Address (for regular postal service)
PO BOX 990668
Boston, MA 02199-0668
Physical Address (for UPS, Fedex, DHL, etc.)
Direccion Fisica (para UPS, Fedex, DHL y demás couriers):
20 Orchard St
Cambridge, MA 02140
The people behind BLIFF:
Jose Barriga
Festival Director - Founder
E-mail: jbarriga@bliff.org
After 10 year career as a network TV producer, Jose arrived in Boston from Los Angeles in 2001 to work for a community based organization. Back then he founded BLIFF with a small budget, a group of volunteers, the support of the city of Cambridge, his friends from L.A. and generous in-kind sponsors. He is a social psychologist by training and specializes in Latino media in the U.S. He has worked in Los Angeles with Telemundo, Fox Latin America, La Opinion newspaper, and Enigma Entertainment in different senior management positions in marketing and the US Hispanic TV industry. He has attended: Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima), UCLA and Armando Robles Godoy Filmmaking School. In his spare time he is a marketing and video production consultant that specializes in the US Latino market and is enrolled in a Masters of Science in Regulatory Affairs-Drugs & Medical Devices program at Northeastern University.
Karin Broadhurst
Maketing and Communications Director
E-mail: Karin Broadhurst.org
Karin studied abroad at la Universidad de las Americas-Puebla in Mexico and has a long history working and socializing with the Latino community here in Boston. With a BA in Intercultural Studies from Warren Wilson College and expertise in marketing, business development, and social media consulting and training, Karin has over 15 years of professional experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations. She came to us most recently from her position as the Membership Director for the Boston Society of Architects, and she currently serves on the board of trustees for Rowe Camp and Conference Center in the Berkshires. In her “spare” time Karin organizes the 1500-member Boston Spanish Language Meetup.
Paola Sabbatini
Media Relations Coordinator
E-mail: psabbatini@bliff.org
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paola discovered her passion for the arts after completing her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. She has since expanded her arts education by taking photography, art history and graphic design courses. In 2009 she moved with her husband to Boston, where she has been collaborating with the Latin American Conference at Harvard Business School in a marketing capacity. Additionally, she also does graphic design work and regularly contributes with non profit organizations.
Christine Spinelli
Communications Assistant
E-mail: cspinelli12@gmail.com
She recently graduated from Sarah Lawrence College concentrating in Latin American Studies, Spanish and Documentary Film. Although her majors and minor are focused in Latin America and Film, she was able to, over her last year and a half of college, focus her course work in the study of the national adoption process in Bolivia which culminated in her short documentary, Tarzán y Jesús fueron adoptados, no ve? When she was two months old, she was adopted from Lima, Perú. She returned for the first time when she was 16 and has returned twice since then, including last summer to do a biological parent search. All of these experiences, especially while studying abroad in Bolivia and Cuba, have been life-changing. They've inspired her to explore her identity more as a Peruvian-Italian-American and the world. She hopes to blend her two passions, adoption and film, in the future. For now, though, she is an assistant at the film non-profit, Mediation Way, Inc. and an English tutor.
Lisa Dekermenjian
Graphic Designer
E-mail: lisadeker.08@gmail.com
Lisa was born in Paris France where she earned her Graphic Design degree from Ecole Corvisart. She settled down in Boston, MA where she continues successfully to pursue her career as a Print and Web Graphic Designer. Lisa is always looking to improve and broaden her Design and Technical knowledge. As a result, she graduated from the CDIA BU (Center for the Digital Imaging Arts from Boston University) where she earned her Web Design Certification.
Her Colombian/French heritage and strong interest in movies, brought her to volunteer for the Bliff (Boston Latino Film Festival) and the BIFF (Boston Independent Film Festival).
Danielle Oliveira
Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: doliveira@bliff.org
South by north and a gypsy-like childhood landed Danielle in Boston, MA in fall 2003. Her aspirations led her to Berklee College of Music and is currently finishing up within the Music Business major with a track in Management. Through the last 4 years her interests in latin music, film and culture have grown exponentially as well as perfecting the spanish language. Current projects include Clandestino a latin indie-rock dance party as well as independent consulting with artists and bands. She has strong-held beliefs in the power of music and media in a positive and uplifiting context. Keeping an open mind and ear is something she strives to live by. Look for more to come in the near future.
