Watsonville Film Festival Supports Emerging Latine and Indigenous Filmmakers to move their careers forward through its
CINE SE PUEDE INITIATIVE
OPENING SOON!
2022 WFF CINE SE PUEDE FELLOWS
Meet our 2022 Cine Se Puede Fellows and learn about our amazing team below.
Gracias Rise Together / Community Foundation Santa Cruz County for supporting this initiative.






WATSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL CINE SE PUEDE PROGRAM TEAM
Brenda Avila-Hanna - Cine Se Puede Lead
Brenda Avila-Hanna is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker and educator who has lived in the CA Central Coast for over a decade. Her work has been showcased at HotDocs, Lakino Berlin, Frameline, HBO, Fusion Network and more. She is a member-owner of the film distribution cooperative New Day Films, where she recently served in the Steering Committee as the first team lead for Equity & Representation. Brenda was in the inaugural cohort of DOC NYC’s “Documentary Industry New Leaders” and a recent Rockwood/Just Films Fellow. Brenda is also an active member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, a co-director of the Video Consortium Mexico and has worked as a reviewer for film grants with multiple organizations including the IDA and BAVC. She has volunteered with the Watsonville Film Festival for 7 years as a programmer and has recently joined the team as an Artist Development lead for the festival’s Cine Se Puede filmmaking fellowship.