Chicago Latino Film Festival

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The Chicago Latino Film Festival is the largest U.S. film festival with a focus on Latin America and Latinos. Held annually in Chicago since 1985, it is organized by the International Latino Cultural Center (ILCC) and sponsored by a number of national corporations as well as by the local Latino community. The Festival features the work of promising Latino filmmakers with a special emphasis on films that showcase the enormous diversity of Latin America, and that defy commonly held stereotypes about Latinos.