5th Puerto Vallarta Film Festival opens Dec 10 Announced film programming

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Robert James Roessel, President and Director of the 5th Puerto Vallarta Film Festival and Jean Pierre Leleu, Programming Director of the festival and Director of Programming for Cinemark Latin America are pleased to announce the following line up of films slated for the film festival which will take place December 10-14 at Cinemark Theaters in Plaza Caracol, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. The schedule of screening times will be announced on December 1st and will be posted on our website:www.vallartafilmfestival.com

On December 5th, an announcement will be made regarding the national and international celebrity guests and filmmakers that will be attending this year's 5th Film Festival. This information will also be posted on the above website.

Once again, tickets for the environmental film section will be free of charge to the public which is sponsored in part by Cinemark, Corporativo Ambiental and the US Embassy. Tickets to all other film screenings in the film festival including the opening and closing films will be $42 pesos and may be purchased beginning Monday, December 8th, 2008.

For any additional information visit the film festival offices located on the left side of the Cinemark box offices in Plaza Caracol during regular business hours.

SHINE THE LIGHT – Directed by: Martin Scorsese A documentary with raw footage following the Rolling Stones in concert.

CHANGELING – Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich

APPALOOSA – Directed by: Ed Harris
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris Renee Zellweger, Viggo Mortensen

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA – Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson

FROST/NIXON – Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL – Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, John Cleese, Kathy Bates, James Hong

THE DUCHESS – Directed by: Saul Dibb
Starring: Kiera Knightley, Ralph Fiennes

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS – Directed by: Mark Herman

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED – Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger, Bill Irwin

PURGATORIO – Directed by: Roberto Rochin
Starring: Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Ana Claudia Talancon

DESIERTO SUR – Directed by: Shawn Ferry
Starring: Marta Etura, Carolina Varleta, Alejandro Botto

DAYS OF WRATH – Directed by: Celia Fox
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Wilmer Valderrama, Ana Claudia Talancon, Jesse Garcia

DOUBT – Directed by: John Patrick Shanley

Starring: Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman

AUSTRALIA – Directed by: Baz Luhrman
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD – Directed by: Werner Herzog (Environmental Section)

UP THE YANGTZE – Directed by: Yung Chang (Environmental Section)

AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD – Directed by: Dan Stone (Environmental Section)

PAPALOTZIN: THE JOURNEY OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY (Environmental Section)