A private screening for cast, crew, friends and family in Sunnyside, Wash., was held at Grand Cinemas Yakima Valley on Saturday, May 11. Including the movie’s main character actor, Dwayne Bartholomew, the film’s director, Rick Castaneda, and plenty of other cast and crew in attendance, the screening was a big success. “The screening went beyond our [...]
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Tri-City Herald article showcases director’s visit
Posted: May 14, 2013 by Patrick Ibarra in Press, Public RelationsThe Tri-City Herald newspaper recently ran an article on Cement Suitcase Director Rick Castaneda, interviewing the Los Angeles-based movie maker on his trip to his hometown area last weekend for a private screening for cast and crew in Sunnyside, Wash. Director Rick Castaneda poses with father Guillermo at the screening. (Photo courtesy of Elaina Bruhn [...]
Director featured on 98.3 The Key radio show
Posted: May 10, 2013 by Patrick Ibarra in Press, Public RelationsCement Suitcase Director Rick Castaneda is in the Yakima Valley this weekend promoting the film, which is completed and currently being submitted for consideration to multiple film festivals. During his Washington visit, he stopped by the 98.3 The Key studios in Tri-Cities for an interview on the morning radio show. Director Rick Castaneda took a [...]
Review Independent features Cement Suitcase
Posted: July 26, 2011 by Patrick Ibarra in Press, Production, Public RelationsThe Review Independent, a newspaper covering cities like Wapato, Toppenish, Granger and several others in central Washington, was the first local newspaper in the Yakima Valley to print a story on the “Cement Suitcase” production when it published a story about Director Rick Castaneda in its June 15 issue. The story, titled “Granger grad films [...]
Cement Suitcase the top story on local news
Posted: July 6, 2011 by Patrick Ibarra in Press, Public RelationsWorried we might ruffle some feathers filming “Cement Suitcase” at various locations around the Yakima Valley, we’ve been pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of support we’ve received not only from business owners and local residents, but by the surrounding media outlets producing the news. We’ve had articles printed in the Toppenish Independent, the Tri-City Herald, [...]
In our first press for the movie, we just popped up in the Review Independent. They also promised another followup article to come out this week with more details. They didn’t spell my name right, but hey, what else is new. This picture was taken on the set of “Coma, Period.” which just got up [...]
Patrick’s post about having hopes and dreams reminded me of this article that came out in the Yakima Herald-Republic when we were both graduating from high school. Patrick, I, Faustino Prieto, and Daniel Wyknenko had made a film together called “Deadly American Kung-fu Kickboxer Hero Warrier Part III”. The picture on this article was taken [...]