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March 19, 2022

HBO Max Latino Short Film Competition

HBO Max and WarnerMedia OneFifty, in partnership with Houston Latino Film Festival and five other film festivals from across the U.S., announced the expansion of their annual Latino Short Film Competition, with submissions opening in March 2022.
March 10, 2022

Check out the HLFF 2022 lineup

With over 80 short films, documentaries and features selected for this year’s festival starting March 23 through March 27, you’ll want to check out the full schedule of screenings here. If you purchased an All […]
March 4, 2020

HLFF 2020 Spotlight: Identifying Features (Sin Señas Particulares)

This year’s opening feature is a powerful film grappling with the painful issue of migrants disappearing on their way to the U.S. “IDENTIFYING FEATURES” (Sin Señas Particulares) by director and producer, Fernanda Valadez. Don’t miss […]
January 12, 2020

Festival Dates and Venues for 2020

Houston Latino Film Festival is pleased to announce its fifth annual celebration of Latino cinema to be held on March 19-22, 2020 in Houston, Texas.
November 12, 2019

Ben DeSoto: For Art’s Sake

The Houston Latino Film Festival is proud to be a co-presenter of The story of Ben DeSoto at this year’s Houston Cinema Arts. The documentary highlights the career of a Houston photographer who worked for […]
February 17, 2019

Workshop

The Houston Latino Film Festival presents “The Art and Craft of Directing with Joel Novoa” To capture a perfect moment on film, there must be an extraordinary synergy between director, camera and subject. Director Joel Novoa (CW’s Arrow and God’s […]
October 24, 2018

Día de los Muertos 2018

Join us for a FREE screening of a collection of short films from around the world featuring themes celebrated during Día de los Muertos. The Houston Latino Film Festival is happy to be hosted by MECA and supported by […]
March 30, 2018

Crime + Punishment

It’s opening night for the 3rd annual Houston Latino Film Festival at Talento Bilingue de Houston. There’s free beer; I’ve run into an old friend; I’ve somehow gotten into a discussion about the education system […]
March 22, 2018

Lea y Mira

Lea y Mira (2016), directed by Argentinian American Poli Martinez Kaplun, is a documentary film focusing on two women, Lea Zajak-Novera and Mira Kniazniew-Stupnik, who survived the Holocaust (Auschwitz-Birkenau, to be exact) and escaped to […]