Vancouver Latin American Film Festival announces 2024 lineup, September 5 to 15

Opening with Colombian director Felipe Holguín Caro’s La Suprema, festival’s 22nd edition celebrates more than two decades of cutting-edge cinema

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La Suprema.

The 22nd edition of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) will take place in theatres from September 5 to 15. Presenting more than 90 films from 19 countries in 11 languages (always with English subtitles), VLAFF is one of the largest and longest-running Latin American film festivals in North America. Of them all, VLAFF programs the largest selection of Latin Canadian cinema, with 18 films created by Canadian talent.

The festival will take place at various downtown Vancouver venues: SFU Woodward’s, The Cinematheque, and Cineworks (a cozy venue in the same building as The Cinematheque), plus a day of copresentation screenings with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival on September 14 at the Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas.

Opening Night will kick off at SFU Woodward’s on September 5 with a screening of La Suprema, the first feature by Colombian director Felipe Holguín Caro, who will be in attendance. A film brimming with irrepressible energy, La Suprema is set in a remote village in the Caribbean region of Colombia and follows the story of a strong-willed teenager who convinces her whole town to find a way of watching her estranged uncle compete in a world-championship boxing match. La Suprema premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023, and won the Audience Award at the Cartagena International Film Festival.

Valentina or the Serenity.

For Closing Night, VLAFF will spotlight the work of Mexican director, actor, and activist Ángeles Cruz with a screening of her second feature film Valentina or the Serenity. As part of the spotlight, VLAFF will also present her first feature film Nudo Mixteco, along with one of her most-celebrated short films The Doldrums Or How to Cure Sadness. Cruz’s films have been selected for multiple major festivals, and on three occasions have won an Ariel Award presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.

There is much more in store at this year’s Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, including a special presentation of Enrique Vázquez’s Sign Here starring popular Mexican actor Regina Blandón.

Festival passes, ticket packs, and individual tickets are all on sale now. For more details, visit VLAFF.org.

Post sponsored by Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.

Sign Here.