This year's festival will also include the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning thriller Padre Nuestro (starring Jesus Ochoa and Eugenio Derbez), as well as the Ariel award-winning Mexican film El Violin, a special screening of the San Antonio historical drama Propiedad Ajena (Ludwika Paleta, Plutarco Haza), World Premieres of new films by local heroes the Cevallos Brothers (Barbacoa, The Brothers Garcia) and the father of Chicano Cinema, Efrain Gutierrez The 30th annual CineFestival will also feature two gala celebrations, workshops, filmmakers, chances to mingle with stars and more than fifty amazing features, documentaries and shorts from around the world. Pre-orders for the four-day CineFestival 2008 passes, which include access to all flms, workshops and gala celebrations are available at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for $40 general and $30 students, seniors and GCAC members. For more information, call 210-271-3151, email cine@cinefestivalsa.org or click here. CineFestival is organized by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and is sponsored in part by the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Film San Antonio / The San Antonio Film Commission, Texas Commission on the Arts, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Southwest Airlines, Time Warner Cable, San Antonio Express News, Univision Radio, La Prensa and Univision. 
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, one of the nation’s premier Latino arts institutions, presents the 30th Annual CineFestival en San Antonio – the oldest running international film festival in North America. CineFestival is an important regional forum for screening representative film works that encourage discussion and critique of contemporary and historical issues – sociological, economic, artistic, public and private. Parallel panels, workshops, retrospectives, stars and sidebar programs offer timely perspectives on these issues. GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER WEBSITE | 
Alex Rivera's Sundance award winning Sci Fi sensation Sleep Dealer opens the 30th Annual CineFestival en San Antonio on Thursday, April 10. View Review  Alex Cox's new film Searchers 2.0 starring Del Zamora and Ed Pansullo makes its Texas premiere at this year's CineFestival. View Trailer 
Luis Velez's historical thriller Propiedad Ajena starring Ludwika Paleta screens on Saturday, April 12. View Trailer
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