Official Selections: Latinx Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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A City Fights Back: How LA Defends Itself From ICE
Documentary, Short
A City Fights Back follows Los Angeles schoolteacher Ron Gochez as he leads Unión del Barrio’s grassroots resistance against the escalating wave of ICE raids.
Director: Brandon Tauszik
Producer: Brandon Tauszik
Cast: Ron Gochez
Cinematographer: Brandon Tauszik
Editor: Mariana Blanco
Winner: Best Short Film, Teaneck International Film Festival
Website: https://brandontauszik.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/be_dizzle/
Crawling Hour
Short film
World Premiere
Over the course of 24 hours, an undocumented man’s quiet struggle for dignity collapses into violence, testing how far he’ll go to provide for his family
Director: Kirill Nong
Producer: Chris Ibanez
Writer: Chris Ibanez
Cast: Edgar Berrun, Yanin Loza, Henry Meza, D. Paul Faulkner, Giovanni Navarro, Gabrial Bautista
Cinematographer: Kirill Nong
Editor: Kirill Nong
IndieX Film Fest, Los Angeles,United States
Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Crime Short, December 2025