Playlist

Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (May 30 - June 6, 2021)

https://www.phlaff.org
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Nuevo Rico

FILM USA 2021 · 16 min
Kristian Mercado Figueroa

<p>A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into Reggaet&oacute;n stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.</p>

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Limonada

FILM USA 2020 · 4 min
Marcos Nieves

<p><em>Limonada</em> portrays an eccentric chemist working on developing a &ldquo;limonada&rdquo; antidote to identify sweet talkers. The chemist tests her antidote on her clones until she finds the right antidote.</p>

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Alma's Recipe

FILM USA 2020 · 9 min
Gabriela Watson-Burkett

<p>Alma&rsquo;s recipe follows the journey of Alma Romero, a health promoter at Puentes de Salud, as she helps the Latinx community during the Covid-19 pandemic and also faces her own personal challenges.</p>

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Hands of Gold

FILM USA 2020 · 33 min
Merced Elizondo

<p>Sergio, a former mechanic, is in the middle of a crippling battle with arthritis. When the opportunity to fix an old family-friend&#39;s truck arises, Sergio begins a downward spiral towards denial and self-destructive behavior in an attempt to regain his identity as a working man with purpose. As a result, his struggling relationship with his son is put to the ultimate test.</p>

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Angela

FILM Brazil 2019 · 14 min
Marília Nogueira

<p>In Angela&rsquo;s house, there&rsquo;s a small universe of prescriptions that suggest a permanent concern for her health. She tries to hide it from her neighbors, but when circumstances can no longer be ignored, the herbs of the backyard and the affection of a new friendship will show up to give her shelter.</p>

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Consume

FILM Argentina 2020 · 13 min
Bruno Gradaschi

<p>A world where everyone lives in the work stations and eats liquid food coming from dispensers. Workers that are only numbers fulfill incomprehensible and alienating tasks to earn points and reach a target to move up the chain and access a better life. We know him as 079 and he keeps falling short leaving that promotion too far to reach. So he decides to steal the remaining points from his next door neighbor.</p>

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Laberinto

FILM Uruguay 2020 · 15 min
Piter Moreira

<p>After his wife tells him a dream in which was sexually asphyxiated by another man, Juan with OCD becomes obsessed to the point of confusing reality and doubting if he is the one who asphyxiated her.</p>

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IMPERMANENCE: AN ELEMENTAL TRIPTYCH

FILM UK, Spain 2020 · 3 min
Gon Caride

<p>Change is the only constant. <em>Impermanence: An Elemental Triptych</em> is a representation of three finite states, always repeated but never equal; bases of our reality, which we use as a reference of our conscious, remembered and imagined experiences; where the only constant is change.</p>

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Tamales and Tunas

FILM USA 2020 · 14 min
Lucia Archila Escobar

<p>In the South Carolina Indigenous Guatemalan community, women face healthcare barriers that make it difficult to carry their pregnancies to term. Here, pregnant Erlinda longs for the familiar tastes of the nopal fruit, while Fabiana spends her days making tamales to get over a heartbreaking loss. An intimate look at family life, Tamales y Tunas asks what it means to make one&rsquo;s way through motherhood far from the comforts of home.</p>

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Black Waters

FILM Mexico 2021 · 16 min
Mateo Vargas

<p>&ldquo;Aguas Negras&rdquo; (&ldquo;Black Waters&rdquo;) is a documentary about the Cuautitl&aacute;n River that runs through the State of Mexico. The film examines the passage of time and the pollution of the river by focusing on conversations with multiple generations of women that have grown up on its banks.</p>

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Mother-Child

FILM Argentina 219 · 66 min
Andrea Testa

<p>In the intimacy of Argentine public health system, the movie reveals the stories of teenagers who, caught by different types of violence, decide whether or not to proceed with pregnancy.</p>

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Time

FILM USA 2020 · 4 min
Adam Gonzalez

<p>After losing the love of his life, a robotics scientist attempts to bring his soulmate back to life. This short film music video features the live orchestral song &quot;Time&quot; by Hans Zimmer.</p>

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Hijo de Monarcas (Son of Monarchs)

FILM Mexico, United States 2020 · 97 min
Alexis Gambis

<p>After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoac&aacute;n after many years. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his new hybrid identity, launching him on a personal and spiritual metamorphosis.</p>

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Sol

FILM Canada 2020 · 14 min
Andy Alvarez

<p>A resilient mother races to teach her daughter all that she knows to weather the effects of climate change.</p>