San Joaquin Film Festival 2008

Spend the afternoon of Saturday, June 7th, at The Haggin Museum, for the "Celebrate! Mexico" Family Festival, a cultural event inspired by the Latino Cinema tribute. Experience the vibrant Mexican culture through the arts, crafts, dance, fashion, and film, featuring screenings of "La Quinceañera," (from Mexico) about Ana Maria and this important, cultural tradition.

Berlin, 1944. Charlie Rivel has to put on an act for the Führer's birthday. Two people are anxious to perform with him: a Gestapo agent, and someone planning an attack that could change the course of the war and the history of mankind.

An interactive forum with director Almudena Carracedo after a screening of Made in L.A.

An interactive forum with director Carl Thibault after a screening of his film The Garage .

An interactive forum with director Steve McClure after a screening of Rain Falls from Earth and short film The Golden Voice .

An interactive forum with the Linden-born filmmaker, Erahm Christopher, the honoree of the 2008 SJCCM Ambassador Awards. Including a special presentation of "Edmund."

A mysterious disappearance on a 1960s space journey launches the counter-culture revolution. Psychedelic Rock, wayward space transmission, radical happenings, rogue scientific research, the space race, high hopes, failed dreams, and bodily levitation all come together in the story of The Drift. Screens with Our Father's War .

Despite autistic tendencies, Edmund's comfortable existence turns chaotic when he decides to surprise his girlfriend with a wedding proposal. In Person: Erahm Christopher.