by Monique Avila | Apr 21, 2020 | News, Press Release
LATINO FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF YOUTH CINEMA PROJECT’S #YCPLiveReads THROUGH MAY 15, 2020 LEAD TALENT FROM BROKE, EAST LOS HIGH, ELENA OF AVALOR, LITTLE AMERICA, LOS ESPOOKYS, MAYANS MC, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, NARCOS MEXICO, ON MY BLOCK, ONE DAY AT A TIME,...
by Monique Avila | Apr 7, 2020 | Press Release
LATINO FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL LIVE READING SESSIONS OF STUDENTS’ FILM SCRIPTS FROM ITS YOUTH CINEMA PROJECT 2020 TALENT FROM NARCOS MEXICO, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, GENTEFIED, VIDA, MAYANS M.C., DEVIOUS MAIDS, ONE DAY AT A TIME AND MORE TO READ FILM SCRIPTS FROM...
by Monique Avila | Feb 26, 2020 | TOP STORIES
If in the 7th grade a student’s defining characteristic is professional, would it surprise you if that same student was also days away from starting production on their first short film? Meet Annika Horton, a student at Pleasant Valley School of Engineering and Arts...
by William A. Avellan | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Campbell Union School District- Del Mar High School *May only be suitable for high school audiences or older.
by William A. Avellan | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
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by William A. Avellan | Jun 24, 2018 | News
At Union Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, a classroom of fifth grade students are buzzing during the last week of school. The students are high-fiving, grabbing popcorn and forming a circle around a makeshift stage. One of those students is Dylan Martinez —...
by William A. Avellan | Jun 20, 2018 | News
Fifteen-year-old Alejandra Santos is about to celebrate becoming a woman, but the evening of her quinceañera will not be what she or anyone in her family expects. Her father is missing and a sinister figure from a Mexican cartel shows up at the celebration,...
by ypcadmin | Nov 27, 2017 | News
Paris-based international sales agent Stray Dogs has picked up Bangladeshi filmmaker Abdullah Mohammed Saad’s “Live From Dhaka.”
by ypcadmin | Oct 11, 2017 | News
Students in Alma Elias’ fourth-grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School could be excused for being a bit star struck by their classroom visitor, but how often does an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter drop by to offer tips on how best to develop a movie...
by ypcadmin | Sep 11, 2017 | News
By all appearances, Rafael Agustin had been the all-American high school student: he was class president, prom king and an honor roll student. But there was one hitch: he was also in the country illegally. It was a discovery Agustin learned while applying for college...