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U.S. Feature Narrative
Allswell
Film
Allswell
Directed by Ben Snyder
An absorbing, deftly woven Nuyorican Odyssey of three women exploring new family, old traumas, and struggling to make…
Short Fiction
Always Together
Film
Always Together
Directed by Steven Wesley Miller
A woman hires a family rental service to help navigate through her troubled past.
Futuro Web Series
Blessed and Highly Favored / Bendecidas Y Afortunadas
Film
Blessed and Highly Favored / Bendecidas Y Afortunadas
Directed by Julieta Messmer, Marianne Amelinckx
Millie (a fearless Venezuelan filmmaker determined to succeed in Hollywood despite a tiny handicap regarding her legal status)…
Short Fiction
Blue Veil
Film
Blue Veil
Directed by Shireen Alihaji
After Amina discovers her mother's record collection, music begins to unlock memories. Through sampling, Amina remembers who she…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Borrowed
Film
Borrowed
Directed by Carlos Rafael Betancourt, Oscar Ernesto Ortega
This psychological thriller based on the play by Tony-winning producer Jim Kierstead tells the story of David, a…
Short Fiction
Bottle Bomb
Film
Bottle Bomb
Directed by Frida Perez
When visiting her best friend who recently moved towns, an eczema-prone 13-year-old girl is pressured into making a…
Short Fiction
Burros
Film
Burros
Directed by Jefferson Stein
Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border on the Tohono O’odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous…
International Features
Cadejo Blanco
Film
Cadejo Blanco
Directed by Justin Lerner
Praised for its "gritty authenticity" (Screen International) and cast with almost entirely non-professional actors, Cadejo Blanco is an…
Short Fiction
Calabaza
Film
Calabaza
Directed by Stephanie Osuna-Hernandez
On the Friday before Halloween, Martin, a Mexican-American rocker dude, feels like celebrating. He’s getting ready to finally…
Short Fiction
Cemented Roses
Film
Cemented Roses
Directed by Andrew J Rodriguez
A queer young man uses hook-up apps to find HIV medication for his undocumented father.
Short Fiction
Chico Virtual
Film
Chico Virtual
Directed by Olivia De Camps
A boy must come to terms with the harsh reality of his immigrant status when his brother alarmingly…
Short-Form Documentary
Chilly & Milly
Film
Chilly & Milly
Directed by William David Caballero
An animated documentary about a devoted caretaker, her chronically ill husband, and the power of undying love.
Short Fiction
Comadre
Film
Comadre
Directed by Nicole Chi
Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant nanny struggling with the last days of her current nanny job, and trying…
Futuro Web Series
Cruel and Unusual Therapy Too
Film
Cruel and Unusual Therapy Too
Directed by Gina Marie Rodriguez
Lianne Martinez is in therapy, struggling with erotic transference - an attraction to her therapist. Well, Liane WAS…
Short Fiction
Decolonizing Dinner
Film
Decolonizing Dinner
Directed by Alejandro Miranda Cruz
A meal has the power to break down walls and barriers. Two Indigenous chefs share their passion and…
Futuro Web Series
Divided
Film
Divided
Directed by Jaylin Pressley
A family dynamic where countless stones are left un turned and a sibling rivalry in the eye of…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Divorce Bait
Film
Divorce Bait
Directed by Patrick Perez Vidauri
A raunchy rom-com about a happily married couple in an affluent LA neighborhood who embark on a social…
Futuro Web Series
Divr
Film
Divr
Directed by Zoey Martinson
The three founders of an exclusive lesbian sex app may be shattering the start-up world’s glass ceilings, but…
Short Fiction
Dream Carriers
Film
Dream Carriers
Directed by Esmeralda Hernandez
On a final ride through her neighborhood, a college-bound Chicana reflects on past generations of women through the…
Short Fiction
El Carrito
Film
El Carrito
Directed by Zahida Pirani
Nelly lives alone with her elderly father. The only way she makes ends meet is by working as…
Short Fiction
Fabula
Film
Fabula
Directed by Hector Ignacio Serrano
Inspired by Bruno Bettelheim’s “The Uses of Enchantments”, FÁBULA is a multi-generational love letter to Mexican traditions, magic,…
Short-Form Documentary
Flatbush! Flatbush!
Film
Flatbush! Flatbush!
Directed by Alex Mallis
A fleet of mini-buses race up and down Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, providing commuters a familiar, if not occasionally…
Short Fiction
Fuego
Film
Fuego
Directed by Edwin Franko
Giovanni, a workaholic bartender shares a story with his bar patrons Joel and Eddie, questioning whether he found…
Short Fiction
Green Water
Film
Green Water
Directed by Carlos Estrada
College-bound Erik must learn to take care of his younger sister Nora after their undocumented mother goes missing.
