Presented by the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, the ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest has served as a springboard for emerging Latino/a storytellers, creatives, and filmmakers since its inception in 2021. The festival has opened doors and provided the opportunity for new and rising talent to showcase their work to a wider audience and earn visibility and recognition at a time when Latino/a voices continue to be underrepresented in the film and entertainment industry.

According to the Hollywood Diversity Report 2023, with the exception of total streaming film actors, people of color remained underrepresented across a variety of employment sectors both in front and behind the camera in 2022. Despite the fact that Latino/as are avid moviegoers and represent 19% of the total U.S. population, this demographic is continually underrepresented on the big screen. In 2022, theatrical film leads who were white constituted 78.4% of roles while Latinos accounted for only 2.3%. On streaming platforms, 66.7% of streaming films featured white leads while only 6.1% featured Latinos.

“We are steadfast in our commitment to nurture and promote emerging Latino/a talent in the film industry,” said Luis Alejandro Molina, ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest Director. “The younger generation of up-and-coming filmmakers and storytellers have the power to impact the narrative at an unprecedented level. Their work carries the mission of amplifying our community’s stories and providing visibility for the underrepresented. We have worked hard to build a platform for Latinos/as filmmakers to communicate their vision and unique perspectives.”

Leading up to the film festival, the ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest team will present a series of virtual film chats and “Cafecito” social media live broadcasts featuring industry experts and professionals who will be sharing their stories and insights to help emerging filmmakers looking to grow in the industry.

The ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest submissions must feature a Latino/a in a creative lead position, be it in front or behind the camera. English or Spanish-language works are welcome. Films must be 30 minutes or less in length.

• Filmmakers are asked to submit their work under one of these categories:
• Music Video
• Animation
• Sci-Fi
• Politics Today (Politics or Climate Change)

Submission fees are structured as follows:

• Early Bird Entry: Free from May 1 to May 31, 2023
• Standard Entry: $20 submission fee from June 1 to July 1, 2023
• Late Entry: $25 submission fee from July 2 to August 2, 2023
• Special fees apply for student films:
• Early Bird Entry: Free from May 1 to May 31, 2023
• Standard Entry: $10 submission fee from June 1 to July 1, 2023
• Late Entry: $15 submission fee from July 2 to August 2, 2023

Eligibility Criteria:

• Winners will be selected only by judges.
• Films must be 30 minutes or less in length and related to one of the above-mentioned categories.
• Only films completed after Jan. 1, 2020, are eligible for this festival.

The top selection of films for the ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest will be announced on Sept. 11, 2023. Visit www.cineyouthfest.org for a complete list of rules and eligibility criteria.

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It has been seventeen years in the making, but the film Moe, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela and adapted for the screen by Evelina Fernandez from her GLAAD Award-winning play, Dementia, will finally have its World Premiere on June 3 at The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival In Hollywood.

Moises (Sal Lopez) — his friends call him Moe — is throwing a going away party because he’s dying of AIDS. He’s a theater artist working on a one-man, or rather, one-woman… show. He invites his closest friends over for his “going away for good” party, but his plans go awry when his best friend, who has given himself to the Lord, and his ex, whom he hasn’t seen in 15 years, show up. All the while Moe’s alter ego, a torch-singing drag queen, wants to take him for “the ride of his life.”

Moe is the long-anticipated feature film by the team that brought you Luminarias (1999), the Latina Sex In the City feature also written by Fernandez and directed by Valenzuela.

When produced for the stage in 2002 it was entitled Dementia, and it went on to win the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles, and garnered four Ovation Award nominations.

Lopez originated the role on stage, alongside fellow Latino Theater Company members Geoffrey Rivas, Lucy Rodriguez, and Fernández. Also appearing in the film version are Tonantzin Esparza, Pepe Serna (Life is Art, With Love), Richard Coca and Renée Victor (With Love).

“It took 17 years to bring Moe to the big screen,” says Valenzuela. “We shot the film in 2005 on 35mm, with a very limited budget. It was only the generous support of our friends, colleagues, and community, who remained passionate about reaching a wider audience with the story, that enabled us to finally bring it to the screen.”

