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SNEAK PEEK:

This year the Rincon International Film Festival will be screening some great films, including several from Sundance 2010, and many World Premieres.   This year’s program will include more films that last year, primarily due to the fact that we had so many tremendous short films submitted.   Some sneak peek highlights on this years program:

EDGE OF THE SEA - by Maria Jose Calderon - A 26-minute documentary film about the effects of coastal development in Puerto Rico’s beaches, featuring Rincon.

http://theedgeofthesea2009.blogspot.com/

STAGES – by Meerkatmedia  - Award Winning Documentary Feature – In New York City’s changing Lower East Side, a group of older Puerto Rican women and inner-city youth come together to create an original play out of the stories of their lives. Weaving together themes of immigration, evolution, aging and coming of age, Stages offers an intimate portrait of an unlikely ensemble, transformed by the liberating power of their own stories.

http://www.stagesmovie.com

THIS TIME – Narrative Short by Matthew “Mac” Cherry -previously of the Cincinnati Bengals and starring Reagan Gomez.   Both are planning on being in attendance in Rincon for the World Premiere.   Reagan is one of the few working Puerto Rican actresses in TV and Film. She currently voices a charcater on FOX’s The Cleveland Show but she has been featured in movies like, “Never Die Alone”, “Beauty Shop” and “Jerry Maguire.”  Reagan not only stars in this film but she also wrote it.

“This Time” is the story of, Kevin (Michael Moss) a recently returned Iraqi War Veteran and his quest to win back his one true love, Cheyenne (Reagan Gomez).His first night back in town he meets up with his friends and finds out that she is engaged to a successful business man, Daniel (Sinorice Moss) and is to be married the very next day. Kevin runs into Cheyenne and her sister, Janet (Terri J. Vaughn) and confronts her about her decision forcing her to make a choice.

CALVIN MARSHALL – by Gary Lundgren – starring Alex Frost, Michelle Lombardo and Steve Zahn.  Calvin Marshall’s childhood dream of playing Major League Baseball is in serious jeopardy as he can’t seem to make the Bayford Bisons Junior College team. A poignant comedy about Calvin’s deferred dream and the people in his life who want him to succeed. http://calvinmarshall.com/

And something new this year, 2 Comedy Nights!!   Opening Night Tuesday and Thursday night.   More highlights will be released soon.