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Thursday, April 4
6 p.m. Opening Night Reception with Peruvian Consulate
XicanIndie XV FEATURE:
El Inca, La Boba y el Hijo del Ladron
6:30 p.m.
104 minutes
Directed by Ronnie Temoche
A washed up wrestler, the son of a thief and a starry eyed girl on a journey in search of love. A moving tale full of unexpected twists and turns........ |
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Friday, April 5
5:30 p.m. Happy Hour Reception
$1 Bud Lights from 5:30-6:30
6:00 p.m. Performance by Nicolas Valdez
Nicolas Valdez is a mutli-disciplinary artist: a teatrista, musician, filmmaker and spoken word artist.
He has toured nationally with Teatro Campesino and worked with artists like Guillermo Gomez-Pe�a and Maya Angelou.
Valdez has been described as "the most poetic, subtle accordion player in San Antonio" by the San Antonio Current - high praise in a town that takes the accordion seriously.
Check out his short films (chones) Saturday afternoon.
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Friday, April 5
9:00 p.m. - $5 COVER
5th Sun Cafe and Lounge
3024 N. Speer Blvd.
Quincea�era After Party
Join your XicanIndie posse, visiting filmmakers and friends for an after party event celebrating 15 years of XicanIndie!
$5 cover or free with your Festival Pass!
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Awww yeah....
Saturday, April 6, 9 p.m. $15 - film and live performance
9 p.m. - XicanIndie Drink Specials!!!!
9:30 - Classic Culture Clash film Bowl of Beings followed by special Culture Clash feature performance with Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza
CULTURE CLASH LIVE and NOT
10:30 XicanIndie Late Night Cabaret
with Culture Clash's Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza on film and performing live!
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Meet visiting artists at Friday and Saturday XicanIndie receptions and activities!!!!
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE:
| Enrique Castillo with Denzel Washington |
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Bowl of Beings screens SATURDAY, 9 p.m. - followed by LIVE CABARET with Clasheros Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza.
 | | Ric Salinas and Tom Hanks - Culture Clash appears in his new movie |
ENRIQUE CASTILLO
XicanIndie Feature HOMEBOUND -SATURDAY, 6 p.m.
Enrique Castillo is a SAG award nominated actor best known for his role as Montana in Bound by Honor.
Castillo played Jorge in El Norte and has had many varied roles in an enduring career.
He was a member of El Teatro Campesino and played the Mexican American in the 1972 production of Los Vendidos.
Castillo was a founding member of The Latino Theater Company.
He co-wrote the company's plays Stone Wedding and August 29.
In 1997, Castillo created Four Brown Hats Entertainment (FBHE), a film and theater production company.
With FBHE, he adapted and directed The Last Angry Brown Hat. Following this, he wrote and directed Veteranos: A Legacy of Valor, a theater piece honoring the military contributions by Latinos in America's defense.
Enrique Castillo in Los Vendidos
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XicanIndie Feature Mission Park - Saturday, 8 p.m.
XicanIndie Feature Homebound - Saturday, 6 p.m.
XicanIndie Feature Mission Park - Saturday, 8 p.m
 With distinguished roles in a variety of projects, Joseph Julian (J.J.) Soria is proving that he possesses the talent, energy and experience to bring memorable characters to life on the small and silver screen.
Most recently, Soria was bumped up as a series regular on Lifetime's top rated series, "Army Wives," so this year, he continues his role as Private First Class "Hector Cruz."
Although often cast as the bad boy, Soria has proven to have the chops to conquer many other roles, including comedic characters. His latest film Filly Brown (Olmos Productions), premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition to rave reviews.
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Saturday April 6
5:30 p.m.
XicanIndie Awards Ceremony 
$15 awards reception- presentations heavy appetizers + movie
Join us as we honor our guest filmmakers and the independent spirit of XicanIndie
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Saturday, April 6
3:00 p.m. Producers Circle Panel $5
Independent FilmMaking with guest Filmmakers Fanny Veliz, Douglas Spain, Ric Salinas, and Nicolas Valdez. Moderated by Daniel Salazar.
Fanny V�liz, Writer - Director - Producer
See Fanny's XicanIndie Feature HOMEBOUND Saturday, April 6 - 6 p.m. Homebound actor Enrique Castillo also in attendance.
Fanny Veliz is an award winning filmmaker and actress. 
She writes, directs and produces short and feature-length films that herald the triumph and challenges of the American Latino community in the United States.
Her passion is to transform how Latinos are portrayed in the media.
She is a graduate of CU-Denver and a former member of the Su Teatro theatrical company.
Douglas Spain - Producer
See Douglas Spain's XicanIndie Feature MISSION PARK Saturday, April 6 - 8 p.m.
Douglas Spain captured critical praise and a 1998 Independent Spirit Award nomination for his feature film debut in Fox Searchlight's "Star Maps." 
Spain appeared in HBO's "Walkout" directed by Edward James Olmos as well as "The Reading Room" opposite James Earl Jones for the Hallmark Channel.
He has been seen in HBO's "Band Of Brothers" produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and has many other film and tv credits.
Ric Salinas - Actor
Ric Salinas is an original member of the performance trio, Culture Clash, now in it's 26th year.
Together, the members of Culture Clash have written over a dozen plays and performed over 5,000 shows on stages across the United States.
As a theater artist, writer, social commentator and activist, Ric along with his compadres have created searing satire and biting drama for the national stage.
Expanding the boundaries of Chicano theater and their comedy troupe status, Culture Clash continues to raise the bar of American theater by bringing new and untraditional audiences to where ever they perform.
Nicolas Valdez - Filmmaker
Nicolas Valdez is a multidisciplinary artist that has made a significant impact in San Antonio and the Bay Area and who is emerging on the national scene. 
Nick is a product of the SURDNA-funded, nationally recognized Grupo Animo youth theater program at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio -- a program that became a model for the field in the 1990s under the tutelage of then theater director Jorge Pi�a.
Nicolas is a creator of MadMedia, a video arts project and RESET collective, an online resource that provides these individual artists with a virtual meeting place to develop new work.
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XicanIndie Highlights - Part One!!!!
More Highlights TOMORROW
XicanIndie Tix: $7 stu/sen; $10 gen
XicanIndie Quincea�era After Party - $5 cover
(Friday, 9 p.m. Fifth Sun Caf� and Lounge)
XicanIndie Award Reception + movie $15
XicanIndie movie+ Culture Clash Late Night Cabaret $15
(Saturday, 10:30 p.m.)
XicanIndie Violeta Parra Tribute Reception + movie Violeta went to Heaven $15
(Sunday,4 p.m.)
Festival pass:$35
Festival pass includes four films + Friday Night Quincea�era After Party; Saturday Awards Reception (heavy appetizers, plus awards, guest artist speeches); Saturday Culture Clash Late Night Cabaret; and Sunday Violeta Parra Tribute Reception.
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APRIL 4 - 7, 2013Click on the link to see the full schedule of Quincea�era Awards, parties and film showtimes!
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