San Diego Latino Film Festival: A Celebrated Legacy

History of San Diego Latino Film Festival

The San Diego Latino Film Festival was established 21 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 265,000 people have attended during the past few years and over 3,760 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened.

Past San Diego Latino Film Festival renowned individuals Guest list

Past festival guests have included such renowned individuals as Eduardo Verastegui, Ximena Sarinana, Barbara Mori, Alfonso Arau, Robert Young, Miguel Littin, Angelica Maria, Dayanara Torres, Ximena Ayala, Julio Bracho, Luis Felipe Tovar, Dagoberto Gama, Gerardo Taracena, Adrian Alonso, Hector Babenco, Guy Ecker, Iliana Fox, Adamari Lopez, Ludwika Paleta, Ana Serradilla, Rick Najera, Patricia Riggen, Cecilia Saurez, Maya Zapata, Jaime Camil, Susana Zabaleta, Demian Bichir, Kate del Castillo, America Ferrera, John Leguizamo, Bruno Baretto, Gustavo Loza, Roselyn Sanchez, Alfonso Cuaron, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Carlos Carrera, Rodrigo Prieto, Alex Lora, Lupe Ontiveros, Bruno Bichir, Carmen Salinas, Luis Mandoki, Danny Trejo, Adal Ramones, Tony Plana, Elpidia Carrillo, Humberto Solas, Dennis Leoni, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez, Patssi Valdez, Luis Valdez, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos, Lourdes Portillo, Moctesuma Esparza, Ray Bradbury, Jacob Vargas, Patricia Velasquez, Fernando Sarinana, Lucia Murat, Nancy de los Santos, Vanessa Bauche, Carlos Bolado, Carlos Avila, Edgar Bravo, Maria Canals, Enrique Castillo, Lumi Cavazos, Jorge Cervera Jr., Danny de la Paz, Nancy de los Santos, Ciro Duran, Evelina Fernandez, Gabriel Figueroa Jr., Vicky Funari, Zaide Silvia Guttierez, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Stuart Gordon, Sal Lopez, Nestor Miranda, Allen Moore, Lucia Murat, Jeffrey Reyna, Richard Salazar, Mary Siceloff, Marisa Sistach, Jose Luis Valenzuela, Jacob Vargas, David Villalpando, and many more…