Special Screening of Multi-Award Winning Feature Film Entre Nos
The Union City Performing Arts Center - UCPAC and Indiepix Films proudly present a screening of the multi-award winning feature film ENTRE NOS on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 7:00 PM at the Union City Performing Arts Center located at 2500 Kennedy Boulevard in Union City. The film is written and directed by Paola Mendoza & Gloria LaMorte, and stars Ms. Mendoza. Gloria LaMorte is a resident of the City of Union City, where she resides with her husband and ENTRE NOS producer, Joseph LaMorte.
Admission is FREE and free parking is available at the 23rd Street Parking Deck located on 23rd Street between Summit and Kerrigan Avenues. Everyone in the community is invited to attend. For more information, vist: www.UnionCityPAC.com
Co-written and co-directed by the Colombian filmmaker team Paola Mendoza - named one of “Filmmaker Magazine 25 Fresh Faces to watch for 2009” - and Gloria La Morte - an award winning editor for Autumn 's Eyes - ENTRE NOS is the story of Mariana (Paola Mendoza) and her children Gabriel, 10, and Andrea, 6. Together, they take us on a remarkable journey where we bear witness to a family’s commitment to survival and their unrelenting hope for the American dream. ENTRE NOS is inspired by the real life drama of Paola Mendoza’s mother's arrival in United States. After years of hearing the account and absorbing its implications, Paola realized she was ready to bring the heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring tale to the screen.
IndiePix President, Bob Alexander, remarked that: "From audiences at the Pusan Festival in Korea, to the Birds' Eye Festival in London, and from Deauville… this intensely personal view of what it takes to carve out a niche in the new world has struck a responsive chord. Paola Mendoza performing and writing with her creative partner, Gloria La Morte, have given us a timely, insightful and moving gift."
Since its Tribeca Film Festival debut last year Entre Nos earned the following mentions and awards: Honorable Mention, 2009 Tribeca Film Festival; winner of the Audience Award at the Newport International Film Festival; Special Jury Award at the Traverse City Film Festival; winner Best American Film, Festoria International Film Festival; Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival, winner Best of Fest & Presidents Award, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival and Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cancun International Film Festival.
About Gloria La Morte, writer/director
Ms. La Morte has taken an active role in her filmmaking career as a writer, editorand most recently director. It started in 1999 when she wrote and co-produced DETAILS, a dark comedy that had its television premiere on HBO after winning numerous festival awards. Most recently, ENTRE NOS (released May 2010) marked her feature narrative debut as co-writer, co-director and editor. At its premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, it received an Honorable Mention and has since won over ten national and International festival awards. Since 2004 she has edited a series feature documentaries including AUTUMN'S EYES, where she won the Best Documentary Editing Award at the 2006 Woodstock Film Festival, WOVEN WAYS, winner of five national film festival awards and the short, LOVE AND LAUNDRY, which she also produced and had its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Another one of La Morte’s critically acclaimed productions is Alfredo De Villa’s WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (2000) a film she co-produced. She just finished editing Paola Mendoza’s compelling short documentary LA TOMA and is currently writing SOLEDAD, the screen adaptation of the novel "Soledad" by Angie Cruz.
About Paola Mendoza (Mariana) Ms. Mendoza, most recently stared in the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning film SANGRE DE MI SANGRE (aka PADRE NUESTRO). Sangre de mi Sange was nominated for two Independent Spirit Award and the prestigious Goya Award. ON THE OUTS, which she starred in and created was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, a Gotham Award and was a recipient of the Audience and Jury Awards at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival, as well as the Jury Award at the 2005 Deauville Film Festival. She will next be seen in The Undying.
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About Indie Pix
IndiePix is an internet-based distributor located in New York City. Its mission is to connect filmmakers and audiences through contemporary distribution technologies. The IndiePix on-line catalog offers over 3,600 titles, curated to reflect the best independent films from festivals across the decades and around the world. IndiePix Studios distributes contemporary works using the latest technologies (including its own patented Burn-to-Own technology, HD Streaming Rentals, web-based DVD collections) and marketing tools (such as specialized theatrical exhibition, targeted retail distribution, select channel specific distribution partners, and internet-driven social marketing programs). Find IndiePix atwww.indiepixfilms.com
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