Boricua Film Festival
Carlos Jiménez Flores is the Founder, President and CEO of the Boricua Film Festival; a nonprofit organization. It is a traveling film festival. The goal is to bring Puerto Rican films from the island to boricuas living in the diaspora of the United States.
THE FILMS
THE EVENTS
"We had a wonderful experience. I was very impressed with the movies and with the talent that our little island is capable of producing."
- Juan M. Mendez
"It was great!"
- Yvette Elias
"Todas las películas hicieron gran impacto."
- Angelo Sánchez
"Congratulations! The films are great! Thank you for promoting our culture, our Puertorican film makers and advocating for more female directors."
- Liza Pereira
"The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance proudly hosted the 1st Annual Boricua Film Festival conceived by Carlos Jiménez Flores. We were delighted to experience an overwhelming warm public response and the joy this event brought to a sold out crowd.
The PRAA Center is the premier cultural place that embraces a diverse artistic community and thanks everyone who came out to enjoy this amazing event featuring excellent short films from Puerto Rico!"
- Carlos Hernández (Director of PRAA)
"The choices of films were EXCELLENT!"
- Judith Vélez
"It was wonderful."
- Ruthie E. Maldonado-Delwiche
"Thank you for letting us enjoy the talent that our beautiful island Puerto Rico has. May you be blessed with many more sold out shows."
- Marlene Torres
"This was an amazing event! I'm so happy that I was able to witness so much talent. All of the films were made with a lot of drive and passion."
- Angela Prieto
"Very inspiring. Loved it! You most definitely need to attend. I am honored/privileged to have attended this historic event."
- Carmen Velázquez