The annual festival will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by screening films from Mexican filmmakers<\/p>\n
Hola M\u00e9xico Film Festival announced selections for its annual cinematic celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which will take place across Los Angeles County starting Friday through Oct. 3.<\/p>\n
The festival was founded in 2008, and it is the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico. The festival will showcase more than 20 acclaimed Mexican feature films, with many having their United States or West Coast premieres. The festival will also screen 20 short films from its nonprofit initiative, Tomorrow\u2019s Filmmakers Today, which aims to provide the next generation of Latino filmmakers with professional development and mentorship opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201c18 years of celebrating Mexican cinema in L.A. is a strong statement about the community and their love for Mexican films,\u201d Samuel Douek, the founder and director of HMFF said in a statement. \u201cAt the same time, we\u2019re happy to continue celebrating Mexico\u2019s cinematic achievements worldwide. Los Angeles and Mexico are connected in many ways, but cinema holds the strongest bond.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s schedule of screenings includes films from many different genres broken up into four different sections. \u201cM\u00e9xico Ahora\u201d features the best of Mexican films released recently, \u201cDocumental\u201d includes non-fiction films, \u201cHola Ni\u00f1os\u201d is family entertainment and the \u201cNocturno\u201d section features horror films.<\/p>\n
The festival will kick off on Friday with an opening night red-carpet and screening of \u201cLoco M\u00e9xico Magico\u201d directed by Carlos Santos at The Montalb\u00e1n in Hollywood. On Saturday, The Montalb\u00e1n will see the L.A. premiere of \u201cZo\u00e9: Memorex + Rexsexex y M\u00e1s,\u201d the concert-film featuring Mexican rock stars Zo\u00e9, directed by Rodrigo Guardiola and produced by Olmo Guerra.<\/p>\n
The Culver Theater will screen episodes of the Amazon series \u201cEl Juicio,\u201d which stars Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez, and \u201cPrefiero La Muerte,\u201d directed by Sebasti\u00e1n Sari\u00f1ana, on Sunday. The special presentation will include conversations with the shows\u2019 creators.<\/p>\n
At Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, the festival will screen a special showcase of \u201cLos Olvidados: Remastered Edition,\u201d Luis Bu\u00f1uel\u2019s landmark 1950 film, on Sept. 30 and Oct. 2. The day before each screening, Regal Cinemas will also screen \u201cMemoria de Los Olvidados,\u201d a documentary directed by Javier Espada exploring the making of the film and its cultural relevance today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s festival is presented by Toyota All-Electric Family, which collaborated with Andrea Porras Madero, a previous participant in the Tomorrow\u2019s Filmmakers Today program, on an original short sci-fi thriller, featuring two of Toyota\u2019s all-electric family of vehicles.<\/p>\n
Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n
\u201cFilm has the power to connect people and inspire new perspectives across generations and communities,\u201d said Lorenzo Harris, manager of communities media at Toyota Marketing, in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to continue our support of the Hola M\u00e9xico Film Festival during Hispanic Heritage Month and the storytellers who are shaping the future of cinema through fresh ideas and authentic voices. As one of the premier showcases of Mexican film in the U.S., the festival honors a rich cinematic legacy while creating opportunities for emerging talent to share stories that resonate far beyond the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual festival will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by screening films from Mexican filmmakers Hola M\u00e9xico Film Festival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6903,186977,48,52,51,47,50,49,2457,186978,186979,186980,23630],"class_list":["post-475827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-film-festival","tag-hola-mexico","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mexico","tag-samuel-douek","tag-the-culver-theater","tag-the-montalban","tag-toyota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}