From an Alien Love Story to Major Lazer in Cuba: These Are the Latino Movies Playing Los Cabos Film Festival

Cannes may have the glittering galas, Sundance the snowy mountains, and Toronto more movie stars than you can handle, but we have to admit we have a soft spot for Los Cabos International Film Festival. For starters, we’re fans of being able to hit the beach after catching premieres from up-and-coming Mexican filmmakers. Add in an impeccable lineup of Mexican and Latin American premieres of well-received prestige fare and throw in the organizers’ commitment to nurturing a truly transnational networking film industry, and you can see why we’re excited to fly down for another edition of the ever-growing festival. This year Los Cabos is yet again boasting some impressive galas which include films featuring Emma Stone, Steve Carrell, Natalie Morales, Jessica Chastain, Willem Defoe, Kristen Wiig, Frances McDormand, and Casey Affleck, among others.

As usual, though, we’ll be keeping an eye on the Mexican projects that could use the fest’s boost. That’s why, while we’ll definitely be checking out a certain sci-fi romance set in Baja starring Club de Cuervos’ Luis Gerardo Mendez where he plays an alien, we’re gonna be following closely the many films in the México Primero lineup which include docs on Cardenche singing, family dramas about dealing with trauma in Tijuana, and even a Willem Defoe flick. We’ve rounded out the fest highlights of Latino and Latin American films below. Take a look!

Los Cabos International Film Festival runs November 8 – 12, 2017.