From DREAMers to Skaters: 10 Must-See Movies at Austin’s Cine Las Americas Film Festival

Austin, Texas has no shortage of film festivals. After all, this is the city that’s host both to South by Southwest in the Spring and to Fantastic Fest in the Fall. But if you want a fest that features projects made “by and/or about Latinos or indigenous peoples of the Americas” you can’t do any better than Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. Now in its 19th year, the Texas program is showing 38 feature films, 60 short films, and 16 music videos, with over 24 countries represented.

Under its “New Releases” section you’ll find features we’ve been championing here at Remezcla, including Gabriel Lichtmann’s How to Win Enemies, Santiago Lozano Álvarez and Ángela Osorio Rojas’ Siembra, as well as Venice Film Festival winner Desde Allá and Los Cabos International Film Festival winner Te prometo anarquía. Consider those 19 films a cross section of the best cinema Latin America has to offer. That’s not to say that Cine Las America’s Competition slate (as well as it Hecho in Tejas lineup) are any less exciting. Tackling immigration, mental illness, rocket ships, and everything in between, the flicks playing in Austin will have something for everyone.

Don’t worry, we combed through the entire program and hand-picked 10 can’t-miss films from the fest, from autobiographical docs on Chilean government dynasties to a Babel-like feature set almost entirely in the New York City subway.

Cine Las Americas International Film Festival runs May 4 – 8, 2016 in Austin, TX.