Presented by HBO, the Festival Opens with an Award-winning Film
The nations’ leading Latino film fest, the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), celebrating its 16th anniversary, will be held on August 12 – 18, 2019 with films and events featuring emerging and established Latino actors, filmmakers, influencers, and more.
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NYLFF, the nation’s premier and most diverse Latino film festival, and a touchstone of the nation’s thriving multicultural cinematic movement kicks off its 16th edition on Monday, August 12th.
The festival will feature more than 83 films representing 10 countries, spanning all genres including features, shorts, documentaries, web series and experimental films starring, about and for the U.S. Latino community.
This year, the festival will open with the New York premiere of the film Princess of the Row from director Max Carlson and starring Martin Sheen, Edi Gathegi, Ana Ortiz, Tayler Buck, Jacob Vargas, among others. Unflinching and emotional, Princess of the Row is the inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her father… a homeless, mentally ill-veteran fighting to survive on the streets of LA’s skid row.
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The NYLFF returns with a star-studded line-up of screenings, including a special showcase of the beloved Bronx-set classic, I Like It Like That. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the screening will be joined by the film’s cast– fully reunited for the first time since its premiere in 1994. The debut of writer/director Darnell Martin and the first-ever major studio release to be written and directed by an African-American woman is a charming, funny, and realistic account of a young Latina mother trying to contend with life in the Bronx.
In honor of the late Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Singleton, NYLFF is honored to present NYLFF Summer Cinema, an outdoor screening of Poetic Justice, with a special appearance by his daughter Justice Singleton.
Closing the Festival, NYLFF presents El Proyeccionista (The Projectionist), the first Dominican film to ever close the festival. The acclaimed film is the latest feature from prolific, young Dominican writer-director José María Cabral-whose last film, Woodpeckers (Los Carpinteros), was the first Dominican film to screen at Sundance-serves up some fluorescent Dominican noir in a riveting, genre-bending homage to the power of pre-digital cinema as seen through the lens of an old-style traveling cinema owner.
Another NYLFF highlight is the FUTURO Digital Conference, a one-day digital conference featuring conversations from top thought-leaders, executives, and influencers in the digital space. August 12th, 1:00 to 7:00 PM, Free, to click RSVP to reserve your ticket.
HBO Latino Presents Latinos Stand-up Comedy Competition Finals on August 16th at 7:00 PM, free admission.
The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) is presented by HBO. Major sponsors include American Airlines, Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo. Additional support provided by Hennessy VSOP Privilege, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, WarnerMedia, Google, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), AMC Independent, Hispanic Federation, SAG-AFTRA, DGCine Dirección General de Cine República Dominicana, and Third World Newsreel For sponsorship and brand partnership opportunities, please contact: Info@NYLatinoFilmFestival.com
For details, please visit NYLFF’s website at: www.NYLatinoFilmFestival.com