Thank You to Our VLAFF Volunteers
VLAFF is built by community, and volunteers are central to it! In 2025, 129 volunteers generously shared their time, energy, and care to support screenings, events, guests, and audiences at […]
VLAFF 2025 Year in Review
From packed screenings to courtyard concerts, from unforgettable dance floors to workshops that sparked new ideas, VLAFF brought Latin American, Latin Canadian, and Indigenous stories to life across Vancouver! VLAFF […]
Shorts Program: FROM NOW ON
This collection of shorts delves into the spectrum of emotions that can overcome us from certain life-altering events—longing, fear, uncertainty, pain, shame—and our fundamental instinct to persevere. From the frustration […]
Short Films, Competition Program 1
TURNING POINTS, The dark side and the echo that remains after the lightning strike. Seven short films where darkness seeps into the characters’ lives. Their paths are redirected by moments […]
Colectivo SUR
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 […]
Diana Mulata
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 […]
Wasakaka
Formed in 2016, Wasakaka All-Stars, the dynamic Latin Music ensemble from Vancouver, is dedicated to showcasing authentic rhythms and upholding cultural heritage. Having enthralled audiences at premier festivals like Richmond […]
Fiat Lux 5000
Director Daniel Eduvijes Carrera, Mexico/USA, 2025, English & Spanish with English subtitles, 13 min Devoted gay son Manuel Espinoza tests an experimental brain modulation device––the Fiat Lux 5000––to reconnect with […]
¡Así Devoran! Drag Show
¡Así Devoran! Drag Show with M.Y.A. Mya is a Brazilian drag queen who is taking over Vancouver’s drag scene with her emotional ballads and her Brazilian musicality. She has been […]
Gaia Lacandona
Gaia Lacandona (it/that) is a nonbinary Mestizx drag educator from Mexico and a UBC Public Scholar whose doctoral research supports educators recognizing the relationships between sexuality, gender, racialization, and settler […]