Opening Latin American & Caribbean Film Festival Coming to St Lucia

The 1st Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival will be hosted by the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia in Castries next month with the screening of various films from this country and from five nations of the region.

The event, to be held from Nov 9 to 13, is organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Heritage and Creative Industries in collaboration with two institutions of the island and the embassies of Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico and Brazil.

Saint Lucia hopes that the festival becomes an annual event and will see increases in the number of films from different countries.

According to organizers, the festival is being held as a result of the process of exchange with the Latin American diplomatic corps in Saint Lucia, in hopes of sharing the cultural roots of the peoples in the region.

The program includes films from Saint Lucia, as well as ten foreign films, including “Libertador” (Liberator) from Venezuela, “Esther en alguna parte” (Esther in some part) from Cuba and “Vinicius de Moraes” from Brazil.