22nd Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22)

The 22nd Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival is scheduled for May 1 – 5, 2019 in Austin, TX. Films will be presented at two primary partnership venues — AFS Cinema and The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center — as well as other venues in the capital city. The festival presents world-class narrative and documentary feature and short films and videos, as well as experimental, animation, and music video selections, in competitive and non-competitive sections.

CLAIFF22 will showcase contemporary films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula. Films and videos made by or about Latinxs in the U.S. and the rest of the world, as well as films and videos by or about Indigenous groups of the Americas are also invited to participate.

About Cine Las Americas
Cine Las Americas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. The mission of Cine Las Americas is to promote cross-cultural understanding and growth by educating, entertaining and challenging diverse audiences through film and media arts.

Every year, Cine Las Americas invites filmmakers, producers and distributors to bring their work to Austin and participate in this unique international event. All the films screened at the festival are in English or subtitled in English. A close connection between the public and festival guests makes the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival a unique environment in which to nurture cultural exchange, promote artistic excellence, and have lots of fun through the best Latinx and indigenous films.

The festival program offers a wide variety of entertainment, cultural, and educational choices for diverse audiences of all kinds, from the latest dramatic films made by breakthrough directors, to established studio releases, challenging documentaries, short films, entertaining animation series, and the always surprising youth films.

This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.