It’s that time of the month again. Time for Tex-Mex and short films. It’s up at the Nueva Onda restaurant, near Oltorf and S.Congress, this Wednesday at 8.
Here’s what I ate at the last Nueva Onda movie night. Beef nachos and a bottle of Pacifica. If there’s anything in the world better than that, I would like to hear it.
Here’s Dave’s announcement email:
On Wed., July 9th, the Nueva Onda Movie Nights presents another free program of shorts – this one’s called FIGHT NIGHT! We’ll have Q&A with filmmaker(s) after the show. See you there!
We’ll be showing:
MY DESTINY’S ROAD – In this astonishing short documentary by UT’s Gabriela Yepes, we follow Maruja, a twelve-year-old kid who lives in the poorest, most violent, and populous district in Peru, San Juan de Lurigancho. Futureless and yet hopeful, Maruja sells candies in Lima, supporting his two elder brothers, his three-year-old little brother and his thirty-six-year-old mother. At night, he and his friends fight ceaseless turf wars against other loose gangs of kids in some of the most gripping war reportage we’ve seen all year.
Ford Foundation Education in Color Project Winner; Official selection of Malaga Film Festival, Documenta Madrid (Spain), Latin American Film Festival (Denmark), Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces Film Festival (Mexico), Muestra de Cine El Espejo de Bogota, Festival de Cine de Bogota (Colombia), and ElCine Film Festival (Peru).
THE SHUFFLEBOARD KID – Retirement home rivalries come to the fore in this over-the-top comic short from local filmmaker and fellow Longhorn Stephen Mayes. The new "kid" is getting pushed around by the crass and over-stimulated BMOC, and they agree to a no-holds-barred shuffleboard showdown. Will the challenger win the day and the girl… or will the champ rub his face in the pavement?
MEAT – Bill usually spends his days as a lowly grocery store clerk who spends all his time leering at all the female customers.
Sometimes, he lets his fantasy life get the better of him. But today, Mandy has strolled into Bill’s life and boldly invites him back to her trailer. To Bill this sounds good… at first! From well-known local cinematographer Mark Vittek, who wrote and directed this Silver Remi-winning comic piece.
Grade-A… clever… the kind of cut that you’ll want to seek out. – Film Threat
The Nueva Onda Movie Nights is a FREE monthly movie screening held rain-or-shine, 8 pm, on the covered patio at Nueva Onda restaurant, 2218 College, just northwest of Oltorf and S. Congress. We show award-winning indie shorts, docs, and features from around the world… but of course we love to host Austin filmmakers. Find out more about us, apply to guest-curate, sponsor, or submit films at nuevaaustin.com! To leave this list just reply to this message and change the subject to UNSUBSCRIBE. Kitchen opens at 6:30p. Schedule subject to change. Parental advisory: adult language, sexual situations, and violence.
