Poster of San Francisco International Latino Film Festival
This year, the San Francisco International Latino Film Festival boasts a total of 35 films from 12 countries, screening at venues in San Francisco, Berkeley, Marin, and San Jose. The organizers arrived at a program divided fairly evenly between documentaries and narrative features.
Latin American films —including a couple of box office hits from Mexico and Chile— are well represented on the narrative side of the aisle, and the documentaries are powerful, whether looking at historical accounts or contemporary issues. Lastly, the short films program has films by several local filmmakers.
Among the films featured in this year's festival include Chile's Que Pena tu Vida (whose English title contains a swear word), and Mexico's Being: Cafe Tacuba, a documentary about the popular Mexican Rock en Espanol band. There are movies showing contemporary life in Cuba, such as La Salsa Cubana, about a dance group from Havana, and documentaries like Cielo Abierto, about the assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. This festival is a rare opportunity to see a wealth of filmmaking talent.
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