40th Chicago Latino Film Festival

Last year, we took our first baby steps towards a complete return to the theaters. This year, we are returning to a fully in-person festival. Our Opening and Closing Night galas are back, we are once again showing each film twice and we have organized a number of community events and in-person student screenings during the Festival’s ten-day run. And, we are receiving
double the number of visiting filmmakers.

The Festival has been a fully digital operation these past three years. And yet, there is nothing like having a schedule in your hands to consult; they are as much of a conversation starter as the movies programmed. Which is why we were so happy to bring them back.

That doesn’t mean that we have turned our backs to the virtual world. To mark this complete return to the theaters, we have launched a new, improved and better looking website where users will have easier access to film information and tickets. They can also download the print schedule. Talk about coming full circle.

“Our next Festival needs to be even better than the last one” has been our mantra for 39 years and that wouldn’t be possible without a great
roster of films. Since the turn of the century, the Pan-Latino diaspora has been delivering an abundance of riches.