Selena Y Los Dinos

Directed by Isabel Castro
United States
2025
110 mins

Synopsis

Winner of a Special Jury Award at Sundance and a SXSW Audience Award, this showstopper reignites the Selena phenomenon through incredible, never-before-seen family archives.

Along with her family band, Los Dinos, Selena Quintanilla rose from humble beginnings to sold-out stadiums. In a career cut tragically short by her murder in 1995, age just 23, the Billboard-topping Tejano pop star blazed a trail for Latino artists including J.Lo – who played Selena to acclaim in the 1997 biopic – and Bad Bunny. In Isabel Castro’s moving documentary portrait, we witness Selena’s dazzling stage presence and also meet the warm young woman behind the icon. The personal archive footage, beautifully curated by Castro, sits alongside reflections from Selena’s family, who open up for the first time in a documentary, retracing their rise and honouring her enduring legacy. A must-see for fans and newcomers alike.

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This definitive doc about Selena feels comprehensive and illuminating, thanks to candid family interactions found in home movies from their earliest performances at their restaurant, recordings of local Texas TV station appearances, and eventually images captured on the road while traveling in a makeshift tour bus.
Carlos Aguilar, Variety

Tickets

Thu 5 June 2025, 8:15pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
WheelchairAssisted Listening
Fri 6 June 2025, 8:20pm
Ritz Cinemas Randwick - Cinema 5
WheelchairAssisted Listening
  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    USA
  • Language
    In English and Spanish with English subtitles
  • Director
    Isabel Castro
  • Producer
    Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, Simran Singh
  • Cinematographer
    Lorena Durán
  • Editor
    Carolina Siraqyan
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Production Company: Motto Pictures
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