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: [...]
CINE EN CONSTRUCCIÓN ”AFRO – INDÍGENAS VOCES” WORK IN PROGRESS
El Vancouver Latin American Film Festival anuncia su cuarta edición de la sección de Cine en construcción (Work in Progress): Voces Afro Indígenas. Esta sección está dedicada a largometrajes en etapa de post-producción dirigidos, producidos y/o escritos por creadorxs que se identifiquen como afro-descendientes y/o pertenecientes a comunidades indígenas de Canadá, la región latinoamericana y el caribe. Así [...]
VLAFF 2023 AWARDS
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 [...]
¡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 [...]
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 [...]
ABRIENDO MONTE: : Perspectives on a Contemporary Afro-Cuban Cinema.
Celebrating Black History Month with a free online shorts program curated by Maria Nela Lebeque Hay, “Abriendo Monte”: Perspectives on a Contemporary Afro-Cuban Cinema. Watch the four short films and a conversation with the program’s curator here vimeo.com/showcase/abriendo-monte Available till the end of the month! #VLAFF21 #BlackHistoryMonth
WIP AFRO-INDIGENOUS VOICES
3era EDICIÓN DE CINE EN CONSTRUCCIÓN PARA VOCES AFRO-INDÍGENAS. El Vancouver Latin American Film Festival anuncia su tercera edición de la sección de Cine en construcción (Work in Progress): Voces Afro Indígenas. Esta sección está dedicada a largometrajes en etapa de edición avanzada dirigidos, producidos y/o escritos por creadorxs que se identifiquen como afro-descendientes y/o pertenecientes [...]
WILD SYMPHONY Special Presentation in Gibsons BC. Sept 29, 2022
Wild SymphonySinfonía salvaje Director: Diego SamperColombia | 2022 | Instrumental music mixed with sounds of nature and human languages | 45 min Artist Talk with Diego Samper in attendance View in-person at GIBSONS HERITAGE PLAYHOUSE:Thur, Sept 29, 6:30 PM Screening followed by an artist talk and Q&A with director Diego Samper. An exploration of sound as [...]