Marcos Code is a moving documentary film that, through ten years of family footage, follows the life of Liena, an immigrant mother facing the challenge of raising her two sons in Spain. She loves, works, argues and plays, looking for guidance through the lens of her tireless camera, which never cuts nor switches off. Within the intimate setting of their home, the spectator is given the privilege of witnessing how Pablo, a young boy with unusual empathy, and Marcos the younger brother, autistic, charismatic and unpredictable, are raised. With humour and authenticity, Liena transforms a stigmatized motherhood into a meaningful life experience.

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The Apricot (Mexico, USA, 9 mins. 2025)

Home(sick) is a poignant drama with touches of humor that delves into themes of identity, belonging, and the concept of “home.” The film follows Alex (played by Raúl E. Peyret), a 40-year-old Argentinian native living in Seattle who feels disconnected despite his career success. Longing for a sense of home, he returns to Argentina, where he encounters Felix (AJ Amber), an artist whose unconventional approach to life and love challenges Alex’s understanding of identity. As Alex’s relationships and reflections evolve, Home(sick) explores whether “home” is a place or a feeling.

Las Muertes Más Bellas del Mundo/The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World tells the story of five artists whose families fled El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980’s, landed in the nation’s capital, and created art out of war. The film follows a poet’s journey to find answers and healing through his writing of Las Muertes and interweaves the portraits of Salvadoran-Wachintonian artists, including a dancer, photographer, and musicians. Their voices and archival images tell a compelling, intimate, and historically-grounded story of a community resolving trauma and finding identity, salvation, and joy.

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Cirilo, a Legacy Untold (USA, 25 mins. 2025)

Over the years, Adela and Victoria live an impossible love story and are harshly punished by the society of 1960s and 1970s Spain. However, despite all the obstacles, they cannot forget each other.

In 1960s Peru, a privileged French-Peruvian woman's life unravels when her husband's betrayal ostracizes her from elite society, and leads her to embrace people from the very communities that she was raised to disregard. Amidst the backdrop of newfound alliances, she embarks on a transformative journey that challenges societal norms and reveals Peru's authentic identity through a daring culinary venture that celebrates the country's remarkably diverse cuisine and peoples, igniting a revolution that redefines her life.

Two Tarahumara brothers with a deep competition spirit and great running abilities become distant. Omero, the youngest brother is set on becoming a running champion, whilst his brother gets involved in a local gang in search for a better life. They will have to join forces to overcome life’s difficulties, sorting out each one’s destiny.

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Fly On The Wall (Mexico, 15 mins. 2024)

Pietra (Portugal, 13 mins. 2024)
No Vacancy (Colombia, 7 mins. 2024)
Dolores (Mexico, 9 mins. 2024)
A Girl, A River (Brazil, 8 mins. 2025)
Saq Nikté and the Spirit of the Mask (Guatemala, 5 mins. 2025)

Gala and Kiwi, once inseparable in high school, drifted apart as they grew older. After six years, they reunite for a special night, dancing, acting, and sharing stories of their sexual affairs. The narrative unfolds like a play, where the discomfort of pretending everything is fine hides a subtle violence.

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The Humming Grows (USA, 12 mins. 2024)

After several attempts, resistance from political parties increased until a group of women, led by Esmeralda Arboleda, confronted them and managed to bring the right to vote to be debated in the constituent assembly, culminating in the most heated of debates.

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A Day In May (Colombia, 16 mins. 2024)

Filmed almost entirely inside Cuba, Cuba's Eternal Night follows 5 Cubans over the span of 2 years as they struggle with challenges related to government repression, scarcity of food and medicine, and the biggest mass exodus the island has ever experienced.

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An Island (Venezuela, 11 mins. 2024)

The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando, a quiet geography teacher, completely devastated. Aimless, he assumes another man's identity as a gardener on a Portuguese estate, where he forms an unexpected friendship with the owner, stepping into a new life that isn't his own.

The Blue Zones (Costa Rica, 13 mins. 2025)
The Changebaker (USA, 16 mins. 2024)
Fever (USA, 16 mins. 2024)
Edel Rodriguez: Freedom Is a Verb (USA, 17 mins. 2024)
Moles & Escamoles (Mexico, 36 mins. 2025)

Paquito d’Rivera’s journey from jazz child prodigy in Cuba to 16-time GRAMMY winner. A superior clarinetist, sax player and composer Paquito is constantly exploring a variety of musical styles, with his trademark blend of a razor-sharp musical mind, irreverent humor, and impeccable technique. Featuring performances with pianist Chucho Valdés and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale (USA, 13 mins. 2025)

