9 Latin American Movies We Can’t Wait to See at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is indie film heaven. Last year alone they screened over 140 feature films and 60 shorts, including the Oscar-nominated doc Cartel Land, the Kid Cudi film James White, Anna Muylaert’s The Second Mother, and Sebastián Silva’s Nasty Baby. Indeed, these latter films should remind us that the Park City film festival has long been a great launching pad for Latino talent. After all, that’s where we first fell in love with Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), America Ferrera (Real Women Have Curves), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) and Emily Rios (Quinceañera) among others.
This year’s crop includes new films from indie superstars Kelly Reichardt, Kenneth Lonergan and Whit Stillman, but as usual, the festival is screening a large number of Latin American films that should be on all of our radars. From dark motherhood comedies out of Argentina to Mexican docs about aging prostitutes, there’s something for everyone hoping to get a taste for the ever-burgeoning Latin American cinema scene. Oh, and did we mention Diego Luna’s directorial follow-up to Cesar Chavez is titled Mr. Pig and stars Danny Glover, Maya Rudolph and… a pig?
To keep you covered, we’ve narrowed the list of Latin American films you should be on the lookout for below. And remember, if you want to check out what the Remezcla team is enjoying while at the festival, be sure to follow our own Film Editor Vanessa, as well as two of our writers, Monica & Carlos, who will be in Park City trying to catch as many of these films as they can and sharing their thoughts on social media throughout.
The Sundance Film Festival runs January 21-31
