Frida In The Sky (Canada, 6 min. 2023)

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Director: Dani Sadun
Producer:  Lauren Eden
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy & Animation
Language: English 

Synopsis: Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother’s back to follow in her Abuela’s legacy.

Sinopsis: Frida, una niña prodigio de la ingeniería de 8 años, construye un avión a espaldas de su madre para seguir el legado de su abuela.

Los Ayeres De Hoy (USA, 12 min. 2023)

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Director: Emilia Pérez Rocha Santos
Producer:  Maya Ratliff
Genre: Drama
Cast: Andy Elden, Herbert Siguenza
Language: Spanish w/ English subtitles

Synopsis: When a failing high school student is asked to visit his professor during the professor's office hours, he travels back in time to experience all the hardships that Chicanos endured.

Sinopsis: Cuando se le pide a un estudiante de secundaria que está fracasando que visite a su profesor durante el horario de oficina del profesor, viaja en el tiempo para experimentar todas las dificultades que soportaron los chicanos.

Martinez (Mexico & France, 93 min. 2023)

COMPETITION

Director: Lorena Padilla
Producer:  Georgina González
Genre: Drama
Cast: Francisco Reyes, Humberto Busto, Martha Claudia Moreno
Language: Spanish w/ English subtitles

Synopsis: Martinez, a lonely accountant who really prizes his daily monotony, is pushed by his hierarchy to retire. While his life stability is threatened, his neighbor, a woman of his age, is found dead in her home after several days. Although he has never met her, her death will make him realize that his life is still ahead of him.

Sinopsis: Martínez, un contador solitario que realmente valora su monotonía diaria, es empujado por su jerarquía a retirarse. Mientras su estabilidad vital se ve amenazada, su vecina, una mujer de su edad, es encontrada muerta en su casa después de varios días. Aunque nunca la ha conocido, su muerte le hará darse cuenta de que aún le queda vida por delante.