US Distribution for 3 Américas

3 Américas has signed a US Home Video & TV Broadcast Distribution deal with Vanguard Cinema.

Milos Forman

Me and Milos Forman, twice Academy Award winning director for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus and nominated for The People vs. Larry Flynt.

3 Américas @ DISCOP East 09

3 Américas is being represented at DISCOP 09 in Budapest, Hungary by foreign sales rep, Phil Gorn, June 17-19, 2009.

3 Américas @ Latino Media Market

April 17-19, 2009
3 Américas was selected to participate in the Latino Media Market at the NALIP Conference in Newport Beach.

Filming Difference coming May 2009

Cristina’s essay is soon to be published in Filming Difference: Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers on Gender, Race and Sexuality in Film, University of Texas Press (edited by Daniel Bernardi) upcoming May 2009.

Pre-order at Amazon.com.

3 Américas @ MIPTV in Cannes

3 Américas represented at MIPTV in Cannes, France by foreign sales agent Phil Gorn on March 30-April 3, 2009.

3 Américas @ Yale University

3 Américas has been invited to screen at Yale University

February 12, 2009 @ 6pm
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 307
63 High Street
Yale University
New Haven, CT





Sponsored by PIER Outreach, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Ethnicity, Race and Migration, Film Studies, Alianza and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

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3 Américas @ Hartford International Film Festival

Hartford International Film Festival
November 6-9, 2008
Saturday, November 8th @ 1:30pm
Real Artsways Cinema
56 Arbor St
Hartford, CT 06106



Real Art Ways has a parking lot with space for 250 cars. Follow the signs and come around to the rear, where you'll find our entrance and parking!

Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award

10/31/08

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, assistant professor of Performing Arts (right), has been chosen to receive the 2008-2009 Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award at Emerson College. The award was created in 1993 by Irma Mann Stearns '67, a former Emerson Trustee and Board of Trustees chair, and her husband, Norman Stearns.

Schroeder-Arce, who joined the Emerson faculty in 2006, plans to use her award to support the development of a play entitled Shadow Dreams, which will examine the plight of an aboriginal boy "who dreams of how his life would be changed if he were of a different race and culture." The play, which will be written in collaboration with playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer, will ask questions related to identity, cultural exploration and understanding.

Last year's Mann Stearns winner, Cristina Kotz Cornejo, associate professor of Visual and Media Arts, delivered a talk on her work as an independent filmmaker and showed clips from a film she created that she was able to promote with support from her Mann Stearns award. Titled 3 AMÉRICAS, the critically acclaimed film has been shown at film festivals, conferences, museums and schools. Shot in Boston and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a crew that included nine Emerson students and alumni, the film explores "domestic violence, family secrets and cultural identity through the eyes of a teenager," according to Kotz Cornejo. In the last year, she has shown the film at 13 venues nationally and internationally, ranging from Montevideo, Uruguay to San Francisco to Austin, Tx. Kotz Cornejo said, "The Mann Stearns award supported this important phase of the filmmaking process, and for that I am very grateful."

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Foreign and Digital Sales Representation

3 Américas has signed with Wonderphil Productions for foreign sales representation and Cinetic Rights Management (of Cinetic Media) for digital sales representation:

FOREIGN SALES CONTACT:
Wonderphil Productions
4712 Admiralty Way #324
Marina del Rey, CA. 90292
or
1032 Irving St., #130
San Francisco, CA. 94122

Phil Gorn
President
phil@wonderphil.biz
310.482.1324

DIGITAL SALES CONTACT:
Cinetic Rights Management
555 West 25th St. (4th Floor)
New York, NY, 10001
212.204.7979

Email:
cineticcrm@cineticmedia.com

3 Américas Review on RealTVFilms.com

Check out the review of 3 Américas on www.realtvfilms.com/blog/?p=790

La Guerra Que No Fue on Argentine TV

La Guerra Que No Fue/The War That Never Was screens on cable TV in Buenos Aires, Argentina the week of July 18.

3 Américas Review - The University Times

Here's an excerpt of a review in the CSULA paper:

“Cornejo has produced a thoroughly modern anti-heroine in América – independent, self-reliant, and resourceful, but also facing her own vulnerabilities; it’s a moving and impressive work."

