A young Haitian man living in Chile has a car accident during his workday. With a false identity and unable to speak Spanish, he must face the firefighters' rescue, then get into an ambulance where his only solution is presented by a passerby who speaks French.
Malena, a Mexican neuroscientist living in Oxford, is finishing an article on chronic pain when there is a knock at the door. Her brother Fernando, whom she has not spoken to in 10 years, is on the other side holding an urn with their mother inside. The siblings set off on a journey to the English countryside to honor her last wish.
Clara is a girl who works as her father's assistant in an informal dental office. That day a new patient arrives and catches her attention, since Clara did not have her in the appointment registry.
It follows professional soccer player Bruno Rendón after he decides to defect from his native Cuba to try to start a professional career in the United States.
Alex, a 10-year-old boy in a shelter, is about to be reunited with his mother, Lis, after 3 years without seeing her since she was in prison. Alex is very excited about this reunion, but it does not happen as he imagined.
A Chinese grandmother goes to the bakery with her granddaughter to buy a cake for her daughter's birthday, but she does not speak Spanish. She will try to communicate with the baker through her 6-year-old granddaughter.
While the mother and father try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: Who will get the baby to say the first word?
Mustafa, a quiet 10-year-old boy, travels with his mother Kübra to his grandfather Hasan's house upon receiving the news of his grandmother's death. When they arrive at the funeral home, it is night and the burial is scheduled for the next day, so they will spend the night at the funeral home.
Mikel writes a final poem to his mother. Isabel packs her suitcase for a last trip with José. Ainhoa puts the photo frame without photos in a box. Three stories joined by grief that try to complement one another.
Elena, bewildered by the physical and emotional changes brought on by her pregnancy, moves alone to the outskirts of the city. Surrounded by nature, she forms a bond with a cow, the only one she does not hide from.
Just as Mbaye is about to return to Dakar to see the woman he loves, France announces that it is closing its borders due to the Covid epidemic. The young Senegalese man decides to urgently try to reach Casablanca, where the flight he was supposed to take will make a stopover.
The moving story of a refugee forced to leave his home in search of safety, healing, and a new sense of belonging.
The preparations for a birthday party are thrown into chaos by a horrific event.
Maria and Waldemar Nowak, a couple of officials from the Immigration Office, visit Lilianna and Édouard without warning to assess whether their marriage is real or fake. The decision to grant Édouard residency depends on how the visit unfolds.
A young woman must leave her apartment for reasons beyond her control. As she moves out on her last day, she reflects on the emotional journey of the place she managed to call home.
A spirit awakens in a dollhouse, embodying a body. Moved by some higher force, and despite a constant feeling of resistance, it tries to create livable conditions.
A young filmmaker explores his parents' worn-out relationship through old archive footage, poems, and songs, while both prepare for the sale of their old family home in Guatire and their imminent separation.
Six months after ending a relationship, a frustrated illustrator and a young filmmaker meet again at an art exhibition. The glances, the silences, and the coincidences make them wonder whether the possibility of being together still exists between them.
A tribute to the migrant experience and the intimacy of modern uprooting through voice messages from relatives and friends, as well as memories the author and his family were able to carry with them to the new home they are building.
Walls, windows, curtains, and furniture evoke the sounds of childhood for a traveler who returns home to remember everything that has gone and the people who will soon be gone.
In the suburbs, Benjamín must face, at his young age, the abuse and exploitation of his mother. Unaware of what is happening, he dreams of freedom and of being able to change the reality he is led into.
We are a conglomerate of circumstances in a borrowed body, pierced by the soul and filled with life. Memory when there is no one left to remember it.
Roy wakes up in his room next to a beautiful girl, but he remembers nothing of the previous night. Only blurry images and some marks on his body reveal a night of furious passion.
The harshness of the land, the magic of Wayúu myths, and the longing of a Venezuelan poet, at the design of a 'foreigner' or, in Wayuunaiki, the Wayúu language, the desire of an 'Alijuna'.
A wild region that combines nature and uncivilization when 30 inhabitants of a clandestine community move in search of a new home to escape repression and build a new society in a foreign land.
Roxana, a young Venezuelan exiled in Mexico City, after her father's death in a transient boarding house, tries to convince the woman in charge not to notify the authorities. Alone in an unknown country, Roxana must part with her father's body, with neither money nor logic.
Mimi and Sol, best friends in Maracaibo, face a night out before Mimi's imminent migration, revealing the depth of their friendship amid the uncertainty of the future.
The short film unfolds from a concert composed by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero titled "Ex Patria". In her own words, the piece "is not a political statement, but a musical portrait of the current social and human crisis, and the systemic collapse of law and order".
Venezuelans take the capital of the world as their new home.
A journey through the Merideño highlands to the Humboldt and Bonpland peaks.
A documentary about the creation cycle of the Ye'kuana Indigenous people, compiled by Jean Marc de Civieux. A tribute to the legacy of geologist and ethnologist Cyrille Burt and to the recognition of the cultural and intellectual wealth of Venezuela's Amazonian peoples.