Burro Squad Productions, the film division of L.A.’s Latino Theater Company produced the film. The premiere is set as part of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival to screen in the Chinese 6 Theatre on Saturday, June 3 at 5:30 p.m.

For more information, go to www.moefeaturefilm.com.

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The festival is five days of screenings, live music, panels, and networking opportunities, celebrating the diversity and talent of the Latino/a artists and storytellers from our community. This year’s lineup features 44 females (representing over 50% of the program), 13 Afro/Black Latino, nine Indigenous, and 16 LGBTQ+ directors, with 19 different countries represented.

OPENING NIGHT FILM AND GALA

LALIFF kicks off on May 31 with the West Coast premiere of Eva Longoria’s feature film directorial debut Flamin’ Hot, the story of Richard Montañez a Frito Lay janitor who had an idea that a spiced up Cheetos snack would resonate with his community with a little “chili” added. With his grassroots marketing the snack to his community, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos became a global pop culture phenomenon.

Jesse Garcia plays Montañez with Annie Gonzalez playing his wife Judy. Included in the cast are Emilio Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Bobby Soto, Pepe Serna and Brice Gonzalez among others. The after party will include musical performances, featuring La Misa Negra.

HIGHLIGHTED FEATURES: June 1, 2023

You Were My First Boyfriend: Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo & Sarah Enid Hagey. Synopsis: In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo relives her tortured adolescence, wondering if she remembered it all wrong.

HIGHLIGHTED FEATURES: June 3, 2023

Patria Y Vida: The Power of Music. Directed by Beatriz Luengo. Synopsis: The powerful story of six afro descendants rappers who have rewritten Cuban history and sparked a lyrical battle for human rights through a song called “Patria y Vida”. 

Moe: Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Synopsis: is name is Moises, but his friends call him Moe. He’s having a going away party because he’s dying of AIDS.

For Full schedule of features screeing June 1 – June 4 CLICK HERE

A SLATE OF SHORT FILMS

For the 2023 edition of LALIFF, we are proud to be presenting a collection of 42 live action short films directed by Latino filmmakers from regions all over the world including the U.S., Latin America, and Europe! Be sure to check out the different short programs, as well as the ones that will be presented alongside a feature.

Thursday, June 1 at 6:30 PM

This short program aptly includes teenagers looking to have their first time (Before Madrid), grocery store workers facing creatures from out of this world (Dead Enders), a poetic contemplation of queer activism (Flores del Otro Patio), a cowgirl learning the ropes (How to Lasso), the fight of migrant workers against wage theft in Florida (Monarcas), a love affair with a fictional heartthrob (Consuelo), a young woman facing her obsession with food (Detox), and a gathering at the hottest dance spot in town (Hot Latin Nights at the Granada!).

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 at 8:30 PM

In this program we see a young woman whose best friend is a ghost (A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms (Or Whatever Longer Title you Prefer)), the last two speakers of an Indigenous language struggling to keep it alive (Still Here), a maid in search for her place in society (Clinging to Air), the paranoia inside an office (In the Static), a couple struggling to choose a name for their newborn (23 Semanas), a love letter to Afro-Latina islanders (Negra, Yo Soy Bella), a damning criticism of gentrification (This One is for the Neighborhood) and a look into vibrant a Mexico City dance subculture (Danzoneros). There is something for everyone.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 at 1:45 PM

The final shorts program, come watch a strange phenomenon overtaking people in the streets (The Hour of the Birds), a complicated look into family relationships (Mother’s Daughter), a gang of badass women standing up for themselves (Bumblebees), a group of young immigrant children helping their parents survive (Translators), the undying love for a mother amidst a health crisis (Pedacito de Carne), an unlikely connection in the underbelly of Mexico City (Strange World), and the most bizarre commercial shoot you’ve experienced (SABORRRR!). We have great stories up until the very end!

LALIFF will wrap up the festival on a high with Problemista, from writer, director, and actor Julio Torres. The film tells the story of an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast, interpreted by Tilda Swinton, becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

LALIFF offers a schedule feature films, shorts and workshops. SEE IT HERE

Purchase tickets at https://bit.ly/3VU8AlE.

