VLAFF ANNOUNCES SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FROM MEXICO CITY’S “SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL”

The seventh annual Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is proud to announce special programming coming direct to Vancouver from the SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL in Mexico City.

The selection, which will be presented in the 2009 Vancouver Latin American Film Festival in September, will include the 10 best Mexican short films to have screened in the festival over the past two years.

Claudio Zilleruelo, programming director for the SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, hand-picked the following lineup of diverse works to be showcased in the next Vancouver Latin American Film Festival:

EDEN
Director: Sergio Tovar Velarde

LULU LA DEL PEZ (The Fish’s Lulu)
Director: Manolo Caro

VOODOO BAYOU
Director: Javier Gutiérrez

FLOPPY
Director: Francisco Payó

ESTAS HORAS SON MAS BELLAS QUE MIS DIAS
(These Days Are More Beautiful Than My Days)
Director: Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos

PRIMER MOVIMIENTO PARA VEINTE
HOMBRES EN UN CUARTO VACIO
(First Movement for Twenty Men in an Empty Room)
Director: Gabriel Herrera

PLANTA BAJA (Ground Floor)
Director: Andrés Borda

LA HORA CERO (Dusk)
Director: Gary Alazraki

TRABALENGUAS PARA UNA CASA VACIA
(Word Puzzle for an Empty House)
Director: Gabriel Herrera

DE LA VISTA NACE EL AMOR (Love at First Sight)
Director: Miguel Anaya

The SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL from Mexico City is an international festival with official competitions for Mexican, Ibero-American and international films. Since its inception in 2006, the festival presents more than 150 films from more than 42 countries. This year, SHORT SHORTS runs from September 3-10.

With this collaboration, and with more short films titles to be announced, the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival continues in its mission of showcasing and promoting the works of new filmmakers.

VLAFF would like to thank the SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL for sharing its unique “short experience” with a Canadian audience well beyond its borders.

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival runs from September 10-20, 2009, in Vancouver, Canada.

For more information:
http://www.shortshortsfilmfestivalmexico.com