It explores the excavation of the earth beneath our feet and the steps of our history through movement. A celebration of humanity and its relationship with the land.
In dialogue with Barcelona street art murals, the dance company explores the link between the human body and urban space.
The weight of the modern world keeps us trapped in a maze of emotions and responsibilities. Through movement, three performers explore the search for a way out.
In search of answers, a group of dancers defy their skepticism and delve into the ritual of the Völva, the Norse seeress who predicts destiny.
A visual and emotional journey that delves into the depths of anxiety through the body in motion, exploring its effects and its transformation.
Classmates, teachers, friends, and relatives gradually left the city. Héctor Jerez records those departures from the perspective of the one who stays.
Alone in a world without human connections, an elderly woman finds refuge in rhythm and music, weaving memories of love through dance.
A woman lives in a world that feels foreign and hostile to her. Through dance, she seeks to reconnect with nature and with her own inner self.
Submerged in a dark vortex, an intricate geometry emerges from inside a wild hive, revealing the invisible dance that sustains all life.
It explores the sharp contrast between the daily lives of four characters and their deepest dreams, through a musical journey that fuses past and present.
During what seems like a deep night, a young man discovers a bar for the first time, a place where jungle animals gather to listen to good music.
It tells the story of a bored young man who decides to create a wave in the middle of the city so he can surf, bringing the freedom of the ocean to the urban asphalt.
An animation work that ranges from conventional drawing to stop-motion, telling the story of a man seeking to break free from the chains of society.
Junior seeks revenge for Dhogo's murder, but along the way he will discover that life and death are more intertwined than he believed.
In 2023, the band was going to tour the United States for a month, but they were stopped at the border. This music video recounts that Kafkaesque experience.
Bárbara and León, fugitive lovers in search of freedom, roam the city's boulevards while time and passion intertwine on every corner.
A young woman who lives on the moon, isolated and without a real life, decides to come down to Earth in search of authentic human experiences.
Opening your eyes to go further and finally awaken. A sonic and visual journey toward introspection and the discovery of new horizons.
Puntaplás travels to the 1990s to tell the story of their new song, immersing themselves in the nostalgia and warmth of a golden era.
Arash is a professional wrestler who dreams of representing his country and winning gold medals. The country is plunged into chaos and its people are suffering. Arash must decide between using his platform to confront oppression or keeping his head down and staying silent.
A journey through the Brazilian Amazon, guided by the gaze of Renato, a carioca turned Amazorioca. A reflection on identity, the legacy of an ancestral territory, and the cost of progress. An ode to the jungle and to the fragility of what remains.
The wandering of Suri and her son, Derek, introduces us to the harsh reality of Mexico's street vendors. As Suri and Derek's voice-over story reveals the unexpected side of their lives, we walk through a world where intimate stories defy prejudice.
Living on the edge in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discounted laundry detergents that have been denied to her at a store.
In a diligent attempt, Thomas seeks a final resting place for his only son, but is surprised to discover that today is not the right day to do so.
Ingrid, a single mother living with her daughter and grandmother in a town in eastern Slovakia where Roma people face discrimination, becomes a professional foster mother to a Roma girl in order to survive.
While recalling personal memories of a house demolished due to urban transformation, it also reveals the political and economic struggles behind it.
Nour, a young Palestinian woman, wanders the streets of Stockholm, only to face the reality that she has lost something irreplaceable.
In her search to give new meaning to the past and understand her present, the director tries to create a dialogue between her parents, one that has been nonexistent for years, through letters and family videos from before her birth.
Jason, a Canadian-Palestinian, returns to Palestine after years of absence to surprise his sister, bringing an unconventional gift: a goat, a traditional offering for his newborn nephew. As he embarks on his journey to reach her, he rediscovers the true meaning of Palestinian identity.
Through the observation of tourists who are part of the landscape of Belém, in Lisbon, reflections are built on colonialism, emigration, identity, and tourism.
Drawing on one of her grandfather's orchestral compositions and a radio recording of his voice narrating a legend, the director captures the Australian landscape, threading together the sounds, smells, and images that form the backbone of her vision of a country once colonized and battered by floods.
Grandfather is a young man who embarks on a journey to the heart of the jungle with his father and his uncle. Without them knowing, they are being watched by mythical creatures trying to warn them of the dangers ahead if they continue deeper into the jungle. But their warning goes unheard: the king is approaching.
Fleeing the war, Ukrainian girl Lyuba meets Bruna, who takes her into a world of magic and illusion. But when the border between reality and fantasy breaks, Lyuba must face her fears to recover hope.
On a mountain trail, a man walks carrying a heavy bundle on his shoulders. The journey of a man marked by the burden of an unfathomable weight and the pain of loss.
Alberto, a nearsighted boy, is rejected by a group of children in his new neighborhood. An incident with the group's leader plunges him into a state of fear, which he must overcome when he accepts one of the boys' invitation to play soccer.
The story of Dr. Rubén García Batista, a Cuban doctor whose life was marked by the Special Period in Cuba. Through his testimony, the story reveals the challenges and resilience of a man who faced adversity with determination and hope.
