The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to open its Saturday lineup of short and feature films with a special presentation by Santa Ana High School’s Saintly Films.  Join us Saturday, September 20th at 11AM for the 2025 Santa Ana High School Student Shorts Showcase!

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to present the Orange County premiere of directors Karine Vézina and André Kadi’s animated tribute to iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo,  Hola Frida!

Frida is a vibrant girl growing up in Coyoacán Mexico, but when sickness casts a cloud over her spirit, she finds solace in her imagination. Hola Frida! recreates the childhood of artist Frida Kahlo, and highlights the power of imagination.

Presented in Spanish, with English subtitles.

WORLD PREMIERE: Morelia International Film Festival, Mexico
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Festival International de Ciné de Morelia; BIFFF; Annecy International Animated Film Festival; Festival De Cinéma En Famille De Québec (FCEQ); Festival International Du Film Pour Enfants De Montréa (Fifem); Anima – The Brussels International Animation FIlm Festival; Orange County Latino International Film Fest

Directed and co-written by acclaimed actress Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire), The Balconettes is her audacious second feature. Co-scripted with Céline Sciamma, it melds comedy, horror, thriller in a genre-smashing good time! 

The story is set in a heat wave that brings a Marseille neighborhood to the boil, where three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair…

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) presents it its first collection of officially-selected shorts, Saturday September 20th at 2PM:

Boxnard
Director: Martín Alberto Gonzalez
5:11 minutes

Julia’s Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale
Director: Christopher Santiago
13 minutes

Arthur Ave.
Director: Joey Medina
8:35 minutes

Parhelio
Director: Karla Vargas Gastélum
23:57 minutes

Films will either be in English, or in Spanish with English subtitles.

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) presents it its second collection of officially-selected shorts, Saturday September 20th at 3:30PM:

A Call From You
Directors: Denise Gosdinski-Espinoza & Anneliesse Gosdinski-Espinoza
8:52 minutes

Learning Machine
Director: Rafaela Sakaguchi
8:15 minutes

Barrio
Director: Alexander Ibarra
13:53 minutes

The Gift
Director: Keysi Estrada
4 minutes

Motos
Director: Jesus Beltran
19 minutes

Films will either be in English, or in Spanish with English subtitles.

Linda Linda Linda is celebrating a 20th anniversary with a brand new 4K restoration via our friends at GKIDS! 

For Kei, Kyoko, and Nozomi, their dream of playing the final high school concert together is dashed when their lead vocalist quits the band. Desperate, they recruit the very first person they see: Korean exchange student Son, played by Doona Bae (The Host, Broker), whose comprehension of Japanese is limited at best. It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs in three days for the festival’s rock concert.

Linda Linda Linda is an effervescent, tenderhearted snapshot of youth about the unparalleled joy of jamming out with your friends. The soundtrack fuses bangers from iconic Japanese bands The Blue Hearts and Base Ball Bear with original music composed by James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins. The beloved classic from Nobuhiro Yamashita (Ghost Cat Anzu) is acknowledged by many as one of the greatest Japanese films of the 21st century. 

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to present director Srdjan Sarenac’s acclaimed new documentary, Prison Beauty Contest.

Inside a Brazilian women’s correctional facility, a daring beauty pageant becomes an act of rebellion and self-reclamation, as three inmates – Joyce, Angel, and Sueli – defy the uniformity of prison life in a quest for dignity, identity, and hope. Far more than a film about beauty and fashion, Sarenac’s bold documentary takes viewers inside the lives of the incarcerated women as they endeavor to maintain their dignity and positive self-image while navigating life in confinement.

Presented in Portuguese, with English subtitles.

Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s visionary reimaging of the the Dark Knight’s origin story.

Haunted by the murder of his parents, billionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice. Trained by the mysterious League of Shadows and its formidable leader Ra’s al Ghul, Bruce returns home to wage war on corruption and crime, adopting the guise of masked vigilante Batman. Alongside allies Alfred (Michael Caine), Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), and Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), Batman wages battle the deadly Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy), unaware of the true sinister threat looming over Gotham City.

Dark, gritty, and emotionally charged, Batman Begins breathed new life into the iconic character, and set the stage for one of the most acclaimed trilogies in modern cinema.

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to close its Saturday lineup of short and feature films with  writer-director José Paredes’ Entre actores (Amongst Actors), screening Saturday, September 20th at 7:30PM.

Cristobal Dearie and Ale Yáñez star as Rodrigo and Diana, two best friends living in Tijuana, Mexico. When Diana decides to move to Mexico City to further advance her career as an actress, the separation forces Rodrigo to wrestle with the decision to stay silent and support her dreams, or share his true feelings for her.

The buzzy new horror film Traumatika is making its way to The Frida Cinema for two late-night showings! Please note: this film is being described as very disturbing and “extremely violent and gruesome.” Viewer discretion is advised. 

The story follows a child named Mikey, whose night terrors have become a reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he’s about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.

Playing at film festivals like Frightfest, Sitges, Grimmfest, and MorBido, Traumatika has gained quite the reputation for scaring audiences all around the world.

Step into the flames. There’s beauty in terror. Following Suspiria, Dario Argento plunged even deeper into the occult with Inferno, the second chapter in his “Three Mothers” trilogy—a dreamlike, dread-soaked puzzle box where logic is irrelevant and atmosphere reigns.

When a young woman in New York uncovers an ancient book revealing the existence of a witch living in her apartment building, a cascade of nightmare imagery is unleashed: submerged ballrooms, baroque architecture, alchemical riddles, and firelight glimpses of death.

Less a sequel than a spiritual continuation, Inferno trades plot for poetry, building a haunted world that pulses with color, shadow, and decay. With music by Keith Emerson (of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and cinematography soaked in blues and reds, this is Argento at his most abstract and operatic.