Shorts Program 4: Heartbreak Feels Good in a Place Like This
- Fiction Shorts
- 93 mins
In this program
Heartless
Directed by Jorge Jaén
After a gruesome breakup, Michael must journey into his ex-boyfriend’s world– the world of drag–or else he risks dying in the closet.
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 the streets of the city, they encounter a local couple having a violent argument. Alonso and Celeste try to intervene, but the couple turns against them and attacks them instead. From that moment on, the cracks of their own relationship become impossible to ignore.
Aimee Comes First
Directed by Aimee Garcia
Three days from turning 40, Aimee Garcia is proof women can have it all; a thriving career, loving family, hot fiancé. What more could she want? Um … an orgasm. Determined to experience her first climax, Aimee enlists her sex sensei Gen-Z cousin and a plastic three-dimensional vagina. She’ll push back against her Old-School Latino family, Catholic guilt and fear of trying something new as an adult. She’ll discover that touching her lady parts won’t damn her to hell. Gracias a Dios
Bye Bye Barbarito
Directed by Michelle Salcedo
After losing her husband, an elderly woman counts on her one true love, her pet cockatiel, to celebrate her newly-found freedom. But her beloved bird has escape plans of his own.
Beautifully Ugly
Directed by Adalberto Angulo
In this fantastical tale, a heartbroken man embarks on an extraordinary journey through the five stages of grief after a sudden breakup. Finally, through surreal encounters, he finds peace and acceptance, emerging with a renewed sense of self.
Azul
Directed by Santos Arrué
Mourning her older sister Yahritza’s unexpected passing, 17 year old Azul is left isolated and disconnected from her own family. Yearning for a remedy to her loneliness, Azul catches sight of an all pink lowrider as it cruises by full of lady lowriders. Enamored by their energy, she follows them to a lowriding event where she encounters Estella, the newest and youngest member of the club who invites her to a meet up. Alongside the club, Azul begins to find respite from her grief and a new way forward.
Tigueronas
Directed by Imani Celeste
After ending an abusive relationship with her narcissistic boyfriend, Aaliyah and her friends hatch a bold plan for revenge on a girls’ night out, igniting a journey of self-empowerment and sisterhood.
Dates & Times
Regal Union Square
September 20, 2025
9:30 pm