Gainesville Latino Film Festival returns to in-person attendance at five venues across town

Alan Festo, The Gainesville Sun
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The Gainesville Latino Film Festival will return to in-person attendance this year after moving to online the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now in its 18th year, the Gainesville Latino Film Festival, hosted by the Latina Women's League, will run from Sept. 8 to 18 at various venues around Gainesville.

The festival is free and open to the public, and includes film screenings, speakers, music and dance performances. Event locations include the Hippodrome, the Thomas Center, the University of Florida's Smathers East Library, the Tower Road branch library and Bo Diddley Plaza.

This year’s festival presents six films from several Latin American countries, including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela.

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FILM & EVENT SCHEDULE

SEPT. 8

Film: “El Agente Topo” / “The Mole Agent” (2020, documentary, not rated, Chile), 6:30 p.m., Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place.

“El Agente Topo” / “The Mole Agent” (2020, documentary, not rated, Chile
“El Agente Topo” / “The Mole Agent” (2020, documentary, not rated, Chile

SEPT. 9

Film: “La Vocera” / “The Spokeswoman” (2020, documentary, not rated, Mexico), 6:30 p.m., Thomas Center, 302 NE Sixth Ave.

SEPT. 10

Story Time / La Hora del Cuento: Spanish Immersion storytelling for children, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 SW 75th St.

IFÉ-ILÉ Dance Company: Afro-Cuban dance performance, 7-8 p.m., Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place.

SEPT. 11

Film: “Ya No Estoy Aquí” / “I’m No Longer Here” (2019, drama, rated mature audience, Mexico), 3:30 p.m., UF Smathers Library East, 1508 Union Road.

SEPT. 15

Film: “499” (2020, documentary-historical drama, Mexico), 6:30 p.m., Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place.

SEPT. 16

Film: “Historias del Canal” / “Panama Canal Stories” (2014, rated-14, Panama), 6:30 p.m., Thomas Center, 302 NE Sixth Ave.

SEPT. 17

Story Time / La Hora del Cuento: Spanish Immersion storytelling for children, 10 a.m.-noon, Tower Road Branch Library, 3020 SW 75th St.

Zumba with Yesenia: 7-8 p.m., Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave.

Noche de Baile!: Salsa and Latin music performance by Gilberto de Paz & TROPIX, 8-10 p.m., Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave.

SEPT. 18 - Closing ceremony:

Film: “El Abrazo de la Serpiente” / “Embrace of the Serpent” (2015, not rated, Colombia/Argentina/Venezuela), 3:30 p.m., UF Smathers Library East, 1508 Union Road.

This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Gainesville Latino Film Festival returns for 18th year