Pasos

(Drama / United States / Beta SP / 24 minutes)

A mysterious visual witness portrays the most cruel experiences and moments in the Arizona Desert, when different characters attempt to cross the Mexican border to USA looking for a better future. All of them will be victims of the ill-treatment, humiliations, and desperation that no-one can imagine.

Director / Producer / Writer: Jose Antonio Ocegueda

Contact: azulentertainment@cox.net

Illegal

(Drama / United Kingdom / Digital Beta / 12 minutes)

Economic migrant Andrej strikes up a friendship with the much younger Chechen refugee Moya. For a fleeting moment Moya may dream of a normal life; Andrej already knows it's an illusion.

Director / Writer: Robert Cambrinus

Producer: Robert Stokvis

Contact: cfilms2004@yahoo.co.uk

Casa del Migrante

(Documentary / United States / Digital Beta / 10 minutes)

“Casa del Migrante” deals with human rights’ violations toward Central American Migrants in Mexico. At a shelter in the border town of Nuevo Laredo, migrants recount abuses committed by Mexican authorities.

Director / Writer: Marcela Moran

Producers: Marcela Moran and Alejandra Moran

Contact: moranmarcela@hotmail.com

Balancing the Books

(Drama / United Kingdom / Digital Beta / 15 minutes)

Jamal leaves his home country dreaming of a new life full of opportunity. Those dreams are quickly shattered when instead he arrives to work in a greasy spoon cafe in gritty south London. Slowly he begins to watch his future crumble away as he and his new found co-workers dream of escape!

Director / Writer: Zam Nazreen

Producers: Jade S. Bokhari and Zam Nazreen

Contact: paradigmfilmproductions@yahoo.co.uk

Pajarito

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 8 minutes)

A bird becomes trapped in a man's bathroom wall. As the man decides what to do about this unlikely intrusion, he forgets about his own loneliness and in a series of impromptu attempts, he focuses on setting the bird free.

Director: Enrique Quinones

Producers: Yolande Geralds, Oz Philips, and Enrique Quinones

Writer: Oz Philips

Contact: hankquin@gmail.com

Mac an Athar (His Father’s Son)

(Drama / Ireland / Digital Beta / 21 minutes)

A moving examination of a father-son relationship in the aftermath of a devastating family tragedy.

Director / Writer: Colm Bairéad

Producer: Greg Corcoran

Contact: cbairead@gmail.com