Several film festivals are gracing the Southland this weekend, including the Hola Mexico Film Festival, which opens Thursday at the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood. The festival is said to be the largest tribute to Mexican film in the world. The opening presentation is the U.S. premiere of "Bala Mordida." The closing night event on Tuesday is the L.A. premiere of "Alamar." http://www.holamexicoff.com
European festival
Also beginning Thursday is the South East European Film Festival, which opens at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles with the 1989 documentary vignette "The Wall," as well as the U.S. premiere of the Serbian documentary "Goodbye, How Are You?" and the L.A. premiere of the Albanian film "Alive!" The festival continues through Monday, when it closes at UCLA's James Bridges Theatre with the L.A. premiere of the Turkish production "A Step Into Darkness." http://www.seefilmla.org
