Events

For the second year, the SUNSET FILM SOCIETY and the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART is pleased to be presenting the 2nd annual INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. We will be showing films from France, Mexico, Poland and Spain and are honored to be partnering with the Alliance Francaise d’El Paso (Josette Shaughnessy), General Casimir Pulaski Polish American Society of El Paso (Joanna K. Sikorski) and the Consul Honoraria de España en El Paso (Martha Vera).

Film historian, educator, writer, archivist, publisher, collector and host Jay Duncan returns to the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART with Saturday afternoon film presentations. He was the first to bring a weekly series of Classic Films to El Paso Southwest venues and provide historical background and encourage audience participation and discussion.

Sept. 16 - AHI ESTA EL DETALLE (“Here’s The Point”) Spanish with English Subtitles From the “Golden Age” of Mexican Cinema comes the twelfth film in Cantinflas’s career, considered one of his best by Mexican film critics, as well as one of Mexico’s best films.Mistaking him for a long-lost relative, a wealthy woman welcomes a bum (Cantinflas) into her lavish home.

Starring: “Cantinflas” (Mario Moreno), Sara García, Joaquín Pardavé. Music by Raul Lavista. Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro.