Chicano Hollywood Film Festival
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Wednesday July 29th Registration
Info: Registration will be in the main lobby of the Cathedral Room.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bock 1 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Farewell
Of the Earth
Heat in The Barrio
HAAGUA
Meshes of Content
La Guare De Michoacán. God Hunter
Odio A Mi Mama
Fried Fish & Plantain
Sometimes A Fantasy
In A Marriage Far Far Away
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
South Hall: Soul Searching
Info: Feature Soul Searchin’ explores the passionate world of rare soul record collectors who devote their lives to finding, preserving, and sharing forgotten music. More than a film about collecting, it is a story of cultural preservation, community, and obsession, following a small group of collectors as they rescue neglected recordings by Black and Chicano soul artists and transform forgotten songs into living history—from California to the world.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Block 2 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Like You
Take Me Home
Lil Chuco
Brandy’s Pachuco Peinado
Resist
Jorge No
La Santa
Just For Now
Do You Trust Me?
Father’s Quince
🕑: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
South Hall: Salsipuedes Street
Info: "Salsipuedes Street" is a powerful and deeply moving drama that captures the journey of three courageous siblings left to fend for themselves in Santa Barbara, California, after their parents are deported by ICE. With an unbreakable determination to stay together, they confront the trials of growing up without parental guidance while embarking on an extraordinary path of self-discovery, friendship, and the quest for belonging. Along the way, their unwavering spirit and the support of a compassionate, diverse community illuminate the transformative strength of love, resilience, and family bonds.
Exploring themes of immigration, perseverance, and the indomitable human spirit, "Salsipuedes Street" is a poignant narrative that resonates deeply with the struggles and triumphs of modern life.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Block 3 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Sasha: One Man’s Addiction
Street Food
NIKI-TOMI-BETO
🕑: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
South Hall: K*ll City: Dead on the Money
Info: Logline: A small-town hustler wakes up in a body bag after a heist gone wrong—and presumed dead. Now, with every criminal in K*ll City hunting for the missing score, he’s got one shot to survive the streets and settle the score.
Synopsis:
Van, a small-town hustler with big-city dreams, signs on as the wheelman for what should’ve been a clean, one-point-five-million-dollar score.
But after a violent crash flips the getaway, Van wakes up in a body bag—money gone, presumed dead, and marked for it.
Betrayed and left for dead, every breath becomes a fight for survival as Van navigates the deadly fallout tearing through the streets of K*ll City.
Lady V—mob boss, mastermind, and queen of the underworld—wants her money back and sends her relentless enforcer, Glock, to hunt it down by any means necessary.
Now, every lowlife, grifter, and gun-for-hire in K*ll City wants a piece of the score. The city’s lit up, the heat’s on, and Van’s caught in the crosshairs of chaos. No rules. No allies.
🕑: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Block 4 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Last Story
Unidos ’26
The Internal Theater
The Music of Life
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Red Carpet
Info: Red Carpet Interviews of talent, celebs, etc.
🕑: 07:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Screening: Boulevard Nights in the Cathedral Room
Info: Screening of the 1979 Boulevard Nights feature film with panel and mixer following.
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Thursday July 30th Registraion
Info: Registration will be in the main lobby of the Cathedral Room.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
South Hall Workshop: How To Light a Seen
Info: Instructor: Veteran DP/Producer Carlos Jimenez This class is highly recommended for aspiring DP's, Camera Operators, Gaffers and Grips.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Block 1 in the Cathedral Room
Info: In The Mind of Kevin Louis
The Return of Cholo Chaplín
El Depot
Uzeta
The Non-Biological Mexican The Vendor
The Rhythm of Belonging
Taking Shape
Brujitas
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Acting Fundamentals with David Bianchi in the Brick Room 3rd Floor
Info: Instructor: David Bianchi an actor with numerous credits, director and writer. David is an acting coach with the skills to prep you for your acting career. Beginners and Experienced talent welcomed.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Block 2 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Xicano Hardcore:
ICE OUT OF LA
Razón de Ser: Luis C. Garza
Taking Shape
The Rhythm of Belonging. Limitless Potential
Tu Voz: Latino Representation In Media
The Rent is Too High: Cracks in The Desert
Tu Voz: Zombee Donuts
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Directing with Ken Castillo
Info: Taught by: Kenneth Castillo who has 8 feature films under his belt and a roster of A-list talent that he has directed, Kenneth will teach you the fundamentals of directing and storytelling. For both aspiring and experienced directors.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Bird of 400 Voices
Info: Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging recounts the remarkable four-decade journey of a barrio youth group during a time of historic migration, demographic shift, and political backlash. Seeking connection, its founder Eugene Rodriguez has led his students of Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) to train thousands of community children, revive lost Mexican traditions, bridge cultural divides, and collaborate with a Who’s Who of musical icons including Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Lalo Guerrero, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, The Chieftains, and Preservation Hall. This film memoir is a profoundly intimate reflection on identity, belonging, and the transformative power of culture.
