NewLatino Filmmakers Cinco de Mayo Celebration  

NALIP-New York, in association with Anthology Film Archives, proudly present "The Best of the Loisaida Cortos," a collection of mixed-genre short films that cover a broad range of the Latino experience and film shooting aesthetics from the last two years of this film festival and Lower East Side staple. The films are directed and produced by both emerging and seasoned filmmakers. Come out and support your fellow makers and YOUR series!!!

Question and Answer with the filmmakers immediately following the screenings.

When:          Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Where:         Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street
Price:           $5 admission ~ at the box office
After-Party:   PATIO - 31 Second Avenue, between 1st & 2nd Streets (Cash Bar)

6:00pm:  Reception - Snacks and wine provided
7:00pm:  Screening Program (followed by Q&A)
9:00pm:  After-Party & Industry Mixer - across the street at  PATIO!

Film program curated by Ellie Diez (Loisaida Cortos) and NALIP-New York's NewLatino Filmmaker's Committee (Andres Nicolini, Maria Lopez, Edward "Pepper" Negron and Edwin Pagan). For more info:
NALIP: Edwin Pagan, 917-653-2273
Loisaida Cortos: Ellie Diez, 917-907-3745

PROGRAM
FIGARO
Director: AMADEO RIVA
Length: (4 minutes)
Synopsis: A short sighted man takes the wrong pill for his illness and a new personality comes to life.

DISSIDENT
Director: HEIDI EWING

Synopsis:
Dissident: Oswaldo Paya and the Varela Project? is the first look inside look at the life and challenges of Cuban dissident and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, Oswaldo Paya.

SABADO MORNING
Director: Ramon Ricard

Synopsis:
Eddie is shot. Saturday morning, Eddie is performing a poem on stage. The distinctive visuals juxtaposed, the poetry narration and the revelation following the shooting forms the unique vision that is Sabado Morning.

LUCY AND RICKY

Synopsis: A Latin husband and an American wife watch TV while dealing with their differences. Do you know how to say F– - - in Spanish?

LUCKY MAN
Director: RAFAEL LIMA

Synopsis:
Sometimes your best just isn't good enough. Or is it? In a high stakes casino poker game, Duke, a chronic loser, is dealt the hand of a lifetime: four aces. Playing against eccentric opponents, Duke has to shed his losing ways to really become a lucky man.

DANCING LESSONS
Director: KIRA ORANGE-JONES

Synopsis:
Dancing Lessons is about a single mother’s disappointment at her unfulfilled life as a woman. It depicts with elaborate cinematography changes the downward spiral of her night as she goes out into the club scene in search of amusement, companionship and love. Her daughter stays home with nothing but her imagination, which parallels her mother’s nightlife encounters.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
VACABOLICA
Director: RAUL RAMON

Synopsis:
Over 200 people intoxicated by consuming beef in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mauricio, a 25 year old vet student has found the reason: the local mafia is involved in feeding cows with anabolics to make cows heavier, this means big bucks for mobsters and terrible diseases for the citizens of "La Perla".

ABOUT NEWLATINO FILMMAKERS SERIES (NALIP NY)
NewLatino Filmmakers is a showcase of emerging Latino directors/producers sponsored by the New York chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP New York) and organized in collaboration with the NewFilmmakers showcase at Anthology Film Archives.

ABOUT LOISAIDA CORTOS
The Loisaida Cortos outdoor film festival is a collective effort sponsored and pioneered in 2002 by local businesses, Esperanto Restaurant and Baraza both located on Avenue C in New York’s East Village. This diverse andmulticultural neighborhood coined Alphabet City, has been the home of a large Latino community for over 50 years. La Plaza Cultural-Community Garden will host our festival and give Latino artists in New York and from abroad a place worthy to present their work in a community where they can create alliances for future projects. The festival will focus on Short Films with other types of Visual Works that compliment our idea of diversity both in culture and talent.

NEWFILMMAKERS (ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES)
NewFilmmakers, sponsored by Angelika Entertainment, and presented at the Anthology Film Archives, is America's only year-round film festival. NewFilmmakers screens every Wednesday and is one of the few festivals in the world today that is administered entirely by filmmakers.