Mariluz Canaquiri says her river is more than just a body of water, it’s a living being. The Marañón River deep in Peru’s Amazon region is home to a vast network of spirit villages ruled by the Karuara, which means people of the river in Kukama-Kukamiria, Mariluz’s indigenous language. The Karuara’s universe mirrors human society with an aquatic twist: river spirits lounge in hammocks made of boa constrictors, they smoke sardines and wear stingray hats and catfish shoes. Laughing Karuara children ride to school on giant turtles or play football with an inflated blowfish in the film’s stunning hand painted animations. Behind their playfulness, the Karuara are powerful spirits. When a human is ill, indigenous shaman call on Karuara healers to cure their patient. Mariluz’s uncle must ask the river spirits for permission before fishing or risk going hungry. The Karuara are metaphysical ecologists; they maintain the delicate balance of life in the Amazon’s waterways. For centuries the Kukama people have depended on their rivers and spirit protectors for survival. But Mariluz says the old ways are being forgotten and her people face cultural genocide. While foreign companies earn millions from the Amazon’s resources, indigenous communities lack basic development like schools, health care and clean water. She leads a federation of Kukama women who file a ground breaking lawsuit demanding the Peruvian government recognize the Marañón River as a legal person, with rights. In a world that puts a price tag on nature, this film takes viewers inside the magic and beauty of the Amazon region and reminds us of our sacred connection to water.

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Yaa Ye'e: Quartz Deities (Mexico, 20 mins. 2024)

Palmdale (USA, 21 mins. 2024)
Coywolf (USA, 15 mins. 2024)
A Son's Wedding (USA, 11 mins. 2024)
Motos (USA, 19 mins. 2024)
Parhelio (USA, 24 mins. 2024)
The Eclipse (USA, 13 mins. 2024)

Red Mist: A Portrait of Men (Peru, 20 mins. 2024)
The Little Panthers (Argentina, 15 mins. 2025)
Amarela (Brazil, 15 mins. 2024)
Evil Sex (Spain, 13 mins. 2024)
Take Care (Portugal, 20 mins. 2024)
Danka Priscilla Danka (Chile, USA, 23 mins. 2024)
Night of Travel (Mexico, 16 mins. 2024)

Dalia (42), discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse; the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.

In a tropical paradise turned dystopian by the Drug War, a struggling Colombian family of Jewish converts puts everything on the line in a high-stakes attempt at immigrating to Israel.

Two lonely people burdened by loss find solace in each other's company working at a small café, revealing the subtle yet profound impact of their shared grief and their unexpected connection.

The Blessed One (Venezuela, 20 mins. 2025)
I Don’t Know If I'll Have To Say Everything Again (Brazil, 14 mins. 2024)
The Risk of Childhood (Mexico, 17 mins. 2024)
I Stole Your Ashes (Spain, 20 mins. 2024)
The Subtitles (Colombia, 17 mins. 2024)

Moses, a talented musician with a promising career cut short in the 1970s, sees his life unravel due to addiction and ends up living on the streets of San Francisco for over two decades. He finds solace on a street corner in the financial district, where he displays a unique gift for connecting with passersby, making himself seen in a world full of invisible people. There, he meets a Spanish film student who offers him the lead role in a fiction short film. Making this short sets Moses on a journey to reclaim his life, family, and music. Along the way, other storytellers from the past, who played key roles in Moses's quest to regain his humanity and sense of purpose, emerge. Filmed over 15 years, the story features Moses's original, unreleased songs and is captured in MiniDV, HD, 35mm, Super 16mm, and Super 8mm.

Julian Cabeza is a rock musician who released his first album at the turn of the century, which became cult over time. Of a selfish and difficult character, he has moved away from the public light; his blows to the ego and his fear of failure have led him to complete musical silence. All of the above has meant that his 20-year relationship with Aline, his great love, is almost in total ruin. Isolated in his cabin on the coast, he will meet a couple in their twenties - Isabel and Dario - who carry their own conflicts and doubts. A friendship of a few days will arise between them, while they share stories, memories, disappointments and losses.

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Ashes Are Burning (Argentina, 23 mins. 2024)

After being in jail for nine years for drug abuse and prostitution, Jesus tries to integrate back into society in order to start fresh all while working hard to get his daughter Lolita back.

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Mean Goals (USA, 17 mins. 2025)

It tells the life of the Venezuelan singer-songwriter Ali Primera and the events that made him the voice most committed to his people's causes and the movement's leader for the necessary song. It is a story of great love, tragedies, and songs.

Why didn’t any one told me? immerses the viewer in the internal struggle of Jordi, a Spanish film director, who tries to overcome the after-effects of a toxic relationship. Media harassment, doubts about his talent and the fear of loving again are intertwined in a plot that explores the limits of manipulation and psychological violence. A film that exposes the shadows of being a man and the importance of mental health.

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Cura Sana (Spain, 18 mins. 2024)