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Long-Form Documentary
42nd Street / La 42
Film
42nd Street / La 42
Directed by José Maria Cabral
After its World Premiere at SXSW, José Maria Cabral’s groundbreaking docu-drama capturing the heart, rhythm, and resistance of…
A Night in the Heights
Film
A Night in the Heights
Directed by Henlee DeJesus
What was supposed to be a quiet night at home turns into a chaotic quest through Washington Heights…
Long-Form Documentary
A Song for My Land / Una Canción Para Mi Tierra
Film
A Song for My Land / Una Canción Para Mi Tierra
Directed by Mauricio Albornoz Iniesta
Can a rural school music teacher change the world?
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…
A Whisper Starts a Fire / Un Susurro Comienza Un Incendio
Film
A Whisper Starts a Fire / Un Susurro Comienza Un Incendio
Directed by Eduardo Moreno Fernández
Olivia feels a call to rebel when she discovers that her filmed testimonies for a documentary about her…
Long-Form Documentary
Across Together: The Return Expedition
Film
Across Together: The Return Expedition
Directed by Jr Rodriguez
Across Together tells the compelling story of individuals from diverse backgrounds who embark on a journey of understanding,…
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…
Ana y la Distancia
Film
Ana y la Distancia
Directed by Hansel Porras Garcia
A Cuban mother exiled in Miami anxiously awaits the arrival of her son, who is crossing Central American…
Apocalíptica
Film
Apocalíptica
Directed by Diego Oliva Tejeda
After Inés and her grandmother learn about a military coup breaking out in their home country, the young…
Artista
Film
Artista
Directed by Juan Linares
An immigrant child discovers a new sense of learning and belonging after being exposed to an art-integrated lesson…
Ask a Punk
Film
Ask a Punk
Directed by Kevin Contento
A queer teen cultivates community, individuality, and resilience through the subculture of the DIY punk scene in Little…
Avem
Film
Avem
Directed by Luis Quijano
Struggling with a deep loss and feeling disconnected from his home country while abroad, a young man begins…
Azul
Film
Azul
Directed by Santos Arrué
Mourning her older sister Yahritza's unexpected passing, 17 year old Azul is left isolated and disconnected from her…
Beautifully Ugly
Film
Beautifully Ugly
Directed by Adalberto Angulo
In this fantastical tale, a heartbroken man embarks on an extraordinary journey through the five stages of grief…
Betty Bird Goes to War
Film
Betty Bird Goes to War
Directed by Stephanie Chloe Hepner
An artist confronts the internalized wounds of shame and self-blame that mar her life decades after the end…
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…
Born 2 Lose
Film
Born 2 Lose
Directed by Carlos Cardona
It's 2005. Andrew, a sixteen-year-old Latino punk rocker grows up in the world-famous Hamptons and navigates the hierarchical…
Center of the Echo
Film
Center of the Echo
Directed by Jose Terreros
After a Mexican journalist exiled in New York is harassed by threats while investigating a corruption network, she…
Cierva
Film
Cierva
Directed by Luis G Santos
An emerging photographer is forced to make a crucial decision while on a career-defining job.
Cold Coffee
Film
Cold Coffee
Directed by Luis de Jesús
Millo and Delia, an elderly Puerto Rican couple living in New York, are forced to navigate the new…
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…
El Colibrí
Film
El Colibrí
Directed by Manuel Villarreal
Mia sets out to restore her papa's hope by repairing her mother's final gift: a wooden hummingbird. Along…
El Tiguere
Film
El Tiguere
Directed by Andrew Rodriguez
In the Bronx, where food insecurity looms large, a resilient Dominican immigrant turns a battered school bus into…
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…
Fake It ’till You Make It
Film
Fake It ’till You Make It
Directed by Eugenia Renteria
When Angelica fakes her way into an HR job, she trades policies for matchmaking, fuels office gossip, and…
Short-Form Documentary
First It Was My Dream
Film
First It Was My Dream
Directed by Shaena Golden
In the ring, Mexican boxer Andy Dominguez fights for glory—but outside of it, he battles for something even…
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…
Long-Form Documentary
I Am My Grandma’s Granddaughter / Nieta De Mi Abuela
Film
I Am My Grandma’s Granddaughter / Nieta De Mi Abuela
Directed by Tatiana Fernández Geara
Looking to redefine what it means to “not end up alone”, a single, 40-year-old filmmaker explores the life…
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…
Joel the Fool / Joel el Bobo
Film
Joel the Fool / Joel el Bobo
Directed by Nelson Galvis
Joel is a loser who vents his frustration by mistreating his 10-year-old daughter. Both find themselves developing a…
Juana Pelos
Film
Juana Pelos
Directed by Maria Eugenia Mealla
Little Juana is entering puberty and there is only one thing that comes with that as a guarantee…
Showcase Screenings
La Salsa Vive / Salsa Lives
Film
La Salsa Vive / Salsa Lives
Directed by Juan Carvajal
Juan Carvajal’s captivating documentary explores the vibrant legacy of salsa music, weaving stories from its origins in 1960s…
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…
Levantamuertos: Cumbia for the Dead
Film
Levantamuertos: Cumbia for the Dead
Directed by Jose Eduardo Castilla Ponce
Chuy, a solitary embalmer with a passion for cumbia and the gift of speaking with the dead, finds…
Long-Form Documentary
Libertad
Film
Libertad
Directed by Brenda Avila-Hanna
After a string of ICE raids, a small southern city’s first Latin Bakery becomes a ground zero for…
Lights in the Night Sky
Film
Lights in the Night Sky
Directed by Octavio Daniel Carreño
After the mysterious disappearance of his sister, Manu roams the city, convinced that she may have been abducted…
Luz
Film
Luz
Directed by Alfonso Otero Mireles
In a secluded colonial convent, a sisterhood's faith fractures when celestial manifestations provoke a theological crisis, blurring 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…
Made in America
Film
Made in America
Directed by Maritza Cruz
Xiomara and Ana, two Central American migrant teens, work the late-night shift at a garment factory. When Ana…
Mal Culo
Film
Mal Culo
Directed by Anna Salinas
As Annie prepares for a date, a series of misfortunes befalls her butt.
