by the El Reportero‘s news services
The 15th Annual Broadway International Film Festival Los Angeles (BIFFLA) welcomes filmmakers, sponsors, Festival supporters and members of the press to the BIFFLA Opening Night on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles located at 2401 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, 90057.
The star-studded red carpet featured short films from seven different countries including They Call Us Seditious (USA), El Salto (Peru), Life Without Me (Spain), Painful Reflex (Paraguay), Decimas (Panama), We Said Goodbye (Mexico), Ellas (USA), and Hope Overcomes Everything (Ukraine). A Q&A with filmmakers and cast following each screening.
The event took place from Aug. 24 to 26, and had the participation and attendance of Broadway International Film Festival Director, Emilio Vega; Cónsul for Cultural Affairs for the Los Angeles Mexican Consulate, Cynthia Prida; Actor/Producer, Jerry Velasco; Emmy Award-winning News Anchor, Gabriel Rosales; Actor, Jaime Aymerich; Actor, Danny Pardo; Actress/Singer, Lupita Fernández; Lo Maximo Radio Podcast Host, Yanalte Galban; Ambassador of Honduras, Vívian Panting; Ambassador of Mexico in Los Angeles, Marcela Celorio; Cónsul General of Panama in Los Angeles, Gilda Garcia; Cónsul General of El Salvador in Los Angeles, Alejandro Letona; Cónsul General of Ecuador in Los Ángeles, Gustavo Anda; Cónsul General of Paraguay in Los Angeles, Gustavo Gómez Comas; Cónsul General of Guatemala in Los Ángeles, Ángel Manuel Salazar Anleu; Cónsul General of Perú in Los Angeles, José Luis Chávez González.
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This festival is for the legal residents of the 50 United States, Washington D.C., or Puerto Rico. This promotion is not open to residents of any other territory of the United States (other than Puerto Rico) and is not valid where prohibited by law.
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