The following dates and times are when SDLFF guests will introduce their movies and participate in Q&As at AMC Fashion Valley (as of March 11, 2020). This page will be updated regularly.
OPENING NIGHT, THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH
Giuseppe Gamba (Actor), Cindy la Regia, 7:25pm
Varda Bar-Kar (Director), Fandango at The Wall, 8:30pm
Arturo O’Farrill (Musician), Fandango at The Wall, 8:30pm
Jorge F Castillo (Founder/Director – Fandango Fronterizo), Fandango at The Wall, 8:30pm
Salvador Espinoza (Director), Guadalupe Reyes, 5:30-7pm Press Conference (Bloomingdale’s Fashion Valley)
MARCH 13TH
Salvador Espinoza (Director), Guadalupe Reyes, 7:05pm
Fany De La Chica, (Director) Algo en lo que creer (Cronicas Españoles), 4:45pm
Xabier Larrañaga (Assistant Director) Algo en lo que creer (Cronicas Españoles), 4:45pm
Rodrigo Occelli Nava (Director) Las Sanadoras/The Healers, 6:45pm
Alejandro Montes Becerra (Director) Las Sanadoras/The Healers, 6:45pm
March 14th
Armond Cohen (Director), Souvenir, 8:00pm
Marco Pérez (Actor), Souvenir, 8:00pm
Anthony Puente (Director), Farm Fresh (Hecho en USA: Short Doc. Program), 1:30pm
Maylen Calienes (Producer) And The Brave Shall Rise (Hecho en USA:SDP), 1:30pm
Gabriela Alcalde (Director) La despedida (Hecho en USA: Short Doc. Program),1:30pm
Rodrigo Dorfman (Director), Toros y Santos (Hecho en USA: Short Doc. Program), 1:30pm
Tiffany Kontoyiannis (Director), Welcome Back (Hecho en USA: Short Narrat. Prog.), 5:20pm
Roy Arwas (Editor),Welcome Back (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Juan Avella (Director), Her Body (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Shelby Farrell (Writer), Her Body (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Thiago DaDalt (Director), Duke (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
George Valencia (Director), Lights Off (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Judy Reyes (Producer), Lights Off (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Emil Gallardo (Director), 1, 2, 3 All Eyes On Me (Hecho en USA: Short Narrat. Prog.), 5:20pm
Rodrigo Espinosa (Director), Processing Station (Hecho en USA: Short Narrat. Prog.), 5:20pm
Edward Enriquez-Cohen (Producer), Bibi (Hecho en USA: Short Narratives Program), 5:20pm
Ian Padron (Director) Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba To The World, 5:45pm
Cynthia Biestek (Producer) Eliades Ochoa: From Cuba To The World, 5:45pm
MARCH 15TH
Sylvia Pasquel (Actress), El Diablo entre las Piernas, 7pm
Miguel Angel Caballero (Director), Acuitzeramo (SOMOS! LGBTQ+ SHORTS), 3:30pm
Philip Alexander Narvaez (Director of Photography), Acuitzeramo (SOMOS! LGBTQ+), 3:30pm
Shelly Ro (Writer, Producer, Actress), White Ink (SOMOS! LGBTQ+ SHORTS), 3:30pm
Edwin Alexis Gómez (Director), La Sad Boy (SOMOS! LGBTQ+ SHORTS), 3:30pm
Jorgie Goico (Actor), La Sad Boy (SOMOS! LGBTQ+ SHORTS), 3:30pm
Adam Valencia (Director), Crybaby (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
John Roney (Director of Photography), Crybaby (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
Alex Montilla (Director), OverKill (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
Marlene Emilia Rios (Director), We Choose To Go (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
Aroonsri Khamsamran (Cast), We Choose To Go (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
Veronica Johnson (Writer), Mi amigo (Un mundo extrano shorts), 5:45pm
Gregg Kettles (director) Siqueiros: Walls of Passion, 3:30pm
MARCH 16TH
Rodrigo Alvarez Flores (Director), Al final de la noche (F.Filmmakers – Narrat.), 6:15pm
Alejandro G. Montemayor (Dir.of Photo) Al final de la noche (F. Filmmakers-Narrat.), 6:15pm
Fernando Fisher (Director), Pertubado (Frontera Filmmakers – Narratives), 6:15pm
Alex Hermogenes Vazquez (Director), Volvere (Frontera Filmmakers – Narratives), 6:15pm
Diego Hernandez (Director), Vicario (Frontera Filmmakers – Narratives), 6:15pm
Arturo Campos (Producer), Vicario (Frontera Filmmakers – Narratives), 6:15pm
Janet Jarman (Director) Birth Wars, 6:30pm
Benny Emmanuel (Actor) Chicuarotes, 7:20pm
MARCH 17TH
