UN MUNDO EXTRAÑO SHOWCASE AL MORIR LA MATINÉE Dir. Maximiliano Contenti (Uruguay, 88 min., 2020, Spanish w/ English Subtitles, Horror) 3/13 / 9:00 / S8
It rains heavily in Montevideo on a Sunday in 1993. A particularly suspicious man enters the last screening of a horror film at a downtown cinema. The room, which is not very crowded due to the storm outside, slowly starts to get stained with blood. Un Mundo Extraño Showcase. LENI Dir. Federico Gianotti (Argentina, 74 min., 2020, Spanish w/ English Subtitles, Horror)
3/10 / 9:00 / S8 3/17 / 9:15 / S7 Available virtually 3/14
Recurring nightmares and the aftermath of a violent break-up have put Leni on edge as she desperately seeks to regain her sanity. Now she must confront her demons in order to unravel the trauma of a past she doesn’t seem to fully remember. Un mundo extraño Showcase. MEDUSA Dir. Anita Rocha da Silveira (Brazil, 129 min., 2022, Portuguese w/ English Subtitles, Fantasy / Horror)
3/15 / 6:35 / S7 3/20 / 8:40 / S6
Today, Brazil. Mariana (Mari Oliveira), 21 years old, belongs to a world where she must do her utmost to keep up the appearance of a perfect woman. In order to resist temptation, she and her girlfriends try their best to control everything and everyone around
them. And that includes the town sinners. At night, the girl squad put on masks, hunt and beat up all women who have deviated from the right path. However, the day will come when the urge to scream will be stronger than it ever has been… Un mundo extraño Showcase. LA PASAJERA Dirs. Raúl Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez (Spain, 90 min. 2021, Spanish w/ English Subtitles, Horror)
3/19 / 8:05 / S7 Available virtually 3/12
A group of strangers sharing a van have their trip abruptly interrupted when the driver accidentally hits a woman hiking in the middle of the night. They decide to take her to the hospital, but on the way quickly learn that she is not in need of a hospital and that they shouldn’t have let her in at all. Starring Mexican actress Cecilia Suarez... like you've never seen her before! Un mundo extraño Showcase. SICOSEXUAL Dir. Marco Vélez Esquivia (Colombia, 96 min., 2022, Spanish w/ English Subtitles, Thriller)
3/11 / 8:20 / S5 3/18 / 9:45 / S8 Available virtually 3/13
Marcela, a film and TV commercial sound designer, becomes obsessed with a famous YouTuber after she finds her boyfriend with another woman. Her infatuation takes a dangerous turn after a chance to meet the object of her affection presents itself. When things don’t go as planned, Marcela takes matters into her own hands. Un mundo extraño Showcase.
SHORTS PROGRAMS UN MUNDO EXTRAÑO - WARPED REFLECTIONS 3/13 / 1:10 / S6 Available Virtually March 10
HELL OF A PITCHER, dir. Daniel Burity, USA THE FOURTH, dir. Johnny Kirk, USA THE MAID, dir. Kristin Goodman, USA TINDER TANGO, dir. Cecilia Robles, USA INSOLACIÓN, dir. Rogelio Sánchez Toledo, México LAYOUT, dir. Clara Martins Hermeto, Brazil UN MUNDO EXTRAÑO- FOLK TALES AND SPECULATIONS 3/20 / 6:20 / S6 Available Virtually 3/16
HUNGER, dir. Carlos Meléndez, Mexico THE WEREBACK, dir. Estrada Brothers, USA STRONG, dir. Jean Lee, USA MUSE, dir. Camilla Demichelis Richaud, Mexico UNA VEZ EN XJAN XWAN, dir. Alexander Feliciano Mejía, Guatemala THE LEGEND OF SOMBRERÓN, dir. Enrique A. Mendoza, Guatemala L.U.N.A., dir. Blake Vaz, USA
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