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For Actor-Director Carlos Carrasco, founder of The Panamanian International Film Festival in Los Angeles (PIFF/LA), working with Raul Julia has always been a career highlight.

“I was a Shakespearean trained actor,” said Carrasco, “and, as a Latino, classically trained role models were few and far between.”

The two actors were in New York City at the same time, but it wasn’t until Carrasco moved to Los Angeles that he got to work with Julia in the HBO film The Burning Season, directed by the legendary John Frankenheimer of Manchurian Candidate fame. The film also brought Edward James Olmos and Julia together for the first and only time in a memorable East Coast meets West Coast moment celebrating the pairing of two iconic stars of Puerto Rican and Mexican-American descent.  

Carlos Carrasco’s clip of the classic film, The Burning Season, check the Latino actors: CLICK HERE

Latin Heat got to speak to Carrasco about his memories of Raul Julia, the mission of PIFF/LA, and the legacy of Latino actors, filmmakers, and storytellers in today’s turbulent times.

Remembering Raul: 25 Years Later

LH: Why did you choose Ben DeJesus’ The World’s A Stage for Panafest’s Opening Night? 

CC: First, I got to see the documentary premiere at LALIFF and it was sensational on so many levels. I would be remiss if I didn’t congratulate Edward James Olmos on an exceptional slate of films, youth participation, and an inspiring vision that was palpable at LALIFF. I was incredibly moved by Ben DeJesus’ commitment to telling Raul’s story in a way that honored the man, his family, and all those he touched in life and beyond. From the veteran Latino actors whose voices are woven into the documentary to the awareness that today’s generation of young Latino actors needs to know the Latino stage and screen journey.

It wasn’t until later that I realized three uncanny coincidences: 1) our Festival was scheduled within a week of Raul’s passing 25 years ago; 2) The Downtown Independent, our theater, is just block from where Hispanicize is taking place on the same date. This major event is produced by NGLC [NGL Collective], who also produced the documentary. And 3) both my wife and I worked on The Burning Season as she was handling Latinx PR outreach for HBO at the time. The Burning Season was about the 1988 murder of Chico Mendes and his impact on environmental consciousness in Brazil. Fast forward and the Amazon is burning. We need to remember. 

LH: What’s a favorite Raul Julia story?

CC: I knew Raul years ago in New York as we were connected by a mutual relationship with the dynamic Miriam Colón, founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, my theatre home in NY. Miriam ran a playwright’s unit which held readings of works in progress. I participated in many of those, and on one occasion Raul joined us.

Imagine our surprise when we learned that what we were reading was an interminable opus in iambic pentameter about Eskimos lamenting the dwindling whale population and the subsequent shortage of blubber. Why a Puerto Rican playwright felt compelled to write about Eskimos shall remain a mystery. The thing was so long that as the reading progressed more and more actors began to peel off to ‘previous commitments,’ but Raul staunchly plodded on. In the end, it was just me and him with the director reading in the rest of the cast of thousands of Eskimos and we eventually made it to the end. I have always admired him for doing that.

LH: Rumor has it the Raul Julia documentary is almost sold-out. What else is happening at Panafest 2019?

CC: So much good stuff. This is our 5^th year and we have expanded to three days. The films, panels, and other programming are so exciting. First, there’s a significant number of Panamanian and US Panamanian films represented in all genres – docs, features, animation, shorts – even the first horror film feature from Panama, Diablo Rojo. Day 1 kicks off with a documentary by an LA-born Panamanian from USC, Angelique Molina, whose documentary about gentrification in LA’s View Park area is fascinating. As is a revealing family DNA search shared in a documentary by Panamanian Anayansi Prado. My Associate Director Maia de Zan Hatch has done an amazing job of forming alliances with an exceptional community of independent film festivals and creators in Panama. There’s even a short music film that speaks to immigration from Grammy Award winners Las Rakas, a Panamanian duo from Oakland.

