Seattle Latino Film Festival

SEATTLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (SLFF) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.^[1]

History[]

SLFF was founded in 2009 by Cuban writer Jorge Enrique González Pacheco.^[2] SLFF has the goal to bring audiences and filmmakers together for an educational experience^[3] and to support the magic of filmmaking as a part of Hispanic culture globally. The festival discovers and presents independent films, documentaries and short films from Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal at the Northwest of the United States.^[4][5]

Festivals[]

• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2009-Spotlight country: Colombia
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2010-Spotlight country: Mexico
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2011-Spotlight country: Argentina
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2012-Spotlight country: Brazil
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2013-Spotlight country: Cuba
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2014-Spotlight country: Chile
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2015-Spotlight country: Peru
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2016-Spotlight country: Venezuela
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2017-Spotlight country: Dominican Republic
• Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2018-Spotlight country: Spain^[6]
• Seattle Latino Film Festival 2019
• Seattle Latino Film Festival 2020
• Seattle Latino Film Festival 2021

Guests[]

• Leon Ichaso, Cuban-American Film Director.^[7]
• Fernando Trueba, Spanish Academy Award winner.^[8]
• Damian Alcazar, Mexican actor.^[9]
• Rafa Lara, Mexican Director.^[10]
• Yvette Marichal, Film Commissioner from Dominican Republic.^[11]
• Fina Torres

Press[]

• Seattle supporters of Latino films excited by Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar win^[12]
• Seattle skateboarder captures Mexico City’s intimate underground economy on film^[13]
• Seattle Latino Film Festival comes to Redmond^[14]

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