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, an innovative educational program that supports and aligns lessons in the classroom with the entrepreneurial, creative, and collaborative rigor of film production.  Join us Sunday, September 21st at 11AM for the 2025 Heninger Elementary Student Shorts Showcase!

There is NO CHARGE to attend Saturday and Sunday mornings’ Student Shorts Blocks.
Thank you B. Braun for making this student showcase free and fully-accessible to our community.

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.