The showcase takes place in London for the 21st time

The London Latin American Film Festival starts today with twenty-eight films from the past fifty years.
The opening event was held at King’s College with the screening of ‘Bahia of all the Saints’, a documentary shot in Bahia, Brazil in 1994.

Bahia of all the Saints. Source: Alba Madriz

Members of the Brazil Institute, the Anglo-Brazilian Society, collaborators and general public were present in what Eva Tarr, the Founder and Director of the festival described as a “fantastic atmosphere”.
The festival will be screening films from Cuba, Peru, USA, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, England, Brazil and Uruguay in various venues such as Bolivar Hall, Riverside Studios, The Lantern Arts Centre, Roxy Bar and Screen and Shortwave cinema.
Tarr said: “The selection criteria for the films was that the subject had to be about Latin America as we want to promote its culture. We don’t want to promote a violent reality”.

Eva Tarr, Director and Founder of LLFF. Source: Lisa Chillingworth

The festival also promotes amongst its events an art exhibition ‘The Art Revolution’ which will open on November, 20 at Vibe Bar in Brick Lane and will be there until November, 23.
On the December, 6 there will also be The Iberian American and Latino American & Caribbean summit 2011 and London’s Iberian American communities. Eva Tarr confirmed that this event has a tight link with the London Latin American Film Festival’s (LLFF) mission.
“I want to re-affirm my contribution to Latin American culture and to the community of London. We have imposed this on us. It’s a fight for the recognition of Latin Americans”.
The film festival will run until November, 27. Click here for a full programme of the films.