Short

A young couple is compelled to take a quick but meaningful look at their relationship, while awaiting the results of a life changing test.

Director: Douglas Ryan
Producer: Alexandra Grace, Douglas Ryan
Writer:   Douglas Ryan           
Cast: Alexandra Grace, Austin Barnes
Cinematographer: Douglas Ryan
Editor: Douglas Ryan

Feature

An amazing, true story of a legendary San Antonio artist, who lost hist painting and drawing hand in combat in Vietnam, but at the urging of a fellow amputee, taught himself to paint with his left hand.

Then, despite constant pain, undiagnosed PTSD, and many personal problems, he pushed himself to become San Antonio’s best-known and most-beloved artist, with works in the Smithsonian and huge tile murals that are now city landmarks, one of them nine stories tall on a downtown hospital overlooking a historic park. He also overcame poverty and discrimination, born into a family of 12 children in Mexico, then raised on San Antonio’s poor West Side. But after winning an art contest in grade school at a local museum, the child prodigy set his sights on getting his work in museums permanently and won a scholarship to the prestigious Art Students League of New York.

Drafted a few months later, he could have avoided military service because he was born in Mexico. But like others in his big family, he chose to serve his adopted country. But he was ambushed three months into his tour of duty, a booby trap and a sniper’s bullet nearly killed him, shattering his right leg and severing nerves to his right hand, which would lead to amputation.

Years later, after four wives, five children, and constant battles with those he loved the most, he beat stage four throat cancer, and as he was finally feeling up to new challenges and more murals, another cancerous tumor in his face led to a very risky surgery.

Director: Randy Beamer
Writer: Randy Beamer
Producer: Randy Beamer
Key Cast: Jesse Trevino "himself"
Cinematographer: Randy Beamer

Short
World Premiere

Shot on 16mm film, ‘Lucia & Nicole’ is a queer short film about two girlhood friends who find each other again on the cusp of adulthood. When Lucia and her mother find Nicole living on the streets after she’s come out, Lucia’s family decides to do what they can to help her out. However, Nicole’s re-appearance into their lives raises questions about their own daughter’s identity and how to respond to Lucia and Nicole’s reconnection.

Director: Marlene Emilia Rios
Producer: Marlene Emilia Rios, Aroonsri Khamsamran, Sam Gordon, Garrett Smith
Writer: Marlene Emilia Rios            
Cast: Romance Suarez, Claudia Levis, Lisette Nichols, David Arturo Sánchez
Cinematographer: Garrett Smith
Editor: Marlene Emilia Rios

Winner, Best Short Film, Wildsound Feedback Film Festival, 2025

Winner, Best New Mexico Short (Platinum), Mindfield Film Festival, Jan-Feb 2025

Lucia & Nicole is about being embraced—by family, by community, by the people who choose you when it matters most. I made this film thinking about the stories I grew up hearing from my grandparents, and the kinds of romances I saw in films like A Walk in the Clouds or Pride & Prejudice. But as I got older, I realized how rarely those stories were told through a queer lens.

I wanted to create something that felt like a memory—soft, romantic, but still grounded in a world we know. We shot on 16mm to give it that sense of warmth and nostalgia, and to honor the beauty and grit of Albuquerque, a city that’s always felt like it’s celebrating a fluid identity.

Website: huelga.media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huelgamedia

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/huelgamedia

Short

As right-wing militarism rises in the West, filmmaker Naomi Garcia turns to the past and excavates the antifascist struggles of her Galician family during the Spanish Civil war to understand the present.

Director: Naomi Garcia Pasmanick
Cinematographer: Alan Sanchez

Feature

In 1960s Peru, a privileged French-Peruvian woman's life unravels when her husband's betrayal ostracizes her from elite society, and leads her to embrace people from the very communities that she was raised to disregard. Amidst the backdrop of newfound alliances, she embarks on a transformative journey that challenges societal norms and reveals Peru's authentic identity through a daring culinary venture that celebrates the country's remarkably diverse cuisine and peoples, igniting a revolution that redefines her life.

Director Ricardo de Montreuil
Writer Ricardo de Montreuil de Montreuil
Producer Ivan Orlic
Key Cast: Barbara Mori, Pudy Ballumbrosio, Christian Meier, Stefano Meier, Juan Pablo Olyslager, Hermelinda Luján, Vanessa Saba, Marco Zunino, Junior Bejar

Short

Seventeen-year-old Emily Jimenez struggles with mental distress but feels unable to seek help due to her Latinx immigrant family's cultural stigma around mental health and help-seeking. When her parents, Raul and Elena, witness the extent of her emotional challenges, they confront their doubts about mental health treatment. Despite initial resistance, they decide to support Emily by embracing therapy, realizing that overcoming stigma is essential to helping their daughter heal. The film highlights how parental support can make a profound difference in a child's mental health journey.

Director: Maya Velazquez
Producer: Stephen Czaja
Writer: Paulett Esteban, Camila Gomez, Manuela Juliao, Araly Langomas, Vanessa Ramos
Cast: Vianca Camila Perez, Estella Aquino, Jonathan Castro
Cinematographer: Jennifer Loo
Editor: Nicolas Recalde

Nuestro Apoyo was produced by nonprofit production company The Studio at Reel Works in collaboration with Fordham University, based on qualitative research conducted by Dr. Jenn M. Lilly.

Website: https://www.reelworks.org/studio
Instagram: @reelworks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reelworksteenfilm/

Short

A 10 year old Latin "DREAMer" cares for his seven year old sister through their families immigration struggles by using the power of a child's imagination.

Director: Joe Miñoso
Writer: Gabi Mayorga, Jesus Mayorga
Producer: Chris D'Angelis
CAMERA DEPT: Gary Malouf

Short
World Premiere

In Chihuahua, Miguel, a teenage boy smitten with Camila, faces an unexpected challenge when he's invited to dinner at her family's home, where he must earn her mother's approval. Amidst a chaotic household, Miguel encounters cultural differences which makes him confront his own privileged background. Through effort and an understanding, Miguel gains insight into the importance of family and earns a heartfelt invitation into Camila's world, creating a new bond over homemade tortillas.

Director: Farah Khalil
Producer: Yakob El-Moussa
Writer: Farah Khalil             
Cast: Tamara Pelayo, Juan José Cadotte Dajardo, Jose Arroyave, Khalil Togola Arroyo, Avery Yazmin True De Wet, Aida Hernandez
Cinematographer: Adrian Kurbegovic
Editor: Pablo Ortíz Mucharras

Website: tortillashort.com

Instagram: @tortillashort