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Schedule

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025 

3 p.m.Hotel check-inHanover Inn
6 p.m.Dinner ReceptionNearburg Forum, Black Family Visual Arts Center (VAC)
7 p.m.Sleep Dealer Screening
(Directed by Alex Rivera. Runtime 1 hour 30 minutes)
This event is free and unticketed
Loew Auditorium, VAC

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2025

8—9 a.m.Breakfast BuffetHayward Room, Hanover Inn
9 a.m.Welcome and Opening RemarksHayward Room, Hanover Inn
9:30—11:30 a.m.BORDERS Panel with Alex Avina, Catherine Ramirez, Alex Rivera, and David Vazquez, moderated by Matt Garcia
Hayward Room, Hanover Inn
11:45 a.m.—1:45 p.m.Lunch Buffet and Author's Discussion with Zoraida Córdova, Carmen Maria Machado, and Vanessa Angélica Villareal, moderated by Marcela Di BlasiHayward Room, Hanover Inn
2—4 p.m.FILM Panel with Carmen Maria Machado, Orquidea Morales, and Ignacio Sanchez Prado, moderated by Jeffrey Romero MiddentsLoew Auditorium, VAC
4:30 p.m.The Pod Generation Screening
(Directed by Sophie Barthes. Runtime 1 hour 50 minutes)
This event is free and unticketed
Loew Auditorium, VAC
7 p.m.Dinner (panelist-only event)Birch Room, Hanover Inn

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025

8—9 a.m.Breakfast BuffetNearburg Forum, VAC
9 a.m.Opening RemarksLoew Auditorium, VAC
9:30—11:30 a.m.FICTION Panel with Zoraida Córdova, Maia Gil’Adi, Orquidea Morales, and Francisco Robles, moderated by Marcela Di BlasiLoew Auditorium, VAC
11:45 a.m.—1:45 p.m.Lunch Buffet and Filmmakers Discussion with Alex Rivera and Sophie Barthes moderated by Desirée GarciaFilm Studio, VAC 108
2—4 p.m.NATALISM Panel with Sophie Barthes, Robb Hernandez, Diana Adesola Mafe, and Vanessa Angélica Villareal, moderated by Mary CoffeyLoew Auditorium, VAC
4:30—5:30 p.m.Orozco Mural Presentation by Mary CoffeyBaker Library Lower-level
6 p.m. End of Conference Dinner ReceptionTacos y Tequila

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2025

11 a.m.Hotel check-outHanover Inn