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OC Film Fiesta Appreciation Party set for Oct. 16 at The Copper Door

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OC Film Fiesta Appreciation Party

For Immediate release: October 10, 13

For more information, email info@ocfilmfiesta.org

Sandra Lilia Velasquez Plays OC Film Fiesta Appreciation Party Oct. 16

Former Pistolera Frontwoman Debuts Solo EP at Free Santa Ana Show

(Santa Ana) The OC Film Fiesta invites you to a free Film Fiesta Appreciation Party featuring a critically acclaimed New York singer Sandra Lilia Velasquez (SLV) on Wednesday, October 16, at The Copper Door in downtown Santa Ana’s Artists Village.

Velasquez, frontwoman for the popular Latin alternative band Pistolera, will be performing new material from her debut solo EP, Dig Deeper, which was produced by 10-time Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello. Continue reading→

OC Film Fiesta kicks off Sept. 6 on Santa Ana’s historic 4th St.

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2013 OC Film Fiesta

City of Santa Ana, Orange County’s Downtown

Community Alert: OC Film Fiesta Kicks Off Sept. 6 on Santa Ana’s Historic 4th St

Free Fest Opens With “Mariachi Gringo” Starring Lila Downs and Shawn Ashmore

SANTA ANA, CA (September 5, 2013) – The 4th Annual OC Film Fiesta opens Fri., Sept. 6 at 7pm with a free screening of Tom Gustafson’s award-winning cross-cultural musical tour de force, Mariachi Gringo, at the Fiesta Twin Theatres on Santa Ana’s historic 4th Street. Mariachi Gringo, which received Best Mexican Feature and Best Actress awards at the 2012 Guadalajara Film Festival, stars Shawn Ashmore (X-Men), Grammy-award winning singer Lila Downs, Martha Higareda, Tom Wopat and Yareli Arizmendi (Like Water for Chocolate, A Day Without a Mexican). Arizmendi will be present for the screening. The Fiesta Twin Theatres are located at 305-100 E. 4th St. in downtown Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Restored Metropolis to be screened to benefit Frida Cinema on 9/7

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Metropolis Live Score Benefit Screening

Join OC Film Fiesta and the upcoming Frida Cinema on Saturday, September 7, 2013, as we team with a talented collective of local musicians to breathe new life into one of cinema’s most groundbreaking and enduring classics – Fritz Lang’s 1927 science-fiction masterpiece, METROPOLIS.

We are very excited to screen the fully-restored, 145-minute Kino version of Metropolis at this special event. Recently completed and remastered after 25 minutes of lost footage was unearthed in a museum in Argentina, Metropolis tells the tale of a dystopian future where humans are divided into two groups: the citizens, who celebrate a thriving economy and idyllic surroundings in a towering city above, and the workers, who toil and slave in the dismal factories below. When a citizen of Metropolis uncovers the truth about the plight of the workers, it sets in motion a stirring tale of revolution, love, identity, and the power of human will. Continue reading→

Watch Jaws 2 for free tonight at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary

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Jaws 2 is screening for free tonight, Saturday, August 17 at 8 pm, at Fairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary, as part of their Movie in the Park series.  They are located at 1702 Fairhaven Ave., in Santa Ana.

This event is the last of our Summer Entertainment Series so you don’t want to miss it! Bring your family and friends along with chairs, blankets and your favorite theater snacks to enjoy a Saturday evening movie under the stars in Fairhaven’s beautiful park. Continue reading→

OC Film Fiesta to feature stars of Mariachi Gringo, on Sep. 6, in Santa Ana

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The 4th Annual OC Film Fiesta Opening Night Celebration with MARIACHI GRINGO starring Lila Downs and Shawn Ashmore, is set for Friday, September 6, 2013, at 7 pm, at the Fiesta Twin Theatre in Downtown Santa Ana, located at 305 E. 4th St.

