GLAFF Brings Del Toro’s Whizzbang Frankenstein

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO: Your Guadalajara Film Festival in Los Angeles (GLAFF) proudly celebrates its Quinceañera this year with a dynamic program that highlights boundary-pushing storytelling and visionary filmmakers from across the United States and Latin America. Running Nov. 6–8, 2025.

The festival is proud to share this year’s Official Selection is composed of directors ranging from Latin America, U.S. based Latinxs, Black, Asian-American, Indigenous, Queer, Filipino and Arab of which 55% are female filmmakers.
Opening the festival is the highly anticipated adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. His return to Mary Shelley’s timeless tale is among the most talked-about films of the year, featuring an all-star cast led by Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz. The film will serve as GLAFF’s Opening Night presentation at the iconic United Theater in downtown Los Angeles on November 6th. The film will be available on Netflix on November 7.

Closing the festival on November 8th, is the Los Angeles Premiere of MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE, directed by Elegance Bratton and executive produced by Academy Award and Emmy winner Roger Ross Williams. The exhilarating documentary traces the rise of House music from the underground dance clubs of Chicago’s South Side to its explosion as a global cultural movement. Serving as GLAFF’s Closing Night Gala presentation, the film will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study.

OFFICIAL SELECTION – FEATURES

• “Frankenstein” directed by Guillermo Del Toro
• “Move Ya Body: The Birth of House” directed by Elegance Bratton.
• “Olmo,” directed by Fernando Eimbcke. Produced by Plan B’s Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner along with Eréndira Núñez Larios and Michel Franco of Teorema, the film is executive produced by Brad Pitt.
• “Vainilla,” the directorial debut of Mayra Hermosillo.
• “Juan Gabriel: Debo, Puedo y Quiero,” a Netflix docuseries directed by María José Cuevas, will screen two episodes.
• “Kites (Pipas),” directed by Walter Thompson-Hernandez
• “Twelve Moons (Doce Lunas),” directed by Victoria Franco. Stars Ana de la Reguera and Enrique Arreola.
• “Forge,” directed by Jing Ai Ng
• “Molusco,” directed by Mauricio Bidault
• “Esta Isla,” directed by Lorraine Jones Molina and Cristian Carretero –
• “The Great History of Western Philosophy,” directed Aria Covamonas
• “Depeche Mode: M,” directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra (Special Screening) OFFICIAL SELECTION – SHORT FILMS
• “She Raised Me” directed by Ben Lewis, starring Rosie O’Donnell and Zane Phillips
• “Heart of the Valley” directed by Carlos Jaramillo, narrated by Willy Chavarria
• “Houston, We Have a Crush” directed by Omer Ben Shachar
• “Thin Places” directed by Britt Hensel
• “Dragfox” directed by Lisa Ott
• “An Ongoing List of Things Found in the Library Book Drop, Usually Being Used as Bookmarks” directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
• “Loquita Por Ti” directed by Greta Díaz Moreau
• “Baba I’m Fine” directed by Karina Dandashi
• “De Ayer A Luego” directed by Diego Solano Flores
• “Desdoblándome” directed by Natalia Pájaro
• “My Gut Friend” directed by José Mario Muñoz and Rodrigo del Oso

For more information on tickets, passes, and the full schedule, please visit https://www.glaff.org/

GLAFF is presented by University of Guadalajara Foundation USA, Guadalajara International Film Festival, Grodman Legacy, and University of Guadalajara.

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