The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to open its Sunday lineup of short and feature films with a special presentation by Heninger Elementary and Creative Creators.  Join us Sunday, September 21st at 11AM for the 2025 Heninger Elementary Student Shorts Showcase!

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 third collection of officially-selected shorts, Sunday September 21st at 12:15PM:

Heat in the Barrio
Director: Jose Esteban Ubaya
8:53 minutes

The Undrowning of Jay Diaz
Director: Magdalena Aparicio
12:49 minutes

Zona Del Silencio
Director: Angel Jimenez
11:49 minutes

Uno y Medio Contra el Mundo
Director: Jacob Estrada
20 minutes

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

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.

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) presents it its fifth collection of officially-selected shorts, Sunday September 21st at 3:30PM:

Sirens
Director: Maria Valdez
14:53 minutes

El Regreso del Miedo
Director: Berenice Manzano Castro
10 minutes

Soñadora (Dreamer)
Director: Juan Javier “Javo” Aguirre
19:33 minutes

Mean Goals
Director: Ahuatl Amaro
16:53 minutes

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

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is proud to present writer-director Miguel Duran’s new feature film Adventure Tom, screening Sunday, September 21st at 5PM.

In the wake of personal losses, reserved artist Tom (Graham Patrick Martin) and stranded accountant Lilly (Andrea Londo) embark on an unexpected road trip, encountering catharsis along empty highways and bonding as they navigate their way home through iconic American landscapes.

We’ve saved the best for our last Santo Sunday screening as we present Santo Vs. La Hija del Dr. Frankenstein, presented by our friends at Trash-Mex!

Dr. Frankenstein and her assistant, Dr. Yanco, are going to bring one of their experiments to life in Santo Vs. Frankenstein’s Daughter. She intends to use a monster named Ursus to do her evil bidding. Using a youth serum to retain their vitality, the doctors set their sights upon none other than El Santo. They need his super human blood to regenerate a stronger youth serum. They kidnap Santo’s goddaughter, Norma and lure him into Dr. Frankenstein’s lab where he is captured and enslaved. Will Santo make it out alive?

Trash-Mex is proud to collaborate with Permanencia Voluntaria Archivo Cinematográfico for a special screening series of Mexican icon El Santo. Join us every other Sunday this Summer for a total of eight of his greatest hits! All films will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles. Admission is $9.

This program is a venue rental engagement. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.

The 2025 Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) comes to a close Sunday, September 21st. Join us as we announce this year’s award-winning films at our Closing Night Award Show, starting at 8PM!

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.