After living with HIV for 25 years, a man passionate about mountaineering reflects on how he reconnected with his father while waiting for the results of his viral load test.
Three women cross the border into Colombia to buy a packet of pasta.
In the middle of a desolate highway in a foreign country, two sisters have just received terrible family news. Each one deals with the situation differently.
Amid the uncertainty of emigration, a family takes refuge in imagination and fantasy.
Marta and Alfonso will have to summon all their sweetness and wit to survive in a rotten, savage ecosystem that intends to leave no one standing.
Joaquina, deeply frustrated by the constant disappointments of living in Venezuela, is ready for a job interview that could change her luck when her unstable Internet decides to fail. With her patience already worn thin, she launches into a funny battle of wits with an extremely clueless operator.
The night before Babi leaves home without telling her mother, Carmela, the latter finds her daughter's suitcase packed and disappears in the middle of the night. Babi says goodbye to her home and leaves without her mother's blessing.
A house catches fire, but there are things the fire cannot burn.
After four years without visiting his homeland, Orangel returns to film the places of his memories: his grandparents' house, that of his late great-aunt, his best childhood friend's house, and the bay. What is not precarious is uninhabited or broken, like his childhood photos and that of his late mother.
A young woman named Isla sinks into the nostalgia of her boyfriend's absence after he emigrated, moves into her family's abandoned house, and tries to adapt to the new place while facing the decay of the house and the chiaroscuro of loneliness.
The search for what gives life, what moves us deeply, and what drives us to dance to the sound of the drum is what leads a Bailadora to travel along the Coast of Falcón, passing through Adícora, Coro, La Vela, and Cumarebo. One only has to open one's ears to the drum's flourishes, and the body becomes a place of experiences.
A girl seeks to escape the noise of the city and the world around her. After feeling like a glitch in the universe, she runs in search of her freedom and the dream she had as a child.
An immersion into the endless flow of change and development, expressed in the language of physical theater. From primitive times to the present, through space-time loops and using archetypes and symbols, the piece explores human nature and delves into the eternal transformation of the essence of the human being.
Told in three poetic chapters, un deux trois is a woman's journey through pain, presence, and possibility, a cinematic act of letting go and moving on.
In her room, a woman is caught between memories and regrets, facing the abyss of her own consciousness upon discovering how much time she has let slip away.
Presented as a letter from a mother to her kidnapped daughter, the video includes a pencil animation of a girl's face that appears and fades on paper, accompanied by subtitles resembling the letter.
It portrays that fragile moment when love is not yet certain, but the mind keeps imagining possible signs of reciprocity, with the hope of an answer and the constant fear of being ignored again.
In a setting of natural plenitude, a mystical figure, the embodiment of the feminine origin, meets a wild horse with which she embarks on an ancestral journey of union with nature. An ode to purity, to harmony with the natural, to the search for unbridled freedom, celebrating love in its most natural and raw form.
Bob, an office worker trapped in the monotony of his job and frustrated by his oppressive boss, begins to experience a break from reality when he starts interacting with Chyu, a woman who apparently works in the same office.
A tribute to pets and the love they give us. This work employed animation, documentary, and mixed-media techniques, combining animated 2D illustrations with documentary videos shot in the city of Caracas.
An informal security guard lives day to day looking for tips and hiding a brilliant past.
A woman recalls her old, conflictive relationship while standing in front of a mirror at the end of the day.
On a trip on public transport, a mother confesses to the passenger beside her the news she has just received from her daughter. Through this unburdening, the woman frees herself from the anger, guilt, and deep pain that torment her.
During a routine inspection, a photographer notices that something is wrong with a negative.
When Sarai becomes pregnant, Faizer travels to Colombia to accompany her. The documentary explores the dual feelings that accompany them, reminding them that, no matter where they are, they will always feel the absence of someone important.
Five friends embark on a camping trip to a remote area, where they encounter the concept of the Uncanny Valley, the feeling of unease caused by something that seems almost human but is not.
The arrival of a katana from Japan transforms the situation for a young woman in an abusive relationship with an older man
A pair of neighbors investigate the disappearance of a newborn baby, while the legend of a specter with an oil lamp on its head follows the shadow of their steps
Sebastián, a miserable pianist, seeks to finish his piece but is deceived by an evil entity that pretends to help him and ends up showing him the price of his obsession
On a strange morning, Gabi has the sensation of being absorbed by something unusual
During a late-night trip, a taxi driver tells a passenger strange stories that occurred in different neighborhoods and decades of Belém, changing the girl's perspectives and reflections on the city
Sister Joven must decide between praying for and developing faith in the Christian family she serves while fleeing sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of her godfather and the church
The second international edition of the festival. 43 short films, 18 countries, 4 days of independent cinema in Maracaibo.
14 international fiction and non-fiction short films.
13 Venezuelan fiction and non-fiction short films.
10 dance video and music video short films.
6 short films out of competition.
Relive the first international edition of the festival. 50 short films, 15 countries, 4 days of cinematic celebration in Maracaibo.
Winners of the international competition.
Winners of the national competition.
Winners of the mixed selection.
