MSU Latinx Film Festival

Welcome to the MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF), the largest Latino/Latin American film festival in the state of Michigan!

LxFF is celebrating its 4^th edition from February 19^th-22^nd in venues across the campus of Michigan State University and the City of Lansing. LxFF 2026 promises a return of great films, live music and dance, as well as opportunities to engage with invited filmmakers after film screenings and during our daily receptions.

This year we’re proud to host Mariana Rondón, the Venezuelan director best known for her celebrated film Bad Hair, which we screened in 2018. This year she will present Boca Chica, for which she co-wrote the screenplay, and Zafari, which she directed. Mark your calendar to see these films and to meet Mariana after the screenings!

Other invited filmmakers include Juan Carlos Rodríguez (Vieques), Charles Abelmann (Call Me Waya), Pedro Ivan Bonilla and Rhett Garcia (RIto de Paso) and Stephanie Boyd (Karuara).

Check out the festival program frequently as we will be adding updates and opening ticket sales as the festival draws closer. LxFF 2026 will showcase cinema from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Spain, and the United States that include both fiction films and documentaries, 11 feature films and a handful of shorts. Issues covered by the films include immigration, racism, U.S. militarism in Latin America, child sex trafficking, ageism, class and environmental justice.

We’re especially proud to announce that LxFF 2026 includes multiple Midwest premieres of films that have played at some of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, several of which have had very few screenings in the United States to date. These include films like The Blue Trail, which won three awards at the Berlin Film Festival last year, Landrián, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in conjunction with the 2023 Biennial, as well as Through Rocks and Clouds and Zafari, which are about to be distributed in the United States. More than ever, LxFF is way ahead of the curve when it comes to bringing the best independent cinema from Latin America to the Midwest!

Don’t miss your chance to see these films on the big screen – it might just be your first and last opportunity to do so!

As always, all events held at MSU on Thursday and Friday are free and open to the public. Film screenings held off campus at The Robin Theatre on Saturday and at Celebration Cinema on Sunday are $5 each. Purchasing tickets in advance guarantees you a seat and helps make LxFF sustainable for years to come. And a festival favorite, Salsa Verde! will once again perform at Urban Beat on Friday night. Get your $10 advanced ticket before the show sells out!