CineFest Latino Boston

Co-presented with Ágora Cultural Architects DIRECTOR Kamillah Aklaff TYPE Documentary RUNNING TIME 70 minutes LANGUAGES Spanish with English Subtitles COUNTRY Colombia RELEASE DATE 2025 Our film takes place in Cali, Colombia – the world capital of salsa. With a backdrop of social unrest, the city that lives and breathes salsa flaunts a dance commun

DIRECTOR Srdjan Sarenac TYPE Documentary RUNNING TIME 80 minutes LANGUAGES Portuguese with English Subtitles COUNTRY Brazil/Bosnia RELEASE DATE 2024 Pirajuí is a small city of 25,000 people with three prisons, each holding 1,500 inmates. Most of the women in Pirajuí’s prison are there for drug-related crimes – some for money, others for love, helpi

DIRECTOR Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana TYPE Documentary RUNNING TIME 84 minutes LANGUAGES Spanish with English Subtitles COUNTRY USA RELEASE DATE 2025 Backside offers an intimate and tender glimpse into the lives of immigrant workers who begin their days at 2 a.m., seven days a week, year-round, caring for some of the world’s most prized racehorses.

The Crest Directed by Nanichi Nieves Díaz Animation, 5 mins, Puerto Rico, 2024 Inside a cold hospital room, a group of doctors attend the birth of a baby. In the doctor's hands is the fleshy and feathery destiny of the newborn.

DIRECTOR Ernie Bustamante TYPE Documentary RUNNING TIME 85 minutes LANGUAGES English COUNTRY USA RELEASE DATE 2025 STREET SMART: LESSONS FROM A TV ICON is a feature documentary about Sonia Manzano — known to millions as “Maria” from SESAME STREET. The film follows Sonia’s remarkable journey, from a young girl in the South Bronx finding refuge in te

Shared Stories is a spring film series that seeks to build community, shared conversation, and experiences through cinema. This series aspires to create a shared space to find commonality across experiences, and encourage the exchange of stories and ideas.