Michael T. Garcia, The University Times/CSULA

3 Américas @ NYILFF, New York City

3 Américas has been selected to screen at the New York International Latino Film Festival - July 22-27, 2008.

Thursday, July 24 @ 5:30pm
Clearview Cinemas
1871 W. 62nd Street

Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6:10pm
Fordham Lincoln Center Campus
113 W. 60th St. (2nd Night)
New York, NY

For Tickets: 646-723-1428
URL: www.nylatinofilm.com

3 Américas on West Coast

The 5th annual Reel Rasquache Film Festival – a West Coast celebration of films by and about U.S. Latinos – will be held May 30-June 1, 2008, at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University, Los Angeles.



3 Américas
will screen:
Sunday, June 1, 2008 @ 5:30pm
Luckman Theatre
Cal State, LA Campus
www.reelrasquache.org

3 Américas at MFA, Boston

Sneak Preview screening of 3 Américas at the MFA

Saturday, May 3, 2008 @ 3:30
Remis Auditorium
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

www.mfa.org

3 Américas at BAMCinématek, New York

The Creatively Speaking Film Series presents:

3 Américas @ BAM Cinematek

Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 4pm
BAM Rose Cinema
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn , New York

www.bam.org

3 Américas in Austin, TX

Tuesday, April 22 @ 6pm
Regal Metropolitan 14
Austin, Texas 78702

www.cinelasamericas.org

3 Américas in Montevideo, Uruguay

XXVI Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay
March 15-30, 2008

Screenings:
Monday, March 17 @ 4:40pm
Sala Cinemateca
Thursday, March 27 @ 8:00pm
ECU

More info: www.cinemateca.org.uy

3 Américas in Tiburon, California

3 Américas at 7th Tiburon International Film Festival
March 13-21, 2008

Tuesday, March 18 @ 5:15pm
Playhouse Theatre
40 Main Street
Tiburon, CA

For more info: www.tiburonfilmfestival.com

3 Américas Screening in Harlem

12th Annual Harlem Stage on Screen: Creatively Speaking Film Series
March 14-16, 2008

Saturday, March 15 @ 6pm
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Avenue @ W. 135th Street

General Tickets: $12 (per program)
Harlem Residents (walk up only) + HS + NYWIFT Members: $9
Harlem Stage Box Office: 212.281.9240

For more info: www.harlemstage.org

3 Américas Screening in Orlando, Florida

3 Américas at 4th Orlando Latin American Film & Heritage Festival
February 14-17, 2008

Sunday, February 17 @ 12:30pm
Premiere Cinemas 14
3201 East Colonial Drive at Fashion Square
Orlando, FL

For more info: www.olafest.org

LA Guerra...Screening in Athens, Greece

2nd International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo
Athens, Greece
Febuary 1-10, 2008

La Guerra Que No Fue/The War That Never Was
Screens on:
February 6 @ 22:00 hrs.
February 7 @ 19:00h hrs.
Nixon Hall

3 Américas @ MIT Cambridge, MA

3 Américas screens at MIT in Cambridge, MA at the invitation of the Women and Gender Studies Program

January 31, 4-6pm

WAMC Northeast Public Radio Review

“How América deals with the bleakness around her is the central question of 3 Américas. I admire director Cristina Kotz Cornejo for refusing to present a feel-good solution on the order of other ethnic teenage girls with big challenges films like “Real Women Have Curves” and “Bend it Like Beckham.” In the end, América grows and changes but her problems are by no means solved.”

“América’s struggle is a compelling and thought-provoking one. It’s brave to tell the story of what happens when you yank a girl away from everything she knows into a situation so foreign and trying that it transforms the very meaning of her name.”

--- Lisa Phillips, “51%” WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Independent Magazine Review

An Upstate State of Mind

Day One at the Woodstock Film Festival, by Sarah Coleman

"América Campo, the 16-year-old heroine of Cristina Kotz Cornejo's astonishing 3 Américas, would love to live in the Austin suburbs – or anywhere far away from her hot-headed, controlling uncle in Boston. A troubled teen (she's lost both parents) América is also a pain in the ass: she scowls, lies and shoplifts compulsively. When a domestic dispute results in a tragedy, América is sent to live with her grandmother Lucia in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires. Here, the gloomy teen has to cope with deprivations that go way beyond her grandmother's frostiness: there's no indoor toilet, the refrigerator constantly breaks, and her peers, forced out of high school by poverty, scavenge the streets for plastic bottles to recycle.

