2023 Program - El Paso Media Fest

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2023 Program




12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Festival Session:
Our Stories: El Paso Film
Presented byCreativ El Paso

Session Line Up:
Brian Kennedy - Entertainment Lawyer
Drew Mayer Oakes - El Paso Film Commission
Angie Reza Tures - Femme Frontera

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Film & New Media
2 Hrs 28 Min

1. The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
    Directed by Fawzia Mirza (11:00 Min)

2. Hometown Boys
    Directed by Jamie Sutor (9:54 Min)

3. Terminator: Bad Judgement Day
    Directed by Lisa Belcher (6:00 Min)

4. Ep. 00: Pilot
    Directed by Hector Gallardo (10:09 Min)
    (El Paso 48 Hour Film Project 1st Place Winner)

5. First Impressions
    Directed by Michael Charron (8:42 Min)

6. The Hostage Situation
    Directed by PJ Mills (10:00 Min)

7. A Minute of Your Time
    Directed Matt McKisson (10:00 Min)

8. Mother
    Directed by Brett Gregory (3:34 Min)

9. Lucid Dreams
    Directed by Robby Dugan (4:37 Min)

10. Written in Ink
    Directed by Cordelaine Kline (5:51 Min)

11. Unfinished Business
    Directed by Jason Knade (3:30 Min)

12. Petals
    Directed by Marie J. Magdaleno (3:00 Min)

13. Til' I Met You
    Directed by Alfonso Loya (4:01 Min)

14. Seeds
    Directed by Toni Bestard (5:00 Min)

15. The Sidewalk Artist
Directed by David Velez & Brandon Rivera (20:07)

16. Cafe Avec Papa
    Directed by Gabriel Di Pastena (7:00 Min)

17. In This Moment
    Directed by Robby Dugan (3:56 Min)

18. Mental Soiree
    Directed by Alberto Arellano (5:00 Min)

19. #NOFILTER
    Directed by Nathan Crooker 13:12 Min

20. Pisanka
    Directed by Jorge Yudice 16:00 Min

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Festival Session:
It's an Actor's Life For Me

Session Line Up:
Kent Kirkpatrick - Actor / Director

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Stories from our Borderland
Presented byCreativ El Paso
2 Hrs 36 Min

1. Homesick
    Directed by Valeria Contreras (15:00 Min)

2. Six Feet Apart
    Directed by Monty Cole (13:24 Min)

3. Shipping Them
    Directed by Ryan Rox (15:00 Min)

4. Pedro
    Directed by Jezrael Gandara (19:45 Min)

5. The Estate Sale
Directed by Red Valdez (6:08 Min)

6. Black Hole Blues
    Directed by Michael Huante (8:35 Min)
    (El Paso 48 Hour Film Project 3rd Place Winner)

7. Vivid
    Directed by Jesse Fraire (15:00 Min)

8. Left on Red
    Directed by Jay Almaraz (8:56 Min)

9. El Paso 11:55
    Directed by Keith Jardine (19:10 Min)

10. Once a Sinner
    Directed by Andrew Barahona (20:00 Min)

11. Powerless
    Directed by Chris Hanna 9:11 Min
    (El Paso 48 Hour Film Project - 2nd Place Winner)

9:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Opening Night Party & Trivia at Undisputed Craft House
1881 Saul Kleinfeld, El Paso, TX 79936



10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
High School & College Stories
1 Hrs 25 Min

  1. The Sprayer
    2. Directed by Farnoosh Abedi (8:45 Min)

  2. Melody
    3. Directed by Lauren E Roman (5:11 Min)

  3. En Las Sombras
    4. Directed by Michael Jimenez (20:56 Min)

  4. House
    5. Directed by Hannah Martinez (10:05 Min)

  5. The Door
    6. Directed by Nicholas Carrodo (11:27 Min)

  6. Ghost on the Dance Floor
    7. Directed by Edwin Raul Oliva (12:15 Min)

  7. Summa Culpa Laude
    8. Directed by Echo Nguyen (18:03 Min)

12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Documentary Life
2 Hrs 56 Min

