This year’s Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) returns Friday, September 19th – Sunday, September 21st! In anticipation of 2025’s full weekend of films celebrating the unique lens of the contemporary Latinx experience, join us Saturday, September 13th for a special matinee screening of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores Perros–celebrating 25 years since its 2001 U.S. release!

Years before making history as only the third filmmaker to win back-to-back Best Director Oscars at the Academy Awards (for 2014’s Birdman and 2015’s The Revenant) – as well as being the first non-U.S.-born filmmaker to do so – Iñárritu’s debut feature Amores Perros took the world by storm, earning three awards at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as over 50 additional international film prizes.  A tragic car accident in Mexico City becomes the link between three seemingly separate lives: Octavio (Gael García Bernal), a young man desperate to escape his violent home life; Valeria (Goya Toledo), a glamorous model whose world unravels after an unexpected mishap; and El Chivo (Emilio Echevarría), a disillusioned hitman seeking redemption. A visceral and unflinching portrait of love and loss on the streets of Mexico City, Amores Perros is told through three interwoven stories connected by fate, betrayal, and more than a couple of ill-fated dogs.

Presented in Spanish, with English subtitles.

Join us September 19th – 21st for this year’s Orange County Latino International Film Festival!

Founded and launched in 2023 as a two-day event by Allie and Adrian Quiñonez, husband & wife filmmakers and founders of OC-based drama school Q Acting Studios, the Orange County Latino International Film Festival (OCLIFF) is dedicated to showcasing humanity through the unique lens of the contemporary Latinx experience. The Latino/x/a experience has grown to be so diverse and multicultural, that it is hard to fit into one specific category. We are a beautiful mix of countries and cultures that now co-exist in the international theatre, though we don’t always experience the lift that our voices deserve as the ever-growing majority audience. In 2024, OCLIFF partnered with nonprofit art house movie theater The Frida Cinema to expand their festival into a three-day festival celebrating the positive expansion in Latinx representation in film and TV.

We thank Deputy City Manager Sylvia Vazquez, City of Santa Ana Councilmember Jessie Lopez, and the following festival sponsors for their support in making this year’s festival possible.