Hispanic Film Festival: Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices)

Augustana College will sponsor its 26th annual Hispanic Film Festival on Wednesdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 30.

All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in Hanson Hall of Science, Room 102. Films are free and open to the public. Films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

Tonight's movie, "Voces Inocentes (Innocent Voices)" is about a young boy trying to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador and avoid the war, which is raging all around him. The 2004 film directed by Luis Mandoki is set during the Salvadoran Civil War, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. (IMDB)

The film is rated R and lasts one hour, 50 minutes.

• Winner Best Film Heartland International Film Festival
• Winner Best Feature Film RiverRun International Film Festival
• Winner “Best Foreign Language Film San Diego Film Critics Society Award