Dir. Miguel Coyula | Cuba, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 77 min | Narrative ”Had Kafka been Cuban, he would have been a non-fiction writer.” Virgilio Piñeiro In Cuba, artistic legitimacy and subsistence require official recognition by a state-sponsored art institution. Working independently means having scant income and limited rights, and, as filmmaker Miguel […]
Diana Mulata is a vinyl collector and selector from Cali, specializing in salsa, cumbia, and boogaloo. Her selections explore Afro-Caribbean heritage and Latin sounds across borders, creating dance floors that hold memory, joy, and resistance. Based in Canada, she brings the pulse of the South to every groove.
Dirs. Sofía Paloma Gómez & Camilo Becerra | Chile, 2024 Spanish with English subtitles | 95 mins | Narrative Starring Chilean actress Aline Kuppenheim, to who the Festival dedicated a Spotlight in 2023. Inspired by real events: Ximena, a successful psychiatrist, receives the unexpected visit of her eldest daughter, Tamara, whom she hasn't seen in […]
Co-presentation with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival Curated by Kathleen Mullen, Robert Rios, Mary Galloway, and Maiya Dexel Absurd, diverse, abstract, and profound—this year’s VLAFF x VQFF's Queer Pix celebrates a bold new wave of queer Latin American cinema that’s breaking rules and pushing boundaries. It takes us into unexpected worlds: mixes genres, experiments with […]
Fire and flair; film and fiesta. We’re teaming up again with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival for a steamy after-party at The Birdhouse, Latine Queer/Cuir style. Drag and vogue performances meet salsa, cumbia, and fiery fusion with DJ beats all night long! TICKET INFO: As part of our co-presentation with the VQFF, your ticket to […]
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 […]