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'Bloom' takes top drama at Hispanic Film
Festival
Festival co-founder and producer Al Vasquez announced award winners Monday and said the two-day, three-night event at Cinemas Palme d'Or in Palm Desert gave the festival "legs."
"Overall, it was just fantastic," he said. "It was like it burst out of the bubble this year."
Vasquez and Palme d'Or officials said attendance doubled. The theater said 611 people watched the 30 films. Vasquez said there were many more.
It also attracted representatives from every major film in the lineup except "Nine Lives," which was opening in New York and Los Angeles.
A committee picked best of festival awards in six categories for the first time, and "Culture Clash in AmeriCCa" won the audience favorite award.
The Latino comedy trio attended that film's screening Friday and even did a little schtick at the opening night party.
Writer-producer Rosie Vargas Goldberg attended Sunday's world premiere of "Bloom," which won best drama, and said she expects her film to do well on DVD.
Ted Rivera, whose film "Night of the Chupacabra" won best science fiction film, said Sunday his low-budget film should do well in the international market for American "B" movies with some action.
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