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Hola raza 🫶🏼🫶🏼
Filmmaker 🎞️📽️
NMSU-CMI Alumni🎬
Work Page @shotby_latarin

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Hermosa experiencia en el cierre de el Festival Internacional de Jazz con Fortunato Pérez y su banda en Ciudad Juárez.
Una de las mejores experiencias de mi vida sin duda!

Gracias @ipacult.oficial por apoyar a los músicos y al arte de esta hermosa ciudad en la frontera. Gracias por darles una voz a todas esas personas que se lo merecen! Sigan cantando, sigan creando, que viva el Jazz y que viva el arte 🎭 ❤️.

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Raíces stands with those who can TELL A STORY!

From the Borderland to the big screen, The 2026 El Paso Film Festival reminds us that film is more than entertainment. It’s a lens into who we are, what we experience, and the communities we call home. 🎥🫶🏾

For a city’s health system, storytelling matters, too. Film can open conversations about the issues affecting our communities, make complex experiences easier to understand, and remind us that behind every statistic is a person with a story worth hearing. 🎞️✨

#Raícesjournal #elpasofilmfestival #filmmakers #elpaso

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🎬 EL PASO CREW SHOUT-OUT 🎬⁠
A commercial is only as good as the people behind the scenes — and this crew absolutely brought it. ❤️⁠
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💄 Hair + Makeup⁠
Delany Sanchez⁠
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💡 Grip + Lighting⁠
Raul Hernandez⁠
Chris Gutierres⁠
Joel Munoz⁠
Kinan Lopez⁠
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🎨 Art Department⁠
Michael Tarin⁠
Kaya Apodaca⁠
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📹 Camera Department⁠
Danny Varelo⁠
Bardo Sanchez⁠
Ayden Williams⁠
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🎧 Sound Design⁠
Carlos Corral⁠
Ethan Terrazas⁠
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So much talent, hustle, problem-solving and good energy packed into one shoot. Thank you, El Paso crew! 🙌🎬⁠

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Happy to announce The Cost of Care will be shown in @elpasofilmfestival ❤️!

I couldn’t be happier for my first short film that I directed with help of my AWESOME CREW AND FRIENDS!! ❤️ I feel so proud of my team and the beautiful result! I had the amazing luck of having one of my friends as Director of Photography @natbravo212 and my amazing producers @sshaannee and @oh_chosenone ❤️

Thank you so much to all my crew and cast that helped to make this real! Everyone did an amazing job! You don’t know how much I appreciate you all and how proud I’m of everyone! ❤️

Don’t miss out “The Cost of Care” in El Paso Film Festival, September 24th at 1:00 PM in the Philanthropy Theater!! ❤️
Go and support your fellow young filmmakers!!

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That’s a wrap on a really awesome project! El Paso crew members, new and seasoned, got to work together on a very memorable production.
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Our younger crew members are students and graduates of both UTEP @dmpa_utep and NMSU’s @creativemediainstitute and they all did any amazing job.
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Here’s to working with the next generations of El Paso filmmakers!
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@creativemediainstitute @dmpa_utep @dprawraw @unventured_pro @joeldidntdoit @mista.t._ @tarin_michelle @mctiddies_ @kaya_apodaca @e.thay.n @baedoleo @e.thay.n @silunasocial
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#filmelpaso #creativemediainstitute #epfilm

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Come over. I own a house now ✨🏡

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A scary moment at Western Playland in Sunland Park, New Mexico, was caught on video after a cable snapped on the Southwest Slinger while two riders were onboard.

The malfunction left the riders suspended above the park. No serious injuries were reported.
Thanks Michelle Tarin

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What i was think about on monday 06.29.26

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Happy to share the short animated film my teammate and I completed last December. The Inconvenience Store is a senior 3D animated short film created under the 3D Program at the Creative Media Institute, New Mexico State University, directed by Ailed Macías Alvarado. The film follows Isa, an apathetic teenager working the night shift at her family’s convenience store, whose small mistake summons a magical alebrije—forcing her to reconnect with her inner child and rediscover the importance of staying true to herself and her cultural roots.

This project was developed as a culmination of undergraduate studies, combining environment design, look development, animation, and technical production to tell a culturally inspired story grounded in Mexican tradition.

Director- Ailed Macias Alvarado
Lead Look Dev & Tech Artist - Abril Delgado Quintana (me)

Voice of Isa & Abuela by Michelle Tarin

Special Thanks to our family and friends for their support. ❤️

Special thanks to Prof. Derek Chase, Prof. Kendra Yapyapan, Prof. Alexander Santiago, Prof. Kyra Swander, and Prof. Eddie Bakshi, who took us under their wing for 3 years in CMI.🥰

Additional 3D Assets courtesy of Sketchfab artists:
Laurie Annis, KendeMrena, endbored, wasabicats, Theo Clarke, and Michael Zhang.

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PC: @lucidliya @sshaannee

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How’s Star Crossed been doing? It’s been sending waves across the galaxy! Now on its official third selection @elpasofilmfestival after winning best student film at @lciffest
The Star Crossed team is excited and grateful to continue to see all the support from everyone!
If you haven’t already, go check out Star Crossed, September 26th at the El Paso Museum of Art as a part of the El Paso Film Festival!

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Cart Pushers Unite 🛒
Our new short film ‘CART BAY REPUBLIC’ is set to have its world premiere at @elpasofilmfestival on September 25.

🛒 Trailer Drops Friday 🛒

A dark comedy about the true backbone of our society, the supermarket cart pusher.

As the Romans would say: ‘cart bay diem’.

Poster Design: @honeypowerr

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