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Perspectivas
Directed by Joseph Chavez
An intimate look at the retellings of a mother and daughter’s fractured relationship through the eyes of their son/grandson.
With These Same Hands / Las Mismas manos
Directed by Brenda Avila-Hanna, Consuelo Alba-Speyer, Eugenia Renteria
Just a few miles from Silicon Valley, yet a world away, the son of immigrant farmworkers dreams of coding his way to success. Martin’s journey reveals a side of tech that few people get to travel, and what can be lost or gained when opportunity, access and community intersect.
Sudakas
Directed by Ricardo Betancourt
Through a series of phone conversations, Ricardo struggles to get his mother, M.V., to speak about her experiences as a former Venezuelan diplomat who now works as a housekeeper in the same city where she once served.
I Love You So Much but You Are So Difficult / Te amo tanto pero eres tan difícil
Directed by Berenicé Brino
Through a collaborative art performance and open dialogue, a daughter-mother duo explore their tense and nuanced relationship, all framed against archival footage of a road trip marking her first return to their homeland in over a decade.
After the Sea / Lo que queda del mar
Directed by Camila Adaro Liloff
Using fragments of archival footage, a filmmaker reconstructs her relationship with her father, an absent merchant marine. In her attempt to understand who this man, who was always far away, really was, she discovers that every search for the other also reveals something about oneself.
Ricky Leaves
Directed by Paloma Martinez
In this personal film, Ricky, the filmmaker’s brother, prepares to move out of his childhood home at 27. As their parents prepare to return to their native Mexico, the two siblings watch their unearthed childhood home movies for the first time. What they find is different from what they remember.
Dates & Times
Regal Union Square
September 16, 2026
4:30 pm
