SHORTS PROGRAM #1: CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD

Entre Mudos y Estatuas

Directed by Rayell Abad Guangorena

Narrative, 15:36, Mexico, 2021

Located in Marseille, France. Cristina, a Jewish mother of Mexican origin, must face the Nazi occupation of 1940. After the deportation to a concentration camp of her husband, Cristina and her daughter, Ivana, are taken to a safe house where they wait to be evacuated from Europe to return to Mexico. It will be in the confinement where both experience a unique connection.
 

Lili
Directed by Brian Ríos
Narrative, 15:00, Puerto Rico, 2022
A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.
 

Transtierro

Directed by Susanna Arrazola

Animation, 8:43, Mexico, 2021

Irene lives locked up in her memories. Exile and loneliness plunge her into a state of melancholic inactivity; only through a frontal look at the past she will be able to find peace.
 

The Fourth

Directed by Johnny Kirk

Narrative, 11:45, USA, 2022

Eager to celebrate the 4th of July, a group of young black and Latino friends experience a police encounter that shatters the meaning of the holiday.
 

Ñaños

Directed by Emilio Subía

Narrative, 15:00, Ecuador, 2021

In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are placed at odds with each other when one reveals a sudden urge to leave their home.
 

Tomb of the Sea

Directed by Andrew Garcia

Narrative, 12:08, USA/Cuba, 2023

In the wake of Fidel Castro's death in 2016, Rosa struggles to cope with her trauma as a Cuban immigrant and single parent in Miami.

 

Q&A with filmmakers in attendance.