The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is thrilled to announce our 2023 Youth Jury. This group of 20 young filmmakers and artistic creators based in BC and Latin America will receive mentorship, watch and debate the six films in competition, attend a deliberation session, and present the Youth Choice Award for Best New Director at the [...]
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The Festival is pleased to welcome in Vancouver ALINE KÜPPENHEIM one of the most active and recognized Chilean actresses, with a filmography that goes hand in hand with the rise of Chilean cinema on the world scene. For closing night, the Chilean film CHILE ’76 (Sun Sept 17) by acclaimed actor-director MANUELA MARTELLI, an intriguing historical [...]
TICKETS, FESTIVAL PASSES & MEMBERSHIPS Welcome to the 21st edition of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival! From September 7 -17 we will present a full in-person festival in Vancouver, as well as a series of online dialogues with filmmakers from across Canada and Latin America. FESTIVAL PASS | Limited quantities available Support VLAFF and enjoy [...]
SPECIAL GUEST: CARLOS FERRAND It is VLAFF's pleasure to welcome in Vancouver one of Canada's most innovative and prolific Latin-Canadian filmmakers, CARLOS FERRAND, who will be in attendance to present three of his works, (plus a very special secret screening). CARLOS FERRAND was born in Lima, Peru. From Lima to Brussels, Paris and Vermont, he spent several [...]
PAVEL GIROUDRetrospective As it is a tradition for more than a decade, VLAFF dedicates a retrospective to a figure of Latin American cinema. In past years, VLAFF has dedicated this retrospective to the Brazilian director ANNA MUYLAERT, to the Chilean actress MANUELA MARTELLI, to the Argentine screenwriter ANDRES DUPRAT, among many others. This year, in [...]
We are thrilled to announce the 21st Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Official Poster! 🎥🤩🍴 by semillites hernández velasco#VLAFF21 is getting closer! We can't wait to celebrate with films, food, fun and music 🌞🌭🎉
The 21st edition of the Festival will showcase a diverse array of contemporary and classic Cuban cinema. We are very pleased to welcome renowned Cuban director and screenwriter PAVEL GIROUD, who will be in attendance to present three of his films: THE COMPANION, PLAYING LECUONA and his latest film THE PADILLA AFFAIR. Other contemporary titles that [...]
The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, May 3 at 6:00pm online via zoom and in-person at the VLAFF Office (111 W. Hastings St.) Please register for the AGM by sending an email to rsvp@vlaff.org. A few days before, we will send you instructions on how to join the [...]
