Monday, January 11th, 2010
Along with other local media outlets, KTSM Channel 9 covered the story of “Red Mesa” launching its 2011 Academy Awards nomination campaign. Click here to watch the story as it aired on January 8.
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Winning Best Short Film at LALIFF qualifies “Red Mesa” to be considered for a 2011 Oscar nomination. In order to reach this goal, we now need to raise funds for a grass-roots Oscar campaign, which will include: making a 35mm film print from our D5 master, printing professional DVDs and press-materials, and sending the film to festivals and screenings across the country in order to build a broad base of audience support.
All in all, we need to raise $25,000. The El Paso Community Foundation has graciously offered to act as our fiscal sponsor, so your donation is tax deductible to the extent of the law.
To help give us a shot at an Oscar nomination, you can donate online by visiting:
On the line that reads: “Does this contribution go to a particular fund or project?”, please type “Red Mesa.”
If you prefer to send your donation by mail, you can send it to El Paso Community Foundation, PO Box 272, El Paso, TX 79943. Make the check payable to the El Paso Community Foundation and write “Red Mesa” on the memo line.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
The “Red Mesa” Team
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Check out the write-up we just received from INDIEPIX!
“This film is just plain gorgeous. Filled with passionate characters and raw visuals which can’t be forgotten, Red Mesa makes Director Ilana Lapid someone to keep a look out for in the future.”
Full write-up:
“Red Mesa – This film is just plain gorgeous. Filled with passionate characters and raw visuals which can’t be forgotten, Red Mesa makes Director Ilana Lapid someone to keep a look out for in the future. Like most great shorts, the story is a simple one: star-crossed lovers from two sides of the border who are destined for conflict. But Lapid wraps this tale in such a warm and loving embrace, both visually and contextually, that you feel like you might be happy watching the story of paint drying, provided she filmed it.”
http://www.indiepixfilms.com/display/NLM0909NEWS
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
In conjunction with the 2009 Santa Fe Film Festival, “Red Mesa” director Ilana Lapid was interviewed by Mary-Charlotte for her morning show, “Santa Fe Radio Café.”
The interview podcast, which aired on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, was archived and can be listened to online or downloaded at:
http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?m=200911
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The 13th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) concluded on Friday, October 16 with its Award Ceremony & Closing Night Gala that took place at the Paramount Theatre on the Paramount Lot in Hollywood. Festival co-founders Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dermer led the award ceremony. Winners were announced in the categories of best feature film, best director, best screenplay, best opera prima, best short, best documentary, and audience awards in the feature and documentary categories. Special mentions from the jury were also announced.
Award-winning director Simon Brand; screenwriter, producer and actor Rick Najera; Benjamin O’Dell, Head of Development and Production Panamax Films, and award winning motion picture editor Dan Fort served as jurors in the official selection and opera prima category. The jury members for the documentary category included Randal Johnson, distinguished film scholar and director of the Latin American Institute in the UCLA International Institute, filmmaker Robert Young, and filmmaker Nancy De Los Santos. Director Patricia Riggen, visual effect artist Charlie Iturriaga; actors William Marquez, and Jeremy Ray Valdez were the jurors in the shorts category.
Best Short Winner: “Red Mesa”
Director: Ilana Lapid
Screenwriter: Ilana Lapid
Country: USA
Synopsis: Unable to share her beloved grandfather’s dreams for her future, Lynn charts her
won path by seeking love beyond familiar borders. Caught in the crossfire of her affection for
her grandfather and her secret love with an undocumented worker, Lynn must decide which
birders she is willing to cross. Set on a cattle ranch on the US/Mexico Border, RED MESA is a
powerful cinematic exploration of love, loyalty and coming of age through a young woman’s
Sponsored by: Final Draft, Showbiz Software/Movie Magic
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Red Mesa will be making its West Coast Premiere at the 2009 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival on Tuesday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the Mann Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood. Click here for more information about the festival and tickets.
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