CAIFF is a three-day festival of 27 Central American-made films, art exhibitions, workshops, and performances. The film showcase will include short films, documentaries, and full features with Q&A’s and selected films and admission will be free to the public!

The festival's opening night film will be:

Abrazame Como Antes (Hold Me Like Before), Costa Rica
Veronica is a transgender woman who works as a prostitute in a small neighborhood of Costa Rica's capital When a young thief known as Tato has an accident and breaks an ankle, she takes him to her house trying to give him a better life, but also faced with the painful side of motherhood. Finally Veronica realizes that helping Tato was actually helping herself. Q+A with Costa Rican Lead actress Jimena Franco. 

Los Angeles: Nov. 3 - 5. Full lineup and details here.

Cinelandia is pleased to be a media sponsor for CAIFF 2017.