AFI Latin American Film Festival

NAME OF FESTIVAL: AFI Latin American Film Festival

SINCE: 1990

WHERE: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The AFI Latin American Film Festival showcases the best filmmaking from Latin America and, with the inclusion of films from Spain and Portugal, celebrates Ibero-American cultural connections.

AFI Latin American Film Festival

Lila Avilés’s Mexican Drama ‘Tótem’ Opens 34th AFI Latin American Film Festival Lineup

AFI Latin American Film Festival opens with Tótem, directed by Lila Avilés, and winner of the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Berlinale.

Argentina, 1985 directed by Santiago Mitre

ARGENTINA, 1985 Kicks Off 33rd AFI Latin American Film Festival Lineup

The 2022 AFI Latin American Film Festival opens with the East Coast premiere of Argentina, 1985, the hotly anticipated historical drama from Santiago Mitre.

A Cop Movie directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios

A COP MOVIE to Open 2021 AFI Latin American Film Festival Lineup, Closes with LA SOGA 2

AFI Latin American Film Festival will open with Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios’ A Cop Movie.

Pablo Larrain’s Ema, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo

Pablo Larrain’s EMA Opens 2020 Online Edition of AFI Latin American Film Festival

2020 AFI Latin American Film Festival announces full slate of 26 films from 20 countries; opening with Pablo Larraín’s reggaeton-infused EMA.

AN UNEXPECTED LOVE, directed by Juan Vera

AN UNEXPECTED LOVE and World Premiere of DAYS OF LIGHT Bookend 2019 AFI Latin American Film Festival Lineup

The 2019 AFI Latin American Film Festival will take place September 12 to October 2 and showcase 53 films, nearly 40% of the films are directed by women.

2015 AFI Latin American Film Festival to Open with Lesbian Romantic Drama SAND DOLLARS | TRAILER

The 2015 AFI Latin American Film Festival taking place at the historic AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland from September 17 to October 7, opens with the romantic drama SAND DOLLARS, based on the novel “Les Dollars des Sables” by Jean-Noël Pancrazi. SAND DOLLARS is the fourth film by directors Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas (COCOCHI, JEAN GENTIL), and stars Geraldine Chaplin (DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE ORPHANAGE) as a wealthy foreign tourist […]

Chilean Film “THE FUTURE” Among Early Confirmed Films for 2013 AFI Latin American Film Festival

THE FUTURE [Il futuro]

The AFI Latin American Film Festival will run September 19 – October 9, 2013 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Washington, DC area. Films on the lineup this year include THE FUTURE [Il futuro], Chilean filmmaker Alicia Scherson’s (PLAY, TURISTAS) adaptation of a novel by celebrated author Roberto Bolaño, set in Rome and starring Rutger Hauer. The film is described as a Rome-set story about two teen siblings, newly orphaned, and the dangers of sudden adulthood.

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