Eva Mendes: bombshell actress and director?

  Latina screen siren Eva Mendes, like many other actresses, started her career doing small parts in films and television hoping to get the one role that would help her breaking into into the forefront.  Good thing some one saw that special spark in her because she was cast along side Denzel Washington in as his girlfriend in Training Day because that role got her a lot of exposure, small pun intended.  From that moment she has become a very recognizable name and face in films with roles in such films as Once Upon a Time In Mexico, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Other Guys.  After so many films under her belt it appears that she is beginning to do a little behind the camera work as well.
    Mendes directed and co-wrote a short film called California Romanza which will be making it's World Premier during the 2011 Florida Film Festival.  The film plot of the film according to imdb.com is "Lena heads to her Auntie JoJo and Uncle Pops' for annual Christmastime festivities. Little does she know, this Christmas will be like none of the rest."   The film which has a reported running time of 19 minutes will be 1 of 26 competitive narrative short films and 1 of 89 different short films that will screen during the festival.   

    The Florida Film Festival will be held in Central Florida, Greater Orlando area, beginning from April 8 to April 17.  If you have any interest in seeing the film or interested in finding out more about the Florida Film Festival head to their website. 

Resources
floridafilmfestival.com
Eva Mendes's Imdb page

Best of Brouhaha program selected for Florida Film Festival 2011

After many filmmakers submitting their films and a weekend of screenings that official selection has been made for the "Best of Brouhaha" short program for the 20th Florida Film Festival.  Brouhaha was held last weekend at the Enzian theater in Maitland and of the 49 films that were screened at the showcase 11 films were picked for the honor of being screen at the Florida Film Festival.  These films are from:

• Florida State University
• BAD INFLUENCES by Kate Emery, 
• CITY OF MURALS by Ricky Rose
• I’M IN LOVE WITH KIMBERLY JOHNSON by Adam Johns,
• UNDERGROUND by Akil DuPont; 

• University of Central Florida
• A COINCIDENCE OF SORTS by Edgar Jorge; 

• Full Sail University
• AFTER: THE KELLIE GREEN STORY by Lavado Stubbs (September FilmSlam winner)

• Ringling College of Art and Design
• NO SOLICITING by Bohdon Sayre, 
• FLIP by Jill Hackett, DILLA by Stanley Moore, Michael Sauls, Michael Klim & Dominic Pallotta, 
• DEPARTURE OF LOVE by Jennifer Rae Bors; 

• Independent Filmmaker 
• Carl Knickerbocker’s A DOG GOES FROM HERE TO THERE (January FilmSlam winner).  

All of these films I personally saw myself and no two are alike and they are all entertaining.  Unfortunately you have to wait until April during the festival to see all of them.  So I would advise you to buy your tickets now.


Tickets are already on sale for the Florida Film Festival at floridafilmfestival.com
You can also find out more information about the festival at the website.  The festival is still finalizing films to be shown at the festival but you will want to be tickets because there is always something amazing to watch during the festival.