Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival: Genre Mashups, a Vibrant Brazil and an Award for the One-Off Paulina García

Nov 13, 2026 12:54pm PT Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival: Genre Mashups, a Vibrant Brazil and an Award for the One-Off Paulina García

A scene setter offering takes on this year’s Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival, which highlights 2026 standouts from Latin America and Spain

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Honoring Paulina García (“Gloria”), highlighting the latest from great and fast emerging Latin American directors, the 52nd Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival lifts off Nov. 13 as a film event for our times.

Bulwarked by fast-recovering Europe and Asia, global film production in 2025 edged up to 7,707 features, higher than pre-pandemic levels of 2017-19. Latin America was no exception, up 2%.

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