Shorts Block #2: OCLIFF 2025
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 60 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2025 Language: Various
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.
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.
