November 1, 2019, Friday - 7th Annual Cine Latino Film Festival Opens at St. Anthony Main (thru Nov. 7)

The MSP Film Society announces the complete line-up and special guests for the 7th Annual Cine Latino Film Festival. Held November 1-7 at the St. Anthony Main Theatre, Cine Latino features a tapestry of award-winning narrative and documentary films from across the globe from some of the world’s most acclaimed and up-andcoming Spanish- and Portuguese-language filmmakers.

As the region’s only showcase of Latin American and Ibero cinema, MSP Film Society developed Cine Latino in response to demand from both global cinephiles and the growing Spanish-speaking populations in Minnesota, curating the annual series of films from countries with rich filmmaking histories and cutting-edge film industries.

“The Latin American and Ibero cinematic traditions have long explored the rich and contentious histories of their various nations, shedding light onto complex political legacies while reflecting the regions’ intoxicating mix of cultures,” said Hebe Tabachnik, Artistic Director of Cine Latino. “Today, a new generation of insightful and uncompromised storytellers are diving headlong into their respective nations’ histories and the pressing realities of our current moment.”

“We are immensely grateful to the individuals and community organizations collaborating with us to present this year’s Cine Latino,” said MSP Film Society’s Executive Director Susan Smoluchowski. “We see these growing partnerships, including many representatives of the diverse Spanish-speaking communities here in MN and abroad, as a testament to the cultural importance of this unique annual celebration of Latin American and Iberian cinema:”

Opening Night of Cine Latino on November 1 will feature films from Spain (The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders), Mexico (Lives with Flavor), and Colombia (Litigante), with special guests including the Mexican director of Lives with Flavor, Ruth Zachs Babani, a delegation from Minneapolis’s sister city Cuernavaca, Mexico and diplomatic guests from Mexico, Spain and Colombia.

Closing Night of Cine Latino on November 7 will feature Children of Maria and Marighella, the debut feature by director Wagner Moura (Narcos, Elite Squad), which has been battling political and bureaucratic hurdles and has yet to be released in its home country of Brazil.

All films screening in the 2019 Cine Latino Film Festival are Minnesota Premieres! The complete line-up and screening times for Cine Latino is available at MSPfilm.org.

All-Access Passes, 3-Packs, and 6-Packs are now on sale at MSPfilm.org. Single tickets go on sale to the general public on October 14.

Cine Latino is presented by the MSP Film Society, Minnesota’s leading non-profit exhibitor of international independent cinema. Our mission is to foster a knowledgeable and vibrant appreciation of the art of film from around the globe and its power to inform and transform individuals and communities.