Eleven films were selected for this year’s Local Flavor Showcase and Awards in the 18th annual El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival. They screen at 3:30 pm Sunday, July 27 in the Plaza Theatre. More than $3,500 in cash awards will be announced at the end of the program, including an audience favorite selected via text vote.
Tickets are $6 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office (no service charges) and Ticketmaster.com (with service charges). A free, public reception for the filmmakers will follow at 5:30 pm in the El Paso Community Foundation’s Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon.
Local Flavor is generously sponsored by the El Paso Film and Creative Industries Commission and the Texas Film Commission.
The selections are:
• Brooklyn Love (comedy), Samuel Thomas Garcia, El Paso, TX
• Crawford (drama), Dakota Thomas, El Paso, TX
• The Howl of the Furies (drama), Bayron Norman, Torreon, Coahuila, MX
• I Like You a Bot (comedy/drama), Harmony Schlesinger, El Paso, TX
• Light! (drama), Ulises Córdova, El Paso, TX
• Luna Llena (music video), Ryan Riddle, Albuquerque, NM
• Snapshots of Resilience (documentary), Viridiana Villa, El Paso, TX
• Sombras Nada Mas (documentary), Diego Munoz Holguin, El Paso, TX
• Ternura Radical (documentary), Celina Galicia, El Paso, TX
• The Tooth Fixation (comedy), Theresita Acosta, El Paso, TX
• Who’s Afraid? (experimental), Bardo Leo, Las Cruces, NM
The 18th annual Plaza Classic Film Festival is July 17-27 in and around the Plaza Theatre. Tickets are on sale at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster. Passes are on sale at plazaclassic.com/tickets. The Plaza Theatre has a clear bag/cashless policy. Go to elpasolive.com for details.
