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“Maydays” Aims to Shoot Down Hollywood Clichés
Independent film will premiere at 29th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival It’s a familiar story. The one where star-crossed lovers fight to keep their love alive despite coming from opposite sides of the world. It’s the Romeo and Juliet storyline. The one we’ve seen Hollywood regurgitate time and time again. Yet a group of young [...]
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Poster Contest Winner of the 29th Chicago Latino Film Festival
A design inspired by a sugar skull will be the face of the 29th annual Chicago Latino Film Festival. Jori Cicale, a senior graphic design student at Dominican University, submitted the winning design to the annual CLFF poster contest—a contest that received over 100 submissions this year. “I couldn’t believe it was me who won,” [...]
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Film Review: Abuelos
The search for oneself often begins in the past. In the case of Carla Valencia Davila, that search begins with the distinct lives of both her maternal and paternal grandfathers, two men that were the center stone of her family and became the inspiration for her first documentary film Abuelos. Exploring the lives of Remo [...]
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28th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival
Showcases Films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC) has announced the lineup for the 28th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) from April 13 through April 26. CLFF will feature close to 140 feature-length and short films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the [...]
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