Seattle Latino Film Festival

Seattle Latino Film Festival started in 2009, when our founder Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Pacheco had a vision to make history in the Seattle Community. Seattle Latino Film Festival has ceased to be just a festival, but it’s actually an institution. The festival, is the only one of its kind in the entire Northwest of the United States and while the organization doesn’t operate with the budget it requires, we as staff are passionate about the films that the festival presents and we are grateful to the film industry for supporting this organization. Each year, the Festival includes international filmmakers, producers and actors in the festival with the specific purpose to engage the Seattle community in conversations that share cross cultural perspectives and to create a forum for the ideas being explored, many of which are integral to the experience of "Latinidad." The Festival runs during the month of October to coincide with the national celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month. SLFF is a source of education and entertainment. Here we find friends, families and allies. Every October, for ten days, many Hispanic countries appear on movie screens throughout the Seattle Metro area. Through the festival, we believe that we do something worthy in helping to bring the flavor of our distinctive cultures to this side of the world, alleviating the ignorance of who we are. Our films are multi-thematic, celebrating subjects of our daily lives including music, literature, dance, and painting through different cinematography genres. Seattle Latino Film Festival is an entirely volunteer run organization. Each person who contributes time to the organization is considered a key player. Our volunteers continue to establish new partnerships. Each year for example, we have received a three year Civic Partner Grant from the City of Seattle Office and Art and Culture.