2019 San Diego Latino Film Festival
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- DirectorRichard LevienStarsJesse GarciaIzabella AlvarezAna de la RegueraTwelve-year-old Itan's promising life in San Francisco is turned upside down when she comes home from school, with her younger brother, to find her mother missing. Suddenly she must rely on her estranged uncle, a big rig truck driver.
- DirectorMelissa Silva FrancoWe plunge right into the epicenter of the current crisis in Venezuela through the voices of its true protagonists. "The Broken Country" is five intertwined stories showing how the citizens are making their way through the remains of a run-down government.
- DirectorÁlvaro Aponte CentenoStarsAmanda AntonellaElia Enid CadillaEddie DíazA man tries to cope with the death of his sister, but cannot because he must continue working with the illegal business of bringing undocumented immigrants from Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
- DirectorMichael DominicStarsEdgar Ezequiel Quintero HernandezEmmanuel Salvador Quintero HernandezFrancisco Jose Quintero HernandezShot over the course of seven years Clean Hands documents the human drama, personal struggle, innocence, and salvation of one family in Nicaragua surviving against the backdrop of Central America's largest garbage dump, La Chureca.
- DirectorDario GuerreroA Mexican family battles the Mother's cancer using ancient knowledge.
- DirectorÓscar CatacoraStarsVicente CatacoraRosa NinaA couple of elderlies try to survive in Los Andes of Peru while they wait for their son.
- DirectorErwin NeumaierStarsFrancisco de la RegueraRoman DiazMariana GandíaTomás has lost it all: his work, his home, and his girlfriend. In order to forget he decides to drink at a bar. There he meets Michel Dax, his greatest music Idol who invites him to stay with him. At his place, Michel confesses that inspiration has eluded him for years and that he fears that he will never write music again. As a joke, Tomás suggests that they should release his music as if it were Dax's. What started as a joke turns into a big success when they hit the top of the charts. Now Tomás and Michel will have to decide if they let the world continue thinking that Michel is a genius and Tomás is a failure, or if they reveal the truth.
- DirectorAbner BenaimStarsRubén BladesResidenteGilberto Santa RosaLatin American icon Ruben Blades was at the center of the New York Salsa revolution in the 1970's. His socially charged lyrics and explosive rhythms brought Salsa music to an international audience. Blades has won 17 Grammys, acted in Hollywood, earned a law degree from Harvard and even ran for President of his native Panama. He lives in New York, where he shares his life at home and on tour with the camera. Critically acclaimed director Abner Benaim takes us on a journey through Ruben's 50 year career, revealing that Ruben might still have both musical and political ambitions. The film is a celebration of this living legend and his struggle to come to terms with his legacy.
- DirectorErnesto QuinteroStarsFernando BarraganMargart GarciaAlejandra QuinteroSometimes when all seems hopeless, love is the only answer.
- DirectorNick KovacicMatthew RiggieriStarsDamián AlcázarCarlos CamarenaGraciela Angeles CarreñoIn Mexico, families have passed down the tradition of distilling agave for generations. Discover how this delicate plant has carried the weight of a nation and the people trying to protect it.
- DirectorVanesa Escobar LiskaStarsCheRene LecourDamianSkateboards are considered contraband in Cuba. Despite this, a renegade group out of Miami, smuggles skateboards into the communist country and has hopes to build a skate park for the youth of Havana.
- DirectorElsa Flores AlmarazRichard MontoyaStarsZack De La RochaShepard FaireyDolores HuertaExplore the life of Chicano activist Carlos Almaraz, sexual outlaw and visionary painter of some of the most unforgettable images of Southern California.
- DirectorLudovic BonleuxIn the depths of the Sierra of Guerrero in Mexico, after the disappearance of the 43 students, we find the reaction of wounded civil society to seek an answer to the situation of abuse of authority mixed with poverty.
- DirectorEduardo ChavezStarsEduardo ChavezPaul PrattMiriam ChavezEduardo Chavez, grandson to civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, embarks on a journey to connect with his grandfathers legacy. He begins work as a farm-worker, picking grapes in the field, like his father and grandfather before him, and learns first hand the kind of work that goes into putting fruits and vegetables on peoples plates. Through his personal journey, as he reconnects with his families legacy, we learn about Ceasar Chavez's plight to create equality for farm-workers as well as the current conditions that they face in the fields and back at home.
- DirectorJoshi EspinozaA couple of young indigenous people are going to be parents. This news arouses their concern about the identity with which they will educate and raise their son or daughter.
- DirectorLaura NixStarsMaya AjmeraAlmaNuha AnfaresiPassionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's environmental threats.