Invite all your friends to this special Free Screening of MARIACHI GRINGO starring Lila Downs and Shawn Ashmore (X-Men) to kick off the 4th OC Film Fiesta in Santa Ana! She is the Winner of Best Mexican Feature and Best Actress, 2012 Guadalajara Film Festival. Continue reading→

Controversial film about a Lesbian couple to screen at the Yost tonight

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Include this in your OC Pride celebrations this weekend: a screening of director Raul Fuentes’ film Todo El Mundo Tiene A Alguien Menos Yo (Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me), a film that deals with a torrid romance between a 30-something book editor named Alejandra and a free-spirited teen named Maria. It will be showing this Saturday at the Yost Theater, followed by a Q&A with the director, according to the OC Weekly.

A reception for the director will precede the event at 6 pm at the theater. Tickets for the reception and screening are $15, and limited to the first 100 reservations. For tickets, visit HERE. Continue reading→

Updated – New Downtown Santa Ana arthouse theater having trouble raising funds

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Updated on 7/11/13– so far the Kickstart fundraising effort, as of Thursday, July 11, 2013, for the proposed Frida Cinema has only raised $4,305, despite a massive marketing effort on the Facebook pages of those associated with Downtown Inc and the Artists Village.  With 18 days to go these folks are not much closer to raising the $65k they say they need in order to open for business.

Frida Cinema, the new arthouse theater that has displaced the Fiesta Teatro in Downtown Santa Ana has thirty days to raise $65,000, to buy a new digital projector, according to their Kickstart page.  So far they have only raised $1,810.  These same owners currently operate the Long Beach Cinematheque. Continue reading→

Free movies and live music under the stars at Fairhaven Memorial this summer

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Tijuana Dogs

LIVE MUSIC AND MOVIES UNDER THE STARS COMING TO FAIRHAVEN MEMORIAL PARK THIS SUMMER

Free Summer Entertainment Series to offer fun and thrills for the whole family

SANTA ANA, Calif. – June 7, 2013 – Fairhaven Memorial Park is celebrating the summer with one of Orange County’s most popular local bands and two of Hollywood’s most spine tingling movies. The free Summer Entertainment Series will feature three family-friendly events open to the public in one of Orange County’s most historic and beautiful settings.

Attendees are invited to bring a picnic basket, blanket, beach chairs and an appetite for fun and adventure to the following events:

  • Sunday, June 30 – 4 pm: Rock out with one of Orange County’s most popular bands, The Tijuana Dogs, for a free concert in the park. The Dogs’ power packed blend of rock and pop is the perfect soundtrack for summer fun. The event area opens at 3:30pm.
  • Saturday, July 27 – 8:15 pm: Don’t go in the water, but do stop by for a special screening of “Jaws.” Enjoy this classic thriller like never before, under the stars in front of Fairhaven’s Historic Mausoleum. The event area opens at 7:30pm.
  • Saturday, August 17 – 8:15 pm: Jaws returns for one last reign of terror, as the Summer Entertainment Series concludes with “Jaws 2.” The event area opens at 7:30pm.

The Summer Concert Series will be held at Fairhaven’s Santa Ana location at 1702 Fairhaven Avenue. Guests are permitted to bring their own food and beverages. For additional information, please contact Cynthia Adair at 714-532-8921 extension 289.

About Fairhaven Memorial Park

Founded in 1911, Fairhaven Memorial Park is Orange County’s most beautiful independently owned and operated full-service mortuary, crematory and cemetery. Fairhaven provides funeral, cremation and burial services both at the time of need and through advanced planning, maintaining its steadfast commitment to care and compassion. Fairhaven is dedicated to celebrating the individual, providing services that are as unique and wide-ranging as the people they celebrate. Additional information is available at www.fairhavenmemorial.com.

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Film about how corporations dodge taxes to screen at the Santora on 5/19

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“We’re Not Broke,” a documentary by Karen Hayes and Victoria Bruce, will be airing on Sunday, May 19, 2013, from 4:00 pm until 6:30 pm, at the Santora Building for the Arts, located at 207 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana.

This is the story of how multi-national corporations make record profits, yet dodge billions of dollars in income tax, and how seven fed-up citizens take their frustration to the streets… and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share. Continue reading→

Meet author and actress Miluka Rivera at Librería Martinez tonight

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A Mother’s Day Celebration & Conversation with laureate author, actress and historian Miluka Rivera at Librería Martinez de Chapman University, is set for this Saturday, May 11, from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM.

