LATIN-CANADIAN SHORT FILM COMPETITION The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is pleased to announce a new competition section for works by Latin-Canadian directors, as well as Canadian directors with works that relate to Latin America. Although in the past, VLAFF has had competitions for Latin-Canadian directors, such as when we celebrated our 20th anniversary, the intention [...]
CINEASTAS LATINES DEL MUNDO La convocatoria para la edición del #VLAFF23 que ocurrirá en la ciudad de Vancouver del 4 al 14 de septiembre 2025 está abierta en las siguientes categorías 𝗘𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮: Nuevas Direcciones CortometrajesCortometrajes Latinocanadienses 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮:Cineastas Indígenas de Canadá y Latinoamérica (Films from Turtle Island & Beyond)Largometrajes¡Así Sabe! Cine culinario¡Así Suena! Cine [...]
2024 People's Choice Award presented by PELIPLAT VLAFF is pleased to announce a new partnership with the platform PELIPLAT, a leading website for film enthusiasts and critics, to launch the 2024 People's Choice Award presented by PELIPLAT. We are happy to announce this partnership and prize, which will encourage Vancouver audiences to select and vote for [...]
VLAFF is looking for two awesome individuals to run the show at the 🎟️BOX OFFICE🎟️ during our festival from September 5 – 15, 2024. The Box Office Supervisor ✨ will be in charge of oversight and set-up of film festival ticketing both in advance and during the festival, oversight of all box office activities, including [...]
Still from LA SUPREMA (Dir. Felipe Holguín Caro) In 2024, VLAFF’s spotlight will be on the always well received cinema from Colombia, a country full of diverse stories with a great tradition in cinema. In fact, the first film festival founded in Latin America was the Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI) in 1960. During its 22 years, [...]
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGWHEN: FRIDAY, MAY 31 AT 6PMWHERE: IN PERSON at VLAFF Headquarters The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival will hold its Annual General Meeting in person on Friday, May 31 at 6PM. Anyone may attend, but only current VLAFF members are able to vote for our 2024/2025 Board of Directors. To learn more [...]
The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival has announced the winning film and participants of its third edition of Work in Progress (Cine en construcción): Afro Indigenous Voices. This section is dedicated to feature-length films in post-production stage that are written, directed, or produced by Afro-descendants and/or Indigenous creators from Canada, the Latin American region and the Caribbean; and, [...]
We recommend delving into the work of Claudia Sainte-Luce & Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza and discover what Afro-Latinx directors are creating! Still from THE AMAZING CATFISH (2013) Claudia Sainte-Luce is a Mexican screenwriter, director and actress. Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Sainte-Luce studied visual arts at the University of Guadalajara, made some short films and worked as an [...]
