LGBTQIA+ FILMS
To be presented on November 4th at 3-5PM | Anfiteatro Justo Méndez Cabrera
FREE EVENTS
Hell No is the story of two estranged brothers, Frankie and Roberto, who after Frankie's divorce try to reconnect. While they are getting ready for a night out they encounter two ghosts in Roberto's apartment.
Nosy neighbor pays a visit a gay neighbor.
salpafuera:
Metafobolist ritual that disembowels the anxiety caused by gender identity and its violence.
horror/ sci-fi FILMS
To be presented on November 4th at 3-5PM | Anfiteatro Justo Méndez Cabrera
It is a story where the world is attacked by beings from other planets and while the world is going through its worst moment, society is divided but in a young woman there is a cure against the virus that these beings launch.
Drowned in a dense atmosphere crowded with hoarded objects and memories of a long-gone past, a mother and daughter share what could be their last night under the same roof. Anna knows that she must leave home and make her own life far away from her mother’s manipulations. María will do anything to keep close the only member of the family who still sympathizes with her grief.
David, a boy obsessed with space, receives and alien egg for his birthday. David does everything in his power to protect the egg. What he did not know is that his biggest wish would become his worst nightmare. David needs to be brave to defend the planet against the alien.
A man struggles to find a remedy to an infectious disease that turns people into violent hosts of a parasite.
In the times of the destruction of androids, Mateo, a patient with an artificial heart, embarks on the journey of finding the one who took care of him since the surgery: his Android.
Un fantasma emprende un viaje por un fragmento de su vida pasada.
made in puerto rico FILMS
To be presented on November 5th at 1PM | Anfiteatro Justo Méndez Cabrera
CODA is the story of a famous salsa artist, Emilio (Jerry Segarra) and his son Felix (Marcos Carlos Cintrón) who after long years of angers, see themselves at the crossroad of forgiveness or continuing with their differences.
As the world faces a pre-apocalyptic era and Luisito and his two siblings find themselves with the difficult and traumatic situation of having their lifeless mother in the middle of the room. In turn, the world faces hundreds of thousands of deaths that cause the morgues to be at their maximum capacity, preventing the authorities from coming to collect the body.
Wilfred is a partner salsa teacher who listens to the Narrator of their romance story. However, according to the salsero's criteria, the Narrator only kept him from living any kind of romance and that is why he lived angry with him. Once he meets Barbara, a young woman who wants to improve her dancing skills, he decides to stop following the Narrator's words.
Cándida, Israel and Jorge, members of the Carraízo Alto community in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, narrate how the closure and subsequent abandonment of the school in their community, ordered by the former secretary of the Department of Education, affects their daily lives and the children of their community.
Henry, wants to escape a life of crime, but is confronted by his past.
Mantra
A girl connects with a stranger within a dream, only to then cross paths in the waking world.
Recorrido Virtual
A little girl suffers from sexual assault from her uncle. Two sides of this story: her parnts believe her or they don´t. Neither of them earn justice in court, but at least one desicion can save her life. Based on true events.
“Villas Pesqueras” is a short documentary film that gives voice to a historically marginalized community. The film narrates the stories and struggles of the fishers from three traditional fishing villages around the island of Puerto Rico.
Enrique is a middle-aged man with terminal cancer. Battling against time, he visits his childhood home, the space that defined a crucial memory twenty-three years prior. As he inhabits the space, he relives the memory of Laura, the woman whom he’s truly loved.
international FILMS
To be presented on November 6th at 3-6PM | Anfiteatro Justo Méndez Cabrera
Subaru Moritani (Waki Katakura) is a cop who is chasing for the criminal who killed her father as when he was also a cop.
Laura and Roberto have rented a hotel room where they intend to celebrate a special ceremony that will put their love to the test.
The dramatic untold story of 420,000 Cubans– soldiers and teachers, doctors and nurses– who gave everything to end colonial rule and apartheid in Southern Africa.
After the death of her grandfather, a young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya, the orisha Goddess of the Sea.
An Undocumented man must reconnect with his estranged daughter to claim the lottery prize he is unable to collect for himself.
The film begins with a look at the generation’s past, a snapshot of Giovanni’s father dancing with a woman back in the 1980s. This is an example of his “Fuego,” the purpose or passion in one’s life.
One day, Antonia simply can’t make it back home. The city orchestrates an assaulting chaos. Unable to recognize the world around her, she longs for a trace of anything familiar. Her existence is fadimg. Memories are pieces of a puzzle that she strives to put back together at least for the last time.
In the 1980s, Bolivia is recovering from the military dictatorships that took over the country. Franco, a little boy, starts a friendship with the strange man his mother keeps locked up in their basement. Thinking that he is his father, he tries to free him, finding out truths that he cannot understand.
Nuestros Muertos
This short documentary film provides a glimpse into the life of Henry Cole, an enigmatic Puerto Rican drummer and composer who was orphaned at a young age.
Molesto con la gente que pronuncia mal su nombre, un latino blanco decide afirmar su identidad.