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2005
SDLFF Corazon Awards
The 12th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to announce
its second annual "Corazon" Awards competition. The 2005
Corazon Award will be created by celebrated Chicano artist Jose
Ramirez. The festival is honored to have the following individuals
on this year’s jury.
2005 SDLFF Corazon Awards Jury
Narrative
Beth Accomando, Film Critic, KPBS
Isaac Artenstein, Independent Filmmaker/Producer, Cinewest Productions
Julio Noriega, Film Division Manager, Venevision International Films
Luis Vera, Filmmaker, Chile
Documentary
Paul Espinosa, Producer, Espinosa Productions
Hector Galan, Producer, Galan, Inc.
Ray Santisteban, Filmmaker/Curator
Alex Rivera, Filmmaker/Founder, SubCine.com
Awards will be given in the following categories
Lincoln Mercury's Best Narrative feature
Southwest Airlines' Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Experimental Work
Enlace's "Best Local Work"
McDonald's Best Youth Work
McDonald's Best Student Work
SBC's Audience Award (popular ballot)
Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 19.
About the Artist
Jose Ramirez is an award-winning Los Angeles-based Chicano artist
whose work
has appeared in numerous exhibitions and film projects. He has also
illustrated several children’s books, including Frog and his
Friends Save
Humanity by Victor Villaseñor and Zapata para Niños,
written by Elena
Poniatowska. In 2001, he received the Getty Visual Arts Fellowship.
Most
recently, Jose has been working on two children’s books for
Arte Publico
Press (Houston), a mural at Esperanza Elementary (LAUSD) and another
in
White Memorial Hospital (East LA). He has recently completed commissions
for
The Annie E. Casie Foundation (Baltimore), Bread and Roses (New
York), the
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and the Mexican
American
Legal Defense Fund (Los Angeles). For the past ten years Jose Ramirez
has
also taught elementary school in East LA, South East Los Angeles
and Pico
Union.
For SDLFF 2004 past award winners, click
here:
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