RAZA CÓSMICA - STELLAR LATINX SCI-FI SHORTS

Directed by Various
USA, 2024, 1h 27min, DCP

"We will be joined by special guests, Texas filmmakers Miguel Alvarez, Edwin Raul Oliva, Hannah Martinez, and Dylan Hensley.

Raza Cósmica, a constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema, is an international festival held in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating sci-fi and speculative films created by Latinx and BIPOC filmmakers. From extraterrestrial encounters to dystopian futures and the dreamscapes of the Rio Grande Valley, this special program showcases highlights from the festival’s fourth edition.

The lineup includes:

• HOUSE (Hannah Martinez, 2022, USA, 10 min.)
• EN MEMORIA (Roberto Fatal, 2024, USA, 11 min.)
• A HAUNTING ACROSS THE GALAXY (Edwin Raul Oliva, 2022, USA, 14 min.)
• BORDER HOPPER (Nico Casavecchia, 2023, USA, 14 min.)
• MNEMOSYNE RISING (Miguel Alvarez, 2010, USA, 20 min.)
• SOMOS BORDERLANDS (Dylan Hensley, 2022, USA, 18 min.)

Este proyecto es apoyado en parte por el Departamento de Desarrollo Económico de la Ciudad de Austin.
This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department."

-write up by the Austin Film Society

This event is free and open to the public, but you must reserve your ticket in advance.

Ticket
Discussion venue AFTER the screening: Easy Tiger

Meetup Structure
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, Deserto Rosso). I will post in Meetup and in the Discord so it’s easy to find me.

2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.

3: The group will proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion.