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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Maru Buendia-Senties will be presented with the Visionary Award by the Sor Juana Festival: A tribute to Mexican Women April 11th, 2009 at the Mexican American Cultural Center.
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

 
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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 [...]