Our Programs
LACLA holds four annual programs to showcase and promote the incredible oeuvre of Latin American cinema, from popular genre films to political documentaries. We hope to see you at our next event!
Student film festival
As a means of encouraging and acknowledging young artists, our festival features short films by students from various middle and high schools and media programs of the greater Los Angeles area: from the Valley to South L.A.; and from East L.A. to Venice.
** NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS **
January 22, 2022
Online Event
Cine Classico - classic latin american film
Verbena trágica, USA, 1939
Spanish with English subtitles,
85 min.
Director: Charles Lamont.
Screenwriter: Jean Bart, Miguel de Zárraga. With: Fernando Soler, Luana de Alcañiz, Juan Torena.
Thurday – 13 May 2021
streaming through
3 June 2021
CINE NEPANTLA *
Feral, Mexico 2018,
Director, Andrés Kaiser
* Nepantla is a Nahuatl word which means “in the middle of it” or “middle”. In the arts it encompasses historical, emotional and spiritual aspects of life. Nepantla might also refer to living in the borderlands or being at literal or metaphorical crossroads. In Latinx anthropology, social commentary, criticism, literature and art, Nepantla represents the concept of “in-between-ness”.
26 - 28 March 2021
Online Stream
CINE NUEVA ONDA: Experimental Latinx & Latin American Film
Cine Nueva Onda features two films by director, visual artist, filmmaker, sound artist, and performer Natalia Lassalle-Morillo. The Puerto Rican-born and Los Angeles-based director will present her films Retiro and La Ruta.
Collaboration with Cal State Los Angeles TV, Film, and Media Studies Departments.
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