Cinemartes – Film Tuesdays
Each Tuesday, Cine Club Primera Toma, A.C. (First Take Film Club) presents “CineMartes” on the patio of Puerto Viejo Café in the Old Port. Screenings are free and begin around 8:30 p.m. Bring a beach chair for additional comfort. May 13 – Raging Bull (1980)
Puerto Peñasco as site for 3rd International Desert Film Festival! April 12 & 13
Contributor: Office on Civic and Cultural Affairs The Municipal administration of Puerto Peñasco, via the Office of Civic and Cultural Affairs, is bringing part of the 3rd Desert Film Festival to town with screenings to be scheduled April 12th and 13th. Invited guest of honor Armando Vega Gil (of the former rock group Botellitos de […]
Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer ~ Screening & Conversation Feb. 15th
Contributor: Socorro González Barajas Having garnered two awards at the 2008 Sundance film festival, this Friday, February 15th the original film Sleep Dealer of New York filmmaker Alex Rivera makes its way to Puerto Peñasco (6 p.m. Meet & Greet, 7 p.m. Film at CitiCinemas). Having won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize and […]
Doctubre – 7th International Film Festival from Mexico City
In celebration of the Superior Technological Institute of Puerto Penasco’s (ITSPP) 12th anniversary, the ITSPP Film Club along with Cine Club Primera Toma will be holding FREE showings of international documentaries throughout the week of Oct. 15 – 19 All showings are at 11 a.m., with a special documentary at 7 p.m. on Wednesday from local aspiring […]
Summer Raffle to support the Puerto Peñasco Audiovisual Hall of the First Take Film Club
Contributor: Nina Mier (Cine Club Primera Toma, A.C.) Calle 15 Galería de Arte and the First Take Film Club (Cine Club Primera Toma, A.C.) are organizing their first summer raffle, with the raffling off of the painting “Barreras entre nosotros I” (Borders between us I) by Sonoran painter Zacarías Páez. The painting is valued at […]
A quick sit-down with Jimmy Maldonado. Filmmaker. Photographer.
I recall news spreading that someone from Rocky Point had won a short-film contest in Cd. Obregon, and it wasn’t until the day I finally met the winner did I recall this – and was introduced to Jimmy Maldonado. I had been speaking with Nina Mier of the Primera Toma (First Take) Film Club about the […]