top of page

Short Films in Competition for the 2024 Americas Award

Fiction
/
YAYA

SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Friday, June 14 @ 5:00 P.M.

YAYA

Leticia Akel

Chile

Fiction

20 min

Yaya is a young woman with Down syndrome who is tired of being ignored and infantilized by everyone around her. While working at her uncle’s grocery store, Yaya befriends Genesis, a rebellious teenager who proposes getting a tattoo together, challenging her to break free from her restricted routine.
bottom of page