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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
Kimberly Schmitz
MTCVB Director of Communications & PR
kschmitz@visitTucson.org
800.638.8350
Vicky Westover
Program Director, Hanson Film Institute
(520) 626-9825
vwestove@email.arizona.edu
Tucson Cine Mexico 2009
The Only Film Festival Featuring Mexican Directors
Tucson, Ariz. March, 2009. Tucson Cine Mexico 2009, A festival of Mexican film, March 26-29 and April 3-4 is the only premiere film festival in the US focusing entirely on the work of Mexican directors. This year's line-up features a mix of award-winning contemporary films, documentaries, and vintage 1950-60s sci-fi. This is a unique opportunity to see some of Mexico's best works in Tucson for their Arizona premieres!
The highlight of the festival will be the exclusive sneak preview of the Mexican box office hit Rudo y Cursi, which reunites actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal for the first time since Y tu mama tambíen. This screening, in advance of its US theatrical release by Sony Pictures, will be hosted in person by the film's producer Frida Torresblanco.
Tucson Cine Mexico 2009 kicks off with ¿Te acuerdas de Lake Tahoe?/Remember Lake Tahoe?, the winner of the Cannes 2008 Revelation of the Year Award, as well as the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin Film Fest 2008. Other feature length films making their Arizona premiere include the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Winner Luz silenciosa/Silent Light, which tells the seldom heard story of Mennonites in northern Mexico. Jonas Cuaron's directorial debut Año uña/The Year of the Nail will also be presented by the director and producer Frida Torresblanco. The documentary portion of the festival features numerous award-winners, opening with Mi vida dentro/My Life Inside,the story of a female Mexican immigrant jailed for murder. Southern Arizona's own Rudy Joffroy's documentary Los caídos/The Fallen, which details the aftermath of a mine collapse that killed 63 miners in southern Mexico, will make its US theatrical debut.
Tucson Cine Mexico 2009 is presented byThe University of Arizona's Hanson Film Institute, The Consulate of Mexico in Tucson, the Tucson Film Office, The UA Western Hemispheric Programs, and Cinema Tropical and sponsored by Cox and Harkins Theaters.
For the first time viewers in the US will be able to see vintage Mexican sci-fi classics with new 35mm prints with English subtitles on the big screen. Weekend screenings of classic sci-fi movies La nave de los monstruos/The Monster's Ship (1959), El Santo vs la invasión de los marcianos/El Santo vs The Martian Invaders (1966) and El planeta de las mujeres invasoras/Planet of the Female Invaders (1965) will excite old and new audiences. These films are part of El futuro más acá: The Future South of the Border film series organized by Filmoteca de la UNAM and will be introduced by Carlos Gutierrez of Cinema Tropical.
Films will be screened at Harkins Spectrum Theatres and Grand Cinemas Crossroads. A complete guide to Tucson Cine Mexico 2009 can be found at http://clas.arizona.edu/cinemexico. All films are in Spanish with English subtitles. Screenings Venues: Harkins Theatres Tucson Spectrum 18, located at 5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz (www.harkinstheatres.com) and Grand Cinemas Crossroads 6,located at 4811 East Grant Road (Grant and Swan, http://www.movievalue.com/).
Tickets: Film screenings (except Rudo y Cursi) $5 general public (no discounts), available at the theatre box offices one hour before show time. Rudo y Cursi: $10 general public (no discounts)/$25 Reserved Seats and Post Screening Reception. Rudo y Cursi + Reception tickets available through 520-621-9303.
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