2025

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Selena y Los Dinos

Sunday, Oct 12th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival • Closing Night Film Sunday, October 12 at 7:30 PM Cine Latino Closing Night Party precedes the screening at 6pm, featuring music from America y Los Sentimientos and Selena look-alike contest! ABOUT THE FILM Selena Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her family band, Selena y Los […]

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2025

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Deaf (Sorda)

Sunday, Oct 12th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 12 at 4:30 PM Closing Party follows the film. Join us for a Spanish tapas and wine sampling preceding the screening, sponsored by our friends at Amigos de España. ABOUT THE FILM Ángela a deaf woman and Héctor, her hearing partner, are expecting their first child. They are […]

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2025

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On The Invention of Species (La invención de las especies)

Sunday, Oct 12th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 12 at 2:30 PM Arrive early for pre-screening performances by Peruvian folkdancers from Mi Perú – Minnesota and the Ecuadorian dance group Away Runakuna at 1:35pm at AMC Networks Lounge at Pracna. Anne Ahiers, Education Specialist at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, will give a special Science on […]

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2025

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Runa Simi

Sunday, Oct 12th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 12 at 12:00 PM Director Augusto Zegarra attending! Enjoy a post-screening dance performance by Mi Perú – Minnesota. ABOUT THE FILM In South America, there are 10 million people who speak Quechua, yet no film has ever been dubbed in this language. Fernando Valencia, a radio host and […]

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2025

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Kid Flicks: ¡Hola Cine! at Mia

Sunday, Oct 12th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 12 at 10:30 AM + 12:00 PM + 2:00 PM FREE Screenings at Mia (Minneapolis Institute of Art – 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis 55404) NO TICKETS ARE REQUIRED! Co-presented by Cine Latino and Mia’s Family Day.. Recommended for ages 8+; Films are in English and/or Spanish with […]

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2025

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Sirat

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 9:30 PM ABOUT THE FILM A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic […]

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2025

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Salsa Lives (La salsa vive)

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 7:00 PM Salsa Party follows the film:Enjoy a special performance by Ritmo Latino at the 7pm screening of SALSA LIVES and stick around after for Cine Latino’s Salsa Party featuring the Twin Cities Latin Band. ABOUT THE FILM The rhythms, passion and energy of Salsa do […]

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2025

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A Poet (Un poeta)

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 4:30 PM ABOUT THE FILM Poet and teacher, Oscar Restrepo’s (played poignantly by non-pro Ubeimar Rios), obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady (non-pro Rebeca Andrade), a talented […]

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2025

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Lluc, a Pastry Chronicle

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 2:00 PM Chocolate & Wine Tasting Party follows the screening. Film + Tasting combo ticket required to attend. Chocolate + Wine Tasting After feasting your eyes on the film LLUC, A PASTRY CHRONICLE, Cine Latino will host a chocolate & wine tasting because, trust us, you’re […]

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2025

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Hola Frida

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 11:15 AM • $5 all tickets • in Spanish with English subtitles Free kids art activity starts at 10:15 AM in The Main Cinema lobby Bring the kids for a special printmaking activity with artist Marco Aguero before the 11:15am HOLA FRIDA screening. ABOUT THE FILM Frida Kahlo […]

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2025

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Cinema Club

Pedro Páramo

Saturday, Oct 11th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 11 at 11:00 AM • FREE • October Cinema Club RESERVATIONS ARE FULL • RUSH ONLY Cinema Club moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation with Dr. Osiris Aníbal Gómez. Specializing in Mexican literature and cinema, Dr. Gómez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese […]

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2025

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The Secret Agent (O agente secreto)

Friday, Oct 10th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Friday, October 10 at 8:00 PM RESERVATIONS ARE FULL • RUSH ONLY Brazil Night Party starts at 6:30 PM:October 10 at 6:30pm – Brazil Night Party In between screenings of the Brazilian films THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS at 5pm and THE SECRET AGENT at 8pm, Cine Latino celebrates all […]

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2025

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The Nature of Invisible Things (A natureza das coisas invisíveis)

Friday, Oct 10th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Friday, October 10 at 5:00 PM Brazil Night Party starts at 6:30 PM: October 10 at 6:30pm – Brazil Night Party In between screenings of the Brazilian films THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS at 5pm and THE SECRET AGENT at 8pm, Cine Latino celebrates all things Brazil with catering by […]

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2025

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I Had the Heart (Tuve el corazón)

Thursday, Oct 9th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Thursday, October 9 at 7:30 PM Director and lead actor Oliver Kolker attending • Tango performance follows the film: Cine Latino is thrilled to welcome Oliver Kolker, Co-Director and lead actor of I HAVE THE HEART, for a Q&A and performance by Bataclan Tango following the 7:30pm screening. ABOUT THE […]

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2025

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Cine Latino Shorts

Thursday, Oct 9th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival Thursday, October 9 at 5:00 PM Filmmakers Attending: Merced Elizondo, Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz, Priscila Torres Cine Latino presents a collection of short films created by some of the most dynamic voices in US Latino and Latin American cinema. This program is generously supported by NewFilmmakers LA. October 9 at 6:30pm – […]

