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Festival History

Paul Rodriguez
Paul Rodriguez at the 2000 Festival. Photo by Nic Paget-Clarke.
The San Diego Latino Film Festival was established ten years ago as a student film festival focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, The San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the larger and well-respected Latino film festivals in the country. Over 50,000 people have attended during the past seven years and 450 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened. For a complete list of last year's films/videos, click here.

Past festival guests have included such renowned individuals as Alfonso Cuaron, Gael Garcia, Diego Luna, Lupe Ontiveros, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Bruno Bichir, Carlos Bolado, Carlos Avila, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Bravo, Maria Canals, Enrique Castillo, Lumi Cavazos, Jorge Cervera Jr., Danny de la Paz, Nancy de los Santos, Ciro Duran, Moctesuma Esparza, Evelina Fernandez, Gabriel Figueroa Jr., Vicky Funari, Zaide Silvia Guttierez, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Stuart Gordon, Sal Lopez, Nestor Miranda, Allen Moore, Lucia Murat, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos, Sandra Osawa, Lourdes Portillo, Jeffrey Reyna, David Riker, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Salazar, Mary Siceloff, Marisa Sistach, Jose Luis Valenzuela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Valdez, Pattsi Valdez, David Villalpando, and more...

Interviews with past particpants in the Festival:

  • Carlos Avila
    An Interview with film director
    Carlos Avila (2000)
    by Fred Salas
  • Carlos Avila
    Chicanos Will Know: An Interview with Filmmaker Carlos Avila (1994)
    by Victor Payan
  • Jorge Cervera Jr.
    Interview with Jorge Cervera (1998)
    by Adolfo Guzman Lopez
  • Moctesuma Esparza
    Interview with Moctesuma Esparza (1998)
    by Victor Payan
  • Sandra Osawa
    "Listen To Your Own Voice!": An Interview with Native American Independent Filmmaker, Sandra Osawa (1997)
    by Victor Payan

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