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Genre
Fiction
U.S. Feature Narrative
20 Pounds to Happiness
Film
20 Pounds to Happiness
Directed by Yelyna De León
Written by Sundance Audience Award-winning writer Josefina López (Real Women Have Curves, both film and Broadway versions), this…
Showcase Screenings
A Tiro Limpio / In a Hail of Bullets
Film
A Tiro Limpio / In a Hail of Bullets
Directed by Jean Gabriel Guerra
A professional thief hell-bent on personal vengeance and the captain in hot pursuit both seek justice in this…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Aguadilla
Film
Aguadilla
Directed by Alexander Zeke Musca, Tom Musca
As passions surge and secrets unravel, a lethal triangle emerges between a wheelchair-dependent ex-surfer and a Dominican migrant…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Becoming Vera
Film
Becoming Vera
Directed by Sergio Vizuete
A young pianist battles poverty, unscrupulous music producers and her own insecurities in this powerful feature that dives…
International Features
Birth Plan / Parto
Film
Birth Plan / Parto
Directed by Vivian Bruckman-Blondet
Starring, written by, and directed by women, this heartfelt Puerto Rican comedy reflects on motherhood and friendship as…
International Features
Crocodiles / Cocodrilos
Film
Crocodiles / Cocodrilos
Directed by J. Xavier Velasco
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 141 journalists and other media workers have been killed…
International Features
Dear Gentlemen / Estimados Señores
Film
Dear Gentlemen / Estimados Señores
Directed by Patricia Castaneda
In her powerful directorial debut, Colombian actor-screenwriter-novelist Patricia Castañeda tells the largely unknown story of women’s suffrage in…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Dope Queens
Film
Dope Queens
Directed by Grafton Reyes Doyle
Inspired by true events in San Francisco’s notorious Tenderloin district, this fluorescent, action-packed romantic thriller follows three friends…
International Features
Espina
Film
Espina
Directed by Daniel Poler
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature at this year’s Miami International Film Festival, Espinas is a…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Exit Interviews
Film
Exit Interviews
Directed by Garrett Abdo
Robert, a middle-aged gay man, begins a personal documentary project following his long history of failed relationships. As…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Flux
Film
Flux
Directed by Geraldo J. Uscategui
As a mysterious force reshapes reality, one man wakes to find his world unraveling while he’s caught in…
Retrospectives
Girlfight (25th Anniversary)
Film
Girlfight (25th Anniversary)
Directed by Karyn Kusama
In Karyn Kusama’s raw, understated feature debut, Michelle Rodriguez commands the screen in what would become a memorable…
International Features
I Had the Heart / Tuve el Corazón
Film
I Had the Heart / Tuve el Corazón
Directed by Hernan Findling, Oliver Kolker
This uplifting, music-themed Argentinean film centers on Moti Cohen, a once-famous rock producer who discovered the hit band…
International Features
Las Super Estrellas de la Lucha Libre
Film
Las Super Estrellas de la Lucha Libre
Directed by Eduardo Ortiz
Deftly combining drama, action, and in-the-ring input from the wrestling superstars themselves, director Eduardo “Transfor” Ortiz captures the…
Opening Night
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
Film
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
Directed by Joel Alfonso Vargas
Writer-director Joel Alfonso Vargas turns his hometown into the heartbeat of his debut feature, teaming up with street-cast…
International Features
Manas
Film
Manas
Directed by Mariana Brennand
Documentary director Marianna Brennand makes a stunning narrative debut with this sweeping and emotionally resonant drama inspired by…
Retrospectives
On the Outs (20th Anniversary)
Film
On the Outs (20th Anniversary)
Directed by Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
With powerful lead performances, this gritty docudrama inspired by the desperate lives of three young women in Jersey…
International Features
Rains over Babel / Llueve sobre Babel
Film
Rains over Babel / Llueve sobre Babel
Directed by Gala del Sol
In a queer, tropical-punk twist on Dante’s Inferno, a group of misfits converges at Babel, a mythical club…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Serious People
Film
Serious People
Directed by Ben Mullinkosson, Pasqual Gutierrez
A successful music video director and expectant father pushes his work-life balance to the extreme as he hires…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Stay Safe
Film
Stay Safe
Directed by Carlos V Gutierrez
In this horror-thriller set in a Pandemic Hotzone, an Army Surgeon attempts to uncover the truth behind a…
U.S. Feature Narrative
Switch & Bait
Film
Switch & Bait
Directed by Michelle Salcedo
Otmara Marrero plays a tough female cop tasked with getting a key witness to Detroit in time to…
International Features
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) / El Diablo Fuma (Y Guarda Las Cabezas De Los Cerillos Quemados En La Misma Caja)
Film
The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) / El Diablo Fuma (Y Guarda Las Cabezas De Los Cerillos Quemados En La Misma Caja)
Directed by Ernesto Martínez Bucio
The winner of Berlinale's inaugural Perspectives competition and Best First Feature Award, Mexican director Ernesto Martínez Bucio‘s captivating…
U.S. Feature Narrative
The Scout
Film
The Scout
Directed by Paula Andrea Gonzalez-Nasser
Paula Andrea González-Nasser’s striking directorial debut is a subtle yet riveting character study wrapped in the bustle of…
International Features
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake / La Virgen De La Tosquera
Film
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake / La Virgen De La Tosquera
Directed by Laura Casabé
The pleasures, anxieties, and frenzy of teenage life are given center stage in this supernatural, coming-of-age horror film…
International Features
This Island / Esta Isla
Film
This Island / Esta Isla
Directed by Cristian Carretero, Lorraine Jones Molina
Winner of Best New Narrative Director, Special Jury Mention for U.S. Narrative Feature, and Best Cinematography after its…
International Features
Tiger / Tiguere
Film
Tiger / Tiguere
Directed by José Maria Cabral
Award-winning filmmaker José Maria Cabral’s unflinching, semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age feature offers a breathless exploration of toxic masculinity as it…
Wet Under Blue Sky
Film
Wet Under Blue Sky
Directed by Octavio Pisano
Emmy-Award-winning editor, Joanna Naugle (The Bear) and composers Blitz / Berlin (Bird Box, Blade Runner 2036) team up…
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