To be considered for the Chicago Latino Film Festival, film must be submitted via FilmFreeway or a film screener (link or DVD) and a complete entry form must be submitted by this date. The Festival [...]

THE 37th CHICAGO LATINO FILM ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS Ariel Winograd’s caper comedy The Heist of the Century wins for Best Fiction film while Medhin Tewolde Serrano’s exploration of what it [...]

THE COUNTDOWN FOR THE  37TH CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS TODAY Ten features will have their North American premiere at the Festival, six their U.S. premiere and nine their Midwest Premiere. Films will screen virtually [...]

THE 37TH CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF A THIRD DRIVE-IN SCREENING:  RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT Mariem Pérez Riera’s documentary about the beloved international star and [...]

THE 37TH CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS SELECTIONS FOR THEIR OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT SCREENINGS AT CHI-TOWN MOVIES DRIVE-IN Lissette Feliciano’s feature debut “Women Is Losers” will open the Festival on April 8 and [...]

RODRIGO REYES’ 499, A UNIQUE FICTION/DOCUMENTARY HYBRID ABOUT THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEXICO’S CONQUEST, THE U.S. PREMIERE OF LA VERÓNICA STARRING MARIANA DI GIROLAMO (EMA) AND IULI GERBASE’S SUNDANCE SENSATION THE PINK CLOUD AMONG  THE [...]

THE 37th CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THEIR ANNUAL POSTER COMPETITION Featuring close to 100 short and feature length films, the Festival will be presented virtually across the Midwest April 8-18 CHICAGO (January 27, [...]

Every year the annual Chicago Latino Film Festival selects a poster! The poster becomes the face of the Festival; as it will be on the cover of our program book, website, invitations, electronic ads, t-shirts, [...]

THE 36TH CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS CHICAGO (October 2, 2020) - The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago announced today the winners and runner-ups for the AUDIENCE CHOICE [...]

THE 36TH CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL! The full program for the Festival, originally scheduled for April and now taking place September 18-27, will be announced in late August CHICAGO (August 3, 2020) - [...]