Bassist, composer and producer from Brazil, Linaldo Sans has been in the music scene for over twenty years, and since 2019 is based in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music with specialization in electric bass guitar, and also arrangement and composition extension courses. In Brazil, he had an opportunity to study and […]
Dir. Gabriel Mascaro Brazil 2025 ''A magical escape from exile to freedom'' The Hollywood Reporter Tereza, 77, has lived her whole life in a small industrialised town in the Amazon, until one day she receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly […]
Dirs, Vickie Curtis and Doug Anderson Guatemala, USA 2025 From the shadows of a Guatemalan barrio scared into silence, sisters Lesli and Lupe lead a luminous rebellion—unleashing joy, art, and radical truth in an epic fight for survival. Comparsa fully immerses audiences in the intense world of Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala, where sisters Lesli and Lupe use […]
Dir. Dolores Fonzi Argentina 2025 BELEN is the second feature film directed by renowned actress Dolores Fonzi. BELEN had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was selected as Argentina's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Tucumán, Argentina, 2014; a young woman is admitted to a […]
Come learn how to build your own piñata, and support our Workshop Lead Diana in the creation of VLAFF’s 24th Anniversary Piñata, which will be for our Closing Night Party! Led by Diana Chevalier
A program of short films by Latin-Canadian filmmakers, where the views and stories of filmmakers who decided to migrate to this country intermingle. Explore this short program here
Dir. Cecilia Kang Argentina 2025 Lila, a young Korean-Argentinean girl, navigates the contradictions of her identity and tries to find her place in the world. Her father Antonio arrives in Latin America 18 years earlier and decides to bet everything on the promise of a young immigrant's dream. A family epic that seeks to return […]
Dir, Pablo Pérez Lombardini Mexico 2025 While most of the inhabitants of Monte Virgen struggle to collect their coffee, the forest ranger Julia discovers that a group of illegal loggers is destroying the Reserve. Determined to stop them, she looks for the support of a community that will soon turn its back on her. Alone […]
Dir, Nicolás Pereda Canada, Mexico 2025 ''Nicolás Pereda is a central figure in a diverse group of Latin-American directors whose innovative approaches to narrative filmmaking over the last 15 years have together defined one of the most exciting trends in world cinema''. Coming across a body on his way to work in a remote mining […]
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 between two men, through a simple glance, when they fall in love. While people are accusing her family, Lidia must find out […]
Salseo is a queer Latinx-led collective born in February 2024 due to the absence of queer-centered spaces in Vancouver to learn and practice Afro-Latinx social dancing. Inspired by the salsa and cumbia communities in Mexico, and the open-to-all spirit of cumbia street dancing, Salseo was created. They aim to build connection and joy through Afro-Latinx […]
Dir Juan Carvajal Colombia, USA 2025 ''A brave, sensitive, and necessary attempt to reclaim the living memory of salsa......A sincere and devoted love letter to a music that pulses through the veins of millions''. André Didyme-Dôme ROLLING STONE A vibrant journey through a genre born of Afro-Cuban rhythms—mambo, guaracha, guaguancó—fused with the drive of New […]