Fabricio, a Chavista young man, is stuck at home during the rioting that occurred in Venezuela in 2014. Fabricio’s former girlfriend, Alejandra, who was vocally opposed to his political beliefs, unexpectedly shows up at Fabricio’s apartment. Fabricio helps Alejandra, who is unknowingly being followed by the National Guard, hide. Due to the volatile situation in the streets, Alejandra should stay with Fabricio until it is safe to get out. During this time together, they deal with their political differences, which in the past led to their separation.

Venezuela 2015
Vadim Lasca, Director
Drama
Spanish With English Subtitles
17 min

A successful powerhouse mom turns her life upside down risking it all to fulfill on a promise she made 20 years ago and sets out to make a movie she believes will heal a generation of more than 16 million Latinos.

United States, 2015
Henry Ansbacher & Denise Soler Cox, Co-directors
Documentary
English
38 min

The search for identity. Cultures crossing continents. In Nikkei, director Kaori Flores Yonekura tells the story of her grandparents’ intrepid journey from Japan to Peru to Venezuela. Along the way, their personal search for a new home is set against the larger backdrop of the history of Japanese immigration to Latin America: from servitude in Peru, to the anti-Japanese media campaigns in World War II, to propaganda and promises of a better life in Venezuela. Nikkei is a fascinating and artfully constructed documentary that uses photographs, animation and personal testimony to reconstruct a subject of Latin American history that is rarely presented in cinema.

Venezuela | Japan | Peru, 2011
Kaori Flores Yonekura, Director
Documentary | Biography | Drama Spanish + Japanese with English Subtitle
80 min

The Gran Varones is a storytelling project that uses video and photography for Latino Gay and Latino Queer* men. Inspired by Willie Colon’s groundbreaking song “El Gran Varón,” this project shines a light on what being “out” and “proud” means to us, our families, and our communities.

United States, 2015
Louie A. Ortiz-fonseca, Director
Documentary
English
56 min

Cows Wearing Glasses is a film about the emotional awakening of a man who is nearing the end of his days. Marso, a solitary and eccentric painter and art professor, has a disease that will make him lose his sight at any time and that has forced him to rethink the relationship with his daughter, while taking stock of a life full of professional success but unsatisfactory on the personal level. With touches of humor to tell small daily humiliations, 'Cows wearing glasses' is a reflection on the position of a man facing the inevitable. An intimate story, reduced to a minimum, which shows the internal reality of a character to the brink of his circumstances.

Puerto Rico, 2014
Alex Santiago, Director
Drama | Family
Spanish with English Subtitles
93 min

Josh, an aspiring pianist, falls in love with a theater dancer named Roma, but their relationship is challenged by her ex-fiancé Dean, a vigilant womanizer. This modern day silent film is carried by instrumental music of various genres while keeping to the classic look of black and white cinema. 

United States, 2015
Adam Gonzalez, Director
Drama
25 min

This is the story of Milagros (Millie) Baez. Millie struggles with low self esteem and has little or no sense of who she is as a Puerto Rican. Her life begins to change when she meets Mateo, a former member of the Young Lords Party, a revolutionary group fighting for neighborhood empowerment and self-determination for Puerto Rico and other colonized peoples. As she begins to educate herself, stand up for her own needs, make new friends, find a boyfriend along the way, she begins to change herself and everyone around her. She begins to see that it is her that can take the first step in changing her life.

United States, 2015
Jennica Carmona, Director
Drama | Family
English
90 min

The rebel eldest son of a prosperous family returns home, setting off a series of events that will help them forget old feuds.

Dominican Republic, 2015
Tito Rodriguez, Director
Comedy | Drama
Spanish
96 min