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Saturday April 11 at 3:30 PM
Chones (Short Films) Group 1
Miguel
April 10th
La Estrella
SANGRE (BLOOD)
The Tortoise & The Hustler
Miguel
Filmmaker: Samir Mayhua
Peru 2025, 15 MIN
Set in Lima, Peru, working-class Miguel is unexpectedly called to the hospital to pick up a relative, only to discover it's his father, Antonio, who abandoned him in his childhood. Unwilling to care for his absent father, Miguel struggles to secure assistance for Antonio, all the while being invaded by memories of his childhood in 90s Lima.
April 10th
Filmmaker: Junior Robinson
California, 6 MIN
April 10th is a haunting look at revolutionary struggle and a spark in the wilderness for barrio youth to stand and fight for something real. Through a revolutionary movement named after the death of General Emiliano Zapata, three revolutionaries steal the airwaves to inspire the barrios.
La Estrella
Filmmaker: Gabriela Diaz Arp
US, 22 MIN
La Estrella is a tender portrait of a tight-knit Mexican-American family grappling with the entrance of fentanyl into their community. Set across two timelines, the story follows José, a gentle, but withdrawn teenager struggling to gain his momentum, and his older brother Diego, a charismatic and ambitious college student struggling with the stress of family expectations.
SANGRE (BLOOD)
Filmmaker: Jamie Baker & Andre Solorzano
El Salvador, 2025, 9 MIN
A man suffers from PTSD after being tortured years ago in El Salvador's Civil War. He comes to terms with his past one fateful night.
The Tortoise and the Hustler
Filmmaker: David Baptise & Yolanda Geralds
California, 2026, 6 MIN
A modern morality tale set in the streets of Los Angeles. Two brothers take opposing paths, Turtle commits to a life of patience and hard work, while Conejo dives into the fast life of street hustling. At first, Conejo thrives while Turtle struggles, but after a 20 year prison sentence, Conejo returns to find himself broken and forgotten. Meanwhile, Turtle has quietly built a stable and successful life. The film explores pride, time, and the cost of our choices, leaving the audience to ask: who really lived the better life?
Saturday April 11 at 5:00 PM
XicanIndie Awards & Reception
Saturday April 11 at 6:00 PM
(DON´T KNOW) HOW TO BE / (NO SÉ) CÓMO SER
(Don't Know) How to Be (No Sé) Cómo Ser
Filmmaker: Salvador Espinosa
Mexico 2025, 84 MIN
Majo and Cris, a millennial couple in their thirties, spend her birthday at his parents’ home. Majo hopes he’ll finally propose, but when she realizes Cris doesn’t believe in marriage, tensions rise. But at the end, he caves in. So what was meant to be an intimate afternoon, spirals into an improvised “engagement party”. As baby boomers and millennials clash over values, love, and expectations, facades crack, roles shift, and the party turns into an identity crisis with drinks. In the end, each guest is left to confront a quietly devastating truth: they no longer know how to be.
Saturday April 11 at 7:45 PM
Bird of Four Hundred Voices: A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging
Bird of Four Hundred Voices:
A Mexican American Memoir of Music and Belonging
Filmmaker: Eugene Rodriguez and James Hall
California, 90 MIN
Recounting the remarkable four-decade journey of a barrio youth group during a time of historic migration, demographic shift, and political backlash. Seeking connection, its founder Eugene Rodriguez has led his students of Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) to train thousands of community children, revive lost Mexican traditions, bridge cultural divides, and collaborate with a Who’s Who of musical icons including Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Lalo Guerrero, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, The Chieftains, and Preservation Hall. This film memoir is a profoundly intimate reflection on identity, belonging, and the transformative power of culture.