Motos
Film
Motos
Directed by Jesus Beltran
Two cousins scraping by as loggers in the post wildfire Santa Cruz mountains find something deep in the…
My Grandma Is My Champion / Mi Abuelita, La Campeona
Film
My Grandma Is My Champion / Mi Abuelita, La Campeona
Directed by Isa Moreno
While a wheelchair-bound Mexican grandmother longs to return to her championship boxing career, her spunky granddaughter shows her…
Papota
Film
Papota
Directed by Martín Piroyansky
In a wild and wacky short from director Martín Piroyansky, the Buenos Aires-based trap/hip-hop/electronic/pop duo CA7RIEL & Paco…
Plague Season / Época De Plagas
Film
Plague Season / Época De Plagas
Directed by Gabriela Calvache
While her father is out, a girl hears noises coming from her sick mother’s room. In Ecuador, nature…
Prélude
Film
Prélude
Directed by Paolo Cesti
When his father’s employees get deported, a young cellist must decide between working at his family’s construction business…
Short-Form Documentary
Qotzuñi: People of the Lake / Qotzuñi: Hombres del Lago
Film
Qotzuñi: People of the Lake / Qotzuñi: Hombres del Lago
Directed by Gastón Zilberman, Michael Salama
In 2016, Lake Poopó, home to the Uru-Murato indigenous communities and the second largest lake in Bolivia, dried…
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…
Saq Nikté and the Spirit of the Mask / Saq Nikté y el Espíritu de la Máscara
Film
Saq Nikté and the Spirit of the Mask / Saq Nikté y el Espíritu de la Máscara
Directed by Ester Weiner
In a forgotten community, an artisan girl puts an old K'iche' invocation to the test and summons a…
Shallow End
Film
Shallow End
Directed by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
Twenty-something-year-old Agatha comes home after a lengthy stay in rehab, a shattered person. In her small town, everything…
She Stays / Ella Se Queda
Film
She Stays / Ella Se Queda
Directed by Marinthia Gutiérrez
Over the course of a night out in downtown Tijuana, Laura waits for her destiny to arrive.
Show Me How to Die / Enseñame Como Morir
Film
Show Me How to Die / Enseñame Como Morir
Directed by Gerardo Maravilla
After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman finds herself fascinated with discovering how it feels to…
Siesta
Film
Siesta
Directed by Gustavo René Sanabria
Ramona cares for a wealthy Argentine family in the US: a sick young girl named Cindy and her…
Someday / Algún Día
Film
Someday / Algún Día
Directed by Anna Reynoso
An astrophysics-obsessed teen and a mother who’d do anything to protect her kid struggle to find shelter on…
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…
Susana
Film
Susana
Directed by Amandine Thomas, Gerardo Coello Escalante
Susan, a middle-aged American tourist, finds herself alone in Mexico City. When she encounters a group of young…
The Beat of the Game… / Al Son Que Me Toquen Bailo
Film
The Beat of the Game… / Al Son Que Me Toquen Bailo
Directed by Deyaneira González Acevedo
Brian, a young footballer, has to decide between fulfilling his dreams or leaving behind the community where he…
Short-Form Documentary
The Changebaker
Film
The Changebaker
Directed by Courtney Dixon
After a string of ICE raids, a small southern city’s first Latin Bakery becomes a ground zero for…
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…
The Inconvenience Store
Film
The Inconvenience Store
Directed by Ifeanyi Ezieme
When five unlikely strangers get stuck in a gas station during an alien invasion, they must put their…
The Interpreter / La Intérprete
Film
The Interpreter / La Intérprete
Directed by Sofia Rovaletti
Dedicated interpreter Maria helps bridge the language gap between doctors and non-English-speaking patients. As Maria attentively translates various…
The Little Nail / El Clavito
Film
The Little Nail / El Clavito
Directed by Manuel Ruiz-Barrera
In the midst of a major home buying crisis, a young couple is able to purchase a house…
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…
The Vote
Film
The Vote
Directed by Sylvia Ray
Amid opposite views, siblings Jessica and Robbie navigate the difficult decision to maintain their mother on life support,…
There’s a Devil Inside Me
Film
There’s a Devil Inside Me
Directed by Karina Lomelin Ripper
After a Catholic confirmation class, Teresa, a devilish teen, pretends to be a nun but things go sideways…
Short-Form Documentary
Things I Never Told You / Cosas Que Nunca Te Dije
Film
Things I Never Told You / Cosas Que Nunca Te Dije
Directed by Airam Alejandra Ramírez
Ale sets out on a nostalgic journey back to the city where she first met Fer. Their friendship…
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…
Two Nights in Bilbao / Dos Noches en Bilbao
Film
Two Nights in Bilbao / Dos Noches en Bilbao
Directed by Gabriela Ortega
Celeste and Alonso, enjoy their vacation in Bilbao in an effort to recover their relationship. While walking through…
Window Cleaners
Film
Window Cleaners
Directed by Sylvie Weber
When two undocumented window cleaners witness a domestic conflict inside a high-rise apartment, they must decide whether protecting…
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