STREAMING AND UPCOMING SCREENINGS

 

First Time Home is now streaming on PBS

Watch a discussion with the film’s producers and directors on an episode of PBS Northwest Now

If you are interested in having a member of our filmmaking team or families featured in the film present and host a discussion for your group, please feel free to reach out and email christine_chen@berkeley.edu

Previous Screenings

  • First Time Home will be featured on KBTC on Friday, September 22 at 7:00 PM, and a discussion with the film’s directors and producers will follow at 7:30 PM. You can watch the interview here

  • UiT The Arctic University of Norway will be screening First Time Home at the Harstad Kino on February 9th

  • First Time Home is honored to be virtually screened at the 2023 Spokane International Film Festival from February 3rd - 9th via Eventive

  • The 27th ANNUAL SACRAMENTO FILM AWARDS will be presenting First Time Home with the Outstanding Cine Latino Award on Friday, January 23rd from 7:00-10:00 PM. The award ceremony will be hosted virtually, and more information can be found here.

  • Eastern Washington University is offering a free screening of the short film, First Time Home, from 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Showalter Hall Auditorium and live-streamed via Zoom. More information can be found here.

  • Primera Vez en Casa se transmitirá el 11 de Diciembre 8:30PM en la Cineteca Nacional de Mexico en la Semana de Cine Migrante! First Time Home will be shown December 11th at 8:30PM at the National Cineteca in Mexico City in the Week of Migrant Film!

  • The Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival has included First Time Home in their online showcase from November 14-28th.

  • On November 12th, the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists (ALLA) will present First Time Home: Film Presentation & Discussion with co-director Esmirna Librado, co-director Noemi Librado-Sanchez, and producer Seth Holmes.

  • On November 10th, the Society for Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival will screen First Time Home and hold a Q&A session at the 2022 AAA Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA.

  • The UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) is pleased to announce that their free and in-person CineLatino screenings will include film First Time Home on October 28th at 5:00 PM. After the screening, co-directors Esmirna Librado, Noemi Librado Sanchez, Esmeralda Ventura, and Heriberto Ventura will be in conversation with Seth Holmes (Producer and Chancellor's Professor in Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management) and Natalia Brizuela (CLAS Chair and Professor of Spanish & Portuguese and Film & Media).

  • The San Francisco Latino Film Festival will be screening First Time Home at the Roxie Theater on October 20th and October 23rd!

  • First Time Home will be apart of the Program 1-Little Stars in the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival on October 19th at 3:00 PM.

  • First Time Home is thrilled to be screened at the 18th Santa Cruz Film Festival on October 7th.

  • The Virginia Hispanic Film Festival screened First Time Home at the Arts Council of the Valley.

  • First Time Home will be screened at the Arte Américas on August 5 at 5:00 PM.

  • We are honored that the film will be shown in the University of Porto Institute of Sociology Summer School "Racismo, Migrações e Xenofobia" on July 6th in Porto, Portugal! For more information: https://isociologia.up.pt/media/825

  • We are pleased to announce that FIRST TIME HOME has been selected for inclusion in the 21st Annual Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival in 2022 based in Santa Cruz County, CA and will be screened online until June 6th.

  • First Time Home will be screened at Fresno City College on May 11th at 7 pm!

  • Back by popular demand at the Lincoln Theater on May 5 / El 5 de Mayo!

  • Starting May 5th, First Time Home will be screened during the Reel Work Labor Film Festival.

  • First Time Home is excited to be part of the Humboldt International Film Festival in person in Arcata, CA, and streaming online from April 18th-April 23rd!

  • The Magic Lantern Theatre will screen First Time Home on April 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm PST with a panel discussion following the film screening.

  • First Time Home will be screened at the Pickford Theater in Bellingham on April 16th.

  • The film will be screening at the Lincoln Theater in Mount Vernon on April 14th!

  • The Watsonville Film Festival will be streaming our film free online starting March 11th! Stream online here.

  • First Time Home is an official selection of the San Diego Latino Film Festival and can be streamed online starting March 13th!

  • The Smithsonian Museum will start streaming our film free online as an official selection of the Mother Tongue Film Festival from February 17th to March 4th! Stream online here.

  • FIRST TIME HOME will be premiering at the Portland Film Festival which takes place from October 6th to November 8th. Additional information for viewing the film can be found here.