- DirectorLillian LaSalleStarsMyriam AponteKa'Mani Sanai' BrownMadison Sonae BrownLillian LaSalle's documentary explores what public education meant to South Bronx Latino maverick educator, Pedro Santana, and what he, in turn, meant to public education.
- DirectorDaniela Rea Gómez
- DirectorJuan FreitezSparked by a neo-Nazi march, a fearless group of activists organize the community to build a free clinic for undocumented immigrants, breaking the cycle of oppression perpetuated by healthcare disparities.
- DirectorMariyam MahbubStarsAnnie ToHannah TamminenMaya is a mild Luddite when it comes to both technology and love. Unable to move on from the end of her long term relationship, Maya is coaxed into trying the popular new dating app CHRMD by her friends. Over the course of 8 episodes, Maya experiences the ups and downs of online dating as she ventures headfirst into the world of swiping, ghosting, catfishing, and dick pics.
- DirectorSalomón AskenaziStarsMelissa BarreraAnahi DavilaMariano PalaciosTania and Daniela exchange husbands during a wedding just for fun, but a fatal accident will create new, strange relationships.
- DirectorCelso R. GarcíaStarsAna SerradillaCarlos FerroNatasha DupeyrónWhen a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsNatalia LópezPhil BurgersCarlos ReygadasA family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horse-breaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
- DirectorAlejandro LubezkiStarsJuan Manuel BernalSophie Alexander-KatzSebastián ZuritaA new take on the body swap sub-genre, this comedy tells the story of Claudia (Sophie Alexander) and Antonio (Juan Manuel Bernal), a couple who have been married for 15 years. After all this time, their relationship has turned stale and meaningful communication is virtually nonexistent. One night, following a heated argument, a rare planetary alignment of Venus, Earth, and Mars causes a shocking transformation. Antonio's consciousness is now in Claudia's body and vice versa. The switch will give them an opportunity to empathize with the other person's daily life and reconnect with each other. A remake of the Brazilian film "If I Were You".
- DirectorRuben R. BañuelosIván López-BarbaStarsMatias AlmeydaC.D. GuadalajaraAlan PulidoThe greatest team in México in the worst moment in its history, awakens with the arrival of its new pastor. Against everything, Chivas shows to the world that greatness is not a result, it is a journey.
- DirectorGabriel AbrantesDaniel SchmidtStarsCarloto CottaCleo TavaresAnabela MoreiraA fallen soccer superstar vows to adopt a refugee child, while becoming the naive unwitting centerpiece in in a bizarre plot to Make Portugal Great Again.
- DirectorDavid AlonsoEdwin Corona RamosJennifer SocorroStarsDeyna CastellanosVerónica HerreraSandra LuzardoWOMEN, WORLD-CLASS FOOTBALL AND THE BEST FEMALE PLAYER IN THE WORLD. After becoming undefeated champions of the South American Women Under-17 Championship and overcoming one of the worst social and economic environments for sports practicing, the Venezuelan team takes a chance to win the first World Cup for their country, having the chance to give a voice to women football in their country and perhaps in all of South America.
- DirectorPascui RivasStarsOliver BurkeGastón GuruceagaEmanuel MammanaOrdinary Gods is a feature-length documentary exploring the lives and sacrifices of the world's most promising professional soccer players.
- DirectorAstrid RonderoStarsSophie Alexander-KatzFlorencia RíosAdolfo MaderaAna returns to her hometown of Tijuana after many years away. If her sister's death is only a fragmented memory, her childhood home is a real and conflicting presence.
- DirectorAlejandro Ramirez CoronaStarsBaltimore BeltranHoze MeléndezBella MerlinRevolver Mind: The future of Mexico is in your hands.
- DirectorAgustin CastanedaStarsPaulina GaitanHéctor JiménezDavid CastroAfter his first love breaks his heart, a young American singer reluctantly leaves his home in San Diego, California and embarks on an epic road trip through Baja with his uncle in order to reconnect with his Mexican roots and find himself.
- DirectorKiko GoifmanClaudia PriscillaStarsLinn da QuebradaJup do BairroLinikerA documentary that follows Mc Linn Da Quebrada, a black trans woman, performer and activist living in impoverished São Paulo. Her electrifying performances (with plenty of nudity) brazenly take on Brazil's hetero-normative machismo.
- DirectorFrancisco AguilarStarsClaudia AncapanAfter having suffered discrimination throughout her life, Claudia, a trans-Chilean midwife, remembers the hardest and most difficult moments she had to face in order to live her identity. The documentary tells its history, its struggle and the constant abuses that lived on the part of a society that still excludes those it considers different.
