SHORT FILM SHOWCASE
Featuring LA GRAN OBRA (Àlex Lora), JÍBARO (Osmanys Sánchez Arañó), and NUBE (Christian Arredondo Narváez & Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada)
TIME & LOCATION
Apr 16, 2024, 2:20 PM – 3:55 PM
Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
ABOUT THE EVENT
*Showcase will be followed by a Q&A with director Àlex Lora.
LA GRAN OBRA
Àlex Lora | Spain | Fiction | 2024 | 20 min | NY PREMIERE
Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to getmore objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want.
Leo y Diana, una pareja aburguesada, llevan un televisor roto a un punto de reciclaje. Allí conocen a Salify a su hijo Yousef, dos chatarreros a los que invitan a su mansión para donarles más objetos. Lasituación seenrarece cuando descubren que los chatarreros tienen algo que ellos quieren.
JÍBARO
Osmanys Sánchez Arañó | Cuba | Documentary Short | 2023 | 19 min | U.S. PREMIERE
Yamíl Alessander is a young trans man from the Sierra Maestra. Discrimination from his community has led him to make the decision to go deep into the mountains and survive in a hostile environment.
Yamil Alessander es un joven transgénero que vive en la Sierra Maestra de Cuba. Víctima de la discriminación y la no aceptación, toma la decisión de internarse en la profundidad del monte y sobrevivir en un entorno hostil.
NUBE
Christian Arredondo Narváez - Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada | France-Mexico-Hungary | Animation | 2023 | 8 min
After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud painfully rain and die in sorrow, Noma, a puffy white cloud realizes that Mixtli, her daughter, a dark stormy cloud, is in danger of raining prematurely.
Después de presenciar una vieja nube oscura y tormentosa llover dolorosamente y morir en sufrimiento; Noma, una nube blanca y esponjosa, se da cuenta de que Mixtli, su hija, una nube oscura y tormentosa, está en peligro de llover prematuramente.
PURCHASE OPTIONS
General Admission
$15.00+$0.38 service feeSale endedStudent / Senior
Must be able to present a valid ID at HFFNY box office demonstrating proof of eligibility. Senior discount for age 62+.
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