8th New York International Latino Film Festival Awards Ceremony Photos

By Maria Esteves - August 21, 2007

 [img_assist|nid=15100|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=140|height=74]The 8th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) 2007Awards Ceremony, presented by HBO, and sponored by Banco Popular was held at Arena, Sunday, July 29, 2007, 8:00 pm. The award acknowledges the best in filmmaking and emerging directors of Latino descent. The award announcers were NYILFF Founder/Executive Director, Calixto Chinchilla and Executive Director, Elizabeth Gardner.

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NYILFF07 award announcers, founder/executive director,
Calixto Chinchilla, (left), and executive director, Elizabeth
Gardner, NYILFF.

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(From left-right), NYILFF founder/executive director, Calixto Chinchilla, Banco Popular Dream Filmmaker Award winner, filmmaker, Christina Ibarra, Banco Popular, New York Media Executive, Anastasi Orfanof, and NYILFF executive director, Elizabeth Gardner.

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(From left-right), NYILFF founder/executive director, Calixto Chinchilla, NYILFF07 Verizon Best Short Film Award Winner, director, Will Fonseca, REWIND, president, Marc Soto, Verizon, New York Hispanic Support Organization, and NYILFF executive
director, Elizabeth Gardner.

 [img_assist|nid=15137|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300] (From left-right), NYILFF founder/executive director, Calixto Chinchilla, Dennis Williams of HBO, NYILFF07 HBO Best Short Film Award winner, director, Freddie Vargas, HISPANOLA, and NYILFF executive director, Elizabeth Gardner.

[img_assist|nid=15138|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300] NYILFF07 HBO Best Picture Award winners, Actors, Kareem Savinon, (left-end), Al Thompson, (center), and Johnny Rivera, (right-end), LIBERTY KID, with NYILFF founder/executive director, Calixto Chinchilla, (second from left), Dennis Williams of HBO, (third from left), and NYILFF executive director, Elizabeth Gardner.

[img_assist|nid=15139|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300] NYILFF07 Sponsors, (from left-right), legal liason, Marc Soto, Maria Cruz, Stephanie Brown, and marketing manager, Felipe Serrano, Verizon Telecom.

  [img_assist|nid=15140|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300]NYILFF07 Sponsors, (from left-right), director multicultural marketing, Jeff McFarland, with director Human Resource, New York State, Francesca Smith, and marketing manager, Felipe Serrano, Verizon Telecom.

[img_assist|nid=15141|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300] (From left-right), public relations, Jennifer Abreu with sonsorship assistant, Jeff Duneman, and talent relations, Yari McDonald, NYILFF.

 [img_assist|nid=15142|title=|desc=|link=node|align=undefined|width=400|height=300] NYILFF07 HBO Best Picture Award winners, actors, Johnny Rivera, (left-end), and Kareem Savinon, (right-end), LIBERTY KID, with owner, John Thomas, (second to left), and lead
actress, Courteney Turneri, JT Talent.

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NYILFF07 music composer, Bryan Senti, (left), and producer, Jay Wadley HARDLY MARRIED.