Seattle Latino Film Festival

SEATTLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (SLFF) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.[1]

Seattle Latino Film Festival
LocationSeattle, United States
LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, English, Indigenous Languages
Websitehttp://www.slff.org/

History

Founded in 2009 in Seattle, Washington State by Jorge Enrique González Pacheco a Cuban Poet, Writer and Cultural Entrepreneur.[2] SLFF has the goal to bring audiences and filmmakers together for an educational experience[3] and to support the magic of filmmaking as a part of Hispanic culture globally. The festival discovers and presents independent films, documentaries and short films from Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal at the Northwest of the United States.[4][5]

Festivals
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2009-Spotlight country: Colombia
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2010-Spotlight country: Mexico
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2011-Spotlight country: Argentina
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2012-Spotlight country: Brazil
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2013-Spotlight country: Cuba
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2014-Spotlight country: Chile
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2015-Spotlight country: Peru
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2016-Spotlight country: Venezuela
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2017-Spotlight country: Dominican Republic
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival, 2018-Spotlight country: Spain[6]
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival 2019

Guests
  • Leon Ichaso, Cuban-American Film Director.[7]
  • Fernando Trueba, Spanish Academy Award winner.[8]
  • Damian Alcazar, Mexican actor.[9]
  • Rafa Lara, Mexican Director.[10]
  • Yvette Marichal, Film Commissioner from Dominican Republic.[11]

Press
  • Seattle supporters of Latino films excited by Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar win[12]
  • Seattle skateboarder captures Mexico City’s intimate underground economy on film[13]
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival comes to Redmond[14]

References
  1. Great Non-Profit
  2. Seattle Latino Film Festival expands to 10 days
  3. SPS Partners with Seattle Latino Film Festival for On-Campus Film Screening
  4. Shaping Seattle’s understanding of Latinos through film
  5. Seattle Latino Film Festival 2016 Films, The Stranger
  6. The 2018 Seattle Latino Film Festival Aligns Purpose with Entertainment
  7. The News Tribune
  8. The Fifth Annual Seattle Latino Film Festival
  9. 5th Annual Seattle Latino Film Festival Oct. 4-13 Is a Celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month
  10. College to sponsor free Seattle Latino Film Festival event on campus
  11. RD país invitado al Seattle Latino Film Festival 2017
  12. Crosscut
  13. The Seattle Global List
  14. RR
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