The San Diego Latino Film Festival is right around the corner. Featuring over 160 films from all over Latin America, as well as some homegrown US Latino features, there are plenty of offerings to appeal to every taste.
Many of these movies have had previous festival bows, while others were hot commodities on their way to the Oscars last year. So if you’re looking for more info on the various titles available or want to read up on films after you’ve caught them, this is your one-stop shop for all things playing at SDLFF. All of our past coverage on films like Neruda, Dolores, Califórnia, Ovarian Psycos and plenty more is all here for your enjoyment. Consider it your very own Remezcla-curated guide to SDLFF, broken down by the various showcases that make up the fest’s program.
The San Diego Latino Film Festival runs March 16-26, 2017.
US Latino Films & Series
Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Finally Gets Her Due in Sundance Doc ‘Dolores’
Daniel Maldonado Based His Film on Real Events and Turned NYC’s Subway Into a Movie Set
5 Reasons Why Neflix’s ‘One Day at a Time’ Is the Latino Sitcom We’ve Been Waiting For
Rita Moreno & the Cast of ‘One Day at a Time’ On Making Netflix’s First Latino Family Comedy
Cine Gay
This Doc On a Mexicali Couple’s Fight for Gay Marriage Captures the Challenges LGBT Mexicans Face
Fernando Guzzoni On How a Tragic Hate Crime Changed the Screenplay He Was Writing
This Documentary Captures What It’s Like to be Queer and Undocumented in Rural America
In ‘Southwest of Salem,’ Four Gay Latinas Endure a Witch Hunt and Wrongful Imprisonment
Viva Mujeres
Ovarian Psycos Bike Brigade on Calling Out the Directors’ White Privilege While Filming Their Doc
TRAILER: In Chilean Drama ‘Rara,’ Two Sisters Are Unfazed by Their Divorced Mom’s New Girlfriend
TRAILER: ‘Tempestad’ Is a Heartbreaking Look at Life After Being Wrongfully Imprisoned
Tatiana Huezo on ‘Tempestad,’ Her Poetic Doc About a Childhood Friend’s Wrongful Imprisonment
Arturo Ripstein Tribute
TRAILER: Arturo Ripstein Tackles the Real-Life Murder of Dwarf Luchadores in ‘Bleak Street’
Spotlight Films
TRAILER: This Venezuelan Drama Relives a 1988 Massacre of Fishermen Suspected of Being Guerillas
TRAILER: This Subtle Comedy Is the Only Argentine Film Competing for Venice Film Fest’s Top Prize
TRAILER: ‘Lowriders’ Is a Chicano Family Drama With Graffiti, Punk Rock & Fly Cars
Pablo Larraín on His “Anti-Biopic” About Pablo Neruda & Gael García Bernal’s Mysterious Face
Director Felipe Guerrero Shares Why His Film on Colombia’s Civil War Is Centered on Women
Director Lukas Valenta Rinner on Shooting a Deadpan Comedy in a Real-Life Buenos Aires Nudist Colony
TRAILER: This Mexican Horror Masterpiece May Be the Most Disturbing Movie You’ve Ever Seen