{"id":272833,"date":"2025-10-02T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/tercera-temporada-del-programa-de-mentoria-para-cineastas-mitu-walmart-regresa-con-oz-rodriguez-ganador-del-emmy-y-estreno-en-miami-este-otono\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:40:02","slug":"tercera-temporada-del-programa-de-mentoria-para-cineastas-mitu-walmart-regresa-con-oz-rodriguez-ganador-del-emmy-y-estreno-en-miami-este-otono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/tercera-temporada-del-programa-de-mentoria-para-cineastas-mitu-walmart-regresa-con-oz-rodriguez-ganador-del-emmy-y-estreno-en-miami-este-otono\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 3 of the mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program is Back with Emmy Winner Oz Rodriguez and a Miami Film Premiere This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\">\n                  <i>The initiative invests in Latino storytellers at a time when Latino audiences fueled 7 of the top 10 films in 2024<\/i>\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Oct. 2, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4521882-1&amp;h=2952871884&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwearemitu.com%2Fwalmart-filmmaker-program%2F&amp;a=mit%C3%BA+%7C+Walmart+Filmmaker+Mentorship+Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program<\/a> is proud to announce the launch of its third season, welcoming a new generation of Latino filmmakers whose stories showcase the richness, resilience, and creativity of the Latino community. Since its inception, the award-winning program has empowered a dozen rising filmmakers to bring their short films to life, from script to screen. For the first time, all four original short films will debut in November at the 24<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the Miami short Film Festival \u2014 a celebration of culture, creativity, and stories that move us all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg4b68left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg4b68left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 251px;\" title=\"Guiding and inspiring this new class is returning mentor Oz Rodriguez, the Emmy Award-winning director, producer, and writer best known for his groundbreaking work on Saturday Night Live.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2785335\/NGLmitu_Season_3.jpg\" alt=\"Guiding and inspiring this new class is returning mentor Oz Rodriguez, the Emmy Award-winning director, producer, and writer best known for his groundbreaking work on Saturday Night Live.\" align=\"middle\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>This year, the\u00a0mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program continues to make an impact with an enhanced 11-week accelerated format, providing emerging filmmakers with the tools, resources, and support needed to bring their visions to life. Participants gain full access to mit\u00fa Studios in Los Angeles, receive everything they need to produce their own 5\u201310 minute short films, and are gifted a $10,000 equipment kit to fuel their future creative projects. Guiding and inspiring this new class is returning mentor Oz Rodriguez, the Emmy Award-winning director, producer, and writer best known for his groundbreaking work on <i>Saturday Night Live<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, four filmmakers were selected from a nationwide open call that drew over 120 applications. Each will debut original short films exploring themes of identity, culture, and transformation:\u00a0<b>Sophia Costanzo<\/b> (<i>Cups<\/i>), <b>Glen\u00eds Hunter<\/b> (<i>15<\/i>), <b>Eric Ibarra<\/b> (<i>Two Step<\/i>), and <b>Stephanie Osuna-Hernandez<\/b> (<i>Spill The Frijoles<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p>Latino voices remain vastly unrepresented in Hollywood, even as Latino audiences prove to be among the industry&#8217;s most powerful drivers. According to the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4521882-1&amp;h=2486182902&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsocialsciences.ucla.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2FUCLA-Hollywood-Diversity-Report-2025-Theatrical-Film-2-27-2025.pdf&amp;a=UCLA+Hollywood+Diversity+Report+2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2025<\/a><\/u>, Latino actors held only 1% of lead roles in last year&#8217;s top theatrical films, while Latino directors accounted for just 4.3% and writers 2.1%. Yet, audiences of color (including Latinos) purchased most opening-weekend tickets for seven of the top 10 and 12 of the top 20 films in 2024. This imbalance underscores the urgent need for efforts like the mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program, which creates opportunities for Latino filmmakers to tell their stories and meet the demand for authentic representation.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4521882-1&amp;h=2008602190&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cobreirocomms.com%2F&amp;a=Cobreiro+Comms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cobreiro Comms<\/a><br \/><a href=\"mailto:NGLmitu@cobreirocomms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NGLmitu@cobreirocomms.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg0713left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg0713left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 66px;\" title=\"Season 3 of the mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program is back with Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez and a Miami film premiere this Fall.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2785334\/5537587\/MITU_and_WALMART_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Season 3 of the mit\u00fa | Walmart Filmmaker Mentorship Program is back with Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez and a Miami film premiere this Fall.\" align=\"middle\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4521882-1&amp;h=1812538726&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2785335%2FNGLmitu_Season_3.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2785335%2FNGLmitu_Season_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2785335\/NGLmitu_Season_3.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4521882-1&amp;h=3542714542&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2785334%2F5537587%2FMITU_and_WALMART_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2785334%2F5537587%2FMITU_and_WALMART_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2785334\/5537587\/MITU_and_WALMART_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE NGLmit\u00fa<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\">\n                  <i>The initiative invests in Latino storytellers at a time when Latino audiences fueled 7 of the top 10 films in 2024<\/i>\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Oct. 2, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The &lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272833"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272836,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272833\/revisions\/272836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}