Dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico Bolivia, 2025 A source of pride for Bolivian cinema, The Condor Daughter has not only garnered more than 25 international awards, but in Bolivian cinemas the film became the most watched national film in the last decade, demonstrating that the local public consumes its own cinema with pride and a genuine […]
Co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Curated by Kathleen Mullen and Robert Rios Amor (es) ciego explores with angst and humour the many ways love shapes, complicates, and transforms our lives. Across these films, love appears as desire, discovery, and devotion. It can illuminate our deepest truths while blinding us to our faults, becoming […]
Every night after work, construction worker Ras stays up late graffitiing around Cali, Colombia. But when he steals paint to finish a huge mural, he gets fired. Penniless, Ras journeys across the city to find fellow graffiti artist Calvin, a fine art student struggling with his parents’ divorce. Screening followed by a Q&A with director […]
Colectivo SUR is an emerging six-member musical collective that reinterprets Latin American folklore and complements it with original music responding to the diverse cultural identities of its Members. Drawing from styles ranging from cumbia to Andean music, the group creates a contemporary sound through the use of traditional instruments such as the Venezuelan cuatro, charango, […]
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 stalls, testing milk products and cold cuts to survive, while trying to go unnoticed among the locals. With neither money nor a place to […]
🔥 FUEGO / FOGO Cuir Party 🔥 SATURDAY | SEP 19 | 10:30PM-2:00AM | THE BIRDHOUSE ¡La tercera es la vencida! Third time’s the charm! You know you love it, you know you don’t want to miss it. Fuego Fogo comes back for the third year in a row, the steamiest collaboration between the Vancouver […]
A showcase highlighting a diverse array of stories that exemplify the potential of Latin American animation from the past two years at the CHILEMONOS Festival. A material and emotional journey that reveals the transformations, challenges, and vibrant creativity of the continent’s newest voices.
Running Time: 15 min The candour of images from the past, filmed by a camera still hesitant in the hands of the siblings learning to use it, meets the coldness of the Montreal winter, frozen in still shots. Voices, taken from voice messages, speak not only of illness and sadness but also of hope and […]
In La Barra, a remote and humid town on Colombia's Pacific coast, Cerebro, leader of the Afro-Colombian community, faces fierce opposition from El Paisa, a powerful landowner who plans to build a hotel on the beach. Daniel, a strange and quiet city dweller, arrives one afternoon and stays for several days waiting for a boat […]
Dir, Mayra Hermosillo Mexico 2025 “A poignant, compelling film that establishes Hermosillo as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary Mexican cinema.” In the late 1980s, a family of seven women in northern Mexico, spanning different generations and ideologies, fights to save their home, which they are on the verge of losing due […]
Los Grandes is a Regional Mexican music group composed of Mexican musicians with a deep passion for music and for keeping their roots alive. The group features drums, accordion, bass, and guitar, creating a sound full of power, emotion, and Mexican flavor. Their repertoire aims to connect with audiences through music that represents their culture, […]
Dir. Simón Mesa Soto Colombia 2025 Since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, A POET has traveled the world receiving awards, but above all, applause and laughter. A gem of Colombian cinema, prepare for an unforgettable journey to a place you never imagined: the poetry circle of Medellín. Óscar Restrepo, the poet of […]