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The Lost Children, 2024, by Orlando von Einsiedel, Lali Houghton and Jorge Durán.
“Until we find them” – This gripping documentary reveals the extraordinary trials of 3 young children and a baby, the sole survivors of a small plane crash in the remotest Colombian Amazon, seen from the point of view of their…
CRASHING THE BALL: Meet the UK Latina Actors Taking the Stage
What happens when you bring thirteen Latina actors together to take part in the first ever magazine cover dedicated to Latin American film and theatre makers in the UK? LatinoLife shared a special moment with Díana Bermudez,…
LATIN LONDONER #63 - Díana Bermudez, Actor
A fiercely multi-faceted performer, Díana made history as the first Colombian actress to feature in a Marvel series, playing Yatzil in 'Moon Knight' opposite Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke. Closer to home, she was part of…
LATIN LONDONER #62 - Gigi Tisminetzky. Actor, Writer, Theatre Director
Gigi Tisminetzky is a multi-lingual Argentine actor and theatre maker. After arriving in London at 16 to train at LAMDA and The Drama Centre, Gigi embarked on a cross-border TV career which include 'Devils' on Sky and …
LATIN LONDONER #61 - Pepa Duarte, Actor, Writer and Director
"Captivating, marvellous, enjoyable and unique" is how one critic described Pepa Duarte's one woman show 'Eating Myself' which she wrote and performed across the UK, to rave reviews. Her other works…
LATIN LONDONER #60 - Tara Hoyos-Martinez, Actor, Writer, Director
After being crowned Miss Universe Great Britain and alongside a successful modelling career, Tara made a splash on the big screen in British romcom Ghosted (2022). Since then, Tara's screen work has gone from strength to…
LATIN LONDONER #59 - Mariana Aristizábal, Actor, Director, Theatre-Maker
Colombian actress and theatre-maker Mariana Aristizábal describes herself as someone who “makes things happen, one way or another.” She has performed in 'Dirty Thirty,' 'Gloria y Ramona' and 'The…
LATIN LONDONER #58 - Lorena Andrea, Actor
Hot off her role as Perla in Disney’s 2023 musical romantic fantasy ‘The Little Mermaid,’ London-born Colombiana Lorena Andrea is best known for her role as Sister Lilith in the Netflix fantasy series 'Warrior Nun'.…
LATIN LONDONER #57 - Samantha Manzur, Actor, Theatre-maker
Chilean-Palestinian actor Samantha leads the Interdicta Collective, an interdisciplinary group creating immersive theatre and museum experiences. Samantha also starred in 'Mad Women' (2024), El Círculo (2019) and La…
LATIN LONDONER #56 - Gledys Ibarra, Actor
A powerhouse of Venezuelan TV, Gledys Ibarra was the first Afro-Latina to achieve superstar status as a telenovela actor. With a career spanning continents and genres - from teenage boy pinup in South America to US fantasy in…
LATIN LONDONER #55 - Giullianna Martínez, Actor, Producer, Writer
In 2024 Florida-raised Colombian actress Giullianna Martínez became the UK's first Latinx actress to play Tituba in 'The Crucible' (Crucible Theatre). Her one woman show 'HóPe' follows two interwoven…
LATIN LONDONER #54 - Constanza Hola-Chamy, Writer, Director
Chilean playwright and director Constanza Hola-Chamy wears many hats, producing her own work and even understudying in some productions. Her works include 'Mad Women' and 'The Colour Violet', both previewed at…
LATIN LONDONER #53 - Jimena Larraguivel, Actor, Writer
Mexican actor Jimena Larraguivel has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company twice - first in 2018, in a musically devised piece about the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, and then again in 2023 in the UK tour of…
LATIN LONDONER #52 - Jessica Maria Gilhooley, Actor, Filmmaker
Since graduating from the prestigious Drama Centre this British-Colombian Actor has appeared in Miramax's box office hit 'The Beekeeper' alongside Jason Statham and Jeremy Irons, and in the BAFTA-winning TV series…
Meow! (2024) by Mexican Ariel de la Garza and Czech Michal Vojtech.
Meow! a comedy short film that has just premiered at the Norwich Film Festival, is an intriguing, quirky and amusing run through the Gothic shadows of the city of Prague, as a toilet attendant searches for her lost cat, trying to…
Brazil’s big beautiful – and still illegal – balloon-making culture
From centuries old traditions Balloon-making developed into a competition between dedicated groups to create the biggest and most beautiful balloons which were released into the sky carrying lights and often fireworks, and then…
Gabriela (2023) Oscar-qualifying short film by Guatemalan-American director Evelyn Lorena
Gabriela, a young Guatemalan undocumented immigrant struggles to fulfill her dreams of becoming a competitive swimmer for a local Country Club in North Carolina.
MAGDALENA, TE AMO (2024) by Andrea Calao
‘Magdalena, Te Amo’ (2024) is a moving short film about student sex workers in New York. Premiered at the New York Latino Film Festival, it has also been longlisted for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards.