The film is beautifully shot, and the screenplay is a marvel of minimalism in which every word matters. As América, newcomer Kristen Gonzalez gives an utterly compelling performance, her smoldering temper perfectly offset by the bone-weariness portrayed by veteran Argentinian actress Ana Maria Colombo. If the story has a somewhat predictable arc – two prickly, difficult women gradually come to care for each other – it's handled gracefully and with infinite subtlety. Kotz Cornejo based some of the narrative on her own experiences as a teen, and in the post-screening Q&A she described how she had to resist a producer who "wanted me to change the script to include tango, because I didn't want to be that clichéd." Luckily, she succeeded: the film is a cliché-free zone, and a richly nuanced character study."

See entire review at

The Independent Magazine Website

Woodstock Film Festival

Toni Barton (Production Designer), Angela Counts (Producer), Eleanor Monahan (plays Melinda), Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Director)












Neyda Martinez (Publicist), Cristina Kotz Cornejo (Director), Angela Counts (Producer), Toni Barton (Production Designer), Michelle Materre (Media Consultant)

Woodstock Film Festival

The Poughkeepsie Journal has a video interview on their site, check it out:

Poughkeepsie Journal Website

World Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival

We're happy to announce that 3 Américas will have its World Premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival in New York! Here are the screening times:

October 11 at 3:30 at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock
October 14 at 12:15 at Upstate I in Rhinbeck

3 Américas Poster

3 Américas Trailer

3 Américas Website Complete

The 3 Américas website is officially up!!

Check it out at www.3americasmovie.com.

Cast & Crew Screening in Argentina

Screening in Buenos Aires went really well!!! We showed the film in the Sala Godard at the Hotel Elevage. 2 screenings, one at 7pm and one at 9pm. Here are a few photos from the night.

In Buenos Aires

I'm in Buenos Aires screening 3 Américas for cast and crew at a private screening at the Hotel Elevage, Maipu 960 on August 24th. I will post photos later.

La Guerra...Picked Up for TV Distribution

La Guerra Que No Fue/The War That Never Was was picked up for worldwide TV distribution by Ouat Media of Toronto, Canada.

In Los Angeles Again to Record Music

I'm in LA, for the last few days I've been working on getting the score recorded with my composer Germaine Franco. It's been a great working relationship and the music is so beautiful!! I've been in heaven and had to pinch myself over how blessed I am to work with such talented and creative people.

We recorded at Knobworld Studios (www.knobworld.com) in Echo Park with recording engineer (and composer in his own right), Jim Lang. He has a great studio and wonderful vibe. The musicians have been awesome (and that's an understatement), Federico Ramos on guitar (www.federicoramos.com), Eliseo Borrero on bass and "Papa Ginou" on flute (www.pedroflute.com).

We are finished with the mix and just need to finish up the final files for the sound mix in Boston.

Also met with George Johnson, a talented singer/songwriter who is contributing his talents for the tracks my brother is producing. What a wonderful guy, I am sure glad I met him. Again, I am so lucky!

LEF Foundation Grant!

3 Américas was awarded a production grant from the LEF Foundation's Moving Image Fund!

Spotting Session for 3 Américas

Just got back from LA where I spotted 3 Américas with composer Germaine Franco who is creating the main score for the film. My brother Andy Kotz is creating additional music. You can read more about him at www.myspace.com/andykotz.

Argentina Trip - March 2007

I had a screening of scenes for some cast and crew in Buenos Aires on March 10th. In these photos are Maria Laura Barreiro, me and my mom. Maria Beatriz Del Rio, me and Maia Bullrich. Me and Nicolás Meradi and me and Ana Maria Colombo.

Re-Edited 3 Américas

I spent the entire weekend fine cutting the picture. I received great notes from some trusted sources and after being away from cutting for awhile I was able to see the film all over again and saw where I needed to make changes. I am very happy with the new cut! It's tighter and the story is flowing.

Now I need to get the picture and audio files to my composer. I am looking forward to working on the music and sound design.

Editing, editing, and more editing!!

