November 17 – 22, 2011

6 Days of Films
60 Movies from 17 Countries
15 Local, National, and International Directors in attendance

The 2011 Boston Latino International Film Festival will open with the movie ‘America’. Attending the reception, movie screening, and opening ceremony will be:

• Edward James Olmos
• Lymari Nadal (CSI-NY)
• Yancey Arias (CSI-NY, Burn Notice)

In collaboration with Caspar INC. BLIFF will bring to Boston one of the best Latino movies made in the last decade.

Monday, November 21 (FREE)

Brought to you by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Hispanic/Latino and the Latin American Caucuses

Harvard University — Kennedy School of Government

Weiner Room

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

6.00 P.M.

Mexican Program

Co-presented by Viva Mexican Grill www.vivamexicangrill.com/

"Reservado" Director: Edy Soto & Ben Teplitzky / 10min. / Mexico-USA/Short

"Tesis Laboral"

Director: Jose Hernadez Martinez / 68min. / Mexico /Documentary

7.30 P.M.

US-Immigration Documentary

"Sin País" Director: Theo Rigby / 20 min. / USA /Documentary

TRAILER:

AWARDS: 2010 Student Academy Awards (The Oscar) Documentary Category

"AbUSed: The Postville Raid" Director: Luis Argueta / 96min. / USA /Documentary

FILM WEBSITE: http://www.abusedthepostvilleraid.com/

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9.30 P.M.

South American Program

"Distant dreams" Director: Alejandro Legaspi / 52 min. / Peru /Documentary

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"Minuto 200" Director: Frank Benites/ 19 min./ Colombia / Short

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Tuesday, November 22 (FREE)

Brought to you by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Hispanic/Latino and the Latin American Caucuses

Harvard University – Kennedy School of Government

Weiner Room

79 John F. Kennedy Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

5.30 P.M.

South American Program 2

"A Wild Idea" Director: Veronica Moscoso / Ecuador / 26 min. / Documentary

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"La Vigilia" Director: Augusto Tamayo / Peru / 93 min. / Feature Narrative

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7.30 P.M.

Cuban Program

"Portraits and the Malecon" Director: Sheldon Schiffer / 50min. / Cuba-USA

8.30 P.M.

BLIFF 2011 Closing Ceremony

8.50 P.M.

BLIFF 2011 Closing Program

US Latino Program (education & adolescence)

"The Big Deal" Director: Lucy Rodriguez / 9min. / USA

"Tita" Director: Gerardo J. Betancourt Amy /17min. / Puerto Rico

"TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives" Director: Nancy Kelly / 57min. / USA

Trailer: http://trustdocumentary.org/

For press inquires please contact: abaco@bliff.org

For tickets to the opening reception and screening of ‘America’ please visit: www.casparinc.org

TICKETS FOR THE REST OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR OF THE EVENT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE SCREENING.