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SATURDAY NOV. 4

 Palace Theatre 

314 South Austin Street

Day Pass – all the day’s films + performance by Santiago Jiménez, Jr. – for $10 here.

11 AM - WHAT THE FLAT?! (1hr 11min, Chile)

Documentary on BMX – one of the world’s most dangerous sports – chronicling astounding flatlander Benjamin Hudson in Chile, as he readies for the next Olympic games.

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1- 4PM - WHEELZ & REELZ

Simultaneous with film programming, a free BMX spectacle will transpire at Park West, at the Michael Raetzsch Skatepark (920 San Antonio Ave) called “Wheelz & Reelz.” 

 

The outdoor exposition – featuring professional riders who specialize in flatland or vert – complements a 11AM screening at Palace Theatre of WHAT THE FLAT?!, a documentary on Chilean BMX athlete Benjamin Hudson.

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12:30 PM - Around-the-World Short Narratives

  • I AM LIGHT (4min, UK)

    • Gorgeous & poignant assemblage of vignettes to showcase the joys & pains of life as a Black person in the UK, including those whose families hail from the Caribbean.

  • HOT LATIN NIGHTS AT THE GRANADA (16min, Los Angeles)

    • A nightclub owned by a famed salsa singer is closing – his nephew didn’t intend to attend the final night, until a girl asks him to save her a dance. Now all he needs to do is learn how to dance.

  • FLAMES (7min, Canada)

    • Pressured by their grandfather to take up wrestling, two young men instead want nothing more than to dance.

  • JUST LEAVE (20min, Nigeria)

    • Samantha intrepidly navigates an escape from her husband’s violence in a way that will preserve her dear children’s safety.

  • KULESHOV EFFECT (3min, Mexico)

    • One day all of your fears knock on your door, & you will have to offer them a good coffee in the morning & a good drink at night.

  • STILL BLEEDING (6min, Italy)

    • A young man, constantly questioned by his family, finally decides to take action to change his destiny.

  • AN AFFAIR ONE FEBRUARY MORNING (8min, Myanmar)

    • A man & woman, in a romantic tryst in Burma, awaken to a beautiful morning the first of February, 2021, oblivious to that day’s earth-shattering military coup.

  • FATIH THE CONQUEROR (15min, Turkey)

    • On someone else’s wedding day, Fatih huddles in a car in the parking lot, contemplating the far-fetched prospect of marriage to Ipek, his buddy’s sister.

 

Total runtime: 1hr 19min

2 PM - Short Documentaries

  • CATWOMAN VS. THE WHITE HOUSE (12min, Berlin)

    • Newly discovered audio & video tells the full story between Eartha Kitt's run in with the President & the First Lady in 1968.

  • I’M FREE, NOW YOU ARE FREE (15min, Philly)

    • Born in a prison cell, Mike Africa, Jr. spent just three days with his mother before guards wrenched him away, with the following 40 years a struggle for freedom & each other.  Shown courtesy of the Working Films “Beyond Walls” compilation

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  • THE GROTTO OF DEATH (16min, Houston)

    • At its peak in the 1970s, Mexico was the world's largest per-capita producer of comic books – & Julio Camarena Pérez was one of its most elevated practitioners.

  • ALEJANDRO JIMÉNEZ: THE GROUND I STAND ON (12min, Denver)

    • A lyrical & meditative exploration of the work & creative process of Mexico’s 2021 Slam champion, whose experience as a U.S. immigrant farmworker shaped his vision of the power of poetry & its connection to a collective past.

  • THE EYE BEGINS IN THE HAND (16min, Cali)

    • A tribute to campesino histories via the work of unsung Chicano artist Ruben A. Sanchez & reckoning with the fate of many cultural workers’ struggle to pay rent.

  • I AM SAN ANTONIO (20min, San Anto)

    • An excavation of the vibrant & diverse culture of the Alamo City, rejoicing in its unique character & the people who call it home.

 

Total runtime: 1hr 31min
Followed by Q&A with I AM SAN ANTONIO Director Robb S Garcia & Poet Anthony M. Flores
 

4PM - Lone Star Showcase

  • BARRIO UNIDO (7min, San Anto)

    • Music video for the song 'Barrio Unido' by Bombasta, shot in San Antonio's Westside.

  • THE ART OF DYING (12min, San Anto)

    • In 1994, a man follows mysterious coordinates from an automated caller, leading him into the dangerous crosshairs of something much bigger.

  • TUCO: THE TEXAS WRESTLING MYSTERY SHOW (21min, Kyle)

    • A former World Champion Wrestler, Tuco Guerra, & his motley crew travel throughout Texas solving crimes & mysteries.

  • A LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR (19min, San Anto)

    • A film lover stuck in her apartment during COVID recreates the movies she idolizes as a mysterious force outside threatens to drain her world of life, sound & color.

  • FALSE & BASELESS (12min, ATX)

    • A college student who survives a sexual assault finds her victim statement to an Austin police detective shifts from empathy to confrontation.

  • SMILE NOW, CRY LATER (39min, San Anto)

    • Joey, struggling to cope with his mental health & past trauma, reconnects with childhood friend Lila, unearthing the strength to confront inner demons & take control of his life.

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Total runtime: 1hr 50min

Followed by Q&A with TUCO Director Gustavo Aguilar & Writer Emily Aguilar; SMILE NOW, CRY LATER Director Keanu Cordero; A LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR Director Alex Ramirez; & BARRIO UNIDO Director Robb S Garcia

7PM - Musical Performance by Santiago Jiménez, Jr

Conjunto legend Santiago Jiménez Jr. – recipient of a National Medal of Arts from President Obama, as well as a National Heritage Fellowship for lifetime achievement in Tex-Mex folk music – has been nominated for three Grammys, honoring his unparalleled skill in performing music pioneered by his father, Santiago "Flaco" Jiménez, Sr.

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8PM - RAÚLSALINAS & THE POETRY OF LIBERATION: UN TRIP (25min, ATX/San Anto)

A splitscreen jazz-&-liberation film based on the words of “Un Trip through the Mind Jail” by raúlrsalinas, written in 1969 in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The poem expresses lived experience in La Loma (East Austin). The short explores contemporary issues: imprisonment in the jail machine, community destruction & gentrification, the overwhelming force of cultural memory in sanity & salvation, the need for societal transformation. 

followed by Q&A with Directors Anne Lewis & Laura Varela

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8:45PM - Part 2 of Santiago Jiménez Jr. performance
Conjunto legend Santiago Jiménez Jr. – recipient of a National Medal of Arts from President Obama, as well as a National Heritage Fellowship for lifetime achievement in Tex-Mex folk music – has been nominated for three Grammys, honoring his unparalleled skill in performing music pioneered by his father, Santiago "Flaco" Jiménez, Sr.

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