What to Watch: Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival

From September 15 – October 15 is a time to celebrate everything that’s great about our culture—which is of course so much, with our great films being just one aspect of our cultura. Increasingly, the film industries of countries like Chile and Colombia are catching up with the more established ones from Argentina and Mexico and Spain.

This month, Comcast decided to pay homage to all those great independent movies from all over Latin America by launching their first-ever Hispanic Film Festival, which features 20 Spanish-language films on Xfinity On Demand and Xfinity.com/latinotv. These are available free to existing Xfinity customers today through Oct 15.

In addition to the Hispanic Film Festival movie offering, Comcast digital customers will also be able to watch specials that highlight our people, landscape, cuisine and musi— including features on some of our top entertainers.

Here’s a breakdown of the special HHM programming:

• The Hispanic Film Festival: including the following films:

Contracorriente (Mexico) – Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize; Miami Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award 

Cuando Me Toque a Mi (Ecuador) – Biarritz Film Festival: Best Actor 

Desierto Adentro (Mexico) – Ariel Awards: Silver Award, Best Cinematography 

Desierto Sur (Chile) – Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival: Best Opera Prima 

Dos abrazos (Mexico) – Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival: Best Director/National Jury 

La edad de la peseta (Cuba/Spain) – Cartagena Film Festival: Golden India Catalina, Best Film 

La Señal (Argentina) – Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards: Best Cinematograpy 

Ley de Herodes (Mexico) – Sundance Film Festival: Latin America Cinema Award 

Malos Hábitos (Mexico) – nominated AFI Dallas International/Cannes Film Festival 

Mariposa Negra (Peru) – Montreal World Film Festival: Glauber Rocha Award

Matar a Todos (Uruguay) – Ourense Independent Film Festival: Best Screenplay 

Otilia Rauda/La Mujer del Pueblo (Mexico) ­– Amiens International Film Festival: Best Film

Sexo por Compasión (Mexico/Spain) – Guadalajara Film Festival: Audience Award

Sofia (Mexico) – New York International Independent Film & Video Festival: Best Feature

Sólo Quiero Caminar (Spain) – Goya Award: Best Picture

Soñar No Cuesta Nada (Colombia) – nominated Goya Awards: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film

Territorio Comanche (Spain) – Gramado Film Festival: UNESCO Special Award

Trópico de Sangre (Dominican Republic) – Imagen Award

Un franco,14 Pesetas (Spain) – Malaga Film Festival: Best Film, Best First Screenplay & Best Cinematography

Zurdo (Mexico) – Ariel Awards: Silver Award, Best Original Score

• People: Biographies on Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, The Iglesias Family,and Eva Longoria

• Movies: Hispanic Heritage Films such as Adrift, Pan's Labyrinth, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Dancer Upstairs, and more available for rent

• Music: including specials from Jenni Rivera and Vicente Fernandez

• Latin food:  including shows like Aquilísimo and Mi Tierra

• History programming: including Por las Rutas del Pisco

• Children’s programming and activities: including Dora the Explorer and Baby Genius in Spanish.