Cine Mexicano: Mexican Film Series - 1999

Cine Mexicano just completed a three-month run of some of the best contemporary and classic Mexican feature films. Over 2,600 San Diegans came to see Callejon de los Milagros, Cilantro y Perejil, Santitos and other great films. Click here to see the previous Cine Mexicano schedule and description of films.

With the Cine Mexicano: Mexican Film Series, The San Diego Latino Film Festival hopes to reach a wider range of the Latino population here in the San Diego/Tijuana region than ever before.

Historically, large numbers of the movie going public have resisted going to film festivals for a variety of reasons; either they felt out of place or felt that it would be too expensive, or difficult to figure out what was playing, or for gosh sakes what would they wear? While many times these fears were unfounded, we at the SDLFF have decided to program a series that will hopefully erase all of those fears and match rare screenings of Mexican films with a larger audience than might have seen them in the past.

Cine Mexicano '99 was presented by SEMPRA Energy. Additional Co-sponsors for Cine Mexicano included Viejas Casino, Mexican Cultural Institute of San Diego, El Latino, KLOVE, La Nueva, Univision San Diego, Trader Joe's, Hometown Buffet & Henry's Marketplace (Chula Vista).

If your company is interested in sponsoring our Second Annual Cine Mexicano: Mexican Film Series (August - October 2000), please click here to download a Partnership Opportunitites Packet (pdf file - 72K).

We want to bring the films directly into the community like never before. Keep an eye open for an upcoming Cine Mexicano: Mexican Film Series screening in a theater near you!