The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Announces Winners of CineFestival Youth Video Awards

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center invites the public to share in this special first-look at this year's CineFestival's The Future is Now: Youth Videos from San Antonio on Friday, May the 4th at 7:00pm in the historic Guadalupe Theater. The event features 12 new film shorts by area high school students. Awards will be presented and followed by a feature film presentation.

"The future of film is in good hands with our young filmmakers," said Cristina Ballí, Executive Director. "With the support from the City's Film Commission and local schools, the film industry in San Antonio is ready for take-off. Students are gaining the skills they need and have access to the latest technology to be competitors in the very near future helping to further put San Antonio on the film map. We invite the public to come see these fantastic shorts and help us congratulate the winners of the Youth Video competition."

Participating programs include Cinema North East at North East School of the Arts, Cinema South San Antonio, Film School of San Antonio at Harlandale, John Marshall High School, Kenedy ISD, Saint Mary's Hall Digital Cinema, and Say Sí. Hosted by actor/activist Maximo Anguiano with the support of City Councilman Roberto Treviño who will be on-hand to congratulate the students and their families. Admission is free. RSVP required online at guadalupeculturalarts.org or by calling 210.271.3151.

The 40th Annual CineFestival will be held this summer, July 5-8, 2018, to coincide with the Guadalupe's Summer Series of events and the historic Guadalupe Theater's 76th Anniversary.

Winners of the Youth Video Awards Are:
Memoria de los Revolucionarios
Miguel Salazar, Say Sí, USA, 1 min
Best Animation

La Cultura Perdida
Elias Flores III and Sarah Ramirez, Say Sí, USA/Mexico, 12 min
Best Documentary

The Last Ghost
Jade Jess, Saint Mary's Hall, USA, 5 min
Best Narrative
Parade
Troy Mize, North East School of the Arts, USA, 4 min
Best Direction

VELA
Nathaniel De Los Santos, Kenedy ISD, USA,
9 min
Emerging Artist

La Cultura Perdida/Memoria de los Revolucionarios About the Films

Memoria de los Revolucionarios
Miguel Salazar, USA, 1 min
Memoria de los Revolucionarios is made as a tribute in respect to all the soldiers who fought in the Mexican revolutionary war, and how they influenced Mexico's history as a whole. The short follows a Mexican soldier who comes back on Día de los Muertos to only find out why he fought in the first place. CineFestival Youth Video Award: Best Animation

Girl^3
Laura Gonima, USA, 2 min
A young girl struggles to free her head from a cardboard box.

Artpace San Antonio
Marcelo Gutierrez IV, USA, 3 min
This vibrant documentary focuses on Artpace's renowned International Artist-in Residence program. Featuring multidisciplinary artist Robert Hodge and sculptor Kate Newby.

Aeternum Vale
Isabella Sanchez, USA, 1 min
Aeternum Vale is a stop-motion animation peek into the animal kingdom, which discovers that even there, unlikely friendships can sometimes be the best.

Parade
Troy Mize, USA, 5 min
A 15th century artist traveling through a forest crosses paths with a parade of cultists.
CineFestival Youth Video Award: Best Direction

The Atom
Marco Zaragoza, USA, 5 min
Witness the art of "The San Antonio Dance Fringe." Experience the homemade dance and movements brought to stage by four of the most talented dancers in San Antonio. Watch them express their motivations and reasoning behind their love for dance in their piece The Atom.

Skelefly
Marcelo Salas, Bela Syptak, Bella Delgado, USA, 1 min
A stop-motion animation inspired by the Día de los Muertos tradition.

The Last Ghost
Jade Jess, USA, 5 min
The Last Ghost explores the fears, anxieties and coping mechanisms of a young girl in the city. CineFestival Youth Video Award: Best Narrative

San Antonio
Fatima Aguillon, USA, 3 min
San Antonio is an international winning short film by Fatima Aguillon. The film is a love letter to San Antonio, a World Heritage City, and a place she likes to call home.

REVAN
Max Ulmer, USA, 7 min
REVAN is a brick animation which reveals the story of one of the most powerful Sith ever and his struggles to find redemption.

VELA
Nathaniel De Los Santos, USA, 9 min
In the near future, the United States Government collapses and rebels take over the Texas government. Fear and agoraphobia take over the public and a tech company produces live avatars so people never have to leave their homes again. Nura, the daughter of freedom fighter parents is forced to join a citizenship program and enroll in a digital campus, VELA. CineFestival Youth Video Award: Emerging Artist

La Cultura Perdida
Elias Flores III and Sarah Ramirez, USA/Mexico, 12 min
La Cultura Perdida (The Lost Culture) is a short documentary examining the lives and histories of six Mexican and Mexican-American artists, each story focusing on culture and how it is lost or continued from generation to generation. This film is a collaboration between the artists of SAY Sí (San Antonio) and FARO de Oriente (Mexico City). CineFestival Youth Video Award: Best Documentary.

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