‘Encanto’ Screenwriter Germaine Franco to attend 15th Annual Plaza Classic Film Festival
EL PASO, Texas -- Disney's 'Encanto' Screenwriter, El Pasoan Germaine Franco, will be attending this year's 15th Annual Plaza Classic Film Festival at the Plaza Theater.
Franco will be appearing alongside the 2021 Academy Award-winning Best Animated Feature Film on July 30 at the Plaza Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for $10 at Ticketmaster.com and the Plaza Theatre Box Office.
Franco's 'Encanto' score received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Score. This is one of a long list of accomplishments the former El Paso Youth Symphony Orchestra percussionist has achieved in her career as a composer, producer, and arranger in the film industry.
Accomplishments in film
Franco's 'Encanto' score not only received an Academy Award nomination, but a Golden Globe nomination as well. The score additionally received awards from the Society of Composers and Lyricists for Best Original Score, an Annie Award for best music in an animated feature, and a Variety Artisan Award.
Franco has written and produced original scores for a variety of other big projects. She was a co-writer and producer for five of the six original songs in Disney's 2017 hit 'Coco,' including 'Un Poco Loco' and 'Proud Corazon.' She also wrote the scores for the video games 'Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness' and 'Kung Fu Panda: The Emperor's Quest.'
For Nickelodeon's 'The Casagrandes,' Franco was a co-writer and producer for the main title theme song.
Netflix films Franco has worked on include Work It, the Sleepover, and Someone Great.
Other movies Franco has scored include 'Little,' 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold,' 'Tag,' and 'Dope,' just to name a few.
Franco's work is heard in concert halls around the world.
Equity in film
Franco is a strong believer of music education and equity in her field. She is on the Advisory Board for Women in Media and the Neighborhood Music School.
Franco made history as the first woman to score a Disney animated feature film, and was the first woman of color to receive an Oscar nomination for best original score.
In 2018, Univision celebrated Franco's work as one of "15 Latinas Who Are Changing the World as We Know It."
Other special guests and movies at the 15th Annual Plaza Classic Film Festival
Joining Franco as other special guests at this year's Plaza Classic Film Festival include Rita Moreno, El Paso native F. Murray Abraham, and married filmmakers Cristina Ibarra, an El Paso native, and Alex Rivera.
This year's titles are 'Singin' in the Rain,' 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,' 'Amadeus,' 'Scarface,' 'Thelma and Louise,' 'Lawrence of Arabia,' 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' 'Superman,' and 'Sleepless in Seattle.'
You can get individual tickets at the Plaza Theatre Box Office or Ticketmaster.com. Passes are on sale here, or you can call at 915-533-4020.
The 15th Annual Plaza Classic Film Festival will take place at the Plaza Theatre on W Mills Ave July 28 through August 7.
