ALTO
"Because coming out to family is hard, but coming out to FAMILY is funny."
Melanie Minichino, Diana DeGarmo (with Jake Robards in the photo)

Alto Tickets, DFFLA

Downtown Film Festival L.A.

...and other news you can't afford to miss

Honestly, we haven't figured out how to get people to read a newsletter...though it hasn't stopped us from trying! Here are the bullet points from this one:

+ Alto is coming to Los Angeles (July 26), Durham, NC (August 15 and 22), and NYC (August 26). Details and TICKET INFO BELOW, including a link for a very special ALTO PROMO from MAURIZIO, a YouTuber with his own channel and a love of this particular Italian movie.

+ You can win a FREE TICKET to one of these screenings. DETAILS BELOW :).

+ Have a look at producer Toni D'Antonio's GUEST POST titled, "From the Trenches: Tips on Navigating the Film Festival Circuit," featured on the Cinema Libre Blog.

To win a free ticket to an Alto screening:

Send us the Reader's Digest version of your (or your ancestors') immigration story, 500 words or less by July 21st. We'll put the best story--granted, it's only an opinion--up on the Alto website (unless you don't want us to) AND you'll get a ticket to a screening in your area. If Alto isn't coming to your area, we'll figure something else out.

See what MAURIZIO has to say about Alto!

Alto the Movie mashes it up with Maurizio!

Melanie Minichino will be at the LA screening! To learn more about Maurizio, click the pic or visit www.TheMaurizioShow.com

UPCOMING FILM FESTIVALS

Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles
Sunday, July 26 | 5 PM
Regent Theatre
448 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
CLICK FOR TIX

North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Sat, Aug 15 | 7 PM
Carolina Theatre
309 W. Morgan Street
Durham, NC 27701
CLICK FOR TIX

NewFilmmakers
New York
Tues, Aug 26 | 8:45 PM
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Ticket Info TBD

Alto has also been accepted to its first European festival and will be screening in Barcelona in October! We also have another screening coming up in San Francisco the second week of September, this time at the historic Castro Theatre! We're very excited about that, and we'll give you more information as soon as we're allowed to announce.

As ever, thanks for your support of this "little film that could" because we couldn't, without you. Share this newsletter on social media or via email by clicking one of the buttons below.

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Hope to see you at the movies! One of us is always there so come up and say hello!

Happy Summer!

Mikki, Toni, and Ellora (Team Alto)