 min., Animation, 2009Director/Producer: Edgar Humberto Alvarez/Alter Eddie A claymation cornucopia, at once dazzling, awe-inspiring and entertainingWorld PremiereRevenge of the Bimbot Zombie KillersUSA, 80 min., Sci Fi Comedy, 2011Director: Joe Camareno, Producers: Joe Camareno, Stephanie Wiand, Writer: Stephanie Wiand, Jeff Folschinsky, Tyler Tanner & Joe CamarenoCast: Daniel Billet, Carolyn Wilson, Herbert Siguenza, Ruth Livier, Luchy Garcia, Stephanie WiandWhen evil Dr. Agatha Von Krahpenpantz attempts to create a zombie army to take over the world with her sidekick, Elmore Leonard it is up to down-on-his-luck Dr. Warren Oedi of secret agency Department Gamma, to intervene. Revenge is sure to thrill fans of Get Smart and Young Mr. Frankenstein!PROGRAM SEVEN - $9Saturday, May 14th -- 11:00 PM 12:30 AMCASA 0101 Co-PresentsPASSION FOR THE PAIN: Horror by Latino Filmmakers Los Angeles PremierePsyclayColombia, 3 min., Animation, 2009Director/Producer: Edgar Humberto Alvarez/Alter EddieAmusingly chilling take on a classic shower scene.Horror of Our Love: A Short FilmUSA, 7 min., USA, DVD, Horror, 2010Writer/Director: Dave RedaCast: Kate Melia, Dave Reda, Peter RedmanHorror romantic comedy short that twists the conventional love story back until it breaks! The ConventUSA, 80 min., Horror, 2000Director: Mike Mendez, Writer: Chaton AndersonCast: Adrienne Barbeau, Joanna Canton, Richard Trapp, Bill Moseley, CoolioIn 1960 there was a brutal massacre at the St. Francis Boarding School for Girls. Forty years later, a group of college students break into the abandoned convent. Fun times become a nightmare when they unleash demonic spirits. Barbeau battles undead nuns! Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and for language, some sexuality and drug content.Program curator, Antonio Tyger Olivas (cinetiger_sbcglobal.net) is a horror film writer whose credits include Miner's Massacre, Revamped, Fright Club, and The Perfect Serial Killer. Tygr created the first West Coast Latino horror film festival, Fear Fiesta at CASA 0101 Theatre (www.casa0101.org) where tyger also teaches genre screenwriting. Look for Fear Fiesta 2, at CASA 0101 this Halloween season. PROGRAM EIGHT - $9Sunday, May 15th -- 12:00 2:00 PMOneirophrenia(Writ./Dir. Ernesto Roche, USA, 15 min., Drama, 2010)A stranger lures a young man into the world of the unknown.Los Angeles PremiereThe Calling(Dir. David A. Ranghelli, Prods. Trey Burvant, David A. Ranghelli, Peru/USA, 77 min.,Documentary, 2009)Life is a calling. And every call is both thrilling and daunting. Transporting viewers todistant lands and into deep regions of the human soul, The Calling reveals the joysand anxieties of those drawn to religious life. This acclaimed documentary provides aglimpse into the personal nature of belief and the bonds of family, as it delves into thefundamental and enduring questions that provide meaning and value to our lives. May 15th -- 2:30 4:00 PM Director's RoundtableFree Registration reelrasquache_gmail.com our seat, email yourA session not to be missed. Hear straight from the directors all about the making of their film in this special Q&A session.PROGRAM NINE - $9May 14th -- 4:00 - 5:30 PMLIVES, IN SHORTThresholdsUSA, 7 min., Drama, 2011Director: Linda Garcia Merchant, Writer/Producer: Yovani Flores, Evon Flores BarreraCast: Yovani Flores, Brent Brown, Evon Flores Barrera, Jeffrey S. RysiewiczAn urban tale about pushing barriers in the moments lived between each breath. Three people touched by a life changing event that shatters assumptions and dreams.En Tiempo de Guerra/In Time of WarUSA, 14 min., Drama, 2011Writer/Director: Brian Parada, Producer: Shaughnessy Dixson Civilians caught In the crosshairs of conflict during the Salvadoran 1980s civil war,Los Angeles PremiereBeyond the RopesUSA, 17 min. Drama, 2011)Writer/Director: Johnny KirkJesse Guerrero is a young troubled boxer desperately seeking attention from his demanding father.Los Angeles PremiereStufferUSA, 20 min., Drama, 2010Director: Nathan Crooker, Writer: Jake Silbermann, Producer: Anthony SweeneyCast: Danielle Camastra, Michael Rivera, Jake SilbermannA female Sgt. returns from the front line in Afghanistan to her husband and daughter fearing they will foreclose on their home. But she is coming home with a secret . . .Lucia No Besa a Nadie/Lucia Kisses No OneUSA, 30 min., Drama, 2009Writer/Director: Emanuel Gironi,An emotional rollercoaster unleashes as Lucia and Rafa struggle to save each other from harm, while inflicting wounds from the scandalous secrets they have kept from each other.PROGRAM TEN - $30Sunday, May 15th -- 6:00 8:00 PMWorld PremiereThe Legacy of Christopher Columbus in Technicolor, A Short Account: Memory One of Ceiba de Cuba, de Sus RaícesCuba, 7 min., Documentary/Experimental, 2011Writer/Director/Producer/Editor: Lili Bernard A brief dramatization of Bartolomé de Las Casas testimonial account of the Spanish Conquest of the New WorldLos Angeles PremiereThe Myth of Time/Numaj Ruqiij QAq Bajlam/El Mito del TiempoGuatemala/USA, 99 min., Experimental Narrative, 2011,Writer/Director: Jaguar X, Producer: Scorpion HernandezCast: Daniel Posada, Scorpion H., Enrique Valencia, Alicia Chong, Jaguar X, David Sterne, Rob Morgan, Josue Sotomayor. English/Maya Tzutujil/Spanish2012: The unwritten chapter of the Popol Vuh (Maya Book of Advice), told through a child's journey into manhood after the world has ended. The Myth of Time debuts a new technique of cinema referred to as Caleidismo; the combination of spoken and written poetry with audio-visual symbolism, breaking the barriers f language and culture.. Filmed over the course of five years entirely in Guatemala with cast and crew spanning three continents from London, New York, Mexico, to Guatemala and El Salvador.8:00 9:00 PM2011 REEL RASQUACHE AWARDSGabriela Tagliavini -Trailblazer HonoreeMargaret Garcia-Vision Honoree 9:00 11:00 PMGALA RECEPTIONSponsored by Sony Pictures/Co-Sponsored by HeinekenEl Portal Restaurant695 East Green StreetPasadena, CA 91101(626) 795-8553www.elportalrestaurant.com

