Hola Mexico Film Festival USA '09 and Cinelatino Announce Audience Choice Award Winner

Hola Mexico Film Festival USA '09 and Cinelatino Announce Audience Choice Award Winner

Cinelatino 2009 Audience Choice Award is Festival's Only Award

NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The multi-city Hola Mexico Film Festival USA '09 and Cinelatino, the leading Spanish-language movie channel in the United States, proudly announce the winner of the Cinelatino Audience Choice Award following the conclusion of the second edition of the Hola Mexico Film Festival in the United States.

The winner of the 2009 Cinelatino Audience Choice Award--the only recognized award at the Hola Mexico Film Festival USA '09--is the animated film Another Egg Movie and a Chicken, directed by Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste.

"We are proud to support the Hola Mexico Film Festival and are honored to recognize the talented filmmakers who contributed to this exceptional selection of Mexican films, many of which will soon be available exclusively on Cinelatino," said Jim McNamara, President of Cinelatino. "We thank the audience for voting and for helping us honor their favorite film of the Festival."

The Hola Mexico Film Festival has grown to be the largest Mexican Film Festival outside of Mexico that included screenings in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York throughout the month of June.

Hola Mexico USA '09 was made up of a diverse selection of 14 feature films from Mexico, including box office megahits such as "Arrancame la vida" (Tear this Heart Out) by Roberto Sneider (Mexico's official selection to the Academy Awards), and award-winning films such as "Lake Tahoe," winner of Best Film at the 2009 Cartagena Film Festival and "Desierto adentro" (The Desert Within), recipient of 18 international awards.

"Cinelatino is a great partner for Hola Mexico," said Samuel Douek, Director of the Hola Mexico Film Festival. "Having an audience award not only gives us a great platform from which to invite films, but also a much better understanding of what our audiences want to see."

As the winner of the Cinelatino Audience Choice Award, Directors Gabriel and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste will receive $1,000 on behalf of Cinelatino.

For more information on Cinelatino, visit www.Cinelatino.com.

About Cinelatino:

Cinelatino is the leading Spanish-language premium film channel in the United States, with more than 3.6 million cable and satellite subscribers on major cable, satellite and telephony providers throughout North America. Cinelatino offers the most current Spanish-language blockbusters and critically-acclaimed titles from Mexico, Latin America, Spain and the U.S. Cinelatino is jointly-owned by Grupo MVS, InterMedia Partners and Panamax Films.

About Hola Mexico:

Hola Mexico Film Festival is organized by Samuel Douek, with the intention of bringing Mexican cinema to screens outside of Mexico, attracting new audiences and augmenting the demand for Mexican films. The HMFF prides itself for screening the best and broadest selection of films that come out of Mexico in recent years with the help of its sponsors.

Synopsis: Another Egg Movie and a Chicken:

Toto, now a chicken, tries to live as such, while Willy and Bibi deal with certain problems among them. An egg witch from the desert needs a chicken's heart to cast a spell. He sends out his cohort vulture, ostrich and scorpion eggs to kidnap Toto. His friends travel through the desert to rescue the chicken while living impressive adventures, during which they will meet an old hawk egg and ground roe in the middle of the dangerous desert. This film is full of double entendres in Spanish making this a cartoon for big kids. Que huevos!

Source: Cinelatino

CONTACT: Cinelatino: Katie Hamlin, +1-212-503-2866,
khamlin@intermediaadvisors.com

Web Site: http://www.cinelatino.com/

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