Filmmaker Q+As
Each year, PHLAFF coordinates filmmaker Q+As in partnership with film industry professionals to explore current topics and trends in Latine/x/a/o independent cinema. Explore the virtual Q+A Sessions from 2021 below:
PHLAFF Team Q+As
Kristal Sotomayor, PHLAFF Programming Director
Marangeli Mejia-Rabell, PHLAFF Festival Director
Hansen Bersic, PHLAFF Screening Committee – Canción de Invierno (Wintersong)
Joy Soto, PHLAFF Screening Committee – La Receta De Alma & La Casa De Mama Icha
Partner Q+As
Catherine Bartch, Associate Director of Latin American and LatinX Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania – Mapa de Sueños Latinoamericanos
Selena Yip, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) Director – Sky Blossom
Eric Cesar Morales, Folk Art & Social Change Fellow at the Philadelphia Folklore Project – Siqueiros Walls of Passion
Greater Philadelphia Latin American Studies Consortium – From Here & Avanzaré tan Despacio (Moving So Slowly)
Kacia Huynh, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) Programming Co-Director – Foreign Puzzle
Rae Benjamin, CEO and Founder of In The Cut LA – Elena
Gabe Castro and Kat Kushin of The Ghouls Next Door – Belly of the Beast & The Horror Crowd
Behind Los Scenes
“Behind Los Scenes” With Aris Mejias
Behind Los Scenes With Aris Mejias is a green room interview series moderated by award winning actress Aris Mejias. Through 30 minute interviews with women, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC filmmakers, Mejias speaks with the rising voices in the industry on news forms of filmmaking, non-patriarchal experience on set, and the trends and/or reforms within the industry.
2021 Q+As
Café Negro con Genre
A Podcast by Eunice Levis and Les Rivera
Café Negro con Genre is a 30-minute monthly podcast hosted by Les Rivera and Eunice Levis. The podcast promotes Latino and Latinx creatives, with a focus on creatives from the African diaspora. Each month the show features an informal chat with Latino and Latinx creatives over un cafecito.
2021 Q+As