- DirectorRuth CaudeliStarsAlejandra LaraSilvia SantamaríaRoberto CanoEva and Candela face the end of their relationship. They met and fell in love but what brought them together would separate them. Their professional dreams would become their end.
- DirectorLi ChengStarsEnrique SalanicManolo HerreraAna Cecilia MotaJosé lives with his mother in Guatemala. It's a tough life in one of the most violent and religious countries. When he meets Luis, he's thrust into new-found passion and pain.
- DirectorGenevieve RoudanéIn a small town in Mexico, once a year, men transform into women and become the Chunta. Follow two gender-bending gangs of dancers as they face off in a struggle between queer identity and powerful traditions.
- DirectorMarcelo MartinessiStarsNorma CodasMargarita IrunAna BrunMarcelo Martinessi's stunning debut The Heiresses is an immersive and emotionally compelling look into the lives of the privileged, through the tribulations of a hesitant woman in quiet crisis.
- DirectorAlvaro Delgado AparicioStarsJunior BejarAmiel CayoMagaly SolierSegundo Paucar, wants to become a master story-box maker just like his father to carry on with the family legacy.
- DirectorFilipe MatzembacherMarcio ReolonStarsShico MenegatBruno FernandesGuega PeixotoSet in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, the film focuses on a socially repressed young man who only comes out of his shell during chatroom performances, when he strips and smears neon paints on his lithe body.
- DirectorOlicer J. MuñozStarsMadison FordJacob LincePeter MendozaNathan's Kingdom is about a young autistic man (Nathan) struggling with his teenage opiate-addicted sister (Laura), and together they risk their lives to find a fictitious kingdom with the potential of changing their lives forever.
- DirectorLaura SomersStarsGerardo M VelasquezJustin RodriguezMichelle MagallonA group of troubled teens from a low-income community break into "Los Ricos", the local mansion with a border fence, and spend the day pretending to be rich in order to forget their difficult lives.
- DirectorSergio LopezStarsAaron Landon BornsteinCj ChaissonCody FranklinWhen tragedy strikes, two damaged souls are left with one night to come to terms with their past and the feelings they have for each other before they are separated by an ocean and the fear of happiness.
- DirectorJorge XolalpaStarsBárbara LópezCraig Robert YoungSummera HowellLife for a happy couple descends slowly into madness after a very raw tragedy strikes them.
- DirectorDavid Blue GarciaStarsPatrick MackieRoland UribeMayra LealDesperate for money to save his sick Grandfather, a South Texas farmhand resorts to the extreme: He breaks his own arm to smuggle a cast made of cocaine across the Mexican border.
- DirectorGonzalo TobalStarsLali EspósitoEmilio VodanovichLeonardo SbaragliaA young student is the only one accused of the brutal murder of her best friend, a case that is excessively reported by the media. Cornered by the evidence, she must face her own doubts about what really happened.
- DirectorArturo Castro GodoyStarsJulieta ZylberbergMaría OnettoCarlos BellosoLucia is a single parent to a child with Asperger's. She has a minimum wage job and a very difficult relationship with her mother, but she thinks she can deal with everything on her own. On that day she receives an urgent call form the school: her son hit his head and she needs to pick him up. She anxiously makes her way to the school but when she gets there they tell her that he's been moved to the hospital. With this development her barely put together life shatters into a thousand pieces. Without being able to calm down and control her asthma attack Lucia must cross the city in her quest to find Mateo. But she will only be able find him if she surrenders control and lets go.
- DirectorKyzza TerrazasStarsRodrigo Marquez-TizanoLuis Gerardo MéndezBrontis JodorowskyMiguel "Bayoneta" Galíndez, a retired boxer after a shocking event in his life, living now in Finland without a purpose until a light situation puts him on the verge of an important decision.
- DirectorFederico VeirojStarsGonzalo DelgadoOlivia Molinaro EijoJeannette SauksteliskisA portrait of fatherhood in crisis, and the strength of a child.
- DirectorJavier FesserStarsJavier GutiérrezAthenea MataJuan MargalloA basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.
- DirectorJulio Hernández CordónStarsÁngel Rafael YanezWallace PereydaÁngel Leonel CorralIn a timeless México where women are disappearing, a girl called Huck wears a mask to hide her gender. She helps her dad, a tormented addict, to take care of an abandoned baseball camp where the narcos gather to play. The father tries to protect her as he can. With the help of her friends, a group of lost boys who have the power of camouflaging themselves in the windy desert, Huck has to fight to overcome her reality and to defeat the local capo.