I continue to edit 3 Américas, a process I started in October. I'm at a good cut but have more work to do. Sound and music are also part of my next exploration as I move into more of a final cut. Here are a couple of stills from the film.

On The Set

This is me on the set of 3 Américas.

Jewel and The Catch Screens in Hollywood

My very first film, the documentary Jewel and The Catch (1993) screened on December 3rd at the Spielberg Theatre at The Egyptian in Hollywood as part of a Special screening from the Outfest Legacy Project Collection.

I made the film because I felt Jewel Thais-Williams' (see pic) story needed to be told and though I had no film training at the time nor any money or equipment, I decided to buy a Beaulieau Super 8 camera from Super8Sound in Burbank and with that camera I set out to make my movie.


It's 48 minutes long and hasn't seen an audience in over 10 years! Now it's part of the UCLA Film and Television Archives under the Outfest Legacy Project Collection.

VOY TV and La Guerra Que No Fue

You can now watch La Guerra Que No Fue at www.voytv.com/video/?d=40208

American Film Market in Los Angeles

Attended the American Film Market in Los Angeles.

Buenos Aires Human Rights Film Festival

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen at the VIII International Festival of Human Rights in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October.

Check it out at www.derhumalc.org.ar

Moviemaker Magazine

Check out the 3 Américas mention in the Summer Issue of Moviemaker Magazine in the article, "Planet Hollywood: Adventures in International Moviemaking."

The Crew in Argentina

I can't thank these amazingly talented folks enough for working with me. I am especially grateful for three talented young women and former students of mine who accompanied me on this journey. Lucía Lopez, Priscila Amescua Mendez and Tatiana McCabe. I am indebted to them for their dedication and for having my back the entire shoot. At the top of my list to thank is my mom, Sara Cornejo, who made the path for realizing my dreams and always believes in me no matter what I want to do and to Angela Counts for unconditional support and encouragement when nothing seemed possible. And to a new friend, Richard Shpuntoff, for believing in the film. And to "old" friends and great talents, Chad Davidson and Toni Barton! I am truly blessed with such great people in my life.

3 Américas in Buenos Aires

We completed principal photography on 3 Américas in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 11, 2006. What an amazing experience!! Still a bit more to shoot.

3 Américas in Boston

We're in production on 3 Américas. Here is a still from the film featuring Kristen González as América.

Director of Photography is Chad Davidson
Production Designer is Toni Barton
Costume Designer is Cynthia August
Produced by me and Angela Counts

La Guerra Que No Fue Screening in Spain

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen in the Canary Islands, Spain in September/October of 2006!

For more info: www.vertigocine.com

Casting in Argentina

Am in Argentina casting and location scouting for 3 Américas. Less than a month and we're shooting first in Boston then in Buenos Aires.

La Guerra Que No Fue in Australia

On February 19th (Campbeltown) and 24th (Sydney), La Guerra Que No Fue will screen in Australia as part of the Sydney Latin American Film Festival. It is one of four short films scheduled to screen. Check out the website: www.sydneylatinofilmfestival.org.

Tiburon International Film Festival

La Guerra... will screen in March as part of the Tiburon International Film Festival. My friends Christy and Dennis Davis will be screening their film, Beyond Babylon, there too!! Check out the site: www.tiburonfilmfestival.com.

Argentina Trip

Just got back from Argentina where I spent my winter break location scouting, meeting with my producer and generally thinking about my film, 3 Américas. Here is a photo of some "cartoneros" on my street where I live - hard working folks trying to make a living under difficult circumstances thanks to the government corruption.

Los Angeles Screening

The screening at the LA Latino International Film Festival last Sunday went really well. It was a packed house and all the films were well done and fit together in a nice program. Very positive response from the audience. Lots of laughter. Can't ask for anything else when you screen a comedy. Here I am after the screening.

29th Sao Paulo International Film Festival

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen at the 29th Sao Paulo International Film Festival October 21-November 3rd.

Info. at www.mostra.org

Screening in Dallas, TX

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen in Dallas, TX as part of the 7th Annual Vistas Film Festival.
Screenings:
Thursday, September 22 at Noon American Airlines Theatre
Sunday, September 25 at 8:30pm Jack Daniels Theatre
More info: www.vistasfilmfestival.org

Hurricane Katrina Debacle

I couldn't stand doing nothing so I wrote all my representatives, here's one of my letters.