This event is dedicated to pioneer legend Elena Verdugo (Marcus Welby). Please join us for a delightful evening of arts, poetry and the empowering history about the contributions of Latinos in cinema pre-dating silent era, with movie clips and a reception.

Critically acclaimed books of Miluka Rivera: Continue reading→

Santa Ana Teens go beneath the surface in 2nd annual Teen Video Challenge

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County Community Advisory: Santa Ana Teens Go Beneath the Surface in 2nd Annual Teen Video Challenge

The participants of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) grant project from the Santa Ana Public Library have just been announced as this year’s Teen Video Challenge winners. The group of seventeen dedicated teens worked tirelessly for weeks to come up with original lyrics, film, edit, produce music, and prepare the final product.

The Teen Video Challenge is a statewide competition, put on by the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) inviting California youth to create promotional, engaging videos that are within the theme of the Summer Reading Program. This year’s video challenge theme is “Beneath the Surface”. After a week of voting on YouTube, the youth from Santa Ana beat out contestants from libraries all across California. The WIA group will be awarded $275 for their achievement and they will celebrate their success together with a trip this Summer. Continue reading→

A Long Beach film programmer will be taking over Santa Ana’s Fiesta Teatro

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Fiesta Teatro

Cinematheque will be taking over all programming at Downtown Santa Ana’s Fiesta Twin Theatre/Fiesta Teatro this coming September, according to the Long Beach Post.

Cinematheque is “a new film programmer coming to the cinemas–direct from El Long Beach–to fulfill indie-, student- and LGBT-movie dreams,” according to the OC Weekly.

The Fiesta Twin Theatre is the only movie theater in Santa Ana that shows new first-run movies in Spanish or in English with Spanish subtitles.  Make no mistake about this – the Chase family is once again opting for “gaytrification.” Continue reading→

Birth Choice Health Clinics celebrate 32 years with screening of “Crescendo”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Birth Choice Health Clinics Celebrates 32 Years with Special Screening of “Crescendo”
Renown Speakers Gather to Educate and Commemorate Opening of New Santa Ana Clinic

ALISO VIEJO, CA – March 11, 2012 – Birth Choice Health Clinics (BCHC) will celebrate 32 years of life
saving work on March 21st at its grand anniversary event featuring a special screening of the short film
“Crescendo”, directed by the mother of recording artist Justin Bieber, Patricia “Pattie” Lynn Mallette.
“Crescendo” recently won top short film honors at several festivals, including 11 international awards,
and is taking Hollywood by storm! Continue reading→

Santa Ana Library to host a Telenovela exhibit featuring Carla Estrada

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City of Santa Ana, Downtown Orange County

Community: Santa Ana Public Library and the Art of the Telenovela

SANTA ANA, CA (March 5, 2013) – The Santa Ana Public Library is pleased to present the exhibit, Carla Estrada: Her Legacy – 25 Years of Telenovela Production, from March 4, 2013 through March 16, 2013. Telenovelas are a distinctive genre, different from American soap operas. A telenovela is a limited-run dramatic serial very popular in Latin America. Their popularity has extended to mass global appeal. This is especially true of those produced by Carla Estrada, because of her treatment of relevant societal concerns and dilemmas. In many of her productions, controversial themes like discrimination, child abuse, urban violence, and racism are thoughtfully explored. Historical dramas also are a popular subject of Ms. Estrada’s repertoire. Continue reading→

“Boys in Peril” to screen at Valley High School on March 22

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The groundbreaking documentary film “Boys in Peril” will be screened at Santa Ana’s Valley High School on March 22, 2013.

This film is an effort to better understand the dwindling college-bound American population, by Los Angeles filmmaker Graham Streeter, who  embedded himself in East Los Angeles, where he befriended Julio, Edgar, and Abel: three Latino high school seniors;  each attempting to navigate through the daunting and challenging transition between high school and college in their own unique ways. Continue reading→