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2025

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Frankenstein

Wednesday, Oct 8th

13th Cine Latino Film Festival • Opening Night Film Wednesday, October 8 at 7:30 PM RESERVATIONS ARE FULL • RUSH ONLY Opening Party precedes the film starting at 5:30 PM. Join us as we celebrate Cine Latino 2025 with the Opening Night Party featuring DelSur Empanadas and music from DJ Salsa Brava, followed by an […]

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2024

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Special Screenings

Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Wednesday, Oct 30th

Cine Latino Encore October 26, 27, 29, 30 at 1pm ABOUT THE FILM Miguel Garay, a former film director deals with the mysterious and unexpected disappearance decades ago, of his friend and film lead, Julio Arenas. There are those who believe Julio has died. Others still hope to find him. Julio’s own daughter, Ana Arenas, […]

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2024

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Images of Africa

La Suprema

Sunday, Oct 13th

Closing Film – 12th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 13 at 7:30pm Special Guest: Executive Producer Tere Gaviria attending! ABOUT THE FILM La Suprema is a remote town in the interior of the Colombian Caribbean. Anastasio “Medialuna” a boxer who left the town years ago is about to fight for the world title. Living […]

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2024

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Through Rocks And Clouds (Raíz)

Sunday, Oct 13th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 13 at 5:00pm ABOUT THE FILM In the altiplano near the Andes, a herd of alpacas grazes peacefully only interrupted by the spotty radio transmission of a soccer match. Peru is very close to qualifying to the World Cup for the first time in decades and eight-year-old Feliciano […]

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2024

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Latinx Shorts

Sunday, Oct 13th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival LATINX SHORTS Sunday, October 13 at 2:00pm Filmmakers Jennifer Kramer (SCORE) & William Caballero (CHILLY & MILLY) in attendance. ABOUT THE FILMS Agustina Dir. Luciana Herrera Caso, Mexico, 2022, 17 min, In Spanish A little girl tries to escape from the violent reality that surrounds her through a field trip […]

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2024

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Kid Flicks: ¡Hola Cine! at Mia

Sunday, Oct 13th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival FREE Screenings at Mia (Minneapolis Institute of Art – 2400 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis 55404) Sunday, October 13 at 10:30am • 12:00pm • 1:30pm Kid Flicks: ¡HOLA CINE! Extraordinary Latinx shorts for ages 8+In English or Spanish with English subtitles Little Birds Dir. Gabriela Badillo, Mexico, Animation, 2023, 9 min, […]

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2024

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Ozogoche

Sunday, Oct 13th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Sunday, October 13 at 12:00pm Ozogoche is preceded by the short film Pétalos by Nicole Mejia. ABOUT OZOGOCHE An indigenous Kichwa community, in the mountains of the Ecuadorian Andes, awaits every year for the arrival of the Cuvivíes, small migratory birds that reproduce and nest in the grasslands of North […]

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2024

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Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los ojos)

Saturday, Oct 12th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 12 at 7pm ABOUT THE FILM Miguel Garay, a former film director deals with the mysterious and unexpected disappearance decades ago, of his friend and film lead, Julio Arenas. There are those who believe Julio has died. Others still hope to find him. Julio’s own daughter, Ana Arenas, […]

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2024

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La Singla

Saturday, Oct 12th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 12 at 4:00pm ABOUT THE FILM Antonia Singla was born surrounded by the sounds of flamenco and the sea waves at the beach of Somorrostro in Barcelona. She lost her hearing very young but she already had the music in her soul and the rhythm in her body. […]

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2024

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Memories of a Burning Body (Memorias de un cuerpo que arde)

Saturday, Oct 12th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Saturday, October 12 at 2:00pm ABOUT THE FILM Ana, Patricia and Mayela were raised in a repressive era where sexuality was taboo, and they were forced to find the meaning of femininity and their roles as women through unspoken rules and implicit impositions. But how they feel now? How have […]

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2024

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Cinema Club

Cinema Club: Central Station (Central do Brasil)

Saturday, Oct 12th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival October Cinema Club Saturday, October 12 at 11am Guest Expert: Dr. Sophia Beal, Professor of Portuguese at the University of Minnesota, specializing in Brazilian literature and culture. Cinema Club screenings are Free for MSP Film Society Members. Not a Member? Join here. More info on Cinema Club here. Members: Remember […]

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2024

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I am Nevenka (Soy Nevenka)

Friday, Oct 11th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Friday, October 11 at 8:30pm ABOUT THE FILM Iciar Bollain, one of Spain’s most talented filmmakers whose last film, Maixabel, took home 3 Goya awards and was one of the year’s biggest arthouse hits, comes back with I am Nevenka, a true story about sexual harassment, consent and how a […]

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2024

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Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja: la tierra de los mil vinos)

Friday, Oct 11th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Friday, October 11 at 6:00pm SOLD OUT – A limited number of RUSH tickets may be available at the door. ABOUT THE FILM Many people have enjoyed a glass (or a bottle) of Rioja wine in their lives. But how much do we know about this wine, the region in […]

