DIANE GUERRERO ACTRESS
A PASSIONATE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AND AN ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM.
Colombian American actress and author. She is known for her roles as inmate Maritza Ramos on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black and Lina on Jane the Virgin Guerrero grew up in Boston and remained there after the rest of her family were deported to Colombia. She is an advocate for immigration reform.
Her role on Orange Is the New Black has contributed to three consecutive wins for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Guerrero is the author of In the Country We Love: My Family Divided, a memoir about her parents being detained and deported when she was fourteen.
She currently stars as Jane in the HBO Max action-drama series Doom Patrol. She recently starred in Blast Beat for Sony Pictures and recorded voiceover for the role of Isabella in Disney’s animated feature, Encanto, with Lin Manuel Miranda.
A passionate human rights activist, Diane was also recently the host and exec producer of her NPR podcast “Yeah No, I’m Not OK”, where she candidly discussed mental health issues affecting the BIPOC community.
ILSE SALAS ACTRESS
MEXICAN FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATER ACTRESS WITH NOTABLE PARTICIPATIONS ON THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE.
Mexican film, television and theater actress, with notable participations in many of the most notable titles on the contemporary scene. Among her most outstanding works in theater are All About my Mother (Dir. Francisco Franco), Cock (Dir. Toño Serrano), Crimes of the Heart (Dir. Enrique Singer), as well as Network (Dir. Francisco Franco) alongside Daniel Giménez Cacho, and Cabaret, with Irene Azuela.
Her work in films has received awards and special mentions on more than one occasion. Highlights include her stellar performances in Güeros (Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios); The Good Girls (Dir. Alejandra Márquez Abella), and Plaza Catedral (Dir. Abner Benaim).
More relevant participations within her filmography are Museo (Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios), Cantinflas (Dir. Sebastián del Amo), Modern Loves (Dir. Matias Meyer), Family (Dir. Rodrigo García) and Pedro Páramo (Dir. Rodrigo Prieto).
For television, she has been part of projects such as Capadocia (HBO), Sr. Ávila (HBO), Crime Diaries: The Candidate (Netflix), Señorita 89 (Fábula/Pantaya), and La Liberación (Prime Video), a series of which she is also a producer.
FRIDAY — NOV 01
5:00 PM
SCREENING ― 85'
SHORTS: SELF LOVE THEN LOVE
→ ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE
8:00 PM
→ MILLION DOLLAR THEATER
All the Words but the One Beverly Heights The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep
OPENING NIGHT GALA SCREENING 120'
SUJO Dir. Astrid Rondero & Fernanda Valadez
The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo, the orphan of a cartel gunman, during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside.
VENUES
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA 1111 S BROADWAY SUITE 100 LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
GLORIA MOLINA GRAND PARK BLOCK 2 233-299 N SPRING ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
MILAGRO CINEMAS 13917 PIONEER BLVD NORWALK, CA 90650
MILLION DOLLAR THEATER 307 S BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CA 90013
STILE DOWNTOWN LA BY KASA HOTEL 929 S BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE 700 WEST 7TH STREET, SUITE U240 LOS ANGELES, CA 90017
THE UNITED THEATER ON BROADWAY 929 S BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
VIDIOTS FOUNDATION 4884 EAGLE ROCK BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90041
SATURDAY — NOV 02
FILMMAKERS’ FORUM ― 60'
FROM FILMS TO SERIES: The Evolving Craft of Alejandra Márquez Abella
A conversation with Alejandra Márquez Abella, creator of the series La Liberación, screening at the Closing Gala.
12:30 PM → ASU - YUUHAVIATAM EVENT CENTER
2:00 PM
98'
THE LOW END THEORY
Dir. Francisco Ordonez
A traumatized vet turned money launderer steals from her drug-dealer boss to pay off debts owed by the beautiful but equally troubled woman with whom she is having an obsessive affair. → MILAGRO CINEMAS
3:30 PM
→ MILAGRO CINEMAS
4:30 PM
SCREENING 130'
PEDRO PÁRAMO
Dir. Rodrigo Prieto
Based on the landmark novel by Juan Rulfo, a man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love.
102'
LA ARRIERA
Dir. Isabel Cristina Fregoso
Disguised as a muleteer, a young woman abandons her home to find her biological father. → ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE
Preceded by: Misocompra
Dir. Esteban Arango 4:30
Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.
FILMMAKERS’ FORUM ― 60'
CREATING CULTURE: Designing for Film & Television with Cultural Specificity
The Art Directors Guild Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee presents this Panel Discussion.
4:30 PM → ASU - YUUHAVIATAM EVENT CENTER
7:00 PM
SCREENING 139'
LA COCINA
Dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios
The intersection of the personal ambition and systemic exploitation of undocumented immigrant workers within the pressure-cooker environment of a Times Square restaurant.
7:00 PM CENTER PIECE GALA SCREENING 76'
MONSTRUO DE XIBALBÁ
Dir. Manuela Irene
Rogelio wants to know what happens when we die. Forced to spend holidays with his nanny Eduarda in Yucatan, he tries to unravel this mystery.
→ GLORIA MOLINA GRAND PARK BLOCK 2
Preceded by: The Mourning Of
SUNDAY NOV 03
12:30 PM
SCREENING 85'
Dir. Gabriel Santander & Gabriel Torres
The determination of Raúl Padilla López was the driving force that brought about strategic changes and fundamental shifts in the education of the State of Jalisco. → ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE EL OFICIO DE CONSTRUIR
MASTER CLASS: “Your Way of Seeing” with Natasha Braier
5:00 PM
6:30 PM
Made In America Made It In America Proposition Amanecer
TRATADO DE INVISIBILIDAD
Dir. Luciana Kaplan
Women who clean public spaces in Mexico City question the precariousness of their jobs.
Preceded by: Flores Amarillas
CLOSING NIGHT GALA SCREENING 120' Azi ¡Beso de Lengua! Boi de Conchas Dovecote
Ella se queda Panadrilo
Dir. Alejandra Márquez Arbella, Dariela Ludlow Deloya, Gabriel Nuncio
Three women join forces to avoid that a sexual harassment complaint against a renowned movie director comes to light. →
1st and 2nd episodes
SCREENING 93'
Dir. Fernando Andrés 9:00 PM
After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” in a rapidly changing Austin.
Preceded by: ILY, BYE
FROM FILMS TO SERIES:
THE EVOLVING
CRAFT
OF ALEJANDRA MÁRQUEZ ABELLA
In this session, we talk about Alejandra’s trajectory as a director and will explore the challenges and opportunities she has faced in creating TV series and feature films, discussing how this shift impacts her narrative style, collaboration with actors, and overall creative process.
NOV 02 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
THE ART DIRECTORS GUILD DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE PRESENTS:
CREATING CULTURE: DESIGNING FOR FILM & TELEVISION WITH CULTURAL SPECIFICITY
As the entertainment industry expands to include more diverse voices, how do production designers, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, writers, etc. approach their role in depicting cultures they themselves may not be a member of? Does that approach change when tasked with depicting their own culture? This conversation will be led by Natasha Tony of Elevate Inclusion Strategies.
NOV 02 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
“YOUR WAY OF SEEING” WITH NATASHA BRAIER
Natasha Braier graduated from one of the world’s top film schools, yet many of the most valuable lessons in filmmaking came from real-world experience: taking a deep dive into developing an unique point of view, and exploring how that perspective will define and shape a filmmaker’s career.
Natasha will attend remotely.
FILMMAKERS’ FORUM
NOV 03 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm