by Abel M. Salas The LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the 2016 Festival poster artwork by Colombian-American Carolyn Castaño yesterday while proudly announcing the selection of Ricardo de Montreuil’s Lowriders   as this year’s opening film. This year’s festival will run from June 1 through Jun 9. “In 2013 we launched a series of LA Film Festival posters designed to celebrate LA artists. Carolyn Castaño joins the ranks of acclaimed artists Ed Ruscha and the late Noah Davis as the 2016 poster artist,” said Mary Sweeney, Film Independent Board Chair. “Castaño’s work reflects and celebrates her deep roots and experiences in the powerful Latina culture of Los Angeles. Film Independent and the LA Film Festival support and celebrate the diversity of unique artistic voices.” Castaño, whose mixed-media installation at San Diego’s New Americans Museum last year went on to sh...