Saturday is packed with innovation. Everything from The Poetry Gallery Pop-Up in the Lobby created by PenClique to a live spoken word and dance performance created for the Festival by SP!T’s Alex Alpharaoh, whose solo-show WET and his DACA journey is the subject of a documentary that evening. And speaking of innovation, Sergio Garza Fox has directed a feature, Intolerance No More, that knocked my socks off. I don’t want to give too much away, but this film is shot with the most non-traditional use of technology – from cell phones to Go Pros to Security cameras. You just have to see it. And it’s about profiling and social media. Very visionary.

Sunday Fun Day is our nickname for a block of films that are just laugh-out-loud funny or twisted in a dark comedy kind of way. This includes Danny Hasting’s US Premiere of his feature film Venus De Macho. Danny founded the Original Latino Film Festival in Coachella and he’s Mexican-Panamanian and he’s the best kind of crazy.  Sunday closes with Fanny Grande’s award-winning documentary Quinceañera.

40% of the Festival’s content is by female directors. There’s also a lot of Afro-Latinx storytelling, LGBTQ narratives, and a spectrum of storytelling that defies stereotypes.” — Carlos Carrasco

LH: We heard there’s also going to be an altar at the Festival? 

CC: Yes, we are grateful to award-winning and deeply respected artist and Day of the Dead scholar Consuelo Flores for bringing her talents into our Festival and creating an altar to celebrate the Latinx talent who we lost too soon. The week of the Festival, for example, is very close to the 5th Anniversary of Elizabeth Peña’s passing. I knew Elizabeth since she was a kid in NYC and worked with her on several occasions. It will be in the lobby and free to the public to come to see it. We hope they’ll honor us by staying for a film as well. There’s something for everyone.
PIFF/LA’s Panafest 2019 runs October 18-20

Full Schedule and Tickets at Eventbrite: 5Panafest.Eventbrite.com

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Opening Night, October 3rd
Red Carpet, 6:30 P.M.
Film Screening, 8:00 P.M.
HPIFF

By Elia Esparza

After six years, the Highland Park Independent Film Festival has one of its biggest opening nights ever! Presenting “A Night with Danny Trejo“, who we’ve been told will arrive in his personal lowrider at 6:30 p.m. to greet his fans!

Opening Night consists of a memorable Red Carpet celebrity walk led by Trejo, who will receive the film festival’s Humanitarian Award. The film screening in his honor is Robert Rodriguez’s iconic Machete, a “70’s-style movie,” according to The Hollywood Reporter review, “whose mock trailer was lovingly showcased in the homage of Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse film.”

“To have become a mainstay of this community which I love brings me great pride.  Every year for the past six years, our hard work pays off as our grass-roots efforts culminate in a film festival that brings the community together and celebrates great, independent cinema.  We are thrilled to bring this year’s line-up and to honor a wonderful human being in Mr. Danny Trejo as our 2019 Humanitarian Award,” said Marita De La Torre, Highland Park Independent Film Festival Executive Director & Producer.”

We caught up the film festival’s artistic director, Alessandro Gentile to get the 4-1-1 on what they got brewing for this year’s event!

LatinHeat: With so many film festivals and film events/screenings going on in L.A. almost daily, what is at the core of your film festival that puts you a cut above the rest in L.A. or nationwide for that matter?

Alessandro Gentile: Think of Telluride Film Festival back in 1974. A small film festival, single screen, 3-4 members producing an event together. That’s the best example I can come up with. In our case, we are a group of filmmakers producing a film festival for the filmmaker. We assessed all the things we didn’t like with our personal experiences at other festivals and just did the complete opposite. We are not ushering herds of people in and out of theaters because the next screening is up and we are on a tight schedule. We are providing filmmakers with adequate passes for cast/crew. We are not charging an arm and a leg to purchase a ticket. As founders we are in the trenches selling t-shirts, setting up the website, doing ticket sales, and always around participating in the Q&A discussions. The Highland Park Independent Film Festival is a grass-roots community-driven film festival that is constantly keeping the filmmaker’s experience at heart. If you attend you will feel the love and warmth from our devoted magnificent team.

LH: Who is your core audience targeted?

