Crab Trap
In La Barra, a remote and humid town on Colombia’s Pacific coast, Cerebro, leader of the Afro-Colombian community, faces fierce opposition from El Paisa, a powerful landowner who plans to […]
Los Hongos
Every night after work, construction worker Ras stays up late graffitiing around Cali, Colombia. But when he steals paint to finish a huge mural, he gets fired. Penniless, Ras journeys […]
Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain
Running Time: 15 min The candour of images from the past, filmed by a camera still hesitant in the hands of the siblings learning to use it, meets the coldness […]
La Salsa Vive
A vibrant journey through a genre born of Afro-Cuban rhythms—mambo, guaracha, guaguancó—fused with the drive of New York jazz, and one that found its second homeland in Cali, Colombia. With […]
Fait Vivir
In a lost town in the tropics, a ruler banned dances, songs and celebrations. This is how Makondo starts, a performance created by the GKO Orchestra, a band of musicians, […]
A Poet
Óscar Restrepo, the poet of the title, has been incapable of measuring up to his promising first steps in literature, and gets by as he can while caring for his […]
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 […]
I SAW THREE BLACK LIGHTS
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 […]
LOVE, WOMEN AND FLOWERS
Directors: Marta Rodríguez and Jorge Silva Colombia | 1984 | Spanish with English subtitles | 52 min + 20 mins Interview | Documentary What is the cost of beauty? In […]