- DirectorIgnacio JuricicStarsRoxana CamposPaula ZúñigaRodrigo PérezThe story centers on a woman who debates whether to go on TV to discuss the murder of her LGBT daughter.
- DirectorNatalia CabralOriol EstradaStarsPachy MéndezFrank PerozoCarolina RohanaAs her 15th birthday approaches, Miriam doesn't know how to explain to her family that the boyfriend she met online is black.
- DirectorBenjamín NaishtatStarsDarío GrandinettiAndrea FrigerioAlfredo CastroIn Argentina pre-coup d'etat, a successful lawyer starts to feel against the ropes when a secret of the past threatens his present.
- DirectorJorge NavasStarsRosa Esther Mosquera AramburoDuván ArizalaMiguel Ángel BanguelaIn Buenaventura-Colombia, Harvey and his three friends are doomed to a life of poverty and uncertainty. While attempting to escape their reality, they use music and urban dance to overcome and defy their violent destiny.
- DirectorMarie LosierStarsCassandroAfter 26 years of spinning dives and flying uppercuts in the ring, Cassandro, the star of the gender-bending cross-dressing Mexican wrestlers known as the Exoticos, is far from retiring. But with dozens of broken bones and metal pins in his body, he must now reinvent himself.
- DirectorGustavo Ramos PeralesStarsBlas Sien DiazAlexon DupreyModesto LacenEl Chata is a story about survival in a hostile environment. It's about staying in the fight and how in the middle of it, some manage to get back up and others don't.
- DirectorJosh CurrieA hardened, veteran wrestler peels back the curtain of Lucha Libre Mexicana, showing the real lives and inner workings behind this global entertainment production.
- DirectorAllison AndersStarsAngel AvilesSeidy LopezJacob VargasMousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSergio CorrieriSalvador WoodJosé GallardoFour vignettes about the lives of the Cuban people set during the pre-revolutionary era.
- DirectorBernardo RuizStarsVanesa RobledoGustavo BrambilaRene ReyesThree winemakers navigate the changing situation of their business, affected by climate shifts, new technology, and immigration policies, in the Napa and Sonoma valleys of California.
- DirectorKatie GallowayDawn D. Valadez'I was in prison before I was even born.' So begins the story of Dr. Victor Rios who, by 15, was a high school "dropout," heroin dealer, and Oakland gang member with multiple felony convictions and a death wish. But when a teacher's quiet persistence, a mentor's moral conviction, and his best friend's murder converge, Rios's path takes an unexpected turn.
- DirectorRudy Riverón SánchezStarsGabriela RamosOsvaldo DoimeadiósLynn CruzWhen her father goes missing, 13 year old Lili uses a spiritual ritual to find him but she gets it wrong and her life turns into a nightmare.
- DirectorJoaquín CociñaCristóbal LeónStarsAmalia KassaiRainer KrauseKarina HylandTells the story of Maria, a young woman who takes refuge in a house in southern Chile after escaping from a German colony.
- DirectorAlejandro FadelStarsVíctor LópezEsteban BigliardiTania CascianiA rural police officer investigates a strange case in which a woman is found headless. The main suspect puts the blame on a legendary monster.
- StarsGuillermo IvánMarco UrielJose Angel BichirBorn into a life of narcotrafficking, he rises in the ranks to become the right-hand of Mexico's El Chato.
- DirectorMargo GuernseyStarsCarmen CastilloCarmen Castillo, a Dominican hotel housekeeper in downtown Providence, RI, has won an election to the City Council. Now she must manage her day job cleaning hotel rooms, while advocating for low-income workers as a rookie politician.
- DirectorAndrea KalinStarsHenrietta BoggsMuni FigueresFirst Lady of the Revolution is the remarkable story of Henrietta Boggs, a Southern belle who takes a life-altering journey through marriage, civil war and audacious democratic reforms to become the First Lady of Costa Rica.
- DirectorLila AvilésStarsGabriela CartolAgustina QuinciTeresa SánchezA look at the working environment of a chambermaid in one of Mexico City's most luxurious hotels.
- DirectorAlejandra Márquez AbellaStarsIlse SalasFlavio MedinaCassandra CiangherottiA well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis.
- DirectorLucía GaribaldiStarsRomina BentancurFederico MorosiniFabián ArenillasTwo young lovers embark on a relationship while a rumor of sharks at the beach has everyone talking.
- DirectorDominga SotomayorStarsDemian HernándezAntar MachadoMagdalena TótoroDuring the summer of 1990 in Chile, people begin to feel a growing sense of freedom and three teenagers face their first loves and fears.