AG: We never once wanted to pigeon hole ourselves into being a Latino film festival, or a Hipster film festival, we are consistently catering to all the demographics in a well-balanced film line-up. 

LH: Tell us about your surprise guest(s) for your “A Night With Danny Trejo” presentation. 

LH: You have an impressive list of films lined up, some who will have their world premiere at Highland Park Indie Film Fest… tell us why some of these were selected in what had to be dozens of submissions?

The biggest surprise for us is Danny Trejo himself. To think that we have been trying to book him for the past 3 years and this year, with the help of LA Media Group, it finally came together. What amazes me is the amount of support his management has given us. Very receptive to what we are about and what we represent. Also being able to secure Machete for a special 9-year screening is unbelievable. This sets a milestone for us and what the future holds is even more exciting.

LH: After six years, have there been any surprises in how your film fest has evolved from the first time you launched it?

AG: We have had some tremendous changes. Year one we showcased 23 films, this year we have a whopping 50. We have won over our community of Highland Park and finally made a name for ourselves in Los Angeles. It’s always nice to see someone rocking the t-shirt randomly on the streets. 
As the artistic director, one thing I take pride in every year is that the entire film festival is compiled into a seamless edited screening flow. All the programs and features mesh together like one gigantic movie. This is especially apparent in the short film programs. 

Also as a cinematographer, I really take the projection image quality seriously. I reject compressed files from filmmakers and we only showcase the highest resolution possible for each film. It’s not easy work but the filmmakers really take notice and appreciate it so much. If you look on our Film Freeway profile you can see all the heartfelt comments.

In six years, the Highland Park Independent Film Festival has become an important community asset, and not just because they host the event in Highland Park (an L.A. community), but also because they also are in a community partnership to host screenings in the neighborhood. For example, this summer they co-hosted a feature film screening of Con Safos at Thorne Hally on the Occidental Campus.

“We also do screenings at La Culebra Art Park. It is mainly driven by indie films from our archives and has helped spark a large interest with our local Latino filmmakers.

Also, another important program our film fest offers is the Franklin High School Film Mentor Ship Program, where we mentor youth in the fundamentals of filmmaking. It primarily consists of Latino youth.”

Additionally, Gentile states that every year this group of young filmmakers creates the intro sizzle piece for the film festival. “The assignment is that they have to showcase the Highland Park Independent Film Festival logo in some creative way. It’s usually a minute in length. The mentorship program we have been nurturing since the festival’s inception. We have helped spark the love of filmmaking for these kids and aided as a conduit to receiving a film scholarship to schools like Cal State Northridge and UCLA.” he adds. “What’s great about our team is that we are primarily comprised of Latinos and can relate to the ever-changing Northeast Los Angeles community of Highland Park. We understand both sides of the coin but at the same time like to keep the balance with our events.”

2019 Highland Park Independent Film Festival Highlights

• A total of 180 Film Submissions, and selected a record 50 films to showcase
  • 8 of which are World / L.A. Premiere
• The film, Cicada Song, an LGTQ contemporary Mystery/Thriller film, is a World Premiere. Directed by Michael Starr
• Other feature films unique to this year’s film festival include Nathan’s Kingdom, directed by Oliver Munoz, is a Sci-Fi, coming-of-age drama about a young autistic man struggling with his teenage opiate-addicted sister, and rather than surrendering to social services, they risk their lives to find a kingdom that once existed only in their imaginations. Nathan’s Kingdom uses an actor on the autistic spectrum to play the lead actor
• Rich Kids, a film directed by Laura Somers, is about a young man’s transformation from the person he thinks he’s supposed to be into the person he really is, as he comes to terms with realities and consequences of living a community ravaged by the wealth gap and income inequality.
• The Closing Night film, West End, directed by Joe Bastile, is Hamlet mobbed up on the Jersey Shore. Vic Trevi is an undercover FBI agent positioned to betray the people he calls family. Stars Eric Roberts amongst a strong cast
• 5 short film programs scheduled, each dedicated to Foreign Films, L.A. Shorts, Latino, and a Local Highland Park film program. A total of 43 shorts
• World/LA Premieres are Highland Park films!
  • We Three (shot at The Offbeat Bar, female African-American director), Look Up (16-year old Highland Park student director), Kara the Invicinble (superhero film shot in Highland Park), The Happy Side (comedy filmed in the neighborhood, featuring Frankie Quinones-Cholo Fit) Papi Papilloma (PSA short film feature Alejandro Patino), The Oficina (Web Series pilot)L.A. Shorts: Pull Yourself Together (as quirky dramedy by a local award-winning alumni director), The Great Smoky Mountain (adventure documentary, alumni filmmaker)

