Rogelio Almeida, best known for his 2009 film Yveete—the first Spanish-language film to win the Grand Jury Award at DeadCenter—can usually be found behind the camera, working on a new film. But this weekend, he hands the lens over to budding filmmakers and puts his extensive knowledge of the film scene to work by acting as festival director for the OKCine Latino Film Festival, now in its sixth year.
Originally started in the basement of the El Nacional Newspaper, in only a few years the film festival has reached international proportions, screening films from all across Latin America. But, what makes the OKCine celebration so important, according to Almeida, is the light it shines on homegrown talent across the state as well.