The San Diego Latino Film Festival was established fifteen years ago as a student film festival focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, The San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the larger and well-respected Latino film festivals in the country. Over 150,000 people have attended during the past few years and over 1,000 films/videos from across Latin America and the United States have been screened.

Past festival guests have included such renowned individuals as Alfonso Cuaron, Gael Garcia, Diego Luna, Lupe Ontiveros, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Bruno Bichir, Carlos Bolado, Carlos Avila, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Bravo, Maria Canals, Enrique Castillo, Lumi Cavazos, Jorge Cervera Jr., Danny de la Paz, Nancy de los Santos, Ciro Duran, Moctesuma Esparza, Evelina Fernandez, Gabriel Figueroa Jr., Vicky Funari, Zaide Silvia Guttierez, Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Stuart Gordon, Sal Lopez, Nestor Miranda, Allen Moore, Lucia Murat, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos, Sandra Osawa, Lourdes Portillo, Jeffrey Reyna, David Riker, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez, Richard Salazar, Mary Siceloff, Marisa Sistach, Jose Luis Valenzuela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Valdez, Pattsi Valdez, David Villalpando, and more...

Interviews with past particpants in the Festival:

• Carlos Avila
  An Interview with film director Carlos Avila (2000)
  by Fred Salas
• Carlos Avila
  Chicanos Will Know: An Interview with Filmmaker Carlos Avila (1994)
  by Victor Payan
• Jorge Cervera Jr.
  Interview with Jorge Cervera (1998)
  by Adolfo Guzman Lope
• Moctesuma Esparza
  Interview with Moctesuma Esparza (1998)
  by Victor Payan
• Sandra Osawa
  "Listen To Your Own Voice!": An Interview with Native American Independent Filmmaker, Sandra Osawa (1997)
  by Victor Payan