Join us in the middle of the festival to celebrate the great cinema we’ve seen continue to connect at the Cinema Cocktail 2021 Virtual Film Festival!
The Centerpiece Gala is a nice breather in the middle of the festival on May 30 at 4:00 pm (PST). Some of you may have had a chance to see our Centerpiece Film, some of you might be getting ready to watch it. Either way, join us for a brief time of snacks and cocktails as we continue to form community around this celebration of film. Fill out the form below to receive your link to the Cinema Cocktail online gathering space!
Note: If you have already RSVP’d on one of the other forms, your link will work throughout the duration of the festival. However, if you’d still like to RSVP and let us know that you are coming, please feel free.
Cocktail of Choice: The San Martín
When African, European, American, and Indigenous cultures collided in Argentina, the San Martín was born. As Americans clamored for this twist on the traditional martini, local bartenders heard the name of their liberator José de San Martín. A colonial subject of the Spanish king, San Martín served his colonizers as a military commander. But after an 1811 meeting with South American revolutionaries in London, he joined his people to fight for independence and successfully overthrew the Spanish in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Tonight as we watch the stories of young revolutionaries in our own time, let us raise a San Martín to their courage, a cocktail for libertadores everywhere.
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. gin
- 1 ½ oz. sweet red vermouth
- ¼ oz. yellow chartreuse
Pour into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with lemon peel.
Gala Gourmet
A sweet that comforts amidst hardship, this pack of cinnamon cookies from Mexican-owned bakery La Monarca will temper the fruity sweetness of your San Martín. If you need sweet on sweet to get through a documentary on such a painful subject, try their orejitas or Mexican wedding cookies instead. (Various Prices)
