2007 SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (March 8-18): Festival Schedule Now On-line & Advanced Movie Tickets Available! http://www.sdlatinofilm.com

The Media Arts Center San Diego is proud to announce the 2007  San Diego Latino Film Festival  (March 8-18) with more than  185 films  from Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain and the U.S.  Our biggest selection ever!  This prestigious and internationally recognized film festival is the longest running Latino festival in Southern California.  With a projected audience of over 25,000 and the addition of a fourth screen, SDLFF is also one of the largest.  Attending filmmakers and fans will see over 185 films including: Mexico's current box office hit  Cansada de Besar Sapos (Mexico) , Argentina's Official Oscars '07 Selection  Family Law (Argentina) , Sundance winner  En El Hoyo , Toronto winner  Bella, North American Premiere of  Wood & Stock (Brazil) , Cuba's Official Oscars '07 Selection  El Benny , Diego Luna starrer  Solo Dios Sabe , 2007 Sundance Documentary Bajo Juarez, Ricardo Darin's El Aura, Luis Estrada's La Ley de Herodes follow-up  Un Mundo Maravilloso , Tim Robbins' The Secret Life of Words, Wilmer Valderrama's  El Muerto , and Lupe Ontiveros  Tortilla Heaven (U.S.A.) .    In addition, as part of SDLFF’s "Guest Director" series, Chilean legend Miguel Littin ( La Ultima Luna  &  El Chacal de NahuelToro ) will curate a series of movie classics that influenced his career ( Rebel Without a Cause  and Fellini’s  Roma ).   This year’s SDLFF program includes even more opportunities for the public to share the spotlight with over 100 guest filmmakers and actors onsite.  Highlights include:  workshops  on On-line Filming, Indy Film Promotion, Documentary Production, and Getting Comics Produced for the Screen;  "Para la Familia"  events (with day long events and a special appearance by Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer ); the  "Hecho en Chile”  Retrospective of Chilean Films (1957-2006)," SDLFF’s "Top Ten to Watch"; the  1st Annual Cine’mation program ; and celebrity tributes to acclaimed director  Robert Young ( Alambrista), and Mexican screen icons like  Germán Robles ( El Vampiro ) and Damián Alcazar ( Un Mundo Maravilloso and  Solo Dios Sabe ).  ¡Arte Latino! Exhibits  (with world renowned Mexican cartoonist  “EL CHANGO” Cabral ), and  ¡Sonido Latino! Concerts @ the Fest , will round out evenings with a touch of glamour, culture and rhythm.    Some of the confirmed celebrities include:  Itati Cantoral ( Cansada de Besar Sapos ), Kate Del Castillo ( Trade ), Gastón Pauls ( Illuminados Por El Fuego  and  Una Estrella Y Dos Cafes ), Jacob Vargas (Hills Have Eyes 2, Selena, Traffic, Get Shorty and Bobby), Lupe Ontiveros ( Tortilla Heaven , Desperate Housewives), Gaby Platas ( Asi del Precipicio ), Ariel nominee  Alejandra Gollas ( Efectos Secundarios ), Dora the Explorer (Nickelodeon Cine'mation), Dayanara Torres , Tristan Ulloa ( Salvador,  Maroa), Daniel Gimenez Cacho (Las Vidas de Celia , Y Tu Mama Tambien), and Eduardo Verastegui ( Bella and Chasing Papi).   The 14th annual event takes place March 8 – 18, 2007 at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center (off the 163 Freeway on Friars Road) in beautiful San Diego, California.  "This is a great opportunity for local audiences to see films presented at other major festivals like Cannes, Sundance, San Sebastian and Toronto, as well as many of Latin America’s Oscar contenders," says festival founder and director Ethan van Thillo, "We are also very proud to announce or unique growth into a truly Bi-national Latino film festival with our “ Borders on Film ” program offerings in Tijuana from March 16-18th at CineMark Minarete in Zona Rio."   Tickets range from $7 to $9.00 for film screenings, $5 to $30 for  concerts and galas .  Tickets can be purchased  on-line NOW  or at the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr, San Diego, CA 92108) Box Office starting March 1st.  Box office is open daily from 10AM to 8:30PM.  All proceeds from the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival benefit MACSD's year-round education program for under-served youth,  The Teen Producers Project .   For additional information please visit festival website at  www.sdlatinofilm.com  or call 619-230-1938.   *** Our  Festival Schedule  Is now online. New 4th Screen Added!  Click here to  view or  download . *** *** All  Films (185 of them!) are also online. Click here to  view or  download  PDFs. *** *** Buy individual movie tickets or your Film Pass  NOW online. ***