The 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, April 3rd-14th, will serve as host to more than 50 filmmakers from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay and the United States (including Chicago).
These filmmakers will engage festival audiences in post-screenings discussions during the Festival’s regular screenings as well as students who attend the Festival’s Student Outreach Program screenings in the mornings, all at the Landmark Century Center Theatres. At the same time, these filmmakers will have the opportunity to share experiences with one other during the Festival’s daily luncheons at a dozen Chicago Latin American restaurants.
The confirmed visiting filmmakers are:
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- Dear Gentlemen (Colombia): Director Patricia Castañeda and Actress Julieth Restrepo Dear Gentlemen
- Tetanus (Mexico): Director Rafael Aparicio and director of photography Edgar Ramos
- The Last (Paraguay): Director Sebastián Peña Escobar
- What Rhymes with Magdalena? (USA/Chicago): Director José Pérez
- We Shall Not Be Moved (Mexico): Producers Víctor Léycegui and Male Gil
- Through Heaven and Earth (Colombia): Director Santiago Díaz Vence
- Once Upon a Time in the Andes (Peru): Director Rómulo Sulca Ricra
- Crocodiles (Mexico): Director J. Xavier Velasco and actor Hoze Meléndez
- The Righteous Ones (Chile): Director Carlos Leiva Barahona
- Shipwrecks (Uruguay): Director Vanina Spataro
- Norita (Argentina/USA): Producer Melissa Daniels
- The Cowboy (Colombia): Director Emma Rozanski and producer Gonzalo Escobar
- I Am My Grandma’s Granddaughter (Dominican Republic): Director Tatiana Fernández Geara
- Maybe It’s True What They Say About Us (Chile): Directors, Camilo Gerardo Becerra y Sofía Paloma Gómez
- Becoming Mayo (Puerto Rico): Director Juan Esteban Suárez and actors Anoushka Medina and Paolo Schoene
- Seeds (Colombia): Director Eliana Niño
- La Terra Negra (Spain): Director Alberto Morais
- 23 Hours and Bella (Puerto Rico): Director Bruno Irizarry
- Underdogs (Mexico): Director Gerardo Dorantes
- White House (Brazil): Director Luciano Vidigal
- Prodigal Daughter (USA/Peru): Director Mabel Valdiviezo
- Damned Old People (Ecuador): Director Xavier Chávez
- Water Strike (Puerto Rico): Director Carla Cavina
- The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World (El Salvador/USA): Directors Quique Avilés and Ellie Walton
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- I Would Like to Become Art (El Salvador): Director Javier Arias and writer, producer and actor Alfonso Siman
- Thirst (Colombia): Director Julián Díaz Velosa and producer Piedad Palacios
- Bataca (Mexico): Director Cecilia Flores
- Nélida (Uruguay): Producer Federico Cetta
- Adelaida (Nicaragua): Director Tamara Hernández
- Swimming Lessons for Beginners (Mexico): Director Fer Álvarez León and producer Erich Padilla
- The Shadow of the Witness (Puerto Rico): Director Brian Rodríguez and director of photography Jowy Joel Santiago
- The Final Memory (USA): Director Felipe Carlos Barandiarian
- Arranca (Puerto Rico): Director Liliana M. Molina
- Paper Flowers (USA/Chicago): Director Joe MIñoso
- Dirty Business (USA/Chicago): Director Jorge Arana
- Hair (USA/Chicago): Directors Wendy Mateo and Lorena Díaz
- Fever (Dominican Republic): Director Steven Luna
For the full schedule and ticketing information, visit chicagolatinofilmfestival.org.
