Selected as one of eight Italian filmmakers for Berlinale Talent Campus, Berlin, Germanyįulbright Scholarship for an MFA in the U.S.įor the film "Lo Sguardo Italiano - The Italian Gaze" Bing Fellowship, at Djerassi, Californiaįellow at TheMacDowell Colony, New Hampshire “Italo Scanga” Visiting Artist, University of Rhode Island, Art departmentĪrtist in Residence in the Town of Breckenridge, Coloradoīrindle Foundation Residency Grant, SFAI (Santa Fe Art Institute), Santa Fe, New MexicoĪrtist in Residence at Platteforum, Denver, ColoradoĪwarded the Centennial Celebration of TheMacDowell Colony project, in Peterborough, New Hampshireįellow at The Bogliasco Foundation, Genova, Italy “Visiting Italian Anna Maglione-Sie Scholar”, University of Denver, Colorado,Īrtist in Residence at DCCA (Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts) Over the past fifteen years Del Rosario has been a fellow in residence with his work at a number of prestigious foundations in Europe and in the U.S, at the Bogliasco Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Santa Fe Art Institute among the others.īased in Los Angeles, California, where he currently works as Art Director, he also traveled extensively as a Visiting Artist and Visiting Assistant Professor at non-profit foundations and universities across the United States.Īrtist in Residence at BASE-Milano with BEPART and ARDA- A Ritmo D'Acque, His work has been awarded and exhibited in many festivals and venues worldwide, including at the Annecy Film Festival, the London Film Festival, the Berlinale Talent Campus, the MoMa, the Lincoln Center and the Hong Kong Film Festival. He received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. Santikos owns and operates 10 theaters in the San Antonio area.Sandro Del Rosario's films and installations are inspired by places, feelings and memories of feelings, distilled through a labor intensive animation process that transforms still images, photos, paintings and collages in moving, imaginary spaces.īorn in Italy, with a background as a multi media designer, Del Rosario came to the U.S. “These are exciting times for Santikos, we opened two new theaters this year, Santikos New Braunfels and Santikos Westlakes, we just finished a remodel of our IMAX auditorium at Palladium, we have plans to announce future developments and remodels later this year, and we remain the most financially sound theater operator in the country,” Brooks said. Starting this summer, “Bijou Series” art films will be shown across all Santikos theaters. Santikos will continue to support independent filmmakers and art films. “We’re also pleased to continue serving the Balcones Heights community with our Santikos Northwest Theater, located just across the highway, less than 1 mile away from the Bijou,” Brooks said. Santikos has operated the Bijou since December 1987.īrooks said while the company is sad to announce its closing, they’re excited about the future of Santikos. “It’s this changing dynamic of art films, and our lease coming up for renewal that led to the decision to close The Bijou,” Brooks said. “There was a record bidding war between Amazon, Netflix and Apple, and Apple won with a $25 million purchase.”Īs art films are exploring new ways to be profitable and gain exposure, it’s not always going to mean that they get shown in traditional theater settings. “‘CODA’ which won Best Movie (at the Oscars) was allowed to play in our theaters for only one week prior to opening on Apple,” Brooks said. The theater was located at Wonderland of the Americas in Balcones Heights.Īndrew Brooks, the executive director of sales and marketing for Santikos, confirmed the closure on Tuesday, saying the closure was due, in part, to the changing art-film dynamic during the COVID-19 pandemic. BALCONES HEIGHTS, Texas – The Bijou theater, San Antonio’s arthouse theater, is closing its doors after 35 years.
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