Cine Las Americas International Film Festival is … based in Austin Texas. The festival provide a rare showcase of films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula. The film festival celebrates films and videos made by or about Latinx in the U.S. or the rest of the world, as well as films and videos by or about indigenous groups of the Americas are also featured.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival started in 1998 and takes place in Austin, Texas, USA
Itandehui Jansen’s Itu Ninu (Where the Cornfields Are) won Best Narrative Feature, and Juan Mejía Botero’s Igualada took the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 26th Anniversary edition of the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF).
Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s Going Varsity in Mariachi will open the 26th Anniversary edition of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas. Taking place May 15-19, 2024 CLAIFF will close with Lone Scherfig’s La Contadora de Peliculas (The Movie Teller).
Clara Cullen’s Manuela won Best Narrative Feature and Gisela Delgadillo’s Kenya won Best Documentary Feature at the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF).
The 25th Anniversary edition of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF), taking place June 7-11, opens with Eva Longoria’s Flamin’ Hot, and will close with Claudia Sainte-Luce comedy Amor y matemáticas (Love and Mathematics).
The 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) announced the filmmaker award winners with the top jury prizes going to Joaquín Peñagaricano and Pablo Abdala’s Mateína for Best Narrative Feature, and Anaïs Taracena’s El Silencio del Topo (The Silence of the Mole) for Best Documentary Feature. Films winning the Audience Awards were topped by Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood for Narrative Feature, and Jeff Adachi and Chihiro Wimbush’s Ricochet for Documentary Feature.
The Austin-based 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) taking place June 8-12, announced the lineup of films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula, for the hybrid edition, featuring a big return to in-theater screenings after a two-year pause.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas announced the feature films selected for this year’s 23rd edition taking place as a hybrid event from June 9-13; and opening with Mariem Pérez Riera’s documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.
Cine Las Americas CLA2020 Virtual Showcase premieres this weekend, July 16-19, with a consecutive showcase July 23-26. The virtual event will present 49 films hailing from 12 different countries and will feature the work of over 30 female directors, Indigenous, POC, and LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
The coronavirus, (COVID-19) pandemic is having a devastating impact on film festivals with many postponing or cancelling outright. Major festivals such as San Francisco International Film Festival and RiverRun International Film Festival have canceled, while others such as Richmond International Film Festival and Florida Film Festival have been postponed until the Summer or Fall.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22) concluded on Sunday with announcements of the winners of the 22nd edition of the Festival. The evening’s ceremony was followed by a screening of the closing night film, the Peruvian box-office hit Don’t Call Me a Spinster (No me digas solterona) with writer and director Ani Alva Helfer in attendance.
Feature films, short films, music videos, and more, highlighting a diversity of themes, genres, and styles characteristic of contemporary national and international cinema trends will be presented at the twenty-second Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22), May 1 to 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas.
The 22nd Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) is scheduled for May 1 – 5, 2019 with events taking place at venues around the Austin, Texas during the five-day festival. As a new program for May’s festival, CLAIFF will present a VR 360º showcase, hosted and sponsored by Originator Studios.
Cine Las Americas is committed to offering a diverse program of national and international feature and short films as well as music videos, experimental, animation selections, and this year a VR 360º video program. The festival showcases films and videos from all the Americas (US, Canada, North Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula. Selected works screen in competitive and non-competitive sections. There are eleven award categories, including the annual Hecho en Tejas Awards. This year, the coordinating committee is pleased to offer cash awards to prize categories, including for Audience Awards for Best First or Second Dramatic Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Hecho en Tejas Film, and Best Music Video.
As an extension of its mission to support Latinx and Indigenous artists across media arts, Cine Las Americas announced the expansion of our VR 360º video program for the 22nd festival. In 2017 CLAIFF presented Tracy Rector’s 360º video Eagle Bone (Ch’aak’ S’aagi), one of the first VR pieces ever by a Native American filmmaker, hosted by Originator Studios. In 2018, also thanks to Originator Studios’ sponsorship, youth from the Austin-based Latinitas’ organization shared their 360º Latinx Culture in East Austin documentary experience with attendees.
In 2019, Originator Studios will team up with CLAIFF to present an official selection of VR 360º videos at their facilities. Filmmakers are invited to submit their VR 360º videos as part of the festival’s annual call for entries.