SHORT PROGRAM SYNOPSES

Hecho En Usa

3/18 • 4:45PM • S11

A collection of expertly-crafted shorts that give us a glimpse into the incredibly diverse and ever-evolving U.S. Latine experience.

Bad Hombrewood

Dir. Guillermo Casarin (24 min., USA, English, Documentary)

For decades, the film industry has confined minorities to stereotypical characters. Now, filmmakers fight to change the Latinx role in Hollywood.

THE KILL FLOOR

Dir. Carlos Avila (27 min., USA, English, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Drama) each other and fall in love. But will their energy and chemistry have unforeseen consequences?

When the COVID-19 pandemic engulfs a meatpacking plant in his rural hometown, a young reporter returns to uncover the urgent and deadly circumstances threatening the plant’s workers – including his father.

Privacy Comes First

Dir. Monica Matute

(USA, 3 min., 2023, English, Comedy)

The vibrations in the neighborhood are off when a package delivery exposes one neighbor's intimate secret.

CHICO AND RICO: ANIMAL AVENGERS!

Dir. Jose Montesinos

(USA, 10 min., 2023, English, Comedy, Action/Western)

Two Latino cowboys rescue animals from abusive situations using their gift of animal whispering and martial arts in this action packed comedy/action/western.

Illegally Brown

Dir. Gabriela Revilla Lugo

(USA, 13 min., 2023, Spanish/English w/English Subtitles, Comedy)

A satiric, dark comedy about two undocumented sisters stuck south of the border who become the ultimate hope to catch a terrorist organization and save the country that expelled them.

The Buck Stop

Dir. Jordan Jacobo

(San Diego, 14 min., 2022, English, Comedy)

In this offbeat local comedy, a grouchy but lovable grocer shows her new employee that the customer isn’t always right.

Hoar

Dir. Jeanette DIlone

(USA, 16min., 2022, English/Spanish w/English subtitles, Comedy, Drama)

A 30-year-old phone sex worker has some great news. She got into Oxford and is getting ready to move across the globe to begin her new life. But first she must deal with her devout Catholic family members and together they must work through some family trauma or make a clean break.

MUNDO

Dir. Charles Garcia Whitcher (20 min., USA, English, Drama)

A young Chicano, who served time for a felony he didn’t commit, hopes to reunite with his high school sweetheart after being released, while at the same time his family lures him back into their life of crime.

Sin Raices

Dir. Gabriella Athena Moses (15 min., USA, English, Drama)

A recently adopted 8-year-old refugee spends a day preparing for her first red carpet appearance with her new pop star mother when she is haunted by reminders of the life she left behind and awakened to the fragility of her new one.

La Macana

Dir. Maria Eugenia Mealla (10 min., USA, English, Dramedy)

Recently divorced Carmen and Franco work through their fervent relationship to support their daughter Sol when she gets her period for the first time.

Illegally Brown

Dir. Gabriela Revilla Lugo (USA, 13 min., 2023, Spanish/English w/English Subtitles, Comedy)

A satiric, dark comedy about two undocumented sisters stuck south of the border who become the ultimate hope to catch a terrorist organization and save the country that expelled them.

Dream Carriers

Dir. Esmeralda Hernandez (7 min., USA, English, Drama) hoy. $4 por 4 meses.

On a final ride through her neighborhood, a college-bound Chicana reflects on past generations of women through the telling of the migration of monarch butterflies.

Todos los días exploramos la riqueza cultural de nuestra comunidad transfronteriza con historias sobre la gente, los lugares y los temas relevantes para los latinos en San Diego y Tijuana.