Alex Jones emails us
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Fall Of The Republic & The Rise Of The Resistance!
This is a special alert from Alex Jones reminding everyone out there that my latest documentary movie, Fall Of The Republic, lands on October 21st and that we need everyone to see this film, make copies, [...]

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16th Annual CineSol Film Festival
September 2009–The 4th Annual 36 Hour Film Race was a great success! We had 21 teams register. Fourteen made the deadline. Four turned in late. Three dropped out.
The teams had 36 hours to do a 10 minute action/adventure short film. They had to include a bakery, a mariachi, [...]

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If you’ve been keeping up with Simon’s Cat, here’s the next installment. If you’ve never seen Simon’s Cat before, well, here’s a treat. Enjoy.

If you’ve missed the previous rounds, here’s the Simon’s Cat channel.

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From Henry Serrato
On May 2, ten teams started the cycle of making a five minute film in just 24 hours!
Eight teams completed scriptwriting, directing, acting, editing, etc. within that time. At a drawing before the teams started, the required elements were picked at random. For this particular race the required character was a nerd, the [...]

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Money for your next film project
Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund workshop, sponsored by the Austin Film Society, will meet  Saturday, May 16th from 3:00 to 4:30 pm at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, 1200 Ash Ave, McAllen, TX 78541.

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Free education! Free digitization!
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) brings its new statewide traveling educational program, the Texas Film Round-Up, to the Cine El Ray in McAllen on Friday, May 15th from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., the Historic Brownsville Museum in Brownsville on Saturday, May 16th [...]

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A video
Here is Despedida ( the fourth movement) of the Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra by Ney Rosauro performed by Thomas Raines, marimbist, and the University of Texas at Brownsville Orchestra. The performance took place at Sacred Heart Church at the corner of Sixth Street and Elizabeth in Brownsville. You should have been there. It [...]

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from Virginia Gause
CineSol Film Festival will be having a special free screening of the documentary CRAWFORD.
Wednesday, January 28th at 7pm
Gene Braught Memorial Theater
525 S. Kansas, Weslaco
What happens to the 705 residents of Crawford, Texas when George W. Bush moves to town?
Crawford’s characters are by turns bizarre, entertaining and tragic. Shoved into the spotlight for political [...]

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News from the Narciso
A documentary series will air on BBC America featuring Brownsville and one of the Narciso’s house bands, The Chicken Club.
The series is hosted by Simon Schama*, a popular British historian and is entitled “The American Future: A History by Simon Schama.” This is a four-part series and Episode 3, “What is an [...]

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by Stan Raines
Now we’re looking for gigs.
The Chertoff Farewell party at the Galeria 409 made the Channel 4 News broadcast Saturday night. It’s viewable here. The old guy cranking the first notes of  The Band’s “The Weight” is yours truly. The handsome younger man is Joel Humphries.
We’re looking for engagements and will be putting up [...]

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A sentimental animation from Aniboom

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A video from BraveNewFilms

The campaign to smear Acorn–which has essentially been challenged to prove that it does not beat its wife–gets an answer.

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A fond remembrance from Stan
If you like your music enthusiastically performed and widely varied and haven’t stopped by Joe’s on the Boulevard on a Wednesday evening, then I suggest you do yourself a favor and toddle over there somewhere around nine. Go earlier, if you’re hungry. I had a very well-prepared salmon fillet a while [...]

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A note from Virginia Gause
WILD (Writers In Literary Discussion) presents “WILD’s Original Film Contest” with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prizes awarded by Barnes & Noble.  This contest is open to all in the community.
Do you want to submit a film for the contest?
REQUIREMENTS:
1) Media: VHS or DVD.
2) Length: 30 minutes or under
3) Title and [...]

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A video from The Daily Show
This needs no introduction.

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From Virginia Gause
Sandra Gonzalez from the Monitor’s Festiva staff had fun making a short video about CineSol’s 36 Hour Film Race as she hung out with some of the teams who worked under extreme pressure to make the short films screened last weekend at Cine El Rey: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid980289762/bctid1786892906
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By the way Cine El Rey was [...]

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A reminder from Virginia Gause

Friday, September 12th – Sunday September 14th @ Cine El Rey in McAllen.
A marathon of films will be shown practically non-stop!  7 local directors will be present to discuss their films!  Don’t miss it!

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A note from Virginia Gause
The 3rd Annual CineSol 36 Hour Film Race was a success!!!

We had 23 teams representing Harlingen, Brownsville, Weslaco, Elsa, McAllen, Pharr, Edinburg, San Juan, San Antonio, South Carolina and Matamoros.  Out of the 23 teams that signed up, 13 films made the deadline.  Six films were submitted past the deadline [...]

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A reminder from Virginia Krause

The month-long 15th Annual CineSol Film Festival kicks off Labor Day Weekend on Friday, August 29th!
For more information on dates, films or synopsis, visit www.cinesol.com or call 956-793-8783.
Registration for the 3rd Annual 36 Hour Film Race starts Friday, August 29th @ 6pm @ Postal Productions, 1221 W. Monroe in Harlingen.
Mandatory [...]

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A note from Stan Raines
Barack Obama’s campaign has answered the ‘celebrity’ smears from John McCain and company with the video below. Does it do the job? On the ‘celebrity’ theme, by the way, who’s made the most appearance on Saturday Night Live? Bet it’s not Obama. On the ‘celebrity’ theme in general–isn’t it strange to [...]

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A video
Jim Abbott sent a link to this rather amazing video. It is quite demonstration of the power of desire.

Enjoy!

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“TV Dinner, “A video from Simonscat

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An announcement

36-HR. FILMMAKING CONTEST IS FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE U.S.
Harlingen, Texas (Rio Grande Valley) – The CINESOL 36 HR. FILM RACE, a 36-hour filmmaking competition, has announced its dates and early call for entries for the 3rd Annual Event for the South Texas Region.  CINESOL 36 is the first competition of its [...]

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An announcement
Harlingen, TX – The 1st ever Cinesol Film Festival Poster Contest has announced a winner. The winner is Rui-Long Munico of Pharr!
Rui-Long Monico is a member of the Graphic Design Club at the University of Texas Pan American. He works at Beyond Wonderland Studio which is a communication agency experienced in “advertising, branding, consulting, design, identity, [...]

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Announcements

Wow, what a screen in Archer Park!  Bring your chairs and picnic baskets packed with snacks and beverages.  Wine and beer are allowed, just don’t get rowdy.

Friday is my favorite holiday of the whole year – the 4th of July!  In Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, Port Isabel, and Padre Island something [...]

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