Program 1: Slice of Life
- Shorts
- 100 mins
In this program
Angela
Directed by: Juan Pablo Daranas Molina | 13 mins
A Cuban immigrant tries to find her place in New York City.
Pa’Lante
Directed by: Kristian Mercado | 9 mins
An estranged family tries to reconnect amid the wreckage of post-Maria Puerto Rico. Starring Mela Murder as Milagros and Kareem Savingnon as Manuel.
Me 3.769
Directed by: Elaine Del Valle | 9 mins
An adolescent Latina looks forward to her maturing body, but must soon cope with the sexual misconduct of someone she trusts.
Unauthorized
Directed by: Sandra Joen Pérez-Tejeda | 10 mins
An undocumented single father struggles to make ends meet.
Subway
Directed by: Carlos Garcia de Dios | 5 mins
A short film about that very long instance of falling in love.
Yunior
Directed by: Francisco Cabrera-Feo | 8 mins
Yunior seeks his own light in the shadow of his older brother, with some help from his brother’s girlfriend and a startling new neighbor.
Cinnamon Skin
Directed by: Michelle Salcedo | 23 mins
A Cuban exile returns to her homeland in search of her daughter and unravels a secret that has haunted her ever since she left twenty years before.
Churros
Directed by: Bruce Smolanoff, Emilie McDonald | 13 mins
Jo-Jo, a 15 year-old Mexican-American boy, lives in Brooklyn with his street vendor single mother and little sister. He breakdances with a crew and dreams of being “the illest” b-boy in the world, but a local gangster attempts to lure him away. One night, Jo-Jo is forced to make one of the most important decisions of his life.