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
The Trade in the Cathedral
Info: Feature film: Sunny is only a middle schooler but she’s carrying the weight of her entire world on her shoulders. She has her widowed father but due to his drug addiction, Sunny is responsible for all the cooking and cleaning, keeping up appearances for her Tia, and her neighbor Rolo, as well as standing guard of her home to stop “The Plug” from supplying her father with more drugs.
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Red Carpet in the Cathedral Room
Info: Red Carpet interviews of talent, celebrities, etc
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Chess Match: Keanu Reeves vs Bianca Mitchell
Info: Yes a real Chess match between Keanu Reeves and Chicana filmmaker Bianca Mitchell.
🕑: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Panel and Screening of Mad Woman's Game
Info: Panel with Keanu Reeves and the filmmaking team and then screening of Mad Woman's Game feature documentary
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Friday July 31st Registration
Info: Registration will be in the main lobby of the Cathedral Room
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Block 1 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Heart on the Diamond
Milquetoast
Don't Ghost Me
Bag
Gris
Confessions to the Moon
Soy Yo
Between Dog And Man
Beyond Moonlight
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
How To Self-Distribute Your Indie Film with Selina Ringal 3rd Floor Brick Room
Info: Instructor: Selina Ringal, a producer and distributer that has the experience, connections and knowledge on how to self distribute your feature film.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
South Hall: LA Canvas
Info: Inspired by the 20th-century Mexican Mural Movement, Civil Rights-era Los Angeles became the center of a political and cultural awakening. Los Angeles Canvas is a cinematic document of a fading pioneering social art movement—a living archive of a people's mural tradition, neglected histories, and the communities that brought it to life, all of which now face policies of cultural erasure and forced displacement.
Inspirado por el Movimiento Muralista Mexicano del siglo **, el Los Ángeles de la era de los Derechos Civiles se convirtió en el centro de un despertar político y cultural. Los Angeles Canvas es un documento cinematográfico de un movimiento de arte social pionero: un archivo vivo de una tradición muralista popular, de historias marginadas y de las comunidades que le dieron vida, todas las cuales hoy enfrentan políticas de borrado cultural y desplazamiento forzado.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Block 2 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Cero Tolerancia
Me Peinas?
A City Fights Back
Portal
Someday
Espasmos El Esqueleto
How's Your Brother?
Lessons Learned In Cotulla
Ram's Head
🕑: 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
South Hall: Point of No Return-Expose
Info: 1984 “Point Of No Return” was released by the Freestyle girl group “X-posed” under Pantera Records. Six months after Arista Records came into the picture, the trio’s name changed to Exposé, and in 1985, it hit #1 on the Billboard U.S. Hot Dance Music/ Club Play chart. This documentary is about how this transpired, who the key players were that made this happen, and how one song turned the three girls and the production team Pantera Productions from Miami into the most wanted people in the music business. Not many people know the true story of the original three girls who made “Point Of No Return” and “Exposé” household names by 1986.
1984 “Point Of No Return” was released by the Freestyle girl group “X-posed”.
Six months later Arista Records renamed the trio to Exposé, and in 1985, it hit #1 on the Billboard U.S. Hot Dance Music/ Club Play chart. This documentary is about how one song turned the three girls from Miami into the most wanted people in the music business.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Money Moves for Filmmakers by Kaden Phoenix 3rd Floor Brick Room
Info: Instructor Kayden Phoenix, the founder Chicana's Directors Initiative and veteran filmmaker/animator knows the struggle of the feast or famine filmmakers life. Her experience will help you play the long game in filmmaking and avoid burning out due to financial struggle and mental health.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Block 3 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Adelaida
Head of Household
Parked Car Conversations
Menace
The Hitchhiker
Separate WaysLuz de la Luna
ARRANCA
The Donut Hole
🕑: 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
South Hall: The Subcontractors
Info: Feature film: In this dark comedy inspired by true events, five unlikely characters - a retired assassin, a Mexican ex-con, a priest, an exotic dancer, and a dumpster diver - pass on a lucrative job to one to the other, each offering a reduced payout. As the saying goes, "You get what you pay for!"
