45TH CINEFESTIVAL SAN ANTONIO ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE
MESQUITE AWARD FOR BEST TEXAS SHORT FILM
The 45th CineFestival, San Antonio’s original Latinx film festival, presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, is pleased to announce the 2024 Mesquite Award for Best Texas Short Film in Fiction and Documentary Categories. This selection includes films made in Texas or by filmmakers currently residing in Texas. These awards were presented during last weekend’s CineFestival, which was held on July 11-14, 2024.
The awards in their respective categories include:
2024 Mesquite Award for Best Fiction Short Film
Directed by Nicole Chi
2024 Mesquite Award for Best Documentary Short Film
Directed by Samuel Diaz Fernandez
2024 Honorable Mention for Best Fiction Short Film
Directed by Camille Morales-Zayas
2024 Honorable Mention for Best Documentary Short Film
Directed by Bernhard Hetzenauer
ABOUT CINEFESTIVAL
Presented by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for more than four decades, CineFestival San Antonio has hosted dozens of independent filmmakers and many of the industry’s pioneering U.S. Latinx and Mexican films, actors, and directors. Since 2017, CineFestival San Antonio has developed a strong focus on local and regional filmmaking, prioritizing films that are closely related to Texas and San Antonio.
Eugenio del Bosque Gómez is a film programmer, arts administrator, filmmaker, and photographer working both in the United States and Mexico. From 2006 to 2014, del Bosque served as executive director of the Cine Las Americas in Austin, Texas, creating theatrical exhibition opportunities for more than 1,600 independent Latino and indigenous films, supporting regional talent, and overseeing youth education programs.
For his work, he was presented with the Award of Excellence for Service from the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. In the past 20 years, he’s collaborated on feature and short films, award-winning multimedia journalism projects, and worked with institutional and corporate clients on nonprofit and commercial projects.
He currently serves as Film Programmer and Grants Manager for the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas, and is working on his first documentary feature as director.
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