Latin Connections Film Festival

The Latin Connections Film Festival returns this month for its fourth year from May 22nd to June 14th

About Latin Connections Film Festival

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What started with a handful of screenings has evolved into a dynamic programme celebrating cinema and uniting Scotland with the stories, art, and ideas from Latin America and beyond.

Scotland is home to over 50,000 people with roots in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, and many more Scots have visited or connected with these regions. We believe that storytelling through film can bring us closer, bridging cultures and perspectives across continents. Latin Connections aims to offer a platform for filmmakers who tell stories that resonate globally: stories of solidarity, identity, love, and justice.

This edition of Latin Connections will celebrate and bring together the cinema and culture of the countries that connect with Latinidad, hosting a vibrant programme with themes of memory, music, oppression, solidarity, and of course cinema.

This month, our free community screenings at Morningside and Craigmillar libraries will act as a preview for the festival with a programme of Brazilian shorts. Latin Connections begins in earnest with Los restos del pasar (The Trail Left by Time) a film that drifts between fiction and non-fiction, told with stunning sensitivity and poetic realism. It follows a man who, in what feels like his final breath, recalls an Easter Week from his childhood in the village where he grew up; seven days that shaped the adult he would become. Screening in both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Upcoming Events at Latin Connections Film Festival

Film

Latin Connections Film Festival: The Moving Picture Man

28th May 2025

Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh South

Screening at Cameo Picturehouse, El cine soy yo is one of the most representative films of Venezuelan cinema and a celebration of the power of cinema in the most unimaginable circumstances.

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Latin Connections Film Festival: Daughter of the Volcano

29th May 2025

Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh South

This screening of 'Daughter of the Volcano' is presented in collaboration between CinemaAttic and the Ixchel project as part of the Latin Connections Film Festival on 29th May.

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Into the Void: Brazilian Short Films - Edinburgh

31st May 2025

St Peters Scottish Episcopal Church Edinburgh, Edinburgh South

This programme showcases a selection of contemporary Brazilian short films that reflect the country’s rich filmmaking talent and its political (and poetic) resistance.

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Morningside Film Club

3rd June 2025

Morningside Library, Edinburgh South

Join CinemaAttic at Morningside Library on 3rd June for a selection of Latin American short films as part of the Latin Connections Film Festival.

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Craigmillar Film Club

4th June 2025

Craigmillar Library, Edinburgh South

Join CinemaAttic at Craigmillar Library on 4th June for a selection of Latin American short films as part of the Latin Connections Film Festival.

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Volcano Cinema: Short Films

11th June 2025

Leith Dockers Club, Leith

Volcano Cinema, at Leith Dockers Club on 11th June, is a new short film programme that showcases the diverse ways volcanoes have been documented and reimagined through film.

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The Trail Left by Time

12th June 2025

Cameo Picturehouse, Edinburgh South

The Trail Left by Time is a film that drifts between fiction and non-fiction, told with stunning sensitivity and a poetic realism reminiscent of the most lyrical and folkloric Carlos Saura.

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¡Qué Calor! – Latin Connections Closing Night

14th June 2025

St Peters Scottish Episcopal Church Edinburgh, Edinburgh South

The Latin Connections closing event will celebrate one of the region’s most vibrant and influential genres, exploring its roots, evolution, and continued relevance through film, music, and dialogue.

Festivals

FuturePlay Festival

54 George Street, Edinburgh New Town EH2 2LR

Formerly the Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival, FuturePlay is on from the 3rd to 26th August.

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Just Festival

St John's Church Princes Street, Edinburgh New Town EH2 4BJ

Edinburgh’s Just Festival Celebrates 21st Year With Bumper Programme. Free to attend programme online and at St. John’s Church, Princes Street from 6th – 30th August.

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