Los Angeles LGBT Center Announces Schedule For 5th Annual CINEARTE Latinx Queer Festival

The Los Angeles LGBT Center presents CineArte, the 5th annual arts festival of the queer Latinx community, Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 22, at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, located at 1125 N. McCadden Place in Hollywood. CineArte is dedicated to showcasing the stories of LGBTQ, two-spirited, Latinx, Chicanx, and indigenous identities through film and visual art in a space that builds on their rich and diverse cultural history.

The 2018 program includes three short films programs, a special screening of the first two episodes of the STARZ network series Vida, digital media, art installations, and musical performances that represent the intersections and complexities of Latina/o queerness through arts and culture. The three-day celebration will include red carpet events, receptions, music, workshops, and Q&A sessions with filmmakers and featured cast members.

Food vendors and a bar will be on site during the entire festival.

Films selected to screen at CineArte will be shown out of competition.

CineArte Art Exhibition

PARAÍSOS

Curator: Rubén Esparza

Opening Reception, Friday, April 20, 7-10 p.m.

The exhibit will be open until June 8, 2018, and features the following artists: Laura Aguilar, Yukiko Avila, Tony De Carlo, Diego Eduardo, Natalie Franco, Jon Vaz Gar, Lorenzo Gomez, Roy Martinez a.k.a. Lambe Culo, Milos Mestas, Navi, Monica Orozco, Miguel Angel Reyes, Adam Morello Reyes, Angelo Alessandro Rodarte, Manuel Rodrigues a.k.a. Sad Boy, Christopher Velasco

In addition, a program of artists' videos will be shown in the Advocate & Gochis Galleries throughout the festival.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Performances begin at 8:30 p.m. With host Tonatiuh Elizarraraz

Xitlalic Guijosa Poeta

Marley Munroe Singer/Songwriter

DJ Sizzle Bringing joy to her community by playing cumbia, hip-hop,
disco, and everything in between

Film selections for CineArte 2017

SATURDAY, APRIL 21

"Honoring Our Own" Short Films Program 2:30-3:40 p.m.
Q & A with Filmmakers

JEANNE CORDOVA: BUTCHES, LIES & FEMINISM (USA, 38 min.)
Director: Gregorio Davila
Producer: Mario J. Novoa

ODE TO ABUELA (USA, 10 min.)
Director: Henry Alberto
"Ode to Abuela" follows the journey of Angel, a young man trekking across landscapes to scatter his grandmother's ashes. Angel is determined to both celebrate and grieve the passing of his beloved "Abuela" at once.

HONORING THE LATE JUAN GABRIEL (USA, 4 min.)
Director: Yezmin Villareal
Mini-doc about Juan Gabriel impersonators.

SILVIA IN THE WAVES (Mexico/|Canada 2018, 13 min.)
Directed by Giovana Olmos
The course of mourning carries Silvia, a 40-year-old trans woman, and her family through the waves of memory and rebirth, death and survival.

ANONYMOUS (USA, 6 min.)
Director: Diana Torres
An experimental animation about the cycles of violence in Colombia and how specifically women's bodies become spoils of war.

"Latinx en Accion!" Short Films Program 4-5:30 p.m.

BAD CONCHAS (USA, 17 min.)
Directors: Cole Santiago and Nance Messineo
A queer dyke living in Echo Park hustles to make ends meet while hooking up with as many girls as possible.

RESET (Mexico, 20 min.)
Director: Rodrigo Martín Jaffe
Producers: Emilio Leija and Evelyn RiveraThe younger brother from a family will have to find a way to return his older sibling's personality that was taken from him by Reset's treatment, hired by his mother.

MATRIARCHY (USA, 10 min.)
Directors: Rosa Navarette, Patricia Zamorano
A young Chicana in Boyle Heights faces her inner demons to become the new matriarch of her family. Spoken word weaves this world together. Present, future, and past collide as this experimental visual poem unfolds, showing Patie transform in to a hero in her own story.

QUEDATE CALLADO (USA, 1 min.)
Director: Edwin Alexis Gomez

FAMILIA

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