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¡Activismo!
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 […]
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Belén
Cineworks 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, Canada¡Activismo!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 […]
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Piñata Workshop
Asi SuenaCome 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! […]
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Local Perspectives
The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, CanadaA 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 […]
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Elder Son
The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDir. 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 […]
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The Reserve
Cineworks 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, Canada¡Activismo!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 […]
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Copper (Cobre)
Cineworks 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDir, 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 […]
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The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada1982. 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 […]
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Salseo Van Salsa Dancing Class
Asi SuenaSalseo 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 […]
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La Salsa Vive
The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDir 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 […]
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¡Así Cantan! Multilingual Open Mic with El Mashup
Asi SuenaWed, Sep 16 7:30pm - 8:30pm Language carries memory, humour, family, migration and countless ways of understanding the world. At VLAFF, we believe that having access to the languages of […]
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Light Memories
Cineworks 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC, CanadaDir. Misha Vallejo Ecuador 2025 Misha, a documentary photographer, uses his grandfather's camera to recreate a family album, bridging the gap to a man he never met. Exploring absent father […]