Luz Valdez
Press Relations
E-mail: lvaldez@bliff.org
Luz R. Valdez was born in Lima Peru. She holds a Master in Arts Degree in Critical and Creative Thinking from UMASS Boston. She also has an MA in Directing Documentary Film and TV from the Russian Film School (BGIK) in the former Soviet Union. Luz has instructed video production courses at two major universities in Peru; the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and the Universidad Federico Villarreal. Teaching and helping others to identify and reach their creative potential is her passion; to this end, she mentors young artists and nonprofit organizations in documentary filmmaking and video production. Luz has also collaborated in various documentary projects and is currently producing her own.
Eva Perez Soler
Communications - Online Marketing
E-mail: eperez@bliff.org
A native of Valencia, Spain, Eva Perez Soler moved to Boston for love in October 2007. She never left the city. After working in international media in and around Latin America, Eva studied International Marketing at BU. She currently works at LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas, helping Latin American students obtain placements in US and European universities. Her passion for films, documentaries, and people connected her with the BLIFF community three years ago.
Carmen Oquendo-Villar
Villar LGBT Liason, Creator of the LGBT BLIFF Film
Series
Carmen Oquendo-Villar (Harvard Ph.D) is a filmmaker and film/media scholar. She is the Jacob Javits Fellow at New York University�s Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, where she serves as researcher and film curator and at the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television in Tisch School of the Arts, where she is continuing her filmmaking training. She has been chosen by Cinema Tropical as one of the 30 leading New York-based film professionals (programmers, distributors, film critics, scholars, journalists, etc.) working on Latin American cinema today. She has published academic articles on diverse cultural fields including film, narrative, performance studies, media and politics, and gender and sexuality. Her films (WWW.OQUENDOVILLAR.COM) focus on issues of gender and sexuality. She is currently working on The Needle (finalist HBO Documentary Competition), a verité documentary film about beauty ideals and practices amongst the Puerto Rican transgender community. She has served for the past 7 years as part of the Boston Latino International Film Festival’s curatorial team, where she created the Latin@ LGBT Film Series.
Erin Scheffler
Programming Director
E-mail: escheffler@bliff.org
Erin, a Mid-western gal at heart, claims to have no accent although she does exude a mid-west charm and friendliness. She relocated to Boston in 2002 after receiving a B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Psych from the University of Michigan. After five years working at Harvard Business School in management, a couple of countries traveled and career changes later, she is now a practicing RN at Massachusetts General Hospital pursuing a Nurse Practitioner’s Master degree with an interest in Public Health. Throughout all of life’s changes and adventures, she has always maintained a love for film, music, euchre, travel, and meeting new people. Erin is looking forward to improving her Spanish, and engaging, and working with the BLIFF community.
- Cynthia Barnes
- Charoma Blyden
- Anna Bromberg
- Giovanni Caceres
- Maryssa Cook-Obregon
- Sofia Corcho
- Mario Flores
- Randa Hartemann
- Michael Immel
- Marc McCarthy
- Brian O'Brien
- Kaitlin Robinson
- Francisco Rodriguez
- Paola Sabbatini
- Rosan Sashida
- Lois Statlender
- Kathy Swanson
- Michelle Von Vogler Rojas
- Kaela Vronsky
December 2 - 5, 2010
all films are
subtitled in English
Passes:
all access passes $50
40 movies
15 countries
10 attending directors
VENUES:
Harvard University
(Thursday, December 2 and 5)
$8 Per program
Tickets $8, seniors/ students $5
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
CGIS S-010,
Tsai Auditorium,
Harvard Square
Directions
Emerson College
(Friday, December 3)
$10 per program
Tickets $10, seniors/ students $5
559 Washington Street Boston
Downtown Crossing / Boston Downtown
Directions
Saturday, December 4
Zumix Firehouse Auditorium
Tickets $8, seniors/ students $5
260 Sumner St., East Boston
Three blocks from Maverick Square T
on the Blue line
Directions
