Short film Bienvenido by Maru Buendia-Senties is being showcased at Breaking Borders.

BIENVENIDO was developed for the BREAKING BORDERS worldwide contest of shorts shot on cell phone. Upon which, the short should have as its central thematic the story of an immigrant; creatively reflecting its work, craft, profession, or day to day reality. The way it contributes to the development of its adopted and/or origin societies, or the projects and achievements it develops in matter of art, culture, science, technology, and sports.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Foreign Institute of Mexicans develops different programs and projects that support Mexicans that live beyond the borders. In the matter of culture and art, it’s focused in promoting programs for Mexican communities outside of Mexico, using these as key elements to reevaluate and strengthen their sense of identity to their country, as well as their pride for their roots and cultural heritage.

Colectivo Vagón was born five years ago as an editorial project that driven by the desire to have a space dedicated to writing, inspired by this, the creators (Alejandro Garza, Roberto Sáenz, Mayra Chávez  and Juan Fernández) began to organize poetry readings around the city. Afterwards, Colectivo Vagon adventured into other creative paths as it followed it’s inicial concern: fcreating spaces for art and cultural exhibits.

In this manner El Colectivo Vagon through PACMYC organizes in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua the First International Shorts Festival, creating a place to exhibit film. 

Entre Líneas, short film made by Maru Buendia Senties  will be part of the festival and will play on June 24th at 1130am in the Adolfo Mateos High School Theater.

Entre Líneas, film by Maru Buendia Senties, will showcase at the 4th International Shorts Festival - Film, Culture, & Life which opens on May 28th till June 5th at the city of Toluca, Mexico.

The International Shorts Festival - Film, Culture & Life (CICUVI) was created in order to provide an open space where filmmakers could showcase their works to the public. CICUVI promotes filmmaking and suggests that the concept of film goes beyond entertainment and that first of all it is a medium of expression. The festival creates a space of gathering and cultural convergence.  

Entre Líneas will screen in Program 9:

May 31st, 8pm  at MUMCI

June 2nd, 130pm at Casa de las Diligencias

June 3rd,  5pm at  Casa de la Cultura

June 4th, 12pm at Casa de la Cultura

June 5th Festival Closure.

5- 7 pm
Achievement Awards Ceremony
performances by St. Louis Catholic Church Choir
& Luz Zamora
presentation by curator Claudia Zapata

7 - 9 pm
Maiz Is Our Life
Opening Reception with guest perforamance by
“Bocastria”

In 1994, The National Museum of Mexican Art inaugurated the Sor Juana Festival, the first festival ever dedicated to Mexican women. Through the Festival we honor the legacy of one of Mexico’s greatest writers, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and pay tribute to the rich artistic accomplishments of Mexicanas from Mexico and the United States. The festival features: culinary arts, dance, film, literature, music, theater and visual arts.

Today, the Sor Juana Festival is the largest multidisciplinary festival in the United States dedicated to Mexican women and has expanded beyond Chicago. The Festival is now also celebrated in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Milwaukee and San Antonio and has won praise by media, both Latino and non-Latino.

Through the Sor Juana Festival the National Museum of Mexican Art has established groundbreaking partnerships and developed a network of cultural institutions dedicated to presenting and promoting Mexicana artists from both sides of the border.  The network is a resource for Mexican/Mexican American artists and helps cultivate an awareness and appreciation of performing these artists on a national level.

                             

A 3-day outdoor carnival of free public events and academic/artistic offerings of live music, dance, drama and performance art, as well as a student art sale, literary readings, philosophy and humanities discussions, open mic sessions, and full-on film festival.

Visitors also will have opportunities to discover their artist within - master classes, workshops, are scheduled in creative writing, dance, music, film, theater, and humanities.

The mission of ah! is to inspire, encourage, and support existing and new academic and artistic collaboration among the seven individual departments of the Arts and Hummanities Division (Art, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Foreign Languages, Philosophy, Humanities, & Religion), with other creative departments in the college and the Austin Community.

Entre Líneas film by Maru Buendia-Senties  will be screened at the Film Festival in the Desert to take place in  Hermosillo, Sonora from February 24th to 27th. The festival will showcase short films, documentaries and have several events related with the seventh art, Spain will be the special guest for the vent. 

Entre Líneas will screen February 26th at 3pm at the MUSAS Cultural Center, Hermosillo, Sonora.

more info              festival’s program

CONACULTA (National Council for the Culture and Arts in Mexico) adds to their to their web system of cultural information the technical sheet of Entre Lineas, film writen and directed by Maru Buendia-Senties.

Maru Buendia-Senties was awarded Best Screenwriter for her script  “Entre Líneas”  at the Latina Independent Film Extravaganza Festival in Los Angeles, CA this past weekend. “Entre Líneas” screened twice during the festival in shorts program and competed with 17 other films.

Latina Lista is a supplement of Borderzine,  a web community for Latino student journalists, a two-way bridge connecting the classroom and the newsroom. It creates an unprecedented national dialogue around issues of newsroom diversity and shifts the new voices, perspectives and experiences of Latinos in the U.S. from the borderline to the centerline. Read the article publish on Latina Lista about the film Entre Líneas by Maru Buendia-Senties.

Film Depicts College Life on the Border

By Daisy Canales on November 22, 2009

EL PASO — Having to wake up every morning to get ready for school and get to class is something most American college students do not think twice about. But for Mexican students who live across the U.S./Mexico border, this simple task can become a challenging chore, which transports them into a more complex Americanized version of their own culture.

Award winning director Maru Buendía-Senties wrote and directed a 29-minute short film based on how students tend to compare their situations and cultures to one another when they come from opposites sides of the border and attend the same university. “Entre Líneas” was filmed on the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) campus and on the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez border. Buendía-Senties is also a UTEP alumnus. [READ MORE]