The Women Directors showcase female-driven narratives and talent. This program includes the Mexican short film 52 Minutes and the Chilean feature film Outsider Girls, highlighting diverse and powerful stories directed by a couple of young Latin American women filmmakers.

52 Minutes (Mexico, 11 mins. 2024)

Director: Jean Chapiro.
Cast: Natalia Alanis, Gina GranB.
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles.
Genres: Drama.

Synopsis: Ana, a young woman with anorexia, is caught up in the struggle between sanity and restriction. Her reality, dreams, and nightmares become one as she's deceptively seduced by whom she later finds out is death.

Sinopsis: Ana, una joven con anorexia, está atrapada en la lucha entre la cordura y la restricción. Su realidad, sueños y pesadillas se funden en uno mientras es engañosamente seducida por quien luego descubre que es la muerte.

Outsider Girls / Las Demás (Chile, 81 mins. 2023)

Director: Alexandra Hyland.
Cast: Nicole Sazo, Alicia Luz Rodríguez.
Language: Spanish with English Subtitles.
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Women Issues.

Synopsis: Rafaela (20) and Gabriela (21) are best, best friends. Rafa's unexpected pregnancy threatens the pink and extravagant oasis they have built. Abortion in Chile is illegal, but not impossible, and together they must face the hostility of the system to have the procedure done without bursting their precious bubble and their relationship.

Sinopsis: Rafaela (20) y Gabriela (21) son mejores, mejores amigas. El inesperado embarazo de Rafa amenaza el oasis rosa y extravagante que han construido. El aborto en Chile es ilegal, pero no imposible, y juntas deben enfrentar la hostilidad del sistema para realizar el procedimiento sin reventar su preciada burbuja y su relación.