ROWLBERTOS MEDIA (Filmmaker), Music Without Borders (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Israel Becerra Espinoza (Filmmaker), The kitchen path (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Marco Aurelio Celis (Filmmaker), The Land We Live In (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Ala’ Khan (Filmmaker), A Prayer Beyond Borders (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Kayla Mulholland (Filmmaker), La Casa Adentro (A home within) (2nd annual M.V.), 7pm
Isaac Rosenbaum (Filmmaker), El Chaparral: Inside a Tijuana Migrant Shelter (2nd A.M.V.), 7pm
Jesus AV (Filmmaker), A Little Mexican Village (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Parco Richardson (Filmmaker), Back Home (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Fernanda Ulibarri (Filmmaker), El Corrido de la Caravana (2nd annual Migrant Voices), 7pm
Brenda Avila-Hanna (Filmmaker), Oda a los Frijoles/Ode to the Beans (2nd annual M.V.), 7pm
María Torres (Director), ¿Conoces a Tomas?, 7:30pm
Jorge Xolapa Jr (Director) Your Iron Lady, 4:45pm
Victoria Del Rosal (Leader actress) Your Iron Lady, 4:45pm
Up to 15 people of the Crew of Your Iron Lady
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi (director) Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba, 6:50pm
MARCH 18th
Gregory Nava (Director), Mi Familia, 5:30-9:00pm
Bel Hernandez (Actress), Mi Familia, 5:30-9:00pm
Enrique Castillo (Actor), Mi Familia, 5:30-9:00pm
Franck Deron (Director), For The Love of Blood (Frontera Filmmakers – Sports), 6:15pm
Chad Boyer (Director), Line of Scrimmage: Mexico Rising (F. Filmmakers – Sports), 6:15pm
Mark Grise (Producer), Line of Scrimmage: Mexico Rising (F. Filmmakers – Sports), 6:15pm
Armando Riesco (Director) Seneca, 7:10pm
Cassandra Sánchez Navarro (Actress), Cindy la regia, 6:55pm
MARCH 19th
Fanny Grande (Director), Our Quinceañera, 7:30pm
Gilbert Galbant (Producer) Our Quinceañera, 7:30pm
Nelson Grande (Producer) Our Quinceañera, 7:30pm
Axel Eduardo Nuñez Morales (Director), La ultima frontera (F. Filmmakers – Doc.), 4:30pm
Raymond Velasquez (Director), Chicano Park (F. Filmmakers – Doc.), 4:30pm
Melissa Hernandez (Director), Chicano Park (Frontera Filmmakers – Documentaries), 4:30pm
Aldo Sandoval (Director), Chicano Park(Frontera Filmmakers – Documentaries), 4:30pm
Kayla Mulholland (Director), Donde Dios quiera (F. Filmmakers – Documentaries), 4:30pm
Oscar Michel Becerril (Director), Children of the Sun (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Salvador de Santiago (Producer), Children of the Sun (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Lani Cupchoy (Producer), Urban Seeds (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Auri Jackson (Director), The Return (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Dani Adaliz (Actress), The Return (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Norma Maldonado (Actress), The Return (Environmental Shorts), 6:15pm
Poli Martinez Kaplun (Director), The House On Wannsee, 6:30pm
MARCH 20th
Emilio Portes (Director) Pastorela, Belzebuth, 7:00pm
Martin Aletta (Director), La medallita (Relatos Latinos Shorts), 4:30pm
Melody Dianne (Director), Sin otro particular (Relatos Latinos Shorts), 4:30pm
Katherine Tolentino (Director), Ahora que te has ido (Relatos Latinos Shorts), 4:30pm
Andrés Kaiser (Director) Feral, 8:45pm
Daniel Rehder (Director) Hotel Paraíso, 6:15pm
Ines Normand (Producer) Hotel Paraíso, 6:15pm
César Di Bello (Producer) Pecado Original (Original Sin), 8:35pm
Jean Lee (Director) Pecado Original (Original Sin), 8:35pm
Ben DeJesus (Director) Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage & John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway, 5:00pm
MARCH 21st
Joaquin Cosio (Actor), Polvo, 8pm
Lucía Elena Ventura (Director), Isla Mia (Cine Illusion Shorts), 1:00pm
Inés Gowland (Director), Destete (¡Viva Mujeres! Shorts), 3:45pm
Roberto Salvador Rodriguez (Dir.), Como vuelan las flores? (Mexico Raro y Querido), TBD
Claudia Golinelli (Cast Member) Building the american dream, 3:50pm
Chelsea Hernandez (Director, producer) Building the american dream, 3:50pm
Ben DeJesus (Director) John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway & Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage, 4:40pm
MARCH 22nd
TBA
