OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS FOR VLAFF 2010 ANNOUNCED!!

OPENING AND CLOSING FILMS FOR VLAFF 2010 ANNOUNCED!!

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival is pleased to announce the Opening and Closing films for this year’s festival.

As Colombia is our guest country this year, VLAFF will have the honour to open with a great Colombian film, LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO, directed by the young director Ciro Guerra. LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO was part of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2009, and was the first Colombian film in this selection in 11 years (the last one was La Vendedora de Rosas by Victor Gaviria). LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO has been presented at a number of international film festivals and has won awards at the Bogota, Cartagena, Cannes and Santa Barbara Film Festivals.

For our closing night VLAFF will screen a film co-produced by Colombia, Mexico and Spain. RABIA was directed by the Ecuadorian filmmaker, Sebastian Cordero and produced by the Mexican director, Guillermo del Toro. RABIA premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, won best film at the Malaga Film Festival and the Special Jury prize at the Tokyo Film Festival.

VLAFF welcomes LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO and RABIA, leading a great selection of films from over 15 countries.