Betty la Flaca to screen as part of New Latino Filmmakers
September 20th @ Anthology Film Archives
Hugo Perez award winning short will screen as part of this curated series at Anthology Film Archives. Click here for more info. Also stay tuned for information about Betty la Flaca screenings at the Woodstock Film Festival as well as the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival in October. And very soon, we'll be posting this falls HBO airtimes for Betty la Flaca.
August 23, 2006
"In the Footsteps of Orpheus" to screen at IFP Market
The documentary being made by Hugo Perez on the life and poetry of Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti has been selected to screen as part of the Documentary Works-In-Progress section of the 2006 IFP Market to be held in New York from September 17-21. To read more about what inspired the making of this film click here.
July 24, 2006
World Premiere of Betty la Flaca at 2006 NYILFF
For more info, go to our Betty page. The M30A Films team put the finishing touches on the color correct for Betty la Flaca at 7:30am after an all night session, and we hop you can join us at one of our 2006 NYILFF screenings. If you want to see Betty la Flaca, it will be playing with every single film and program at this year's festival from July 25th - July 30th. Just go to www.nylatinofilm.com and pick a screening that fits into your busy schedule. Do not be concerned by the fact that through a web-coding oversite, Betty la Flaca is not mentioned at the NYILFF website, just buy your tickets and enjoy the show.
July
24, 2006
'Betty la Flaca' director Hugo Perez will speak at HBO
/NYILFF panel
THE DETAILS:
Panel 1: The Winner’s Circle: Inside the HBO/NYILFF
Short Film Competition
Meet the award-winning filmmakers behind the HBO/NYILFF
Short Film Competition. HBO, a true pioneer in developing
Latino filmmakers worldwide, is proud to present an inside
look at this groundbreaking competition. This panel will
explore the DO's and DON'T’s of a successful
application. Attendees will hear from HBO executives who
will offer suggestions on how to create a compelling
script. Past winners will discuss how to assemble an
effective production team and produce your film for the
$15,000 cash prize. This panel is a must for all those who
aspire to be future filmmakers.
Thursday, July 27th @ 6:00 PM
Presented By: HBO
Location: HBO, 1100 Avenue of the Americas b/w East 42nd
and 43rd Streets
Admission: Free (Limited Seating, first come/first serve)
July 5, 2006
Indiewire Production Report spotlights
"In the Footsteps of Orpheus"
A
write-up of our feature documentary on the life of
Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti. You can read it
here.
June 16, 2006
Hugo Perez wins the "2006 HBO / New York International
Latino Film Festival Short Film Award" for his short script
"Betty la Flaca"
Hugo
has gone into immediate production of his short film script
"Betty la Flaca" in order to have it done in time to
premiere at this year's New York International Latino Film
Festival at the end of July. For more info. about this
year's festival go
here.
January
11, 2006
Film Threat reviews Julieta y Ramon
Film
Threat, one of the magazines that put the indy into
independent, has posted a very positive review of Julieta y
Ramon today. The reviewer Michael Ferrarro writes, "Julieta
y Ramon is one of the most humorous and touching shorts
I've seen in a while." For the full review, go to
Film Threat.
January
1, 2006
Julieta y Ramon to play 2006 Cinequest Film
Festival
A new year has begun the the good news that Julieta y Ramon
will screen as part of the Maverick Shorts Competition at
this years Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA.
Cinequest
is considered one of the top festivals in the United
States.
November
5, 2005
Julieta and Ramon screens 3 times in New York City in next
two weeks.
-on
the 9th of November at
Anthology Film Archives
as part of New Latino Filmmakers series
-on the 11th of November at the
Big Mini DV
Festival
-sometime between the 17th and 20th of November at
the
Queens International Film
Festival
October 24, 2005
Julieta y Ramon plays Hollywood Boulevard
Director
Hugo Perez and star Ana Asensio commune with Ronald
Reagan's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star is
just down the block from the CineSpace Lounge where Julieta
y Ramon played to an enthusiastic full house as part of the
short film competition at the Los Angeles Latino Film
Festival.
October 20, 2005
The Old Man and Hemingway plays Harlem as part of
Habana/Harlem, a celebration of Cuban culture at Aaron
Davis Hall on October 28-29th
More
details
here
October 16, 2005
Julieta y Ramon plays Four Festivals in Ten Days:
October 16 at the Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival - www.fliff.com
October 20 at the Boston Latino Film Festival - www.bliff.org
October 23 at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival -
www.latinofilm.org
October 25 at the Miami Short Film Festival - www.miamishortfilmfestival.com
October 15, 2005
New Story by Hugo Perez published by the literary
journal
Otium:
This Babalu Goes Out To You…
by Hugo Perez
14 October 2005
I am the son of Ricky Ricardo… I see that you do not
believe me, that you are skeptical. The look on your faces
seems to ask why the son of the great Rumbero is working in
a small lounge off Calle Ocho in Miami instead of
performing on his own TV show on Telemundo, or perhaps on
Sabado Gigante as a special guest of that great host and
humanitarian Don Francisco. Before I continue with my next
song, I will explain.
(read more)
October 11, 2005
Julieta y Ramon named Best Narrative Short Film at 2005
BigMiniDV Festival
October 4, 2005
M30A Picture 'Julieta y Ramon' selected as finalist in 2005
Showtime Latino Filmmaker Showcase.
Celebrate
Latino heritage in October with the winners of this annual
short-film contest featuring the debut cinematic efforts of
up and coming Latino filmmakers whose work has been
selected by a blue ribbon panel of Hollywood judges.
Julieta y
Ramon
Directed by Hugo Perez, Written and Produced
by Hugo Perez and Andreas
Wagner
2005,USA, 18 minutes, Spanish w/ English Subtitles, 16:9
Letterbox
Julieta's
erotic fascination for Ronald Reagan keeps her from finding
Mr.Right until she meets Ramon, a shoestore manager who has
his own particular fascination. Julieta y Ramon is a darkly
comic spanish-language fable in the tradition of Almodovar.
JULIETA Y RAMON plays on its own:
Oct 6 at
5:25 PM on Showtime Showcase
Oct 7 at 7:35 PM on Showtime Showcase
Oct 7 at 4:35 AM on Showtime Showcase
Oct 10 at 7:05 PM on Showtime Showcase
Oct 12 at 8:40 PM on Showtime Too
JULIETA Y RAMON plays as part the
LATINO FILMMAKER SHOWCASE:
Oct 5 at
8:00 PM on Showtime
Oct 6 at 9:00 PM on Showtime Too
Oct 10 at 4:00 PM on Showtime
Oct 11 at 9:45 AM on Showtime Showcase
Oct 11 at 8:00 PM on Showtime Showcase
All times are ET/PT.