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SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

FICTION

MEMORIES IN THREE COLORS

MEMORIAS EN TRES COLORES

A couple that believes in pragmatic (but not) love is rocked by a cancer diagnosis. When one of them migrates from Venezuela to Chile, the partner that stayed behind is pushed to challenge this belief.

Director: Argenis Herrera Sanchez

Country: Chile - Venezuela

Year: 2021

SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Instituto Cervantes NY

Friday, June 16 @ 5:00 PM

TODAY IS NOT MY BIRTHDAY

HOY NO ES MI CUMPLEAÑOS

An Italian immigrant recounts how he and his countrymen worked hard to make a life in Venezuela and the traces they left on their way in the city of Valencia.

Director: Stuart Rivas

Country: Venezuela

Year: 2021

SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Instituto Cervantes NY

Friday, June 16 @ 5:00 PM

POCHO HUERTA

MENAHAN

Pocho Huerta is an unemployed stuntman waiting for his students to come to class, until he realizes that no one will come because he forgot to promote it. This leads him to wonder about his life, death, and overall purpose.

Director: Jely Reategui

Country: U.S.

Year: 2023

SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Instituto Cervantes NY

Friday, June 16 @ 5:00 PM

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HAMLEYED

Wilderman García (Wild District, Narcos), performs this film inspired by the monologue from William Shakespeare's “Hamlet,” but with a contemporary twist. Hamleyed is a young man who desires a terrorist’s vengeance. His own reflection in a mirror rebukes him "to be or not to be…”

Director: Pedro Blanco-Uribe

Country: U.S.

Year: 2022

SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Instituto Cervantes NY

Friday, June 16 @ 5:00 PM

DEHATSI: I WAS ANOTHER PLACE

DEHATSI: EU ERA OUTRO LUGAR

Anush is a young Armenian woman who travels to Brazil without a return ticket. Once she is welcomed and inserted into the Armenian community in São Paulo, her biggest challenge is to adapt to the large and cosmopolitan city, so far from her roots.

Director: Tatiana Boudakian

Country: Brazil

Year: 2021

SHORTS PROGRAM 2

City College Downtown (CWE)

Saturday, June 17 @ 3:00 PM

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1/4 ANTE MERIDIEM

Mabel (13) is attracted to Ambroz (10), whose mother forbids him to play with her because "she is older than him". The game between them takes place in secret and in a forbidden place. Ambroz's innocence prevents him from deciphering the dark mystery that surrounds Mabel's life.

Director: Alex Noppel Briseño

Country: Mexico

Year: 2022

SHORTS PROGRAM 2

City College Downtown (CWE)

Saturday, June 17 @ 3:00 PM

MARINA'S DREAM

EL SUEÑO DE MARINA

When Marina dies she remembers the happiest day of her life- a significant moment in the life of this young woman who came to Bogotá from the countryside in the 90s during a period full of violence in Colombia. Marina is transformed; pleasure turns into pain.

Director: Sebastián Botero-Páramo

Country: Colombia

Year: 2022

SHORTS PROGRAM 3

Instituto Cervantes NY

Monday, June 19 @ 6:30 PM

THIS TIME

ESTA VEZ

Natalia and Felipe have become a couple trapped in a routine because of the fear of being alone. The sudden notice of a pregnancy and Natalia’s intention of not having the baby, forces them into an inevitable confrontation seemingly impossible to escape.

Director: David Moncada Varele

Country: Colombia

Year: 2022

SHORTS PROGRAM 3

Instituto Cervantes NY

Monday, June 19 @ 6:30 PM

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KARINA'S SUIT

EL TRAJE DE KARINA

Muete, an armed group deserter, travels to the city to visit his cousin Karina, a transgender woman who is a sex worker. Muete tries to convince her to return to their town because her mother is very ill. The only condition: she has to go as Leonardo, her former identity.

Director: Frank Benitez

Country: Colombia

Year: 2021

SHORTS PROGRAM 3

Instituto Cervantes NY

Monday, June 19 @ 6:30 PM

DESERT LIGHTS

ESTRELLAS DEL DESIERTO

In the middle of Atacama desert, Antay (12) sees his town disappearing due to the drought. Alongside his friends and their football team, they will try to hang on to the last sun rays, their childhood fragments, and ties with those who still resist.

Director: Katherina Harder

Country: Chile

Year: 2022

SHORTS PROGRAM 4

Consulate General of Argentina in NY

Wednesday, June 21 @ 5:30 PM

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