Festival Data:

• Established: 1990
• Genre: General

• Competitive
• Has Panels

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Latin American Film Festival is dedicated to promoting the distribution and appreciation of Latin American films in the UK. This London based festival showcases the best of new Latin American cinema each year.

The film screenings and associated events are produced in order to raise awareness about and promote a positive image of the Latin American culture.

Recognizing that there was a wealth of Latin American cinema that never got distribution in the UK, Eva Tarr Kirkhope, together with her late husband Tony Kirkhope, founded the Latin American Film Festival in 1990. Since then, the festival has grown to become one of the biggest festivals of its kind outside Spanish speaking countries and has brought together some of the best of contemporary Latin American cinema.

In 2002 the festival introduced an exciting new competitive element: The Latin American Film Festival Audience Award.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions