Call for Student and Emerging Short Films 💥

Esta convocatoria también está disponible en español más abajo. Esta chamada também está disponível em português mais abaixo. The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival invites submissions of recent short films […]
Call for Submissions 2026 🎬

VLAFF 2026 The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) is now accepting submissions for its 24th edition, taking place September 10–20, 2026 in Vancouver, Canada. VLAFF showcases bold, diverse, and […]
THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD

Director: Anna Muylaert Brazil | 2025 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 105 min | The Festival is pleased to announce, as its Opening Night Film on September 5, the […]
Iloveyou Iloveyou Iloveyou

Boy Princess, 2024, Brazil, 4 min. What would happen if the world was upside down and the rules completely changed? Structured as a trailer for a film that doesn’t exist, […]
AKIN´S DESERT

Dir. Bernard Lessa | Brazil, 2024 Portuguese & Spanish with English subtitles | 78 min | Narrative Akin is one of the Cuban doctors working in Brazil in 2018. With […]
HIDE-AND-SEEK

Dir. Vitória Vasconcellos, Brasil, 2024, Portuguese with English subtitles, 10min In the voracious streets of São Paulo, a woman hides a deadly secret, unaware that her little sister follows her […]
THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD

Director: Anna Muylaert Brazil | 2025 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 105 min | **There is a 2nd screening of this film on Sept 7th The Festival is pleased […]
Ruptura

Director Camila Novais, Canada/Brazil, English and Portuguese with English subtitles, 21 min When she was thirteen, Caroline Ribeiro asked her father for a lift to a friend’s party. What should […]
I’M STILL HERE

Ainda Estou Aqui Director: Walter Salles Brazil | 2023 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 137 min | Narrative The latest from The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles focuses on […]
Who Hears As The Wind Blows?

Director Cláudio Cruz, Canada/Brazil, 2025, English, 20 min A series of experimental vignettes that enter the interior worlds of anonymous individuals. Through sparse visuals and on-screen fragments of thought, the […]