The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival announced its 2022 lineup including Disney’s documentary Mija and the Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max film Father of the Bride bookending the celebration. Laliff will run from June 1 to 5 at the Tcl Chinese Theater and Tcl Chinese 6 in Hollywood.
The full lineup includes feature films, short films, episodics, animation, master classes, and musical performances.
“Laliff Is proud to present a diverse line-up of Latino storytellers,” said Edward James Olmos, co-founder of Laliff. “The festival has seen tremendous growth, with support from both the film industry and our audience, allowing us to showcase and nurture important voices that the world needs to hear.”
In addition to Mija and Father of the Bride, the section includes A Place in the Field directed by Nicole Mejia, All Sorts directed by J. Rick Castañeda, and Blood Red Ox directed by Rodrigo Bellot.
Also part of the program:...
The full lineup includes feature films, short films, episodics, animation, master classes, and musical performances.
“Laliff Is proud to present a diverse line-up of Latino storytellers,” said Edward James Olmos, co-founder of Laliff. “The festival has seen tremendous growth, with support from both the film industry and our audience, allowing us to showcase and nurture important voices that the world needs to hear.”
In addition to Mija and Father of the Bride, the section includes A Place in the Field directed by Nicole Mejia, All Sorts directed by J. Rick Castañeda, and Blood Red Ox directed by Rodrigo Bellot.
Also part of the program:...
- 5/4/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The Miami Film Festival returns this year with a hybrid event that includes nine premieres from March 4-13 in the Florida city. The festival had previously announced that “The Good Boss” would open the event while “Plaza Catedral” would be the closer. In total, 120 films from more than 35 countries will unspool next month.
The festival, organized by Miami Dade College, will bestow its Precious Gems Awards on Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”), while Dp Ari Wegner and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive the Art of Light Awards.
“The collective spirit of joy and gratitude that we felt from patrons and filmmakers at last year’s shared in-person theatrical screenings strengthened the always mighty creative heart of Miami Film Festival,” said executive director Jaie Laplante. “As we take all necessary precautions to ensure the continued safety of our patrons, we look forward to...
The festival, organized by Miami Dade College, will bestow its Precious Gems Awards on Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”), while Dp Ari Wegner and composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive the Art of Light Awards.
“The collective spirit of joy and gratitude that we felt from patrons and filmmakers at last year’s shared in-person theatrical screenings strengthened the always mighty creative heart of Miami Film Festival,” said executive director Jaie Laplante. “As we take all necessary precautions to ensure the continued safety of our patrons, we look forward to...
- 2/1/2022
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
Virtual retrospective and Laliff Connect to include features, shorts, episodics, masterclasses, musical performances.
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Laliff) will host a virtual retrospective of its 2019 edition from April 14 to May 4 in anticipation of its 2020 virtual edition, Laliff Connect, set to run from May 5-31.
Both events will include features, shorts, episodics (retrospective only), masterclasses and musical performances and will be available on Laliff’s website for free, with additional titles to be announced.
Screenings include The Last Rafter by Carlos Rafael Betancourt and Oscar Ernesto Ortega, and Paper Children by Alexandra Codina with a special virtual event...
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Laliff) will host a virtual retrospective of its 2019 edition from April 14 to May 4 in anticipation of its 2020 virtual edition, Laliff Connect, set to run from May 5-31.
Both events will include features, shorts, episodics (retrospective only), masterclasses and musical performances and will be available on Laliff’s website for free, with additional titles to be announced.
Screenings include The Last Rafter by Carlos Rafael Betancourt and Oscar Ernesto Ortega, and Paper Children by Alexandra Codina with a special virtual event...
- 4/14/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
For years, many Cubans risked life and limb to cross the near 200-kilometre stretch between their island and the United States, in motorboats, row boats, and handmade rafts. A particular policy, colloquially named ‘Wet Foot Dry Foot’, allowed Cubans a faster path to Us naturalization that people of other nations. This is a risk that Ernesto decides to take in order to find his long-lost father. But unbeknownst to Ernesto, that policy was revoked mere days before his arrival. And so he is The Last Rafter, the first Cuban to have to the same undocumented status as other Latin American immigrants who cross unofficially. Directors Carlos Rafael Betancourt and Oscar Ernesto Ortega follow Ernesto as he navigates his new life: navigating the complex and harsh...
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- 3/13/2020
- Screen Anarchy
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