From Showgirls to Neruda: 10 Must-See Latin American Movies at Palms Springs Film Festival
Since its inception in 1989, the Palm Springs International Film Festival has made a point of shedding a spotlight on cinema from around the world. In 2013, for example, the festival screened 42 of the 71 movies that were submitted by countries around the world to the Oscars for that year’s best foreign language award. That remains the case this year. The festival, which opens with the Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling drama The Sense of an Ending and closes with Robert De Niro’s The Comedian, will be screening 190 movies from 72 countries.
That means there’s no shortage of Latin American titles making their way to the Sonoran desert this January. We combed through this year’s selections — which includes a rom-com starring Karla Souza, an Argentine drama with Ricardo Darín, and the directing debut from Chilean singer-songwriter Álex Anwandter — to offer you our top Latin American picks. Check them out below.
Palm Springs International Film Festival runs January 2-16, 2017.