Short Fiction
Guero & Prieto
Film
Guero & Prieto
Directed by Mario Garza
A young, newly Mexican immigrant in Miami is in for a rude awakening when he finds himself with…
Showcase Premieres
Habla Loud
Film
Habla Loud
Directed by Alberto Ferreras
The sixteenth installment in the award-winning HBO Latino series, Habla. Featuring interviews with inspiring celebrities and influential Latinos,…
Short Fiction
Heartsong
Film
Heartsong
Directed by Aurora Real de Asua
A lonely woman discovers a wounded whale heart and nurses it back to health.
Short-Form Documentary
In Their Hands / En Sus Manos
Film
In Their Hands / En Sus Manos
Directed by Elle Rinaldi
Three generations of women—seasoned traveling hula hooper, Daly; teenage-contortionist, Nelyet; and first-time performing aerial artists, Helen, Haden, Karen,…
Futuro Web Series
Inappropriate Jokes Told Well
Film
Inappropriate Jokes Told Well
Directed by Mario Garza
“A priest walking through the woods at night” is the pilot episode of Inappropriate Jokes Well Told- a…
Short Fiction
Ines Unfortunately
Film
Ines Unfortunately
Directed by Anna Salinas
After getting her heart broken, Inés decides she must end it all... that is, until her perfectly planned…
Short Fiction
Keep / Delete
Film
Keep / Delete
Directed by Kryzz Gautier
In a future world where memories are handled like computer files, two lovers decide to undergo a procedure…
Showcase Premieres
Keep The Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way
Film
Keep The Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way
Directed by Stacey Woelfel, William T. Horner
When Pedro Zamora first appeared on The Real World: San Francisco in 1994, it was the first time…
Midnight Shorts
La Ciguapa Siempre
Film
La Ciguapa Siempre
Directed by Monica Suriyage
Shy Milagro suspects her boyfriend Davis is cheating. According to him, it’s probably just due to stress from…
Futuro Web Series
Last Bodega In Brooklyn
Film
Last Bodega In Brooklyn
Directed by Jared Glenn, Mosiah Moonsammy
An Afro-latino family in Brooklyn runs a local bodega in their neighborhood. A new organic store owner moves…
Midnight Shorts
Mama Retreat
Film
Mama Retreat
Directed by Eileen Álvarez
A weary mother-to-be attends an all-inclusive glamping retreat in the mountains, only to have her greatest fears about…
Short Fiction
Mancha
Film
Mancha
Directed by Nicole Mejia
Cursed by generations of the Mancha, Cory must fight this dark presence to protect her daughter from the…
Futuro Web Series
Mas Latina
Film
Mas Latina
Directed by Janeva Adena Zentz, Tim Young
A Latina with zero children, zero suitors, and one long-shot dream, tries to break into a male-dominated comedy…
Showcase Premieres
Mija
Film
Mija
Directed by Isabel Castro
Mija is an immensely emotional and intimate portrait honoring the resilience of immigrants and their children. Director Isabel…
Futuro Web Series
Most Likely To: Episode 6
Film
Most Likely To: Episode 6
Directed by Vanessa Rae Lerma
When a private chat message gets sent to the entire virtual classroom, high school Senior, Rollie, quickly spirals…
Futuro Web Series
Most Likely To: “Pilot”
Film
Most Likely To: “Pilot”
Directed by Vanessa Rae Lerma
When a private chat message gets sent to the entire virtual classroom, high school Senior, Rollie, quickly spirals…
Short Fiction
My Grandmother’s Dream / El Sueno De Mi Abuela
Film
My Grandmother’s Dream / El Sueno De Mi Abuela
Directed by Tahiel Jimenez Medina
An immigrant grandmother’s dream foretells the disappearance of her granddaughter.
Futuro Web Series
My Human Experience
Film
My Human Experience
Directed by Sylvia Ray
Logical and socially inadequate, alien explorer, Lex, is assigned to study the human race from a sociological perspective,…
Short-Form Documentary
Of Dreams / De Suenos
Film
Of Dreams / De Suenos
Directed by Olga Jaramillo
Eighteen years ago, Vicky Noly was forced to leave her children to escape poverty and political conflict in…
Long-Form Documentary
Omara
Film
Omara
Directed by Hugo Perez
An uplifting, entertaining, intimate profile of the grande dame of Cuban music, Omara Portuondo, the internationally beloved songstress…
Short Fiction
Panorama
Film
Panorama
Directed by Scott Felix
A young man grieving the loss of his mother is catapulted into a near death experience and must…
Short Fiction
Pie Mojado
Film
Pie Mojado
Directed by Anthony Ramon Soto
In the middle of the Straits of Florida, a brother and sister drift aimlessly seeking refuge after escaping…
Midnight Shorts
Puzzled
Film
Puzzled
Directed by Juan Andres Leon
An unexpected package upends a young woman's life.