Power Alley (Levante- 2023) by Brazilian director Lillah Halla
Lillah Halla is emerging as the new kid on the block in Brazil with her opera prima, Levante (Power Alley) that questions Brazilian politics and feminist freedoms and has already garnered no fewer than 8 wins and 8 nominations at…
Memories of a Burning Body (2024) by Costa Rican director Antonella Sudasassi Furniss
The Costa Rican submission to the 97th Academy Awards for ‘Best International Feature’ is Antonella Sudasassi Furniss’s moving fictional documentary ‘Memories of a Burning Body’, which will be screened at the BFI London Film…
SUJO (2024) by creative Mexican duo Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez
With ‘SUJO,’ a cartel drama, award-winning writer/directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez bring a new slant to the ‘shadow of violence’ that haunts Mexico to the 2024 BFI London Film Festival.
OLIVIA AND THE CLOUDS (2024) visually exciting animated feature by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.
“Like they don’t see something is pulling them apart.” In ‘Olivia and the Clouds’, relationships flounder, steeped in memories and hopes as animator, film maker, professor and artist from the Dominican Republic, Pichardo-…
Collective Monologues (2024) by Jessica Sarah Rinland
‘Wednesdays are a day of rest in the zoo’. Not for the visitors or the carers, but for the animals. Anglo-Argentine Rinland gazes into the finer, intimate life of zoos and rescue centres across Argentina, making it a sensual…
MAGDALENA, TE AMO (2024) by Andrea Calao
‘Magdalena, Te Amo’ (2024) is a moving short film about student sex workers in New York. Premiered at the New York Latino Film Festival, it has also been longlisted for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards.
DRAGONKEEPER (2024) fantasy animation adventure directed by Salvador Simó and Yianping Li.
“There are questions that should not be answered because the answers should be found!” Based on Carole Wilkinson’s book, ‘Dragonkeeper’ is an exciting animated feature being released on September 27th in the UK,
BBC’s STORYVILLE has found a quiet gem with ‘INHERITING THE CASTLE (2023)’ by Argentine director Martin Benchimol.
Inheriting the Castle (2023) is the moving and gentle tale of 60- year-old Justina and her 20-year-old- drum- mad daughter Alexia, who inherit a mansion, deep in the Argentine pampas.
LOS TALLOS AMARGOS (1956) by Argentine Fernando Ayala
“There are fools in Germany, fools in France and fools in Argentina.” Cine Lumière screens a classic cult film noir from the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, 'Los Tallos Amargos' (1956) directed by Fernando Ayala.
EL AFFAIRE DE MIU MIU (2024) by Laura Citarella.
The Giornate Deglo Autori’s world première of ‘EL AFFAIRE MIU MIU’ (2024) by fêted Argentine director Laura Citarella, at the 2024 Venice Film Festival on August 31st, has added a thrilling mystery tale to the compelling female…
As Fado Bicha – Challenging the Taboos of Portugal's Most Famous Music
Whilst the ‘Three Fs’ of fado - Fatima (the shrine), Football and Fado - which cemented the genre's association with the Salazar dictatorship, and its inherent conservatism, especially about gender issues, have put many…
SORCERY (BRUJERÍAS) 2023, by Chilean director Christopher Murray, based on true events, opens on June 14th 2024.
‘Dead birds for sorrow.’ With elements of mystery, myth, magic realism and horror, SORCERY, Set in the enigmatic Chilean island of Chiloè, in 1880, has a mesmerizing quality, that was recognized with awards at the Cinélatino…
“I always dreamt of making movies in Hollywood”: An Interview with Eugenio Derbez
This hard-to-resist family-friendly comedy paints Mexico in a bright shade of flamingo pink. Its star and one of the most famous Mexican faces in show business, Eugenio Derbez, speaks to Latino Life about his Apple TV+ series…
Women of Toil - Maria Barea, pioneering Peruvian Director of ‘Antuca’ (1992)
Maria Barea decided to start filming the plight of young indigenous women working as domestic servants in Peru "to give them a voice." We look at the life of the pioneering Peruvian director of ‘Antuca’ (1992) and ‘…
Brazilian film ‘BABY’, by Marcelo Caetano to be screened at the BFI London Film Festival 2024 for the 63rd ‘Semaine de la Critique’ at Cannes 2024
“I did not run away from home; they ran away from me”. After two years and barely 18, Wellington emerges from a youth detention centre to find his family have disappeared. Lost and homeless in the streets of São Paulo, he meets…
CABRINI (2024) directed by Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde
‘One small gesture of love can change everything’. How do you do credit to a biopic of a saint? This true story of the turbulent journey of Francesca Cabrini to achieve her goal of orphanages and hospitals in late 19th Century…
OUR MOTHERS (Nuestras Madres) - A Debut feature by César Díaz
Winner of the Camera D’Or in Cannes, Guatemalan filmmaker César Díaz’s multi award-winning film, OUR MOTHERS opens us to the horrors of the 36 year civil war in Guatemala between 1960 and 1996, through the experiences of Ernesto…
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