From the Bronx on Fire to Skateboarding in Cuba: 10 Movies to See at the San Francisco Latino Film Festival
Dira Paes and Julio Machado appear in Divine Love by Gabriel Mascaro, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Gabriel Mascaro.
Labor Day has come and gone, which means that the fall festival season is now in full swing. In the coming weeks, whether you’re in Toronto, New York, Boston or San Francisco, you’ll get a chance to see some of the most critically acclaimed features of the year. As usual, this year’s Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival is making sure Bay Area folks get a good look at films from and about U.S. Latinos and Latin Americans. With projects from Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and Argentina, there’s no shortage of amazing movies to check out in this annual fest.
Whether you want a religious-infused, sexually explicit dystopian allegory set in Brazil, a heartwarming political doc about a hotel maid turned councilwoman in Providence, Rhode Island, a touching same-sex love story from Guatemala or a thrilling docu-fiction feature about activists fighting against cruel detention centers in Florida, the San Francisco Latino Film Festival has you covered. Take a look at our top picks below. Oh, and don’t forget to take a look at its various shorts programs, the titles (“Working Women Shorts,” “LATINxUSA Narrative Shorts” and “El/Ella/They Queer Shorts”) of which already show you what kind of variety you’ll find therein.
Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival runs September 20 to September 29, 2019.