"Celebrating Culture. Empowering Communities."
20th Annual Latin American Film Festival - Programs & Guides
Program at a glance
Film | Country | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Apego | Costa Rica | 04/09/2025 | 6:30pm |
El Salvador Indomable | El Salvador | 06/09/2025 | 10:30am |
Uma & Haggen | Mexico | 06/09/2025 | 11:45am |
Becho | Uruguay | 08/09/2025 | 5:30pm |
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The Films
The festival opens with this year's spotlighted country COSTA RICA, showcasing the 2019 film “Apego” directed by Patricia Velásquez.
About the film:
A divorced architect faces a dilemma: move her family to Mexico for a career opportunity or re-connect with an old love via Facebook.
Run time: 82 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/dxnrwrDzfWU?si=hF3apr1Xi8N9r9MX
Representing El Salvador is "El Salvadore Indomable" directed by British conservationist Nigel Marven. A documentary showcasing El Salvador's beautiful landscapes, natural biodiversity, and culture.
Run time: 51 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/r5k_t7nj9ZQ?si=qB1U0bG5AtVA_sMD
Apego - Costa Rica
El Salvador Indomable - El Salvador
04/09 @ 6:30pm
06/09 @10:30am
From Benito Fernández, Eduardo Cabrera & Martín Claudón is “Uma & Haggen”. Representing Mexico, “Uma & Haggen” is an animated film set in a fantasy world where a Mesoamerican princess must team up with a Viking boy to restore harmony to their very different kingdoms. Run time: 94 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/zktSXsf_3Vc?si=U8puXK91mBpL6rE4
Uruguay's entry, “Becho”, directed by José Infantozzi, tells the story of a boy with the ability to see passion as golden energy as he is swept away by a group of musicians into the magical world of La Cumparsita.
Run time: 71 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/7feRoWIwi0A?si=hUGUkzMsO9Eeit18
Representing Panama is Ricardo Aguilar Navarro’s “Salsipuedes”, where a young boy returns to Panama after years in the US, and reconnects with his imprisoned ex-boxer father to understand his past.
Run time: 97 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/qLGgbJCyvMk?si=4xxhsSsI4aXHgOTR
From Brazil comes “Malu”, directed by Pedro Freire. “Malu” follows a 50-year-old ex-actress as she juggles difficult relationships with her mother and her own daughter while reliving memories of her past.
Run time: 103 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/-VYvNifdPvk?si=O9ORW7uL8Cl6ll_X
Argentina’s “Goyo”, directed by Marcus Carnevale, tells the story of a young autistic museum guide whose structured routine is upended when he falls in love with a co-worker and must confront new emotions.
Run time: 106 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/FxIUptcRppA?si=-z2x0CyXKznH_1jl
From Peru’s Klaudia Reynicke comes “Reinas” , a film set in 1992 about two teenage sisters who are about to leave Peru for good when they unexpectedly reconnect with their estranged father.
Run time: 104 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/SxPHZhnA104?si=T1oSZD7ci0F-JS52
Cuba’s submission comes from the direction of Rigoberto López. “El Mayor” tells the story of Ignacio Agramonte as he goes from romantic to husband to warrior in Cuba's 19th century war of Independence with Spain.
Run time: 117 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/HBXzjhKtuyM?si=0rTXuSK2ISu3nj8P
Representing Ecuador is Diego Otuño’s horror film “Chuzalongo”. Based on an Andean mythological tale, “Chuzalongo” takes place in a remote Andean town, where a priest cares for a lost child and soon discovers that he is a creature who needs human blood to survive.
Run time: 96 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/-LKYeWvMRcg?si=Vl_KtJ1S0fiyDIue
From Guatemala comes "El Ojo Y El Muro", directed by Javier del Cid. This film tells the story of a near future, where within a walled city under totalitarian rule, a young woman helps the poor and needy through an underground network.
Run time: 88 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/5qpfEuQtb0c?si=XcpANZwKPCq4O4t2
Representing Chile “El Edificio de los Chilenos”, directed by Macrena Aguilo & Susana Foxley , it tells the story towards the end of the seventies, the militants of MIR exiled in Europe, decided to return to Chile in order to support the fight against the military dictatorship. The ones who could would help through legal means, others through clandestinely. Many had children and couldn't' t return with them. So the idea of a community center to shelter these children was born. Project Home gathered 60 kids that were left to the care of 20 people who assumed the responsibility of their upbringing for the years to come.
Run time : 116 mins
See the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0z-GoXAMvI&t=3s&ab_channel=visionsdureel
Uma & Haggen - Mexico
Becho - Uruguay
Salsipuedes - Panama
Malu - Brazil
Goyo - Argentina
Reinas - Peru
El Mayor - Cuba
Chuzalongo - Ecuador
El Ojo Y El Muro - Guatemala
El Edificio de los Chilenos
06/09 @ 11:45am
08/09 @ 5:30pm
09/09 @ 5:30pm
10/09 @ 5:30pm
11/09 @ 5:30pm
12/09 @ 5:30pm
12/09 @ 5:30pm
12/09 @ 10:30am
13/09 @ 12:15pm
13/09 @ 2:00pm
Los Reyes Del Mundo - Colombia
13/09 @ 4:15pm
Colombia’s “Los Reyes Del Mundo”, directed by Laura Mora Ortega, follows five street kids as they embark on a dangerous journey through Colombia to claim inherited land, and face unexpected dangers along the way.
Run time: 111 mins
See the trailer: https://youtu.be/9Rff5RbkHRo?si=uFLfGbut_-tLn0-L