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2024

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La Cocina

Thursday, Oct 10th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Thursday, October 10 at 7:30pm ABOUT THE FILM It’s the lunch rush at The Grill in Manhattan, and money has gone missing from the till. All the undocumented cooks are being investigated, and Pedro (Raúl Briones) is the prime suspect. He’s a dreamer and a troublemaker, and in love with […]

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2024

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Igualada with Translators short

Thursday, Oct 10th

12th Cine Latino Film Festival Thursday, October 10 at 5:00pm Preceded by the short documentary Translators by Rudy Valdez. Proudly presented by U.S. Bank. ABOUT THE FILM It is unusual to find life stories as inspiring and transformative as that of Afro-Colombian Francia Marquez. Her uphill journey from a rural activist to Vice President of […]

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2024

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I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)

Wednesday, Oct 9th

Opening Film – 12th Cine Latino Film Festival Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30pm SOLD OUT – A limited number of RUSH tickets may be available at the door. ABOUT THE FILM The latest film from Walter Salles, director of the Oscar-nominated Central Station and the Oscar-winning The Motorcycle Diaries, takes place in 1971 Brazil under […]

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2023

Cine Latino

Midnight Mayhem: Pan’s Labyrinth + Pieces

Saturday, Oct 14th

Saturday, October 14 – Double Feature Starts at 10:00 PM This special Cine Latino edition of Midnight Mayhem brings you Guillermo del Toro’s modern classic Pan’s Labyrinth followed by the 1982 underground Spanish-made, Boston-set slasher, Pieces (Mil gritos tiene la noche). About Midnight Mayhem Midnight Mayhem features films that play the best after dark. Presented […]

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2023

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The Extortion (La extorsión)

Saturday, Oct 14th

About the film Alejandro Petrossián (Guillermo Francella) works as an airline pilot on international flights and, at the age of 58, is a reference for all the workers of Aerolíneas Sudeste. He enjoys a comfortable life and has been married for a long time to Carolina Guerrero (Andrea Frigerio), who works as a flight attendant […]

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2023

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New Releases

Strange Way of Life + The Human Voice

Saturday, Oct 14th

Now Playing Two star-studded short films by legendary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. About Strange Way of Life2023 | 31 min. | Starring Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal A man rides a horse across the desert that separates him from Bitter Creek. He comes to visit Sheriff Jake. Twenty-five years earlier, both the sheriff and Silva, the […]

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2023

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Going Varsity in Mariachi

Saturday, Oct 14th

Special performance by Academia Cesar Chavez Mariachi (7th and 8th graders!) at 3:30pm • Pracna Filmmaker Daniela Quiroz Attending! About the film In the competitive world of high school mariachi, the musicians from the South Texas borderlands reign supreme. Under the guidance of Coach Abel Acuña, the teenage captains of Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed team […]

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2023

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Guañuna

Saturday, Oct 14th

US Premiere Director David Lasso and Producer Estefanía Luna Attending! Ecuadorian PartyPracna • 3:00pm – 4:00pm Featuring a special performance by Ecuadorian dance group Away Runakuna About the film On Saturday, January 6, 2007, Paúl Guañuna asked his parents for permission to go out with his friends to a hip-hop concert in Quito. When Paul […]

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2023

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Cinema Club

Cinema Club: Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life + The Human Voice

Saturday, Oct 14th

October Cinema Club – Cine Latino Edition Saturday, October 14 at 11:00 AM Cinema Club screenings are Free for MSP Film Society Members. Not a Member? Join here. More info on Cinema Club here. Go here to see more showings of Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life and The Human Voice at The Main Cinema […]

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2023

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dance cuba DREAMS OF FLIGHT

Friday, Oct 13th

Director Cynthia Newport and Producer Boris Ivan Crespo Attending! Dance Cuba Reception Pracna • Pre-Screening: 6:00pm – 7:15pm Cuban Celebration Pracna • Post-screening: 9:00pm – 10:30pmCatering by GuavasFeaturing a performance by the Habana String Quartet About the film dance cuba begins with the historic coming together of two of the most important dance companies in […]

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2023

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La Huella: The Story of a Beach Bar/Resto (La Huella. Historia de un parador de playa)

Friday, Oct 13th

US Premiere About the film Twenty years ago, three friends in the flower of their youth met to take up a challenge: to build on the beach of a small Uruguayan village a beach restaurant like the ones that used to exist in the 50s. Pure simplicity and honesty. A wood and straw ranch on the […]

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2023

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Elis & Tom (Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você)

Thursday, Oct 12th

BRAZIL DAY HAPPY HOUR Pracna • 6:00pm – 7:15pm Celebrate the Brazilian films at Cine Latino at the Brazil Day Happy Hour following the Sneak Preview of Power Alley (Levante), screening for the first time in the US at 5:00pm, and before the Bossa Nova music documentary Elis & Tom at 7:30pm.Catering by VicensottiHosted by […]

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2023

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New Releases

Carlos

Thursday, Oct 12th

Now Playing About the Film At the age of 5, in his native Mexico, he learned to play the violin. At 8, he developed a lifelong love for the guitar. At 14, he honed those guitar virtuoso skills and his performance style working as a street musician, starting his own band long after, while still […]

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