Film SF closes out Latinx Heritage Month with a filmmaker mixer and community screening of three short documentaries by San Francisco Bay Area based Latinx filmmakers, in partnership with Cine+Más and the San Francisco Public Library. Please join us for these powerful homages to remarkable and resilient Latinx women, elders, and groups who have fought to reclaim and reshape their narratives. We will screen all three films followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the filmmakers, moderated by Cine+Más founder Lucho Ramirez. Please stick around afterwards for a light reception to follow.

Schedule

4:30 p.m. Auditorium doors open

CANCELED: 5 p.m. Filmmaker Screening and Q & A

6:30 p.m. Reception

About the Films

La Chef, directed by Jessica De La Torre

Logline: Ana González Serrano, a recently awarded Michelin star female chef, redefines women's roles in Mexico City's culinary world. 

Jessica De La Torre is a first-generation Chicana director and producer with a background in journalism. Their work is focused on the sociopolitical issues that impact immigrant Latinx communities. Jessica currently works as a creative coordinator for a political ad agency and is in development to direct and produce their first feature film. Previously Jessica was an inaugural Jose Andres fellow for the 11th Hour Food and Farming Fellowship where they published journalistic work with Teen Vogue and produced a short documentary on teen farmworkers in the Central Valley of California. Their work has been published in Oaklandside, Teen Vogue and The Californian. Jessica was raised in Salinas, California and earned their degrees in Journalism and Documentary Filmmaking at San Francisco State University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Manel y Licho, directed by Citlaly Silva

Logline: Manel y Licho explores the memories a granddaughter has of her grandparents through VHS and archival footage.

Citlaly Silva grew up in Jalisco, Mexico until she moved to San Francisco, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Cinema at San Francisco State University, and an Associate’s degree in Broadcasting and Television at City College. She’s currently pursuing a career in filmmaking. She’s aiming to create films that portray the issues women face in her community day to day.

Sol in the Garden, directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez and Débora Souza Silva 

Logline: A formerly incarcerated woman catches the sun as she nourishes a garden with her new community.

Emily Cohen Ibañez (Director/Producer, co-Editor) is a Colombian-American filmmaker based in Oakland who earned her doctorate in Anthropology (2011) at New York University. Her film work pairs lyricism with social activism, advocating for labor and environmental justice. Her award-winning feature documentary, FRUITS OF LABOR had its World Premiere at SXSW 2021 and broadcast on PBS POV | American Documentary. Her short film, SOL IN THE GARDEN, co-directed with Débora Souza Silva had its World Premiere at San Francisco International Film Festival (2023) with distribution from TIME Studios. She has received support for her films from the Sundance Institute, National Science Foundation, Fulbright, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Firelight Media, BVAC, California Humanities, Points North, 4th World Indigenous Media Lab and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She was awarded the SFFILM Rainin Grant (2023) for her first screenplay, FROM HONEY TO ASHES. 

Sol is a social justice advocate and community organizer. She is passionate about using healing spaces in nature to heal, giving back to the community, being involved in activism, and advocating for second chances. Sol is the Reentry Coordinator at Planting Justice in Oakland where she connects formerly incarcerated men and women to healing spaces, jobs, and resources in order to help break the chain of recidivism. In her free time, she loves to garden and be outdoors with her 2-year-old daughter.

About the presenting organizations:

Film SF (also known as the San Francisco Film Commission) is a City agency that strives to attract a diversity of storytellers to the cinematic city of San Francisco and foster filming in order to stimulate economic development, create jobs and share the beauty of our city with the rest of the world.

Cine+Más SF contributes to the Bay Area’s active and diverse arts scene through the Latino Film Festival, year-round programming and special events centered on Latino arts- including the visual, performance, and literary arts. The Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival showcases the work of emerging and established filmmakers from the US, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. It is a celebration of the latest work coming out of the 20+ countries and the diaspora with which we share a bond.

¡VIVA! at the Library is a celebration of Latinx heritage, cultures and traditions. San Francisco has a rich Latinx heritage that is highlighted in a diverse array of exciting programs for all ages, from Spanish/bilingual storytimes to cooking classes, author talks to art and cultural presentations.

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