HFFNY opens with Cuban director Marcos Díaz Sosa's award-winning debut, FENÓMENOS NATURALES, a wildly tropical take on The Wizard of Oz that addresses urgent social questions with whimsy and dark comedy. Followed by our 25th Anniversary Fiesta at the Copacabana.

HFFNY Centerpiece: Homage to Jorge Luis Sánchez (1960-2025)

Part of SUR-REAL: Fantasy & Vision in Ibero-American Cinema

Mónica Taboada - Tapia | Colombia-Brazil | Documentary

Fabien Pisani | Cuba-USA | Documentary | Post-screening Q&A with director

Antonella Sudasassi | Costa Rica-Spain | Fiction

CALL ME WAYA (Charles Abelmann | US-Cuba | Documentary | 2025 | 39 min ), TITO REACCIONA A FRANK FERNANDEZ (Daniel Martin S | Cuba-U.S. | Animation | 2024 | 5 min) and OBSESIÓN: MI CANCIÓN (Catherine Murphy | Cuba-US | Documentary | 2024 | 13 min)

Valeria Bertuccelli, Mora Elizalde | Argentina-Spain | Fiction

Santiago Lozano | Colombia-Mexico-France-Germany | Fiction | NY PREMIERE

Armando Capó | Cuba | Documentary | Followed by Q&A

Eirene Houston | Scotland-Cuba | Documentary | Followed by Q&A

Carlos Marques-Marcet | Spain-Italy-Switzerland | Fiction

Part of SUR-REAL: Fantasy & Vision in Ibero-American Cinema

Bruno Bancalari | Mexico | Documentary

Carlos Ospina | Colombia | Documentary *As part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos Festival

Franco García Becerra | Peru-Chile | Fiction | Followed by Q&A This film is preceded by the World Premiere of ¿PUEDO HABLAR CON MI MAMÁ? / CAN I TALK TO MY MOM? (dir. Flavio Florencio)

Mabel Valdiviezo | US-Peru | Documentary

Mariana Wainstein | Argentina-Spain | Fiction

Part of SUR-REAL: Fantasy & Vision in Ibero-American Cinema