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To Purchase Tickets CLICK HEREGeneral Admission: $9 per program$4.50 students, seniors, military, MTA users at box office only with proper identificationFestival Pass: $90Day Pass: Sat $35; Sun $40Opening/reception* $15 (opening film w/reception is $25)Closing/reception*: $20 (closing film w/reception is $30) Weekend Pass (includes Sunday Gala Reception) $90Saturday Pass: $35Sunday Pass w/Awards & Gala Reception: $40Group Rates: 10 or more tickets sold as a group = $7 (need to be purchased at the same time by May 5/1250% discount on full General Admission with proof of MTA public transportation to the festival.Free Registration for the Sunday, May 15, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Directors Roundtable : To secure your seat, email your name to rsvp_reelrasquache.orgFree Registration: Limited seating, to secure your seat, send email to rsvp_reelrasquache.org
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Honorees

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Past Honorees

Past Honorees

Past Honorees
2010Ligiah Villalobos – Trailblazer (Writer/producer - La Misma Luna, Go Diego Go)Betty Kaplan – Career Achievement (Director One Hot Summer, Doña Barbara,Almost a Woman)Enrique Castillo – Pioneer Award (Weeds, Blood In Blood Out, TeatroCampesino Member)2009Luis Valdez – Career Achievement (Founder El Teatro Campesino, Zoot Suit,La Bamba, The Cisco Kid).2008Sylvia Morales – Pioneer (Director Chicano, Seguin, Resurrection Blvd.)Franc. Reyes – Trailblazer (Director Empire, Illegal Tender, The Ministers)2007Tony Plana – Pioneer (Ugly Betty, Zoot Suit)Wilmer Valderrama – Trailblazer (That 70’s Show, Fast Food Nation, El Muerto)2006Lupita Tovar – Career Achievement (Actress Dracula, Spanish 1931)Lourdes Portillo – Pioneer (Writer/Director Corpus, Señorita Extraviada/Missing Young Woman)Jesus S. Treviño – Tribute (Director Raices de Sangre, Yo Soy Chicano)2005Moctesuma Esparza – Career Achievement (Producer Walkout, Selena)2004Miguel Arteta – Innovator (Director Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, Youth in Revolt),Lupe Ontiveros – Career Achievement (Actor Desperate Housewives, Real Women Have Curves)Evelina Fernandez – Pioneer (Writer/Actor Dementia, Luminarias)Robert Young – Tribute Director (¡Alambrista!)

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