Short Fiction
Raul Playing Game
Film
Raul Playing Game
Directed by William D. Caballero
A short comedic film blending live action with animation, about a closeted bisexual man who accidentally schedules a…
Short Fiction
Record Shop
Film
Record Shop
Directed by Mario Rubén Carrión
Two local New York DJs walk into a Red Hook record shop searching for a rare salsa record,…
Short Fiction
Saborrrr!
Film
Saborrrr!
Directed by Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
A struggling Afro-LatinX actor accepts a well-paid, yet mysterious role, only to realize too late the true cost…
Sana Que Sana
Film
Sana Que Sana
Directed by Gabriella E Aguirre
Sana Que Sana is an exploration of healing as it emerges from betrayal, chronicling a family's discovery of…
Short Fiction
Scumbags
Film
Scumbags
Directed by Giancarlo Tovar
In a post-apocalyptic, near future world, a man recruits the help of an old friend to complete a…
Slice
Film
Slice
Directed by Kelsey Scult
Slice explores the way trauma calcifies in the body, how new intimacy can help us release and heal…
Short Fiction
Sonadora
Film
Sonadora
Directed by Stacy Pascal Gaspard
A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her fabric factory job finds a release…
Short Fiction
Sounds
Film
Sounds
Directed by Andrew Michael Frescas
An ensemble of six vignetted scenes in which each character is affected by the sounds of their environment,…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Sunnyland
Film
Sunnyland
Directed by Xavier Medina
A five year old girl living in a Miami trailer park has a mission... to somehow get to…
Short Fiction
Super Vaccine Vato
Film
Super Vaccine Vato
Directed by Lalo Alcaraz
Super Vaccine Vato is the new Lalo Alcaraz/Pocho Villa Productions public health hero. Stay tooned for new episodes…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Swamp Lion
Film
Swamp Lion
Directed by Torben Bech
Based on writer-director Torben Bech’s personal experiences, SWAMP LION is a neo-western crime drama about a working-class family’s…
Short Fiction
Thank You, Have A Nice Day
Film
Thank You, Have A Nice Day
Directed by Rodrigo Olivar
A food delivery worker rides anxiously through the streets of New York city. One of these deliveries turns…
Midnight Shorts
The Blue Drum
Film
The Blue Drum
Directed by Angelita Mendoza
A woman mourning her father's passing is tormented by memories of a mother she never knew. A presence…
Short-Form Documentary
The One With No Obstacles
Film
The One With No Obstacles
Directed by Edwin Franko
Ani Sanyal is the son of Indian immigrants. Enmeshed in the world of hip hop. real estate, and…
U.S. Feature Narrative
The Other Tom / El Otro Tom
Film
The Other Tom / El Otro Tom
Directed by Laura Santullo, Rodrigo Pla
A single mother and her 9-year-old son live alone in the U.S., relying on a thin public safety…
Short Fiction
Third Trinity
Film
Third Trinity
Directed by Yara Travieso
A wise Puerto Rican santera bestows a puzzling premonition upon her pregnant daughter, who fears losing her artistic…
Short Fiction
Un Pequeno Corte
Film
Un Pequeno Corte
Directed by Mariana Serrano
When six -year-old Elizabeth makes an image-altering decision, she is left to face the backlash from culturally imposed…
Short Fiction
Unintended Country / Pais Improvisto
Film
Unintended Country / Pais Improvisto
Directed by Alfredo Hueck
An absurd show of improvising clowns tests the patience of an increasingly exhausted audience. Any overlap with politics…
Short-Form Documentary
Veintitres: Our Labor Saved Lives
Film
Veintitres: Our Labor Saved Lives
Directed by Djali Brown-Cepeda
This film documents the 2021 23-day hunger strike held by undocumented, excluded workers and allies alike whose fight…
Short Fiction
We Should Get Dinner
Film
We Should Get Dinner
Directed by Eliza Jiménez Cossio, Lexi Tannenholtz
After their parents divorce, ex-step-siblings Abby and Sean are forced to confront if they were ever really family.
Short Fiction
Work
Film
Work
Directed by April Maxey
Struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend, Gabriela impulsively decides to drop into an old job, where she unexpectedly…
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