ABOUT MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO’S EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS 

Media Arts Center San Diego (MACSD) evolved out of the San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF), which originated in 1993.  MACSD also features a movie theater, the Digital Gym Cinema, soon to be located in Downtown San Diego. Click on the links below to get the latest updates on each of our programs and events!

Through the San Diego Latino Film Festival, the Digital Gym Cinema, and our other year-round exhibition initiatives, we endorse the balanced and accurate representation of minority filmmakers within mainstream media and other creative industries, both as professional artists and technicians, and an increase in media programs that represent diverse universal perspectives in the 21st century.

Other film programming includes: ‘Que Viva Outdoor Cine Latino Series’, ‘iVIE Awards & Student Film Festival‘ and more.

THE SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL

The San Diego Latino Film Festival is an 11 day celebration of Latino Cinema, Arts & Culture.  The festival introduces viewers to contemporary U.S.-Latino and Latin American cinema.  It presents over 160 films from Latin America, the United States, and Spain as well as Opening Night and Closing Night Parties, the Sabor Latino – Food, Beer & Wine Festival, Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, free student screenings, and more.  Audiences have the rare opportunity to meet filmmakers and actors from all over the world during the festival.

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THE DIGITAL GYM CINEMA

The Digital Gym Cinema is your #1 home for one-of-a-kind foreign & independent movies.  The new state of the art cinema, soon to open its doors, is a unique art-house theatre specializing in first and second run independent films that would otherwise never be shown in San Diego.  Our facility will offer state of the art digital projection and crystal-clear audio.  New films are rotated every week and film programming varies. Visit us at digitalgym.org for more information!

THE iVIE AWARDS & STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

Started in 2001 to encourage and reward teachers who utilize video as a project-based learning tool in their classrooms, iVIE has grown into a major student video competition attracting hundreds of students each year from around the county.  Students will use film and visual literacy to demonstrate their understanding of classroom concepts.

If you have questions about our programs and services, please call 619.230.1938 or email info@mediaartscenter.org