The Gainesville Latina Women’s League will host the 21^st Gainesville Latino Film Festival (GLFF), a celebration of Latin American film, music, dance, art and speakers from Sept. 11-28 at various locations. 

All GLFF events are open to the public, and this year’s festival celebrates the theme, “Enriching Cultures, Empowering Communities,” and honors Colombia as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

This year’s art exhibition and dance night mark the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. 

The film festival events also include an international food festival, and speakers—including filmmakers from Ecuador and Venezuela, and University of Florida professors— at several of the films to lead discussions. 

The festival will include events at the Harn Museum of Art, Blount Hall Auditorium at Santa Fe College, the Alachua County Library District Headquarters Branch, the Matheson History Museum, Bo Diddley Plaza, University of Florida Smathers Library and the Center for Independent Living. 

Sept. 11

Opening Ceremony – The Border / La Frontera

5:30–8:30 p.m. at the Harn Museum of Art (3259 Hull Rd.)

Sept. 12

Crossing Paths: Why We Migrate – Prodigy Daughter / Hija Pródiga

8–11 p.m. at How Bazar (60 SW 2^nd St.)

Sept. 13

Children’s Festival – Bilingual Children’s Storytelling

11 a.m. at Matheson History Museum (513 E. University Ave.)

Children’s Festival – Migration: An Oopsy Doopsy Journey

3–5 p.m. atBlount Hall Auditorium, Santa Fe College (530 W. University Ave.)

Latino Art Exhibition – Art Opening Ceremony

5:30–8:00 p.m. atBlount Hall Gallery, Santa Fe College

Brazilian Film Night –  Tarsilinha
8–10 p.m. at Heartwood Soundstage (619 S. Main St.)

Sept. 14

Film Night – The Border / La Frontera

5:30–8:30 p.m. at Hippodrome Theater (25 SE 2^nd PL)

Sept. 17

Gloria of the Pacific / La Gloria del Pacífico

5:30-9 p.m. at Heartwood Soundstage

Sept. 18

We Are Our Mountains / Somos nuestras montañas
5:30-8 p.m. at Matheson History Museum

Game Night: Domino
8-10 p.m. at Vecinos (208 W. University Ave.) Tickets: $10 per couple

Sept. 19
Rising Voices in Short Film / Filmmakers Panel
5:30-8 p.m. at Blount Hall – Free with registration.

Sept. 21

The Infiltrators / Los infiltrados
5:30-8:30 p.m. at Hippodrome Theater

Sept. 20

Children’s Festival: Pachamama

3-5 p.m. at Blount Hall Auditorium

Baila Gainesville!

8-11 p.m. at Heartwood SoundstageTickets: $15 at door & $10 online

Sept. 25
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas / La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (Mexican Film Night)

5:30-8:30 p.m. at Matheson History Museum

Sept. 26
Nueba Yol! (Dominican Showcasing)
5:30-8:30 p.m. at Center for Independent Living (222 SW 36^th Terrace)

Noche de Barrio – Dancing Night
9 p.m.-midnight at Vecinos Tickets: $15 at door & $10 online

Sept. 27
Bilingual Storytelling
10:30-11:30 a.m. at Alachua County Headquarters Library (401 E. University Ave.)
Rhythms of the World – International Night with Folkloric Dances

6-7:30 p.m. at Santa Fe College Lyceum Concert Hall (3000 NW 83 St., Bldg. E)

Sept. 28
Dear Gentleman / Estimados Señores
4-8 p.m. at UF Smathers Libraries (1508 Union Rd.)