SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY
CICLO DE CAMBIO
CYCLE OF CHANGE
Moved by the lack of opportunity for women and youth in her community in El Salvador, Reina Molino ventures to Guatemala to study bici-maquinas—bicycle pedal-power technology.
Director: Sarah Frei
Country: United States
Year: 2017
Monday, June 11 @ 1:00PM
EBB TIDE
Zee, an 86-year old retired teacher decides to go back to the happiest time of her life when she worked in the 90s in East Harlem. This journey will challenge her in ways she never expected when she learns people don't communicate like they used to.
Director: VIvian Rivas
Country: United States
Year: 2018
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU
Thursday, June 14 @ 6:00PM
FREE FLIGHT
Free Flight is a documentary on the Misquito people of Honduras and their attempt to save their natural resources, especially the scarlet macaw, from land-grabbers and poachers intent on destroying them.
Director: Denise Richards
Country: Honduras
Year: 2016
Saturday, June 9 @ 3:00PM
JÓVENES VALIENTES. LA PASIÓN DE UN SUEÑO
BRAVE KIDS
Every effort comes with its own reward. The years involved in ballet training reap unforeseen strengths on those who practice it. Beyond the art, the sweat and the work with the body, it is courage and valor that develops within.
Director: Giovanni Granada
Country: Colombia
Year: 2017
CUNY Graduate Center - Martin Segal Theater:
Monday, June 11 @ 5:45PM
LA HOYADA
Between 1980 and 2000, Peru experienced the most extreme period of violence in its history. The Ayacucho region was the most affected. A group of Ayacucho women have been fighting for the construction of the Shrine of Memory La Hoyada, where the army built furnaces to incinerate the bodies of people who suffered extrajudicial executions.
Director: Roberto Flores
Country: Peru
Year: 2017
Friday, June 8 @ 6:00PM
LA MUDANZA
THE MOVE
"The Move" (La Mudanza) follows the third move of Casa Migrante Amsterdam - the first open house for Spanish-speaking immigrants. It’s an opportunity to emphasize the connection between moving and migration and the work of volunteers.
Director: Maria N Dominguez
Country: Netherlands
Year: 2017
Monday, June 11 @ 1:00PM
NO ESTAMOS SOLAS
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Berta Caceres was murdered on the 2nd of March 2016 due to her outspoken defending of nature, wáter rights and indigenous Lenca culture. As the coordinator of COPINH (Honduran Indigenous People’s Council), she carried out important work with women human rights defenders in collaboration with ADES (Organization for Socioeconomic Development). Female Human Rights defenders face specific threats and challenges, which these organizations aim to identify and minimize.
Director: Maria Aizpuru
Country: El Salvador - Honduras
Year: 2016
Tuesday, June 12 @ 6:00PM
TAILOR
WE ARE NOT ALONE
Tailor is a transgender cartoonist who shares the experiences and everyday/societal challenges of other trans people on his web page.
Director: Cali dos Anjos
Country: Brazil
Year: 2017
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, NYU:
Thursday, June 14 @ 6:00PM
VIDA COMO RIZOMA
LIFE AS A RHIZOME
Klaus Volkmann is a man who leads a simple life with a positive view of the world. He shows how our existence can branch at any point and in any direction, like a rhizome. This film shows how simple it can be to live more connected with ourselves, with others and with nature.
Director: Lisi Kieling
Country: Brazil
Year: 2016
Saturday, June 9 @ 3:00PM