Dear Senator Kennedy:
The Hurricane Katrina tragedy is a horrific natural disaster many people hoped would never happen but the authorities in charge were warned and new that this very tragedy was a distinct possibility. Unlike the tsunami in Asia, where people were not forewarned, here in the US the public was warned and though many people heeded the warning others who were incapable of leaving due to lack of resources or physical disabilities stayed behind. Are these people not American citizens? I was horrified the days following the Hurricane to watch my fellow citizens left to their own devices after having experienced a horrific traumatic event. To allow people (young, old and poor) to die from dehydration and heat exhaustion is inexcusable and criminal. I saw on television as news crews and others entered the New Orleans area with no problem yet our own military and government authorities were apparently unable to access the area. I don't understand. This is outrageous. President Bush said that this "response is unacceptable." What I say is his leadership is unacceptable. FEMA director Mike Brown's leadership is unacceptable and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's leadership is unacceptable. Gov. Kathleen Blanco's leadership was unacceptable and Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership was unacceptable. Their lack of pre-planning and anticipation of evacuation of the least capable and the most needy is criminally negligent. Their clear lack of response afterward and prior to leads one to wonder if race or class or both had anything to do with this. The people with means left but if they hadn't and these people had been white I venture to say that a quicker response would have happened. I have no doubt about it. As an American citizen I want answers and accountability. I am truly embarrassed at my country's leaders who were all vacationing (Bush in TX, Rove in ME, Cheney in WY) or shopping (C. Rice at Ferragamo's in NYC) while an unprecedented category 5 (then 4) hurricane was headed to a major American city.
Thank you for listening,
Cristina Kotz Cornejo

Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace 2005 - Toronto

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen on September 2nd at the Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace 2005 in Toronto, Canada.

Screenings in Colombia for November

La Guerra Que No Fue has been invited to screen in Colombia in November. aluCine International of Toronto will program the film to screen at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá (Museo de Arte Moderno Bogotá- MAMBO), the Universidad del Valle in Cali and the Centro Colombo Americano in Medellín.

Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

La Guerra Que No Fue will screen in Los Angeles. The festival will take place October 21-30. Time and place to follow. For more information go to www.latinofilm.org.

NYILFF and UFVA

Screenings at the New York Latino International Film Festival and the University Film and Video Association in Chicago went really well. My short, La Guerra Que No Fue, received finalist status in the Juried Screening competition at the UFVA.

Final IFP Class

Wednesday was the formal end to the IFP Director's Lab. It was a very useful 4 weeks. We ended the final two classes with Eric Eason (director of "Manito") and Kerry Barden, casting director of many, many films. You should look up his imdb credits to learn more about his work.

Here's the group:

IFP Directing Lab

I'm in NYC for my IFP Lab. Just finished another great class with Scott Macaulay, going over Festivals and Distribution of feature films. Learning what to be prepared for and what not to do.

NYILFF Screening:
Just found out that my short, La Guerra Que No Fue, will screen on Friday, July 29th at 3pm and again on Saturday, July 30th at 7pm as part of the shorts program titled, "What Goes Around, Comes Around." More information can be found on the New York International Latino Film Festival website, www.nylatinofilm.com.

Queens Museum of Art

La Guerra... will screen at the Queens Museum of Art on July 29th at 8pm at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens New York.

New York International Latino Film Festival

My short film, La Guerra Que No Fue (The War That Never Was) has been accepted into the NY International Latino Film Festival, which will take place from July 26-31, 2005.

IFP New York - 3 Américas

I've been attending a lab in New York through the Independent Feature Project for first time feature filmmakers. The seminar is led by Scott Macaulay, of Forensic Films and producer of Saving Face, Raising Victor Vargas, Gummo, Julien-Donkey Boy, What Happened Was... among others. So far it's been a great experience and I look forward to my daily treks to the city, my old stomping ground.



This photo is part of my creative exploration for 3 Américas.

Seattle International Film Festival

My short film, La Guerra Que No Fue (The War That Never Was) screened at the Seattle International Film Festival last night. My friend says the screening was a success. Actor Darío Prince (Tangleson) above plays Diego in the film.

Romina Polnoroff below plays Susana, the new vendor on the block: