SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
FICTION
MONDAY
Diego takes off to the woods with Anna to escape the pressures of life. Raquel, his steady partner, feels she is doing all the work in their relationship and nags him to find work. Caught between the responsibilities of adulthood and the freedom of youth, Diego is not yet ready to give up on his dreams and take some mediocre job.
Director: Andres Hernandez
Country: USA
Year: 2018
Friday, June 14 @ 6:00PM
EXODUS
ÉXODO
While making a plan to keep his family out of the Colombian war, Fabio and his wife will lose their children to different armed groups.
Director: Iván Luna
Country: Colombia
Year: 2018
Friday, June 14 @ 6:00PM
WAKCHA
Cirila is a housekeeper left in charge while a mysterious plumber makes repairs. She senses there is something familiar in him that makes her uncomfortable, so she decides to investigate. He could be the piece of the puzzle she has been looking for to overcome a traumatic event from her childhood.
Director: Pierre Llanos
Country: Peru
Year: 2017
Saturday, June 15 @ 3:00PM
WELCOME TO THE WORLD
A daring film starring Albert M. Chan as a troubled man who records a video message for his pregnant sister. Taking place on the brink of a new life, the film explores what it means to be human and the courage it takes to be fully alive.
Director: Albert Chan, Anthony Grasso
Country: Canada, USA
Year: 2017
Saturday, June 15 @ 3:00PM
THE GIRL AND THE HARP
LA NIÑA DEL ARPA
Maria is a Mayan girl living in the north of Guatemala. She and her father are about to be evicted from their home, as their land is found to be ideal for the African palm monoculture.
Director: Leyzer Chiquín
Country: Guatemala
Year: 2017
Saturday, June 15 @ 3:00PM
MANGOS
Carmen and Jose meet up again after a long time. As the reunion takes place José is letting us glimpse traits of his personality that thin the environment.
Director: Lia Nessim Macía
Country: Argentina
Year: 2018
NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center
Monday, June 17 @ 6:30PM
WE ARE ALRIGHT
ESTAMOS BIEN
A couple waits for the last smoke of the night to end.
Director: Pablo de Arriba
Country: Argentina
Year: 2018
Tuesday, June 18 @ 6:00PM
REMINISCENCIAS
Life is not lived, but remember. We all invoke the past, but do we do it in the same manner?
Ofelia is young, but memories haunt her as if she had lived a thousand lives. She feels too much, and while floating in the ocean of her reminiscences she might have forgotten how to breathe.
Director: Sofía Petersen
Country: Argentina
Year: 2018
General Consulate of Argentina:
Wednesday, June 19 @ 5:30PM
THE WORKING TITLE IS ZORRO
POR AHORA SE LLAMA EL ZORRO
Diego and Lily, 2 aspiring actors in NYC, realize that the fastest way to hit it big is by entering the superhero franchise movie world. At the same time, Alex, an established, world famous movie star notifies his agent that he's ready to enter the Marvel Universe. Now the 3 of them have the same goal: to enter the superhero movie world by filming their own 'Zorro' movie.
Director: Carlos Ledesma
Country: USA
Year: 2018
NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center:
Thursday, June 20 @ 7:30PM
AIR SHOW
Written and directed by Maya Bastian, ‘Air Show’ is a short narrative film that interrogates the experience of newly-arrived Toronto refugees who experience the Canadian Air Show for the first time. The film aims to explore the intersection of Canadian culture and tradition with our ever-evolving climate of diversity.
Director: Maya Bastian
Country: Canada
Year: 2018
NYU's King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center:
Thursday, June 20 @ 7:30PM