Carlos Ferrand, Special Guest
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 years studying and wandering [...]
PAVEL GIROUD, Retrospective
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 addition to having a [...]
VLAFF POSTER 2023
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 🌞🌭🎉
¡CINE CUBANO! Spotlight on Cuban Cinema
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 will be screening are [...]
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2023
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 video conference or attend [...]
INTERSECTION, Vancouver premiere starring Carmen Aguirre
APRIL 5th - SAVE THE DATE We are happy to be back in the cinema at VIFF Centre for a special presentation of INTERSECTION by Chilean-Canadian filmmaker Cecilia Araneda starring Carmen Aguirre (both in attendance) on April 5th! Find more details here: vlaff.org/intersection Chilean refugee Daniela (Carmen Aguirre) came to Canada as a child after her mother was assassinated [...]