- DirectorBatan SilvaStarsSofía SisniegaAndrés AlmeidaCarron ClarkA detective in Mexico City investigates the mysterious death of an American Neuroscientist's partner who was found floating in an abandoned isolation tank.
- DirectorEhécatl GarcíaStarsConcepción MárquezBaltimore BeltranClementina GuadarramaWith the death of her husband and the absence of her son, Esmeralda has lost her interest in life until she regains hope when a piglet comes into her life.
- DirectorAlejandro AndradeStarsCarmen MauraEmilio PuenteMoisés ArizmendiThe coming of age story of a boy that after a traumatic event is taken to beautiful Cuernavaca, where he has to find his father while trying to adapt to life with his grandmother, who has problems of her own.
- DirectorEduardo GiraltRaul RicoStarsJose Luis LizarragaEduardo Eliseo MartinezJavier Díaz DalannaisVictor has a scuffle with a thirteen-year-old boy who is part of a gang. Hours later he finds his beloved dogs murdered. He gets his gun and begins a journey on board his pick-up truck on a path that will take him across the hostile land of Sinaloa. In his search for clues he will meet disturbing and eccentric characters who may or may not tell the truth about the whereabouts of the young criminal. At the end of his journey he will come to terms with his weakness and will learn to bear the injustice just as he bears the sun on the heat of the day.
- DirectorJulio BerthelyStarsCesar AntulioCarlos AragónPablo AstiazaránFausto leaves Mexico behind and moves to Barcelona after he finds himself unable to cope with his mother's suicide attempt. There, he meets Carmen, a struggling model, and falls in love with her. After Carmen finds out she is pregnant, financial circumstances force Fausto to move back to Mexico. Upon his return he must contend with the expectations of his father, his challenging relationship with Carmen, his mother's health, and a personal medical diagnosis that changes his life forever.
- DirectorRubin SteinStarsAna Blanco de Córdova
- DirectorJosé Herrera
- DirectorDiego PorralStarsSergio Fernández-SastrónSergio Fernández-SastrónA monologue by a grandfather who explains to his grandkid how things used to be - or maybe how they are now.
- DirectorFran CasanovaStarsLuna FulgencioMariam TorresCeline PeñaTo overcome her fear of the dark, a 6-year-old girl listens to her mother reading a bedtime story. But this time, is there really something waiting in the darkness?
- DirectorGaizka UrrestiStarsGorka AguinagaldeJon PlazaolaJorge UsónIn 1975, the day that Franco dies there is no school. In a village in empty Spain, children play a football match. The ball belongs to the son of the notary. He sets the rules as he wants until he scores a penalty goal.
- DirectorTeresa BellónCésar F. CalvilloStarsDani NietoJosé TroncosoFor a parent, discussing politics with his child can be more awkward than talking about sex.
- DirectorJuan CarlevarisStarsRaquel GuerreroAna Loig
- DirectorDaniel AntebiStarsIliana GuibertMadeline LaGrecoBesanya SantiagoTwo Latina nannies meet God in a puddle in this three-minute, single static shot.
- DirectorDarwin SerinkStarsToneey AcevedoShawn CahillJason CatronRaul finally gets the courage to ask his co-worker, Rosa out on a date. When the day arrives, Raul is confronted by ICE officers and arrested for being undocumented. Meanwhile Rosa is waiting for him at his favorite restaurant only to never have Raul arrive.
- DirectorRoxana AltamiranoTony AltamiranoStarsRichard AzurdiaBrenda BandaArt BonillaA young woman receives assistance from a group of vigilante women with unique hairstyles.
- DirectorGustavo RosaStarsRobert CaudyBia GalloVictor LucenaAn undocumented Brazilian immigrant living in the Boston area decides to buy a car in an effort to better his life before returning home.
- DirectorJulio O. RamosStarsTenoch HuertaKarren KaragulianHansel RamírezAfter a disastrous event on his construction site, Armando acts quickly to save his crew, but instead stumbles upon an unspeakable truth.
- DirectorDaniel Houghton
- DirectorJordan AutenEileen ÁlvarezStarsJon HuertasEileen GrubbaKatie WeeA single woman nearing forty learns that she has an increasingly small window to conceive a child. Motherhood is suddenly a matter of now-or-never, so she attacks the challenge the only way she knows how.
- DirectorAristotle TorresStarsMichael ExcellSolomon SolSarah HarukoSet in the Bronx, this short film offers a creative take on the true story of a robbery gone right--when a victim becomes their antagonist's savior.