by the El Reportero’s staff
Amy Wendel’s All she can
After launching in NY, LA and Chicago, The Maya Indie Film Series (MIFS) will launch its third annual seven-city tour (others are San Antonio, San Diego and Miami) with its Seven Films in Seven Days on September 16 in San Francisco. The series, which runs for seven days in each market, will bring seven critically acclaimed, Latino-themed films to these top U.S. markets. The series brings audiences the best in Latino-themed cinema, telling your stories. MIFS is proud to open the series with Amy Wendel’s coming-of-age feature All she can, which premiered at Sundance this year. All she can and William Wedig’s redemptive Forged are both the prime features of the series and will screen every day of the seven-day series.
Eva Longoria, Kate del Castillo, Oscar Nunez, Christian Slater, Manny Perez, Mark Ruffalo, Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis, Laura Linney, Elsa Pataky and David Rasche are among some of the actors featured in the series’ films.
“In our third year of the film series, Maya Entertainment continues to acknowledge and celebrate Latinos in film by presenting this event for American audiences across the country,” said Maya Entertainment CEO, Moctesuma Esparza. “The Maya Indie Film Series strives to provide quality cinema made by the creative forces within the growing Latino entertainment community.”
Fueled by a belief that films bring communities together, the film series is Maya Entertainment’s way of ensuring targeted delivery of their films, allowing for maximum exposure within the marketplace. Offering a wide variety of cinematic genres, the film series is designed to engage independent film enthusiasts and to spark a renewed interest in these films to audiences all over the country. This cultural celebration highlights Maya’s ongoing commitment to entertain and educate audiences of the intricacies of modern multicultural cinema.
The Maya Indie Film Series will be participating with top Latino film festivals to exhibit select films including the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), San Francisco Latino Film Festival, San Diego Latino Film Festival’s Fall film series Cinema en tu Idioma, the Chicago Latino Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival and Cinema Tropical.
The seven films in the series include All She Can (Amy Wendel), Forged (William Wedig), Blue eyes (Jose Joffily), Didi Hollywood (Bigas Luna), Where the road meets sun (Mun Chee Yong), Without men (Gabriela Tagliavini) and Simpathy for delicious (Mark Ruffalo)
