IT’S COLOMBIA!
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, VLAFF has hosted a [...]
AGM 2024
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 about the Board of [...]
AFRO-INDIGENOUS VOICES, Work in Progress 2024
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, to projects made by [...]
TWO AFRO-LATINX DIRECTORS TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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 assistant director on several [...]
CONVOCATORIA: CORTOMETRAJES EN COMPETENCIA
Shorts Films in competitionFiction, animated, experimental, hybrid, and documentary shorts with Latin American content. Maximum running time: 21 minutes. Year: 2023-2024FILMFREEWAY
New Directors Competition
The 22nd edition of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival will take place from September 5 - 15, 2024, with submissions opening on Nov 16, 2023 and closing Feb 29, 2024.First feature-length films (opera primas) by Latin American directors or with Latin American content. Fiction, animation, documentary, arthouse, hybrid. Running time: 60 minutes and longer. Year: 2023-2024 GO TO FILMFREEWAY