Since 1999, the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) has showcased the works of the hottest emerging Latino filmmaking talent in the U.S. and Latin America. Once again, HBO presents NYILFF on August 13 to 19th 2012. For more information visit, http:///www.nylatinofilm.com.
186 Dollars to Freedom Friday, August 17 | 4:30PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 7 100 Minutes Directors: Camilo Vila Producer: Alicia Rivera Frankl, Camilo Vila, Monty Fisher Writer: Monty Fisher, Camilo Vila Cast: Deborah Kara Unger, Grant Bowler, John Robinson, Michael DeLorenzo, Oscar Camilo Wayne, a young, free-spirited California surfer, has to grow up in a hurry when he gets framed on drug charges and thrown into a Peruvian prison in 1980. Encountering a series of eccentric and dangerous inmates, he realizes he must plot his escape – or die in prison.
Delusions of GrandeurWednesday, August 15 | 8:50PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 7
95 Minutes
Directors: Gustavo Ramos, Iris Almaraz Writers: Gustavo Ramos, Iris Almaraz Producer: Joey Mendez Cast: Leeana Daly, Louie Olivos, Nicole Ortega, Rina Fernandez, Ronnie Alvarez, Salvador Benavides Lucy, an overmedicated, emotionally unstable girl, decides to go off her Prozac and start a new life in the crazy, wonderful, gender-bending city of San Francisco. With the transgendered Illusion as her sidekick, she goes in search of her mother — and herself.
Love, Concord Thursday, August 16 | 8:30PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 6120 Minutes Director: Gustavo Guardado Writer: Gustavo Guardado Producer: Kurtis Lee Hermes, Virginia Saenz McCarthy Cast: Alex Rodriquez, Angelina Leon, Blake Rosier, Jorge Diaz, Logan Svenson Caught between his Latino culture and the challenges of American suburbia, Gerry, a typical high school class clown, attempts to climb the social ladder at the expense of his future. But when Melinda, the school bookworm, agrees to a date with him, his world is turned upside down.
Mariachi Gringo Saturday, August 18 | 8:00PM | Mt. Sinai 105 Minutes Director: Tom Gustafson Writer: Cory James Krueckeberg Producers: Alejandra Cárdenas, Cory James Krueckeberg, Rafael Cuervo, Ramiro Ruiz, Tom Gustafson Cast: Adriana Barraza, Fernando Becerril, Kate Burton, Lila Downs, Martha Higareda, Shawn Ashmore The awe-inspiring story of a man who is willing to do absolutely anything to follow his dreams. Mariachi Gringo tells the story of Edward (Shawn Ashmore), a young man living in the middle of nowhere in the U.S., who falls completely in love with a different culture and a most beautiful and sublime style of music.
Sunset Stories Saturday, August 18 | 4:30PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 7 82 Minutes Director: Ernesto Foronda, Silas Howard Writer: Valerie Stadler, Ernesto Foronda Producers: Justin Lin, Tatiana Kelly, Valerie Stadler Cast: Monique Curnen, Sung Kang, Joshua Leonard, Mousa Kraish, Michelle Krusiec, Justin Vivian Bond, Sandy Martin, Andrea Sixtos, Zosia Mamet, Lee Meriwether MAY, a high-strung and overly meticulous nurse, must return to Los Angeles to retrieve bone marrow for a transplant. Soon after her trip begins, her world turns upside down when past and present collide and she runs smack into JP, the man she left behind five years ago. Flustered, May loses the cooler containing the marrow. With only 24 hours remaining, the two embark on an offbeat search through the streets of Los Angeles only to discover that just when you think all is lost you find what you least expected.
Tony Tango Thursday, August 16 | 7:00PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 786 Minutes Director: Manolo Celi Producers: Andres De Oliveira, Maxx Maulion Cast: Andres De Oliveira, Jerry Perez, Maxx Maulion Tony, a Latin dance instructor with an intense belief in his own sex appeal, is a big fish in the small pond of his geriatric students. When his family’s dance studio is in danger of falling into the hands of his arch enemy, he’s got to save the day by competing in a high-stakes competition.
Under My Nails Saturday, August 18 | 9:15PM | Clearview Cinemas Screen 7 102 Minutes Director: Arí Maniel Cruz Solimar a Puerto Rican woman who works in a nail salon, becomes intrigued by the violent sexual practices of her new neighbors, Roberto and Perpetuel. When Perpetuel returns home to the DR, Solimar goes from voyeur to participant in Roberto’s games of sex and power.
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