Screening 9th

12 noon – 75 minutes

HAVANA COYOTES 

BETWEEN HAVANA AND MIAMI, NOTHING STAYS BURIED
Buried histories travel with us — across water, across generations. Filmed entirely in Cuba, HAVANA COYOTES follows Julia, a Cuban-American who returns under war’s shadow to claim her grandmother’s ashes—and face the life exile denied her. As secrets, loyalties, and unfinished histories surface, the film explores the distance between the stories we inherit and the lives actually lived. COYOTES is a film that refuses easy answers and understands that identity doesn’t end at the shoreline. This is a film for the Cuban community that wants to recognize itself on screen — not as it was marketed to the world, but as it truly is.

Director Biography – Benjamin Orifici

2pm – 86 minutes

Looking for sea star

4pm – 40 minutes

We are not the same LGPT

A gay teenager wants to audition for a transvestite character in a play, however, he is afraid that the uninformed society will think that he is like the character, or even that he wants to be a woman.

Directed by
Jesús Castillo

5pm – 90 Minutes

RAIJIN

Mari Kosugi, who works at Toto Radio, is assigned by her company to visit the reclusive scriptwriter Kori Yamabuki.
Kori lives with Tourette syndrome and struggles deeply with human communication. Though initially uncertain, Mari gradually comes to understand his inner world, and a quiet bond of trust begins to form between them.

Director Biography – Tomosuke Sugisaki