Films and Videos. Lourdes Portillo's production company Xochitl - it's mission, history, and contact information.
Location-specific art and video installations by Lourdes Portillo.
Filmography, film and video awards, and a personal interview by Fred Salas. Click to order film and videos.
Articles about Portillo's work and its context. Links to scholarships and film festivals. Email us for more information at < portillo.l@gmail.com >
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Honors & Retrospectives
  • Quelaco Film Award - San Francisco, California - 5/03
  • California, State Board of Equalization: Resolution given 5/1/03 to Ms. Portillo for "her tireless efforts in portraying human rights issues and in appreciation of her tremendous aesthetic contribution to the City of San Francisco, the State of California and the rest of the global community."
  • Certificate of Recognition from California Legislature Assembly for "Your work serves to change lives by educating while entertaining individuals. Your work and your dedication to your art serve to inspire others to search for their passion." Mark Leno, Member of the Assembly -- 5/1/03
  • Frames of Reference: Reflections on Media by Rockefeller and MacArthur Film/Video/Multimedia Fellows - Corpus
  • Film Retrospective, The Fine Arts, Berkeley, Ca. (1999) Nov. 12 1999
  • Retrospective, Una Cineasta Chicana Cineteca Nacional de Mexico Oct. (1999) Mexico City.
  • Retrospective, 4a Muestra euroamericana de video y arte digital, Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina. August 23 (l999)
  • CineSul 99, Retrospective Uma Cineasta Chicana, 6 Mostra Latino Americana do Rio De Janeiro, Brazil June (1999)
  • Cineaste Award, Taos Film Festival, Taos, NM. (1999)
  • Lourdes Portillo -- a Film Retrospective, Stanford University April (1999 )
  • Lourdes Portillo: Nuevas Formas de Ver, Casa de Americas, Madrid, Spain (1999)
  • San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Diego, Ca. Tribute, (1999.)
  • Retrospective of Lourdes Portillo; Latino Film Festival presented by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1998)
  • Retrospective of Films by Lourdes Portillo; Este Lugar, the First Annual Border Film Festival, Mesilla, New Mexico, (1995)


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