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Description
- When: September 10–20, 2026
- Where: Various venues, Vancouver, BC
- Cost: Tickets, Festival Pass, and Membership options available online
- Hosted by: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Society
Now in its 24th year, the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival brings together 11 days of contemporary Latin American, Latin-Canadian, and Indigenous filmmaking. A registered charitable organization, VLAFF exhibits and promotes independent Latin American film and media art throughout the year, with September marking its flagship festival.
Official Selection by Section
Opening and Closing
Opening Night: A Loose End | Closing: Vainilla
New Directors
Light Memories, Elder Son, The Reserve, Lovers in the Sky, Comparsa, The Devil Smokes
¡Activismo!
Belén, The Reserve
Vanguardias
The Condor Daughter, Copper, Chronicle of a City, Our Body Is an Expanding Star
Shorts in Competition
Program 1: Our Illusions Rewrite the Tracks | Program 2: What Lurks Under the Veil
Cinema & Literature
A Poet, In Her Place, It Would Be Night in Caracas
International Hits
A Poet, Belén, The Blue Trail, The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Homo Argentum
Classics
Memories of Underdevelopment
Films from Turtle Island and Beyond
The Condor Daughter, Following the Voices of Our Ancestors to the Future, The Dance of the Kokorrdit
¡Así Suena! Music in Film
Para Vivir: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés, Fait Vivir, La Salsa Vive
Canada Looks South
Following the Voices of Our Ancestors to the Future, Diary of a Season, Emerging Experimental, Local Perspectives
Spotlight on Mayra Hermosillo
Newborn, Vainilla
Spotlight on Oscar Ruiz Navia
Fait Vivir, Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain, Los Hongos, Crab Trap
Queer Pix
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Newborn, Amor (es) Ciego, Our Body Is an Expanding Star
Tickets & Passes
- Buy Individual Tickets — for single screenings across the festival's official selection
- Buy Festival Pass — for full access across the 11-day program
- Buy a Membership — supporting VLAFF's year-round work as a charitable organization
Plan Your Visit
- Event: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
- Date: September 10–20, 2026
- Time: Screening times vary by film — see individual listings
- Location: Various venues, Vancouver, BC
- Admission: Tickets, Festival Pass, or Membership — see website for pricing
- Website: vlaff.org
Eleven days, dozens of films, and a full spotlight on two acclaimed directors — the 24th Vancouver Latin American Film Festival brings the breadth of contemporary Latin American, Latin-Canadian, and Indigenous cinema to screens across the city.
