We are excited to announce the full festival lineup happening from Sept 5-15.

***Click on the film or program titles to find out more details

BUY A FESTIVAL PASS

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

LA SUPREMA
(Colombia)

Director FELIPE HOLGUÍN in attendance!

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY
(Ñuu Savi, Mexico)

Director ÁNGELES CRUZ attendance!

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

SIGN HERE
(Mexico)

Special Guest REGINA BLANDON &
ENRIQUE VÁZQUEZ (Director & screenwriter) MARÍA TORRES (Screenwriter)
in attendance!

WORLD PREMIERE!

FIELDS OF PRESENCE
Canada-Colombia

We are pleased to welcome in Vancouver JORGE LOZANO (Governor General’s Award in Media and Visual Arts, 2020) to premiere this poetic experimental documentary, which is a tribute to his daughter’s multifaceted life.

NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION

Discover the seven Latin American films that will compete for the prize of Best New Director.
A Youth Jury from Canada and Latin America will award $2,500 to the winning director.

FOUR SEASONS OF YOUTH (Brazil) GUIÁN (Costa Rica) ALL THE FIRES (Mexico) OPEN SKY (Peru)
OUTSIDER GIRLS (Chile) MILONGA (Uruguay) SKIN IN SPRING (Colombia)

SPOTLIGHT ON ÁNGELES CRUZ!

VLAFF is pleased to welcome in Vancouver the great Director and Actor, Ángeles Cruz,
to present three of her films

Mother and daughter sitting and talking — NUDO MIXTECO

FOCUS ON COLOMBIAN CINEMA

This year VLAFF is dedicating a Focus to discover the great Cine Colombiano!

INTERNATIONAL HITS

A selection of films that have made a big impact
on the festival circuit.

¡ASÍ SUENA!
Music in Film

Feature Films

Short Films

INDIGENOUS FILMS
FROM TURTLE ISLAND
AND BEYOND

This program is a reminder that, as one of the short films says, “life is not fair but you can make your own rules and from where you are at, be fair with yourself and everyone else”.

CANADA LOOKS SOUTH

VLAFF is proud to program the largest selection of Latin-Canadian cinema.

Discover the feature films of
Latin-Canadian Filmmakers

BC-EMERGING FILMMAKERS

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Latin-Canadian Shorts Program: MEET ME THERE

Latin-Canadian Shorts (before features)

¡ACTIVISMO!

Three outstanding films to better understand the Latin American reality.

PLACEADA, The Intimate Story of an
Ex-Assassin
Mexico

IN MEMORIAM: NARCISA HIRSCH
Rituals of Subjectivity

Narcisa Hirsch passed away this year in Buenos Aires, at 95 years old, this extraordinary experimental filmmaker left a powerful legacy of memories in images.