{"id":29347,"date":"2025-01-31T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlaff.org\/?p=29347"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:40:34","slug":"6-latin-film-festivals-outside-of-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlaff.org\/es\/6-latin-film-festivals-outside-of-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Latin Film Festivals Outside of Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to VLAFF (for us it is the best) there are other notable Festivals focused on Latin American cinema, which take place outside the Latin American region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CIN\u00c9LATINO, RENCONTRES DE TOULOUSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toulouse is a city located in the south of France, giving an important outlet to Latin American productions. Celebrating its 37th anniversary in 2025, Cin\u00e9Latino counts with a series of important awards in its Films in Progress section that allow the films presented there to premiere in French theatres. The next edition will be in March of this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FESTIVAL DE CINE LATINO DE BIARRITZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another festival in the south of France dedicated to Latin American cinema. Biarritz is located on the French Basque coast, and also with a lot of tradition, it will celebrate 33 years in 2025. Like Toulouse, Biarritz’s programming is serious, recognized, and over the years its main award, the Abrazo, has been given to many renowned Latin American creators. Its proximity in dates and geography to the San Sebasti\u00e1n festival guarantees the presence of high-level directors who have just presented their works in San Sebasti\u00e1n, one of the most important festivals in the world. The peculiarity of Biarritz is that in addition to programming films, there is also an encounter with Latin American writers and live concerts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among many of the Latin Film Festivals in the USA, The Chicago Latino Film Festival is a classic. Produced every April for the last 40 years by the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC)\u2014a pan-Latino, nonprofit, multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting, and increasing awareness of Latin culture among Latins and other communities by presenting a wide variety of art forms. The Chicago Latino Film Festival is considered the largest Latin film festival in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRIESTE, LATIN FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the northern part of Italy, there is another festival with a long tradition. About to celebrate its 39th anniversary, Trieste has a remarkable history of showcasing cinema from our region. The founder of this festival is the legendary Italo-Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri, who is also one of the founders\u2014along with Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez, Julio Garc\u00eda Espinosa and Fidel Castro\u2014of EICTV, the International Film School in Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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aluCINE, Film and Media Arts Festival<\/p>\n\n\n\n

aluCINE is a Toronto-based non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating Latin American arts in all its forms. This Festival hosts a variety of exciting events every year, including film screenings, panels, creative workshops, live music performances and art exhibitions. aluCINE was founded by a collective of Latin-Canadian experimental artists and to this day holds that spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VLAFF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our festival will celebrate its 23rd anniversary in 2025. Founded in 2003, VLAFF was born as a window to show Latin American cinema in Western Canada, and also as the referent place for the presence of Latin-Canadian filmmakers. VLAFF is recognized for its delicate programming and festive atmosphere. Our programming is diverse and inclusive, an example of this is the Indigenous Film program, Queer Cinema, New Directors and others. Founded by immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala, VLAFF is now a tradition in the Coast Salish territories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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