Dir. Santiago Lozano | Colombia, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 87 min | Narrative Seventy-year-old José de los Santos lives in a village on Colombia’s Pacific coast. He learned the art of ritual burial as a child. Like his ancestors who were brought to Colombia as African slaves, he accompanies the dying and the […]
Dir. Cristobal Jasso | Mexico, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 94 mins | Documentary Marino Mariano is a fisherman and musician from Collantes an afro-mexican community on the Coast of Oaxaca. He is illiterate, yet has composed over 46 songs. Today, at 68, he wants to record the ones he still remembers before he […]
Director: Luis Ortega | Argentina | 2025 | Spanish with English subtitles | 96 min Starring Argentine star Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, the enfant terrible of the contemporary world author cinema. Remo Manfredini is a legendary jockey, but his self-destructive behaviour is beginning to outshine his talent and threaten his relationship with his girlfriend Abril. On […]
Colectivo SUR is an ever-evolving and dynamic group that embraces the richness and diversity of Latin American musical traditions. Rooted in collaboration and cultural exchange, the collective is constantly reimagining itself through a rotating lineup of artists—each performance shaped by the unique voices and backgrounds of its current members. No two performances are the same. […]
Dir. Rodrigo Prieto | Mexico, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 133 mins | Narrative Unfolding in a seemingly abandoned Mexican town where past and present beguilingly coexist, the feature directorial debut of legendary cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon) is a mesmerizing story of desire, corruption, and inheritance. A sumptuous adaptation of […]
A summer day with VLAFF! Join us this June 23rd for the short film program "In Between Wounds & Weavings," followed by live music from Las Satyas and Boteco bites at The Cinematheque. Read more about the selected short films here. Curated by María Blanco, Nicolás Serrano, Pablo Betancourt, Ricardo Hardy & Rodrigo Ferrat (bios below). […]
Dir. Daniel Hendler Uruguay, Argentina 2025 ”There’s universal pleasure to be had in the film’s inventive vision of a fugitive” Lee Marshal, Screen Daily Santiago, an Argentinian police constable, crosses the border to Uruguay on the run from the other police officers on his trail. Putting his uniform to good use, he inspects regional food […]
THURSDAY | SEP 10 | 9:15 PM-1:30 AM | VILLAGE STUDIOS GET TICKETS Come to the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival’s (VLAFF) Opening Night Party! A celebration including a two-DJ lineup that is guaranteed to make you sweat. Join us for SimonSimon’s vinyl set featuring cumbia, salsa, boogaloo and more. Stay till late for a […]
Our stories do not end when the apocalypsis and destruction arrives. That is just one part of our history, there is a future when the Earth is alive and healthy again, when we can live on it, when we come back following the voice of our ancestors. This does not happen magically, it happens because […]
Dir, Diego Céspedes Chile 2025 "The fascinating feature debut from writer-director Diego Céspedes, is a film of painfully bittersweet, enduringly beautiful joys''. 1982. Eleven-year-old Lidia lives with her beloved queer family in a desert mining town in northern Chile. As an unknown and deadly disease begins to spread, legend has it that it is transmitted […]
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) Dir, Ernesto Martínez Bucio Mexico 2025 Mexico City, mid-90s. After the sudden disappearance of their parents, five siblings are left in the care of their grandmother. As they struggle to survive, the line between reality and something darker begins to blur. The grandmother, […]
Tamboré is a Vancouver-based Latin fusion band bringing together the vibrant rhythms of the Caribbean, the tropical sounds of Latin America, and the unmistakable groove of Funk. Inspired by the musical movement that emerged from Venezuela in the 1970s, Tamboré blends salsa, cumbia, tropical rhythms, funk, and Latin grooves into a fresh and energetic sound. […]