🕑: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Red Carpet in the Cathedral Room
Info: Interviews of talent, celebrities, etc.
🕑: 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Screening of Angeleno with Panel
Info: Award winning feature film by Director Jay Diaz. A first-generation Latino American navigates his past, present, and future across Los Angeles, reflecting on where he's been and where he's going.
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Saturday August 1st Registration
Info: Registration will be in the main lobby of the Cathedral Room
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Block 1 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Only Here A Little Longer
Death In Training
Lucky Bastard
Lava Los Trastes
Grind Flores Para Vivir
Toko Toko
Bleed
Nina
Mom’s message
The Prodigy
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
South Hall Workshop: Directing Feature Films with Patrick Perez
Info: Instructor Patrick Perez has had decades of experience with feature films released in theaters and on streaming platforms. His knowledge will propel your storytelling career.
🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Stuntman Fighting with Geo Perez and Joe Chacon 3rd Floor Brick Room
Info: Instructors Geo Perez and Joe Chacon are veteran stuntman and stung coordinators. If you want to get in this lane then this introductory class is a great way to jump in!
🕑: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
South Hall Workshop: Writing for TV with David Aguilar
Info: Instructor David Aguilar has been in the writing rooms on various studio lots. His credits range from TV Drama to indie films. His class will get your writing imagination going!
🕑: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Block 2 in the Cathedral Room: Short Films from San Quinten Pr*son
Info: Short films from the inmates of the San Quentin Pr*son in partnership with the San Quentin Film Festival
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Block 3 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Sirens
Dreamer
My Life Made In America
Right On
Rocketship
Roxy & The Man
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
South Hall: Mi America
Info: Feature Documentary Mi América: A Journey of Discovery traces the sweeping journey of the Romero family from their Spanish land-grant roots in New Mexico to the present day. Through intimate storytelling, historical archives, and candid reflection by author Manuel Romero, the film explores questions of heritage, resilience, and belonging. It is both a deeply personal portrait of one family’s struggle to preserve culture across generations and a broader chronicle of the lesser-told American story of Latino identity. At once historical and contemporary, Mi América reveals how the echoes of the past shape who we are today, offering audiences an honest, moving exploration of family, identity, and the meaning of “America.”
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Block 4 in the Cathedral Room
Info: Spill The Frijoles
HANGTOWN
Little One The Custodian
Deville
Remember Ensename Como Morir
🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Red Carpet
Info: Red Carpet interviews of talent, celebrities, etc
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Screening of GRIT and Panel
Info: A gut wrenching story of a Chicano Fire fighter that suffered a life altering injury. Produced by Yari Rivera and narrated by Emilio Rivera.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Sunday August 2nd Registration
Info: Registration will be in the main lobby of the Cathedral Room
🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Block 1 in the Cathedral Room
Info: I Never Give You My Pillow
Ceci
Dreaming And Always Missing
Before He Forgets
Brass Tracks
Strayed From Straight
Someday (Algun Dia)
Rita’s Wish
My Lover The BloodSucker
The Zoot Suit Love Story
We Left Extrana
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
South Hall: Short Stack: The Battle of Grass Roots
Info: Feature Film: The Battle for Grassroots is a documentary about grassroots racing and what it really takes to keep it alive. The film follows short track promoter Robert Snyder as he fights to keep his speedway open, alongside drivers Ryan and Austin Pannone and Tyler Gallup as they push through a full season at Orange Show Speedway, one of the last remaining short tracks on the West Coast.
Through their stories, the film shows the reality of short track racing: the cost, the risk, the long nights, and the tight-knit community that forms around the track. As more local speedways shut down, Short Track looks at what these places mean to the people who race there and what could be lost if they disappear.
🕑: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Block 2 in the Cathedral Room-Music Videos!
Info: Somewhere
The Rocky Cumbia
Must Be Nice
The Neighborhood Kids
Allmothug - Tales from The Mission
Hurry Babe
Fall Conformar
A Moment Like This
Los Chucos Suaves
Midnight Love
Dovah
Cover Me
Poison Tree After Love Oblivion
🕑: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Awards Night and Chicano Hollywood Academy Graduation
Info: Celebrate the winners of this year's festival and Chicano Hollywood Academy Certificate recipients!
Where is it happening?
USD 33.36 to USD 210.71