Thank you, Alessandro!

“Indie filmmaking is brave and unique in its own right. If you deeply love cinema with all your heart nothing will stop you from materializing your vision.” — Alessandro Gentile

Highland Park Independent Film Festival Mission Statement
“The Highland Park Independent Film Festival is dedicated to inviting filmmakers who are producing the most unique and captivating independent cinema today to share their work with the Highland Park community.”

CLICK HERE to get Highland Park Independent Film Festival schedule of films and activities — some educational, and some to network and celebrate Latinos in the film industry!

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The nations’ leading Latino film fest, the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), celebrating its 16th anniversary, will be held on August 12 – 18, 2019 with films and events featuring emerging and established Latino actors, filmmakers, influencers, and more.

 Full Schedule and Tickets Available July 22 at NYLatinoFilmFestival.com 

NYLFF, the nation’s premier and most diverse Latino film festival, and a touchstone of the nation’s thriving multicultural cinematic movement kicks off its 16th edition on Monday, August 12th.

The festival will feature more than 83 films representing 10 countries, spanning all genres including features, shorts, documentaries, web series and experimental films starring, about and for the U.S. Latino community.

This year, the festival will open with the New York premiere of the film Princess of the Row from director Max Carlson and starring Martin Sheen, Edi Gathegi, Ana Ortiz, Tayler Buck, Jacob Vargas, among others. Unflinching and emotional, Princess of the Row is the inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her father… a homeless, mentally ill-veteran fighting to survive on the streets of LA’s skid row. 

For Film Festival Highlights and Tickets, CLICK HERE.

The NYLFF returns with a star-studded line-up of screenings, including a special showcase of the beloved Bronx-set classic, I Like It Like That. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the screening will be joined by the film’s cast– fully reunited for the first time since its premiere in 1994. The debut of writer/director Darnell Martin and the first-ever major studio release to be written and directed by an African-American woman is a charming, funny, and realistic account of a young Latina mother trying to contend with life in the Bronx.

In honor of the late Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Singleton, NYLFF is honored to present NYLFF Summer Cinema, an outdoor screening of Poetic Justice, with a special appearance by his daughter Justice Singleton.

Closing the Festival, NYLFF presents El Proyeccionista (The Projectionist), the first Dominican film to ever close the festival. The acclaimed film is the latest feature from prolific, young Dominican writer-director José María Cabral-whose last film, Woodpeckers (Los Carpinteros), was the first Dominican film to screen at Sundance-serves up some fluorescent Dominican noir in a riveting, genre-bending homage to the power of pre-digital cinema as seen through the lens of an old-style traveling cinema owner. 

Another NYLFF highlight is the FUTURO Digital Conference, a one-day digital conference featuring conversations from top thought-leaders, executives, and influencers in the digital space. August 12th, 1:00 to 7:00 PM, Free, to click RSVP to reserve your ticket.

HBO Latino Presents Latinos Stand-up Comedy Competition Finals on August 16th at 7:00 PM, free admission.

The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) is presented by HBO. Major sponsors include American Airlines, Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo. Additional support provided by Hennessy VSOP Privilege, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, WarnerMedia, Google, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), AMC Independent, Hispanic Federation, SAG-AFTRA, DGCine Dirección General de Cine República Dominicana, and Third World Newsreel  For sponsorship and brand partnership opportunities, please contact: Info@NYLatinoFilmFestival.com

For details, please visit NYLFF’s website at: www.NYLatinoFilmFestival.com

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