  1. Bad Hombrewood
    2. Directed by Guillermo Casarin (23:42 Min)

  2. Why
    3. Directed by Natxo Leuza (22:00 Min)

  3. Still Here
    4. Directed by Alvaro Hernandez Blanco (16:00 Min)

  4. Yungay 7020
    5. Directed by Raquel Calvo Larralde & Elena Molina (19:00 Min)

  5. La Bi-Vencia
    6. Directed by Mariana Gongora & Analaura Cardenas (15:00 Min)

  6. Daida Back to the Ocean
    7. Directed by Pablo Ramirez Bolanos (24:00 Min)

  7. Serigne
    8. Directed by Rodrigo Hernandez Tejero, Adriana Cardoso Navarro, Edu Marin (27:00 Min)

  8. Roots Tour - A Sibling Journey: From Hatred to Harmony
    9. Directed by Chris Hanna, Jess Marriott & Bluma Claire Ekshtut (30:00 Min)

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Conquering our Lives
1 Hrs 43 Min

  1. Baggage
    2. Directed by Chris Beier (29:25 Min)

  2. Sawyer
    3. Directed by Marshall Leming (22:51 Min)

  3. Concrete & Steel
    4. Directed by Oriol Villar (17:00 Min)

  4. Pool Loop
    5. Directed by Elias Perez (11:00 Min)

  5. Parrot
    6. Directed by Kyle B. Thompson (11:09 Min)

  6. Billy
    7. Directed by Jack Saxon (12:56 Min)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"Silent Sounds" Feature Film with Bored Films
1:30:00 Hrs
Presented byCreativ El Paso

9:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Networking Party at Church Bar
212 E Mills Ave Suite B, El Paso, TX 79901



9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Festival Session:
Don't Forget About the Sound

Session Line Up
Nina Hedberg - Sound Mixer & Designer

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
“Beyond the Dream”
1:35:00 Hrs
Documentary Feature Film
with ZGN Productions, LLC

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cinematography:
Inside the Shot

Session Line Up:
Gilbert Jorgenson - Star Central Studios & Leo Marketing

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Story Is Sacred
2 Hrs 0 Min

  1. Trying
    2. Directed by Juan Manuel Montilla “Langui” (15:00 Min)

  2. Non Grata
    3. Directed by Alba Lozano (15:00 Min)

  3. Resilient
    4. Directed by Tania Gongar (15:00 Min)

  4. Mother Duckling
    5. Directed by Manu Pons (12:00 Min)

  5. A Fictional Work
    6. Directed by Carlos Borrego
    Spain - (15:00 Min)

  6. Bad News
    7. Directed by Santiago Cardelus Ruiz-Alberdi & Pablo Manchado Cascon
    (12:00 Min)

  7. Cray
    8. Directed by Sonia Sawkar (15:01 Min)

  8. The Wrong Guy
    9. Directed by Alejandro Montoya Marin (21:00 Min)

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
World Shorts
1 Hrs 47 Min

  1. Cognition
    2. Directed by Ravi Ajit Chopra
    UK - 25:00 Min

  2. AIDA
    3. Directed by Ismael Martin
    Spain - 22:00 Min

  3. Desert Lights
    4. Directed by Katherina Harder Sacre
    Chile - 18:55 Min

  4. Four Walls
    5. Directed by Kgosana Monchusi, Menzi Mzimela & Juvais Dunn
    South Africa - 6:00 Min

  5. I'll Think of You When I See the Vultures Fly
    6. Directed by David Heredia
    Spain - 15:00 Min

  6. Loose
    7. Directed by Javier Pereira
    Spain - 20:00 Min

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Festival Session:
"The Christmas Tapes" (1:40:00 Hrs) Feature Film
and "The Film Industry" with Greg Sestero

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
El Paso Media Fest Awards & Closing Night Party at Alamo Drafthouse East


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