The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival last year created its very own Best of the Year section, asking Latin American film professionals to choose their top 10 films of 2011.
This year we changed the rules a bit and asked professionals for their top 10 Narrative and Documentary films; which films they thought were underrated; which film festivals they liked the most in 2012; and what’s coming up in 2013.
Two years ago, our festival included a new initiative to give Vancouver students the opportunity to learn about Latin American culture through cinema. The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival's (VLAFF) first annual Youth Jury was selected from a city-wide competition open to post-secondary students aged 18 to 30.The jury members were selected based on the quality of their work, their academic experience, and interest in Latin American culture.
The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is proud to present a retrospective of the Argentine filmmakers Gastón Duprat, Mariano Cohn & screenwriter Andrés Duprat at the Centro Revueltas (CORE) in Durango, Mexico.
This retrospective is part of VLAFF's year-round mission to bring Latin American Cinema to diverse regions.
VLAFF programmed this retrospective for its festival 2012 with great success.
Tickets will go on sale on August 17th!
FILM SELECTION 2012.
The 10th Anniversary of the festival will take place from August 31st to September 9th.
Opening Film
JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS/ Alejandro Brugués/ Cuba.
Closing Film
UN CUENTO CHINO/ Sebastián Borensztein/ Argentina. Canadian Premiere.