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SHORTS PROGRAM 1: SLICE OF LIFE

CINNAMON SKIN / PIEL CANELA
Short Fiction | USA - Cuba | 23 Min.
Directed by: Michelle Salcedo
A Cuban exile returns to her homeland in search of her daughter and unravels a secret that has haunted her ever since she left twenty years before.

CHURROS
Short Fiction | USA | 13 Min.
Directed by: Emilie McDonald, Bruce Smolonoff
Jo-Jo, a 15 year-old Mexican-American boy, lives in Brooklyn with his street vendor single mother and little sister. He breakdances with a crew and dreams of being the illest b-boy in the world, but a local gangster attempts to lure him away. One night, Jo-Jo is forced to make one of the most important decisions of his life.

UNAUTHORIZED
Short Fiction | USA | 10 Min.
Directed by: Sandra Joen Pérez-Tejeda
An undocumented single father struggles to make ends meet.

SUBWAY
Short Fiction | Spain - USA | 5 Min.
Directed by: Carlos Garcia de Dios
A short film about that very long instance of falling in love.

YUNIOR
Short Fiction | USA | 8 Min.
Directed by: Francisco Cabrera-Feo
Yunior seeks his own light in the shadow of his older brother, with some help from his brother's girlfriend and a startling new neighbor.

PALANTE
Short Fiction | USA - Puerto Rico | 9 Min.
Directed by: Kristian Mercado
An estranged family tries to reconnect amid the wreckage of post-Maria Puerto Rico. Starring Mela Murder as Milagros and Kareem Savingnon as Manuel.

ME 3.769
Short Fiction | USA | 9 Min.
Directed by: Elaine Del Valle
An adolescent Latina looks forward to her maturing body, but must soon cope with the sexual misconduct of someone she trusts.

ÁNGELA
Short Fiction | Cuba | 13 Min.
Directed by: Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
A Cuban immigrant tries to find her place in New York City.

POZOLE
Short Fiction | USA | 10 Min.
Directed by: Jessica Mendez Siqueiros
La gringa killed her Nana.